Foochow Tea Ports Revival Brings Foreign Flair Back
National Geographic notes Foochow in Fukien province is returning to prominence as a tea port. Tea factories, warehouses, and markets bustle while river trade resumes with Shanghai and Hong Kong ships up the Min. Foreign settlements revive, with consulates, clubs, and modern amenities contrasted by ancient lanes and sedan chair travel.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Oochow
Ceylon
Japan
Fukien
Foochow
Min
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Formosa
Pagoda Anchorage
Soothe
Enoch Arden
China
Canton
Peiping
Fukien Province
America
Odd Notions From Days Gone By Observed in a Colonial Echo
The piece reviews old child rearing practices of Susannah Wesley and notes surprising shifts in daily life. It wanders through tea as a possible intoxicant, jelly as medicine, the tomato once called love apple, and the table fork’s arrival. A mix of literary asides and curious historical tidbits ends with a quip about poets seeking fortune.
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Susannah Wesley
John
Charles Wesley
England
Africa
East Indies
Gerard
Lord Burleigh
Gregory
Massachusetts
Burbank
Thomas Colgate
James J
Indianapolis News
Rural Hygiene League Proposes Global Rural Health Plan
Experts from the Rural Hygiene League of Nations present a project for a standardized rural hygiene system. It calls for one physician per 2,000 people, auxiliary nursing and technical staff, and on-site first aid and prescriptions in the smallest rural units, to be considered at an international conference for final adoption.
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League of Nations
Giant Brontosaur Skeleton Dons Yale Peabody Exhibit
Skeleton unearthed by Othniel Marsh in Wyoming around 1880 has been assembled and placed on display at Yale University’s Peabody Museum. The Brontosaurus, nicknamed the thundersaurian, spans 70 feet in length, rises 16 feet high, and weighs over six tons.
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Yale
Othniel Marsh
Wyoming
Peabody Museum
Yale University
German scientist argues animals may learn to talk
Dr Bastian Schmid of Germany believes animals can learn language. He studies photographs of a dog's bark and other sounds from so called dumb beasts and finds evidence that animals have the beginnings of words like human speech.
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Bastian Schmid
Germany
Readings Spark Apples and Georgia Talk
Peachly asks if Appleby read Georgia Simpleton's latest book as the conversation turns to literature. The exchange hints at expectations and curiosity about the work.
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Appleby
Georgia Simpleton
Peachly
New Cotton Uses Expand Beyond Textiles
Plans backed by aid to southern farmers explore cotton derivatives including doorknobs, buttons, car paints, combs, film, paper, shock absorbers, wire insulators, and artificial leathers from the whole plant except roots. Revival of dimities and ginghams gains momentum with upholstery linings, auto-tire cards, and related items. Living one day at a time is described as a common method to cope with anxiety.
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