Legends of the Elephant in Buddhist lore and royal omens
A reflective essay traces the elephant's role in Asian stories from Burma to royal courts and the Buddha legend. It notes elephants as symbols of power and grace, from tame couriers to omens of kingship, including the white elephant foretelling the birth of Gautama and a peaceful tribute to the revered figure.
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Hethi
Kiem
Dayton
Mme
Burma
Lily
Peart
Hilver Star
Gautama
Mother Wrenn
Agni
Chedot
Weninethi
Omuleciont
Anin Magazine
Nature's Little Joke On Altitude And Climate
The passage discusses the Himalayas and the climates of India and Tibet. It notes that crossing from Cashmere into India involves altitude contrasts and suggests that if Tibet were lower and India higher, the regions’ climates and habitability would differ. The author contrasts current elevations with what might have been, calling Tibet the Roof of the World and India unusually high.
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Indie
Tibet
Himalayas
Cashmere
Bad India
Swallowed Pet Chameleon at Wakefield Fair
A Boston resident recalls buying a chameleon named Mickey at the Wakefield fair four years ago. The pet kept the house free of bugs and entertained the family until a neighbor’s guinea hens swallowed it. The tale ends with a note on local social dynamics and gendered behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Fair
FIL Ltd
Bey
Boston
Mickey
Aimee
Lioness Killed After Attacking Motor Vehicle Near Narobi
East African Standard recounts a fatal encounter when a lioness sprang from the bush as a motorcar passed. The chauffeur sped away, the lioness leaped and struck the hood, the car ran over the animal, and the dead lioness was loaded into the vehicle and taken on.
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Nemess
Outlook
Burrinjuck Dam and Irrigation System Overview
The Burrinjuck Dam project in New South Wales is described with its location near Crow Goondak Amul town, its vast storage capacity, and the planned main canal extending about 120 miles to irrigate the Murrumbidgee basin. It notes the dam's impact on water supply, diversion of river flow, and potential as a major recreational and tourist site once completed, alongside regional farming patterns including dairying fruit growing and grapes.
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Goondak
Amul
Southwen
Burrinjwek
Enetier
Shirrinjock
Dau
Willen
Yous
Wille
Tae River
Goodendighee
Wiles
Burringjuck
Mato Coon
Gritin
Vaneo
Sydney
Burrinfuck
Sydney Harbor
Port Jack
Dim
Yando
New South Wates
Murrumbligee
Peace Treaty Ceremony at Versailles Marks End of War
The Versailles signing featured austere ceremonies with Germany and China absent from the signing. President Wilson led the Allied signatories, while German delegates protested and left with military honors. Smuts voiced concerns over territorial terms as the world weighed the treaty's lasting impact.
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Smuts
Guananties
Kaiser's Feiende Appeal to Dutch Queen
Berlin reports officers of the former Prussian army and German navy have addressed the Dutch queen pleading she refuse extradition of "The All Highest Ware Lons" their beloved and unforgettable icon amid the diplomatic case.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Brewers Still Have Hopes in Milwaukee Amid War Prohibition
Milwaukee brewers saloons and hotel men persist in sending fees to Washington hoping for last minute action to stop the wartime prohibition.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Washington
War Ends Five Years After Sarajevo Crime
A historical recap marks the end of the world war five years after Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination in 1914 and two years after American troops landed in France in 1917. It notes key dates: declarations of war in 1914, participation of major powers, and anniversaries such as Monmouth 1778. The piece weaves a timeline of events from 1914 to the war's formal end.
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
France
Sarajevo
Francis Ferdinand
Austria
Serbia
Germany
Russia
Luxemburg
Wit Matum
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
Reichetag
Monmouth
N. J
Washington
Sir Henry Clinton
Former German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg Offers Self as Sacrifice
Berlin reports former chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg has formally asked allied powers to place him at the disposal of the peace conference, taking responsibility for Germany's wrongs during his term. He says he offers himself as a sacrifice and submits to the allies. The request was conveyed to President Clemenceau on June 25.
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Berlin
Theobald von Bethmann- Hollweg
Germany
Wee Trade
Clemenceau
Death ends bid to save wife murder case convict
In Mineola doctor Walter Keene Whikins Jaste, convicted of murdering his wife and awaiting the death sentence to be pronounced Tuesday, hanged himself in the jail Sunday. The incident stirs comment as Washington debates wartime prohibition and demobilization.
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Mineola
L. L
Walter Keene Whikins
Jaste
Infant Samuel tableau disrupts Sunday school play
At a recent Sunday school entertainment a pupil posed as the Infant Samuel in a surplice with hands folded in prayer beside his partner Billy. The quiet scene was broken when Billy, on the front seat, asked aloud about a marbles swap, lamenting a “swell agate” he claimed had been taken.
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Samuel
Billy
You Know Em Too Comic Quip From The Haunted Bookshop
A playful aside cites a commuter who rides into town daily on a fare called the 7 7 but nicknamed the 7 7 to feel virtuous. Another character jokes about setting a clock ahead to gain extra morning nap time.
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Christopher Morley
Playing Safe
Robson-Why are you offering such a thumping big reward for that wretched-looking oat of your wife's Dobson-Only to plese the wife, old chap. Robson-But such a big reward will certainly bring the brute back, and then you'll look jolly sick. Dobson-Don't worry, my boy, the beast won't come back. You see, I drowned It myself.
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Robson
Dobson
Plese
Buston Post
Snobble Lord Echoes on New York Farewell Dinner
The Earl of Dunmore told a New York farewell dinner that democracy erases snobbery. He recounted an incident in Chicago where a lady’s son questioned his lordship asking if he was born in a manger after he offered tea.
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Earl of Dunmore
New York
Chicago
Has Smith Reconciled With Wife Says Becker
Quotation filled item notes marriage reconciliation and social sentiment. The exchange references terms of peace and labor relations, with a wry remark on goodwill and trust in a domestic and public context. The language signals a gossip style discussion of personal matters and work ethics.
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Kuicker
Smith
Becker
Allen's Foot Ease and Public Speaking Shortcomings
Public speakers need better terminal facilities. Allen's Foot Ease is described as antiseptic powder shaken into shoes and sprinkled in foot baths to relieve pain, sweat, and burning feet. It claims to ease calloused, tired feet and improve walking comfort, sold everywhere. The piece ends with a jab that many clergymen preach without notes.
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Allen
U S Railroad Administration Offers Farming Information
J L Edwards manager of the agricultural section in Washington asks homeseekers to request free farming information. He states they have no goods to sell and seek to inform on farming opportunities, inviting readers to name the state they want to learn about.
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U. S Railroad Administration
J. L. Edwards
U.S Railroad Administration
Washington, D. C
Ady
Military Rhetoric Echoes in Idle Kitchen Conversation
A light, era tone exchange contrasts bold military tactics with domestic life as a returned soldier declines dinner macaroni, saying mobilization is too hard. The dialogue satirizes wartime discipline seeping into everyday family talks.
Acts Up to His Name and the Bear Like Fox
A clipped excerpt notes Meanleigh's quiet ordinariness yet fears of charity collectors. It compares him to a bear acting as a fox, suggesting a paradoxical blend of gentleness and craftiness in behavior and reputation.
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Meanleigh
Lightning Strikes Boy Under Tree in Rumpus Ridge
Gap Johnson reports a bolt of lightning felled a limb while Blister aged boy played beneath a tree at Rumpus Ridge. The limb crushed him before he crawled free, leaving him angry and shaken as bystanders rushed to aid.
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Blister
Father Day
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Rebuffs in a brilliant address by Bishop Flipper in Atlanta
In Atlanta Bishop Flipper warned ministers to expect rebuffs for strenuous work including door to door outreach. He cited a humorous Detroit Free Press anecdote about a young minister whose ring led to a rebuff from a late girl who quipped about her mother’s sentiment and closed the door.
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Flipper
Atlanta
Detroit Free Press
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