American Bluff Wins Big in Venice Motel Bargain Tale
A globe trotter bragged of bluffing a landlord into selling a Venice hotel to him by presenting a phantom multi million dollar check. The buyer pressured the German occupant, secured a top suite, and then faced a surprising bill he could not pay. The story, told as a travel anecdote from Seattle, highlights extraordinary bluff power.
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Globe
Europe
Nice
Venice
Chicago
St. Louis
Seattic
Fierce Battle With a Loon on Grand Lake
A Nova Scotia youth living at Grand Lake lures a loon with mimic cry to kill it for his birthday gift. After a long struggle the Indian is fatally struck by the bird’s beak and succumbs to the wound near his heart.
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Grand Lake
Nova Scotia
Birch Log From Ancient Muir Glacier At City Museum
A birch log fragment from a forest that grew on land uncovered by the retreating Muir glacier in Alaska is in the city museum. The piece, secured by L. L. Hawkins from Mr. Covell of the Harriman party, reflects a history of ancient growth, burial, and later erosion by advancing ice.
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Portland Oregonian
Muir Glacier
Alaska
L. L. Hawkins
Floating Icebergs Antarctic Photos Captivate Readers
New York coverage reports Dr F A Cosk of Belgium presenting 1500 photographs from a year and a half in the far south and South America. The images show ice formation stages and penguin colonies, offering vivid insights beyond traditional books.
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New York
Chicago
South America
Osc
DreSen
Fried chicken and corn pone as southern comfort dishes
The author extols fried chicken and corn pone as daily comfort foods in the South and recalls a vivid memory of a tender fried chicken served by a black mammy at a Virginia junction station, contrasting it with elite chefs in urban settings.
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Philadelphia
New York
Gordonsville
Little Junction Station
Virginia
Egg on the bed cover sparks house disturbance
A fragment describes a disturbance as someone steps into a house and witnesses an animal laying an egg on a down cover that decorates the bed. The excerpt suggests a tense or odd moment but provides limited context or names.
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Neas
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Gtzcleret
Sanday Ghats
Antarctic Regions
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