Local Scotsdale Life Reports a Week of Visits and Events
Editor notes a busy Scotland week with visits from T W Hardenberg and Mia Beard, land seekers to Texas, a High School program, spring fashion hats, and travel to Sioux Falls and Wisconsin. Lieut Donley earns Distinguished Service Citation and Croix de Guerre. Nine Episcopalian confirmands join Bishop Burleson’s service as Chicago family moves to Scotland.
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Lieut
J. S. Donley
LeJuene
Bione Mont
Lieut. Donley
Burleson
Sioux Falls
E. Coles
Springfield
Larrabee
Yankton
Chris Huellwarth
Vera Huellwarth
Milbert Huellwarth
Emma Shock
Frances Ciear
Ruth Ciear
Brent Tor Church A North Devon Landmark Of Ocean Cliffs
Brent Tor stands high on the North Devon coast as a tiny church with a legend about a second aisle that supposedly traps wanderers. Built by a man lost among fog and cliffs, the church faced devilly interference before being dedicated to St Michael de la Rupe. It remains a visible landmark against Atlantic waves and rolling moors.
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Brent Tor
Devonshire
England
Devon
Atlantic
St. Michael de la Rupe
Atlantic Ocean
SHAMANS POWER AND RITUAL IN ALASKA TRIBES
The article explains shamanism in Alaskan native life. Shamans gain power through fasting and solitary prayer, preparing the body as a vessel for spirits. A novitiate is sent on a journey, and the shaman preserves the tongue of a killed animal as a sacred talisman, sparing it from human sight to avoid madness or transformation.
Beginning of Life Insurance Originated in Maritime Trade
Life insurance grew from marine cover used by merchants sailing routes with pirate risks. Underwriters were paid premiums to guarantee ransom payments if merchants were captured. The practice expanded to insure mariners and others, with fixed payments upon death within a set period, evolving into modern life insurance contracts.
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Mediterrainean
Self Portrait Photography Technique
Instructions describe securing a camera on a tripod or table to prevent movement during exposure. A string attached to the shutter trigger runs to floor level under a chair rail then under the shoe and into the hand behind the back to trigger the shutter. If the string slips a pull releases the shutter and a new attempt begins.
Nightmare Causes and Treatments in 19th Century Thought
The piece defines nightmare as a result of disordered digestion or nervous ailments and urges addressing underlying causes. It describes sleep as yielding to the spirit and notes the French term cauchemar as a fearsome intruder.
Usefulness of Moss in Water Regulation
Moss, a popular name for several small flowerless plants, thrives in damp places. In mountains and wet districts mossy tracts help retain water and prevent sudden floods.
London Couple’s Tricycle Train Carries Family Across
A London couple builds a two trcycle conveyance joined by cross pieces to carry a family of six. The improvised wagon holds a long box and small children.
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London
Unaccounted American Front Line Soldiers Still Missing
The Home Sector notes 250 to 300 American front line troops remain unaccounted for. It explains that many are listed as missing in action but are presumed dead to ensure war risk benefits and proper demobilization.
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Ex-Soldier’s Magazine
War Department
SLEPT AMONG THE DEPARTED IN A CEMETERY CAR SIESTA
A Milwaukee couple and their two children traveled to Indianapolis with a stop in Gary and, after a night of heavy rain and darkness, woke to find they had slept in their car inside a cemetery gate. The family continued at daybreak seeking their destination.
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Milwaukee
Flivviered
Indianapolis
Gary
Indianapolis News
Too Beautiful Islanders Return to New England
A seafaring husband and wife, who chose a Caribbean island as a paradise for the twilight of life, returned to New York with their luggage and parrot. They plan an old fashioned New England winter, preferring Connecticut’s barren rocks over tropical beauty after seven years.
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Caribbean Sea
Secarn
Tropics
New York
Caribbean
New England
Connecticut
Y W A Workers Build Siberian Girls Association
In Vladivostok a Y W A staff slowly organizes an association for girls, overcoming educational and social hurdles. They report growing interest and are developing activities such as sewing classes and spelling and letter writing lessons.
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Siberia
Vladivostok
Prize Fighter Congressman and the Morrissey Parallel
The report notes Carpentier seeks a seat in the French parliament and compares him to John Morrissey who won Congress on November 5, 1867 from New York City’s Bloody Sixth ward. Morrissey’s 1858 fight with Heenan near Boston Corners, Berkshire County, led to later Massachusetts-NY political twists.
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Carpentier
John Morrissey
Congress
New York City
Springfield
Morrissey
Heenan
No-Man's Land
Boston Corners
Berkshire County
New York
Massachusetts
Andrad
Songress
Flowers and fleeting spring in distant Siberia observed
The Christian Science Monitor describes Siberia after long winter as a brief, bright season where spring, summer, and autumn merge into six months of rapid change. Wild anemones, irises, and lilies of the valley fill the landscape and trains along Vladivostok to Harbin are scenes for modest price exchanges with local boys selling bouquets.
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Siberia
Christian Science Monitor
Fifth Avenue
Proverb Lovers in Ancient and Golden Ages
Trench notes three great figures Aristotle Shakespeare and Cervantes cherished proverbs. Aristotle compiled collections, Shakespeare frequently cites and alludes to proverbs in plays like Measure for Measure and Alls Well That Ends Well, and Cervantes fills Don Quixote with proverbial lines.
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Aristotle
Shakespeare
England
Cervantes
Trench
What the Hair Denotes
A hair on the forehead or temples signifies personality traits and life outlook. Coarse hair hints at humble birth and coarse nature, while black, short, and curly hair suggests instability and risky behavior. Chestnut brown indicates fair dealing but domestic unhappiness. thick brown hair signals vigor and drive. curly brown implies weak character but cleverness. Dark brown long hair reflects faithfulness, many children, health, and happiness.
Freaks of Nature: Barking Cat and Other Oddities Recorded
A Boston exhibited cat that barks like a dog tops a list of national oddities. The Detroit Free Press reports a giant glow worm found in the Santa Cruz mountains glows with luminous rings in darkness. In England a seven-daisy stalk case from Southstoke Bath shows plant over eating. White blackbirds canaries linnets and sparrows are seen. A double sided flounder with duplicate fins and a misplaced eye was captured months ago.
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Boston
Detroit Free Press
Santa Cruz Mountains
Southstoke
Bath
England
Swamp Lands Potential for Reclaimed Farmland
Swamp and wetlands in the United States cover three fourths of France in area. Much swamp land becomes wet after heavy rains with dense vegetation. Experts believe large tracts could be drained and cleared by public or private corporations to create productive farms.
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United States
France
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