Vast World Facts Put In One Chronicle
A digest of curious data covers biblical word frequencies, butterfly eye counts, Spain’s telephony monopoly, England book output, French child life insurance, Seattle port, New York fires, European grave visits, Pacific Northwest camps, handshake strength, Polish language habits, ancient titles, fox color forms, walnut charcoal, U S employment in telephones, Chinese hash word, Herodotus humbleness, actor superstition, sparrowhawk speed, English patents, film inflammability law, Dutch Guiana diamonds, ant speed travel, cremation residuum, 2 lb ashes, gasoline poisoning, Jesselton telephones, noiseless clocks, London sock and safe makers, camembert cattle, virgin timber ownership, ancient cataract surgery, malvavisco fiber, world forest land per person, steamship power, coin weights, cotton gins, Greek lands reclamation, Iceland geysers, Columbus pay, earth life mass, forests on Hawaiian slopes, elephant trunk smell, radio boon to China, Jamadia mangoes, newsprint usage, Paraguay temperance zones.
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Spain
England
France
Seattle
New York
Europe
Pacific Northwest
United States
Herodotus
Dutch Guiana
Jesselton
Wilds
Borneo
London
Hindoos
Malvavisco
Norway
Sweden
Greece
Turkey
Iceland
Christopher Columbus
America
China
Jamadia
Haiti
Paraguay
Kyanize Sanitary Floor Enamel Advertises One Coat Use
A vintage ad touts Kyanize Sanitary Floor Enamel as a combined paint and varnish for old floors. It claims the enamel wears twice as long as paint, provides a high gloss, and stands mopping scrubbing without dulling. A coupon offers 45 cents off a can with a brush for a quarter.
Hair Specialist Promotes Lucky Tiger Remedy
Los Angeles based French hair expert Mr G W Busche credits Lucky Tiger with restoring hair for many women. In a letter to manufacturers he says in forty years he has found no equal remedy and urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle.
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G. W. Busche
Los Angeles
Busche
Hollywood Girls
England Athletes Appear Sturdier in Marathon Claims
An English sports writer argues English athletes show greater stamina than Americans in long distance running, noting America lags in the marathon. He adds stamina applies to rowing, where the English excel on water compared with other nations.
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England
United States
America
Take It or Leave It Motto in Advice Column
A witty line frames advice as a choice between accepting guidance or facing the tougher path of independence. The phrase hints at personal decision making and the value placed on guidance in daily life.
Pension Office Signs More Checks Than Any Bureau
Washington reports the Interior Department paid out 549000 pension checks totaling 20660018.97 last month to old soldiers widows and federal retirees. Checks reach recipients by the 4th of the following month via state bound mailings arranged with the post office.
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Pension Office
Washington
Department of the Interior
Post Office
United States
Washington Post Office
City Post Office
City of
U S Educational System Called Best in World
The Republican Publicity Association defends America’s schooling against Professor Meiklejohn of Amherst claiming the United States has the best educational system in operation. It notes reading and writing gaps exist due to aliens, native-born with alien parentage, and remote districts, yet cites census figures showing 17 of 19 million children aged seven to fifteen in school in 1920 and predicts improvement by 1930.
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Washington
Alexander Meiklejohn
Amherst College
New York Times
America
Meiklejohn
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Europe
United States
U.S
Plattenburg to Lecture at Redpath Chautauqua Here
Widely known editor and humorist Charles H. Plattenburg, famed lyceum lecturer, will speak on The Old Town in a New World at the Redpath Chautauqua. His constructive lecture aims to inspire progress and betterment among modern Americans.
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Lyceum and
Chautauqua
Charles H. Plattenburg
Com
Ing Redpath Chautauqua
Old Town
Plattenburg
Union
Chaucer Pioneered Love of Nature in English Poetry
Stopford Brooke notes Chaucer as the first to make nature a distinct element in poetry. He says Chaucer spent days gazing at a daisy and sparked a lingering delight in natural scenery later poets carried forward.
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Chaucer
Stopford Brooke
Esther's home a favorite spot for neighborhood children
The children like to gather at Esther's house because her parents are interested in children's affairs and make it pleasant for them. Dot notes the place feels like a little girl's house rather than a mother and father home.
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Esther
Dot
Thieves Island and its Perilous Naming History
The Ladrones, called Thieves' Island by Magellan, earned a lasting label from a foreign tongue. He described the native people as inveterate purloiners, a term that shaped the island’s enduring, notorious name.
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Pacific Islands
Texas Land Share Stated As 8.82 Percent Of U S Area
The article notes Texas covers 262 398 square miles while the nation totals 2 711 876 square miles. Texas thus holds about one eleventh of U S land area, or 8 82 percent.
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Texas
United States
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Rainer National Park
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Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway
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