Invisible ultraviolet ray lures deep sea fish to networks of strange glow
Dr William Beebe of the New York Zoological Society reports experiments near Bermuda using an ultraviolet lamp to attract deep sea fauna. A 250 watt light above the water and UV exposure caused fish to cluster and swim toward the illuminated zone, with 400 fish captured in 30 seconds. He plans stronger lamps for future expeditions.
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William Beebe
New York Zoological Society
Bermmda
Nonsuch Island
Beebe
Boots in stories and a budget bootless mud myth
Tales of boots appear in literature from Mercury’s winged sandals to Cinderella’s glass slipper. A political anecdote recalls a small annual payment to a crossing sweeper between Whitehall and the Treasury to keep the Prime Minister’s boots mud free.
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Mercury
Puss
Cinderella
Algernon West
Whitehall
London
Tales of boots and faith across history
An assembled vignette of anecdotes about leaders and workers. Lincoln asks a minister whether a president should clean his own boots, invoking duty and humility. Aesop’s cobbler and the missionary Carey highlight faith, ambition, and self-reliance through brief biographical sketches and distant places.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
President
United States
Aesop
Leicester
England
Carey
India
Liangerniew
Denbighshire
Sir Henry Jones
Isaac Stringer
Winnipeg
Arctic
The Lord Mayor’s Wretched Boots at Royal Exchange
A tale from October 1844 recalls the Lord Mayor of London grimly attempting to shed Wellington boots as Queen Victoria opened the Royal Exchange. The boots stuck, one wouldn’t come off, and he mounted the procession in both boots, staring at a muddy embarrassment in splendid attire.
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London
Queen Victoria
Royal Exchange
Temple Bar
Adrift at 4000 Feet A 14 year old girl pilots plane in France
A 14 year old girl in Charente, France, bravely steps into the cockpit when the plane starts without wheel checks. She moves to the controls and keeps the aircraft aloft for about half an hour reaching 4000 feet before another machine enters the scene.
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Charante
France
Fearless pilot dies in crash after landing at aerodrome
A female pilot attempting a landing near a crowd at Charante crashed her aircraft and died from injuries. The incident followed her efforts to keep the machine away from onlookers, marking her bravery in peril.
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Charante
The King Learns From a Widow’s Hay Gift
A proud king seeks glory for building a cathedral and bans gifts. A dream reworks his tablet to erase Rome and honor a poor widow instead. The widow explains she gave hay daily from a loving heart to feed the horses that drew the stones. Pride dissolves in the light of love.
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Rome
Sunshine Cricket Club Pre-Annual Meeting Nears
The Sunshine Cricket Club will meet in the side room of Sunshine town hall on Monday evening to discuss future activities. The club denies disbanding rumors and notes several first class players as potential team nuclei with equipment and credit. Prospective players are invited to attend. a return to the Sunshine District Association depends on securing a suitable ground. The club also won the W. R. McKay Trophy for most efficient club last season.
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Sunshine Cricket Club
Sunshine Town Hall
Sunshine District Association
St Albans Progress Association to Meet on Tuesday
The St Albans Progress Association schedules its monthly meeting on Tuesday with expected wide attendance. Officials report Water Trust information to the shire secretaries, awaiting a definite report on the trust's plans amid severe drought. The secretary offers Sunshine workers help for late running trains by leaving names at local stores.
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St. Albans Progress Association
Water Trust
Sunshine
Self'’s
Perrett's
Sun Shine Progress Association backs tax commission idea
At a Sun shine Progress Association meeting the proposal to urge a Royal Commission on taxation was raised and a letter sent to Braybrookshire council. The council opposed it noting costly past Royal Commissions. A Taxpayers' Association watch was cited as supporting a move to curb misappropriation of tax funds.
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Sunshine Progress Association
Royal Commission On Taxation
Hair on Coat Proves Dog Hair Not a Woman’s Claim
In a wit filled exchange, a wife notes a strange hair on Henry’s coat. Henry admits it is dog hair, insisting it isn’t a woman’s hair, to which she retorts that fact is itself the odd part.
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Henry
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