Dizzy miscellany lampoons progress and folly
A playful column mocks aviation language wireless eras modern gadgets and social trends. It cites Paris cab horses Boston seismographs New York fashions powder sunscreen Princess Mary typing and a Maine man’s deer tale with light satire and spelling quibbles.
Typewriter as Poetry of Motion Provokes a Comment
A learned professor claimed the typewriter embodies poetry of motion, noting the motion must be supplied by a skilled young woman operator. The remark suggests performance and gendered skill as essential elements of the device’s elegance.
Englishwoman Preparing to Fly Across Channel
A British woman plans a round trip flight across the English Channel with her manager supervising safety obligations. The aim is to avoid extending beyond a reach side and not to approach Paris shops on the return leg.
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New Gun Seen as Peace Argument and Power Tool
The statement frames the new gun as part of a broader push for universal peace while warning it could become a weapon for a struggling nation rejecting the existing order. It highlights opposing views on disarmament and regional stability.
Airships advance amid risks and mosquitoes redefine diet
Despite repeated airship accidents, aerial navigation grows as Europe prepares regular schedules. A New Jersey man reports mosquitoes eat plants, challenging the long held belief that the insect is strictly carnivorous and nocturnal in meals.
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Push-cart Peddlers Form National Organization
A fragmented report notes push-cart vendors forming a national group after deeming bananas a necessity of life. The piece references a man found senseless with pockets turned inside out and being held as a witness in Philadelphia, raising questions about injury and duty to testify.
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Southwest an adventure of climate, waters, and peoples
The article surveys the Southwest including Arizona New Mexico and Southern California describing climate aridity water irrigation reclamation projects the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers desert landscapes canyons and deserts forests and reserves including the Grand Canyon and Coconino forest and the two great rivers and the sunlit healthful climate that attracts tourists and health seekers. It notes pueblos and Apache Navajo cultures and the peaceful present, and highlights citrus fruit industries in Southern California and Imperial Valley oil fields and growing settlements aided by irrigation.
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