Washington Explorer Describes Sahara Troglodytes
Frank Bodward Johnson, explorer and National Geographic contributor, returns from Tunisia with astonishing reports. He details cave dwellings in the sugarloaf mountains, vast caverns, and a primitive people living in holes beneath rocky towns while recounting ancient Roman roads buried by Sahara sands.
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Ashington
Sugarloaf
Frank Bodward Johnson
National Geographic Magazine
Washington
Tunisia
Johnson
United States
National Geographic Society
Sahara
Carthage
Leptis Magna
Alexandria
Capital Folk Scramble for Rent Free Houses
Washington caretakers seek rent free houses in exclusive districts for the summer season. Real estate offices field many applicants and must judge character quickly. Widows with children are favored as caretakers for their perceived trustworthiness and steadiness.
Uncle Sam Pushes Civilians Into Rifle Range Training
The national board for promotion of rifle practice cites Congress action allowing the War Department to issue free rifles and ammunition to civilian rifle clubs and school cadets. It argues citizen marksmanship as a core defense principle and compares to Swiss training levels.
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Ica
National Board For Promotion
War Department
Congress
Army
Switzerland
Republic
Government Plant Collection Draws Daily Visitor Interest
The Smithsonian Institution, linked to ongoing investigations, collected cactuses years ago including living plants and herbarium specimens. The care of the daily lot, about five thousand specimens, attracts visitors and is overseen by E. M. Byrnes, superintendent of gardens and grounds.
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Smithsonian Institution
Theso Daily America
E. M. Byrnes
Unwashed Sons of Rest Declared A Satirical Union
A London Tit-Bits piece reports a spoof card from a mock society named The Ancient and Grand Order of the Unwashed Sons of Rest and General Layabouts. It lists absurd rules and figures such as Lord Neverwork and Tired Tim, mocking organized unions and modern life.
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Sons of Rest
Lord Neverwork
Tim
Dusty Rhodes
London
States' Rights to the Air and Private Property Law
The article argues English public and private law will treat airspace as sovereign landowner domain with air travel as a privilege. Courts have not ruled, but private law may adapt company law to air travel, using nuisance and trespass to protect property while balancing public aviation interests.
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England
Law Journal
Trade of Bottle Sorter in London Queer Trade
A London bottle exchange off Blackfriars Road sorts millions of salvaged bottles yearly. Returnees pay subscriptions and fees, while a carter at the exchange uses keen sight to read embossed names and reunite bottles with their owners.
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London
London Bottle Exchange
Blackftairs Road
Bottle Exchange
Connene
Uncorking a Bottle with a Wire Loop Trick
A simple method to prevent corks from falling into bottles. Bend a stiff iron wire into a long U shape that fits the bottle neck so the loop projects below the neck. When pouring, overturning the bottle allows the loop to keep the cork from obstructing the flow.
Too Much Talent Barber Gone for Excess Talent
A barber shop story centers on a barber who was fired for excessive talents. The boss explains the barber illustrated his stories with cute drawings while shaving customers, prompting the unusual departure.
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Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Wright & Wilhelmy CO
Omaha, Neb
New York
Wire Screen
York Wire Cloth Se
New York City
York Black
Redwood
Defiance
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
N. U. Lincoln
Orea TS Guare
Eaton Medical OD
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