Foraging Memories and Civil War Echoes in lookalike Town
Mrs Smith recalls a southern town famed for a Trail of the Scout and a General Jackson monument. She describes social stratification, factory districts, and harsh labor conditions, noting segregation in employment and schooling. The journey from Birmingham to Chattanooga recalls Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain burial grounds.
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Jackson
Aden
Mahia
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Alora
Det
Mrs. Wolf
Missionary Ridge
Tere
Ttangoga
Smith
Joes
Submarine to Cross Ocean Worthy of Secret Plans
London reports naval developments kept from public view. Within a year the Daily Express predicts a new undersea craft for the British Navy with strong offensive power able to cross the Atlantic quickly and carry torpedoes and guns. Admiralty also considers a flotilla of fast above water ships with heavy guns to counter all craft.
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London
Daily Express
Atlantic
Admiralty
Inaugural Committee Bars Donkeys From Parade
The Wilson inaugural committee adopted a resolution excluding donkeys and Virginia foxhounds from the inaugural parade. It cited the need for a dignified ceremony and stated that donkeys and dogs have no place in the event.
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Washington
Wilson
Columbus
Cocos Island Treasure Hunt Ends Without Recovering Plunder
Panama. The Genevieve Davis led expedition from Plymouth failed to find buried gold on Cocos Island after months at sea. Pirates, maps, and rival hunters from Marseille and Victoria, B C, drove spirited but fruitless search. Three new hotels opened on the island’s main street.
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Panama
Genevieve Davis
Cocos Island
Benito Benite
Stury
Spain
Mexico
Ratuance
R. L. Stevenson
Misa Davis
Plymouth
Coras Island
Panna
Miss Davis
Barry TH
Benito Benito
France
Mme
Matilda Durand
Marseilles
Daria
Durand
McEwen
Parody on Tomb of Jones Proposed at Annapolis
Washington Park Benjamin a New York patent attorney and former naval officer writes a parody epitaph for John Paul Jones’s bones. He suggests placing it on the crypt at Annapolis where the remains were moved after discovery in Paris by General Horace Porter. The epitaph mocks the idea that Jones’s dust is in doubt and praises the bones as a cure for doubt.
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Washington
Park Benjamin
New York City
Navy Department
Shakespeare
Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Paris
Horace Porter
Porter
Jones
A Boren Loose in Pueblo County Worker’s Injury
Charles Stepp, a county employee in Pueblo Colorado, fractured both bones in his ankle last summer. He received two steel plates fixed by screws to stabilize the break and return to work. Recently he learned the screws had become loose and required attention.
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Pueblo
Colo
Charles Stepp
Stepp
Stormy career of Felix Diaz reshapes Mexican power
A profile of Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, detailing his dramatic rise and falls in Mexico. From chief of police to leading a revolt, his reversal after Madero’s triumph, brief capture at Vera Cruz, and near execution reveal a volatile, thrill seeking figure echoing his uncle yet differing in temperament.
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Porfirio
Mexico
Felix Diax
Madero
Huerta
Porfirio Diag
Fatal Diaz
Diaz
Benito Juarez
Whycle
Porfirio Ding
Richard Coeur de Lion
Tui
Felix Diaz
Diaz ii
Ding
Metator
Amano Ferre
Felix
Onc
Orozco
Zapata
Agolar
Tima Ding
Vera Crus
Martini
Ernesto Madero
Gustavo Madero
Vera Drum
Santiago Prises
Poles onced on equator discussed by Flammarion
Paris and scientist Camille Flammarion comments on Scott expedition claims that the south pole may have twice been a temperate zone with fossils like those in the Arctic. He notes that some theorists argue poles moved with Earth's obliquity, but he says the theory lacks exact scientific support.
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Flammarion
Scott
Paris
Camille Flammarion
South Pole
Arctic
Goats Proposed To Cut Living Costs In El Paso
El Paso residents hear cattlemen urge goat meat as cheaper and equally good when prepared properly. Quotes warn beef prices may crash if demand stays high. Kansas City market reports show yearling sheep at $5.36 per hundred and goats at $3.10 per hundred for similar weights.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Kansas City
New Mexico
Harvard professor sleeps in twilight state study
Boston report on a Harvard professor who has not slept for twenty years and rests in a twilight state. Investigations by Harvard psychology lab and the State Psychopathic Hospital explore a scientifically “relaxation” said to restore vigor in half the time of sleep. Professor Hoge Munsterberg comments on possible sleep without full consciousness. A special easy chair is used to aid relaxation in experiments.
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Boston
Harvard
Paschological Laboratory
University
State Psychopathic Hospital
Hoge Munsterberg
Psychological Laboratory
Munsterberg
Twillebt
Tate
Mummy Affinity Revealed In Ancient Love Letter
A translated love note found with a mummy at the Golden Gate Park Museum claims an unrighteous romance from Ptolemy era Egypt. The text, dated 222 B C, vows enduring affection though the woman died with the letter pressed to her heart.
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Egypt
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park Museum
Thes
B. C
1176 Letters in Dead Letter Office Await Miss Radcliffe
Washington reports 1,176 letters piled in the dead letter division for Miss Z X Radcliffe of Elgin Illinois. The mysterious correspondent sought a husband who would value a good girl and $30,000. A San Francisco mayor was asked for help. papers published her letter and responses poured in, many with photos, but no claimant appeared. Uncle Sam now holds the letters.
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Illinois
Washington
Postonce Department
Z. X. Radcliffe
Elgin
Cupid Too Strong A Westerly Woman Vanishes Again
Annie Sisson, who went to Fresno to marry a capitalist and became a dishwasher’s wife, was sent home by a charitable society and later reportedly married the capitalist dishwasher after all.
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Cupid Too Strong
Westerly
Annie Sisson
Fresno
Cal
Sbe
Crown Gall and Woolly Aphid Threat Trees
An article warns nursery stock often carries crown gall and woolly aphid diseases. Crown gall infects peach, almond, apple, pear, raspberry, and rose, girdling trunks and roots, causing yellow foliage and stunted growth with no known effective treatment. Woolly aphid infestations mainly attack roots and can spread rapidly. dipping roots in kerosene emulsion and insisting on official inspection certificates are advised to prevent planting diseased stock.
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Ernest Walker
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