Trumpeter and Black Swan discuss kinship and vanity in tale
A Trumpeter Swan friendly with humans recounts its tame upbringing, notes cousins the Mute Swan with a black knob on the bill, and praises the Black Swan from Southern Australia. The two swans exchange quips on geography and beauty as a crowd learns their contrasting traits and social temperaments. Accessories and fashion trends follow in a second feature, detailing hats, scarves, jewelry, and novelty fabrics shaping autumn styles.
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Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Mute
Australia
Black Swan
Tasmania
Trumpeter
Ietchcome
Trumpter
Volcanoes power towns with steam heat and light
The article explains volcanoes as safety valves and notes ways Italian towns use volcanic steam to heat streets and cook meals. It mentions Sardello and other Italian sites harnessing steam for electricity and central heating. It also cites Kilauea in Hawaii as a potential power source.
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Vesuvius
Pompeii
Etna
B. C
Italy
Pacific
Sardello
Europe
Kilauea
Hawaii
Theorists and Farmers in Plow Design History
The Columbia State recalls how math and theory transformed moldboard design, noting farmers long clung to practical methods until Thomas Jefferson and subsequent theorists used higher mathematics to guide field tests. It contrasts early fears about cast iron plows with eventual adoption and progress.
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Thomas Jefferson
French Academy
Columbia
Size of Sea Waves Given
The hydrographic office in Washington reviews trustworthy Atlantic observations and reports that great waves average about 29.4 feet. In extreme storms waves may reach about 47.5 feet. Wave length from trough to trough ranges from 600 to 2600 feet.
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Hydrographic Office
Washington
Atlantic
Open season urged on wild pigeons in California feud
Farmers in Santa Barbara County press for an open hunting season on wild pigeons claiming crop damage to acorns and seed. Officials and researchers scrutinize the petition noting no verified grain harm and warning against repeating past slaughters, urging proof of bird numbers and impact.
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Madison Square, Garden
California
Santa Barbara County
California Fish and Game Commission
Wallee
Department of Agriculture
Washington
W. P. Taylor
United States Biological Survey
Fish and Game
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Zaca
Los Olivos
Santa Ynez Valley
California’ Fish and Game Commission
Painter in asylum mocks hidden masterpiece
A painter confined in an asylum tells visitors his latest piece shows the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea. When pressed, he claims the sea has been driven back, the Israelites have crossed, and the Egyptians will be here directly, a simple, unpretentious work.
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Red Sea
The Boss First
An unemployed man seeks help from his minister at a railway station. The pastor remarks that the man tires of new employers quickly. The man pleads that it is not true he tires first, defending his employment history as the scene unfolds.
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Phiadelphia Bulletin
Prickly Pear Pest Expands Across Australian States
NSW reports 6,000,000 acres infested with prickly pear while Queensland shows 27,000,000 acres affected. The 1921 NSW estimate was 3,500,000 acres. the pest has spread 2,500,000 acres since then. At least 10,000 acres within 30 miles of Sydney grow only prickly pears.
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New South Wales
Queensland
Sydney
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble and may not know it. Kidney disease can affect other organs and cause back pain headaches and low ambition. Dr Kilmer’s Kidney and Bladder Medicine offers a sample bottle to test its effect. Kilmer & Co. sells medium and large bottles at drug stores.
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Spitfree Mhenue Te Kilmer & Co
Detroit Nightie Robbery Suspect Sentenced in Court
Joseph Labedz, a Chicago import, admitted stealing ninety silk nighties from backyards in Detroit's north end. Police found him wearing three stolen garments as underwear. He pled guilty before Judge Charles L. Bartlett and received a ninety day sentence in the house of correction.
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Detroit
Joseph Labedz
Labedz
Chicago
North End
Sydney ©. Millis
Charles L. Bartlett
Recorder's Court
House of Correction
Linen substitute from flax lily found in New Zealand
A substitute for flax linen has been found in the flax lily, abundant in New Zealand. It grows well in Europe and America, is easier to cultivate, and yields about 2 240 pounds per acre, offering relief as flax becomes rarer and pricier.
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New Zealand
Europe
America
Dad's Opinion in the Boston Transcript
A father comments on household finances noting an expensive bait lot while Julie or Helen deserves new clothes. The exchange shows tension over money and priorities within a Boston newspaper quotation.
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Helen
John
Dubbleigh
Father
Boston Transcript
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Emma
Astrakhan
Western Newspaper Union
Wild Pigeon
California Hog Farmers Act
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