Beloved American Dolls Through Time From Egypt to Mary Queen
The piece compares toy dolls across eras, noting Egyptian wooden dolls with long arms and no rests, religious restrictions on figures, and later Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots era dolls. It traces fashionably evolving dolls from bark and early walking varieties to spring-operated and expressive modern dolls.
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Boston
Esther
Rath
Queen Elizabeth
Mary Queen of
Scote
Fragmented war update with unclear text
A damaged OCR item presents a fragmentary wartime quotation and unclear names or locations. The readable portions suggest resistance, regret, or confusion about the war effort, but essential details are missing to identify people places or events.
Jungle Monarch Big Game Tigers Across Asia Enduring Hunt
The article notes tigers as a historic game species hunted by Romans and ancient Egyptians. It describes modern hunting with double barreled rifles, beaters driving tigers to open, and occasional tiger attacks on hunters. Tigers inhabit much of Asia from India jungles to Siberian mountains.
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India
Kores
Asia
Iiberia
China
Beauty Contest in Africa Draws Hundreds of Entries
The Africa and Orient Review in South Africa launches a beauty contest aimed at dusky beauty. Editor Mohamed Ali describes preferred African features and notes 300 entries. Photographs will be published monthly and readers vote for top entrants with prizes of 500 dollars, 250 dollars, and a bracelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
The
Africa and Orient Review
Mohamed Ali
World’s Longest Car Ferry Planned Between England and Sweden
A proposed railway ferry line would be the world’s longest, with a 12,000 horsepower ship carrying freight trains of 48 cars daily between England and Sweden. The vessel will also accommodate passengers from first to fourth class with dining rooms and promenades. the journey will take several hours, enabling huge time and labor savings once land transfer is completed.
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England
Sweden
New Pictures by Radio Stir Debate in Photography
Marenni voices cautious optimism about converting photographs to radio via telegraphic transmission. He notes experiments proceed, though several terms remain unsettled, and predicts further progress is possible as engineers continue work on wire-based image transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marenni
Bimelf
Radic
Severa
Marcon
Runaway Yacht Romance on a South American Coast
Miss Helen Perry and Roy Lawrence flee the Neptune in a light boat, sheltered by a cave as hostile canoes attack. Helen removes her stars and stripes under skirt and waves a flag to calm the mob, saving Roy with her courage and a protector’s banner. Netts had intercepted a love letter, altering the course of affection and fate aboard the yacht.
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Miss Perry
Helen Perry
Roy Lawrence
Helen
Rey Lawrence
Roy
Girtons
Frisco
Neptune
Harold Girton
Netts
Mrs. Bryce
Girton
Netta
Belvn
Ray
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Othrift
Renton
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Malden
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Ree
Torie
McFall Cafe
J. Connell
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J. Brennan
Morse Store
Schneider
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