Catch the fly and kill it in playful column variety
A scattered humor and opinion page covers diverse notes from science and society. Topics include kissing ethics, dental and tobacco debates, aviation and naval mentions, peculiar medical claims, and a lighthearted honeymoon airship anecdote. The piece weaves satire with fleeting news items across eras.
Pennsylvania Man Recalls Idaho Bear Fisherman Tale
Salmon City Idaho Charlie Lloyd a cannery worker from Pennsylvania reads a Cam mal Pa report about a bear catching trout Uncle Billy Stevens a trapper recounts the winter 1886 hunt on Camas Creek The bear fished bare handed while the narrator retrieved his rifle to shoot the bear and claim its meat then sold the skin for 12 dollars.
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Charlie Lloyd
Pennsylvania
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Billy” Stevens
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Billy
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Idabo
Jinny
A Wise Law Instructs NSW Civil Service to Self insure
In New South Wales officials in the civil service are urged to adopt self insurance as a prudent practice. The piece underscores a formal stance that civil servants should cover their own risks and liabilities through internal measures rather than external schemes.
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New South Wales
Botanist settles Leif controversy with cranberry evidence
Harvard botanist Prof. M. L. Fernald argues in Rhodora that Vinland evidence more likely rests on mountain cranberry, wild currants, and canoe birch rather than grapes or Indian corn. He places strongest wild fruit abundance north of St Lawrence and near Labordor coast, challenging Massachusetts proximity claims.
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Leif
Eric
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Bay of Fundy
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Commonwealth Avenue
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Gray Herbarium
Harvard University
Rhodora
New England Botanical Club
Canada
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Europe
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Greenland
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Prior
Holland
England
Scotland
Schubeler
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Wineland
Maritime Provinces
Long Island- Sound
Essex County
Isles of Shoals
St. Lawrence River
Labrador
Vein Stitching Saves Thigh Artery Case in Berlin
Berlin report by Professor Sonnenburg describes a young artisan whose thigh artery was almost torn across by a steel splinter. The artery was severed and then stitched, with pulse returning at the joint within three days. The surgeon notes prompt knife use as vital in appendicitis cases.
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Berlin
Sonnenburg
Germany
Berlin Municipal
Taxicab Plan Aims to Modernize Constantinople Transport
English company to supply 21 taxicabs and 65 omnibuses for Constantinople with English managers and Turkish crews. Motored and horse-drawn routes to link Galata, Ortakeuy, and Pera across paved streets. concession for 60 years amid post revolution reforms.
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London
Constantinople
Ortakeuy
Chichili
Signor
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Sig. Mazza
Galata
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Tunnel
Pera
Chichill
Four Kisses Sell for Five Dollars at Auction
In the South Omaha live stock exchange lobby, Rudolph Franklin bid five dollars for four kisses from a group selling charity tickets. The event drew bids as Miss Jeanette Childs oversaw the sale, and the auction netted one hundred one dollars.
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St. Louis
South Omaha Live Stock Exchange
Omaha, Neb
South
Franklin
Jeanette Childs
Girl Works as Miner in Macon Coal Drift
A Macon Missouri report highlights a young woman who works daily in a local coal drift. She wears a pitlamp and handles a pick and shovel as adeptly as male miners, earning from 3 to 4 a day and finding the work agrees with her.
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Macon
First Social Call Sparks Talk On Street Change
Mr Makinbrakes praises the new neighbor Mr Newcome and the street’s changing character while reminiscing about past residents. He questions future residents’ character and ends with a casual query about the Cubs championship prospects.
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When I looked over my mail nothing but bills or rejections
A witty exchange between two writers about mail it always containing bills due or rejected manuscripts. The joke captures the endless cycle of debt and stalled creativity in a concise newspaper quip.
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