Bear in Tin Milk Pail Causes Commotion in Shin Pond
In Shin Pond Maine a 400 pound bear is spotted wearing Pete Tarrio’s ten quart tin milking pail with bullet holes as it drains warm milk. Tarrio and Mrs Tarrio attempt to scare or shoot the bear but it staggers, knocks over churns and jars, and finally escapes toward Shin Pond. The incident ends with onlookers pledging to stay aware until more details emerge.
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Bangor
Maine
Pete Tarrio
Shin Pond
Pete
Tarrio
Patten
Lear
New Divorce Case In New York Amid Private Pact
Irwin V. Graves was granted a divorce after presenting a signed agreement by his wife promising that if she stayed out all night again it would show she wished Graves to kill himself. The document, presented in court, framed the alleged motive and end of the marriage dispute.
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New York
Irwin V. Graves
Ironing Machine Promises Ease for Laundries and Homes
A design described as an iron pushing machine uses a treadle operated roller wringer. Linen is fed from a table into rollers and pressed by turning the roller while heat is supplied by gasoline or wood alcohol. A heated unit is fueled from a side tank with a stop cock for flow control.
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Newark
Japanese Women Divers Learn Pearl Harvesting Traditions
The pearl divers of Japan are young girls from Ago Bay and Kokasho Bay who start training after primary school. They dive daily after schooling, learning to swim early and spending most of their time in the water, braving cold seasons from late December to early February.
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Japan
Bay of Ago
Bay of Kokasho
Bride Buys Meat In Quirkily Precise Exchange
A young woman approaches a butcher shop and orders a porterhouse steak near two pounds with specific trimming. The exchange includes careful payment and questions of change as the bride remarks on exactness, while the butcher muses that a man gets what he deserves.
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Buffalo Xpress
Automobile Lunches Bring Hot Meals On The Road
A man discontent with cold motoring lunches creates a system using glass jars filled with hot soup coffee or chocolate and another with hot dishes like chicken terrapin lobster newburg or creamed crab. Jars stay hot by the engine and serve meals far from home. Camel's hair shawls two yards square with handmade camel's hair powder in India colors in white light blue gray or red are fashionable.
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India
Damned Professor and Germany's Modern Prowess
The writer notes Lord Palmerston would rephrase his famous sentence about Germans if he could see present German scholars. He says professors have directed their learning into channels that gave Germany a strong hold in science and industry beyond theories, citing Price Collier in Scribner's.
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Lord Palmerston
Germany
Price Collier
Scribner’s
Caution Carried to Extremes Cooks Clock Habit
A humorous quotation shows Mrs. Westmore described as extremely cautious regarding household items. She recounts telling a friend she never kept a striking clock in the kitchen to prevent the cook from adopting the habit.
Engagement Ring Questioned by Judge in Westminster Court
Judge Woodfall ruled that a diamond and sapphire engagement ring worth £45 was not necessary for a young man earning £300 a year with high expectations, in a Westminster county court case reported by the London Mail.
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Woodfall
Westminster County Court
London Mail
Greatest Charm Inspires Through Self-Consciousness Note
The passage asserts that self-consciousness hinders women while quick sympathy and the ability to share others interests are powerful charms. It claims such empathy may surpass brilliancy in appeal, attributed to Clara touise Burnham.
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Clara Touise Burnham
Distribution of Solar Energy
The text notes that solar energy is not evenly distributed across the earth with tropical regions as privileged zones. It suggests these regions could grow vastly prosperous if sun exposure were fully utilized, while current strong nations compete for territory in anticipation of future gains.
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Tropics
Thaoecsyps
Writer's Prayer Reflects Honest Wordcraft and Life Balance
Poem-like quotation urging honesty with words and people, likening writing to a river where clearness is the highest quality. It warns against preferring books over people and art over life, attributed to Van Dyke.
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van Dyke
Boiling Baking Soda Cleans White Enamel Ware
A strong solution of baking soda and rain water cleans and whitens enamel ware. Utensils are boiled hard to restore snow white luster.
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