Dutch Expedition Reaches Ice Capped Peak in Guiana
Professor Lorentz and a Dutch team reached the glacier covered Mount Wilhelmina after crossing jungles and rivers in New Guiana. They planted a flag, photographed the summit, and endured fever and a severe storm before a relief party rescued them at Alkmaar.
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Orange Range
Wilhelmina
Lorentz
Juliana
Doctor Lorentz
J van Nouhuya
Mount
Sea Jevel
Alkmaar
Woman's Home A Small Are Bayside Woman Keeps Animals
Annie Currie of Bayside Queens faced Judge O'Keefe in Jamaica special sessions for letting 30 chickens and other livestock roam the property. Evidence showed ducks in the attic pigs in a front room and goats near a nearby cottage. Sentence was suspended as Currie claimed the complaint came from a land-booming concern and promised to confine animals. health department may take transcript for review.
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New York
Rocky Hill Road
Bayside
Queens County
Annie Currie
O'Keefe
Jamaica
O’keefe
Cat Halts Church Concert In Jersey City Organ Mishap
A black cat born in the Second Dutch Reformed Church became tangled in organ pipes during a Young Women's Christian Association concert. The electrical blower failed and cat removal followed. repairs were needed to the organ wires, and the feline was taken home to prevent further mouse hunting. Reverend Paul Meury offered the church for the event and the organist was Mrs Prue Robinson.
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Jersey City
N. J
Young Women's Christian Association
Paul Meury
Dutch Reformed
Summit Avenue
Prue Robinson
Mr. Meury
City Health Warns on Summer Foods and Baby Feeding
City physicians urge careful handling of vegetables and milk to cut death rates. May 1910 saw high pneumonia mortality. health department attributes this to cold weather and impure air. Healthogram tips warn against overfeeding babies and insist on proper washing of vegetables to prevent typhoid and other illnesses.
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Health Department
Lake ‘Michigan
Bulletin
Largest Illinois river pearl bought by Bath dealer
In Peoria Illinois the largest recorded pearl from the Illinois river was bought by Frank Hudnull a Bath Illinois pearl dealer from a local fisherman. The double spacer weighs 85 grains and Hudnull paid 1600 dollars for the gem.
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Peoria
Ill
Illinois River
Frank Hudnull
Bath
Hudnull
Smuggling Diamonds Attracts Millions Says Importers Union
New York reports about ten million dollars of diamonds smuggled into the United States annually. The Importers' Protective union offers rewards to informers. They cite exports from Paris, Vienna, Berlin and London and note smuggling via ship crews and low‑duty ports. Foreign cartels, especially Amsterdam Hollanders, move stones to small jewelers with deep discounts.
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New York
United States
Smaler
Amsterdam
Mission man claims world record for intensive farming profits
Charles Volz of Mission is reported to hold a world record for profits from intensive farming. He sold a Bermuda onion crop on 24 acres for 12,982 dollars, leaving a net return of 9,083 dollars after all costs. The harvest filled 83 cars.
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Mission
Tex
Charles Volz
Power of Running Water to Move Pebbles and Erode
An exploration of how water velocity governs its ability to transport sand and gravel and erode riverbeds. Doubling velocity multiplies transport power, with significant implications for canyon and gorge formation along the Platte, Hudson, Delaware, Susquehanna, and other major rivers.
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Platte River
Nebraska
Hudson River
West Point
Hudson
Delaware River
Blue Ridge
Delaware Water Gap
Medina Sandstone
Susquehanna
Potomac
Appalachian Chain
Matchmaking in Japan described through a go between
An article follows twenty year old Orio Tamura as he contemplates marriage after university. A professional matchmaker coordinates the process with his parents and the bride’s family. The first meeting, a tea party at the bride’s home, forbids conversation as both sides size up each other.
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Orio Tamura
Japan
Orio
Mr A
Miss Z
Fate of a Merchant of Fez
The tale follows Ali Mahmoud a prosperous Fez merchant who builds a household with slaves and a growing family yet falls to a false accusation. Bribed arbiters convict him for false weights and he is hanged at a city wall as his life and career collapse amid public scorn.
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Fez
Morocco
Ali Mahmoud
London Graphic
Mohammed
Ali
Tig
Mahmoud
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Guiana
The
Hagué
England
Germany
Holland
New Guiana
Chicago
Importers’ Protective Union
Columbia River
Oregon
Amur River
Bureya
Siberia
Yenisei
Minusinsk
Sthearina
Susquehanna River
Allegheny Mountains
Wyoming Valley
Williamsport
Ape Side
Ohio River
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
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