New York Skyscrapers Shape a Moving Urban World
A National Geographic prepared piece extols New York as the world’s leading banker and a superlative city. It paints a vivid portrait of Manhattan’s skyline, vertical travel, and the subterranean city, noting endless construction, dense crowds, and the ambitious Hudson riverfront elevated highway and a forthcoming Brooklyn to Staten Island tunnel.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNY Service
London
New York
Manhattan
Earth
Alps
Acropolis
Ming Tombs
Taj Mahal
Pyramids
Gibraltar
Panama Canal
Tower of Babel
Grand Canyon
Yangtze Gorges
Cologne Cathédral
Pikes Peak
St. Peter’s
Sahara
Long Island
Statue of Liberty
Staten Island
New Jersey
Central Park
Mid-Manhattan
Broadway
Chicago
Troy
Waldorf-Astoria
Empire State Building
Riverside Drive
Grant
Sphinx
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Paris
Times Square
Hemisphere
Hudson River
Canal Street
Seventy-second
Tidewater
Brooklyn
Supremacy Of Stone Age Knowledge In Australian Tribes
The article extols Aboriginal Australians as living in a "Stone age" environment yet superior in tracking and survival. It describes their intimate knowledge of wildlife, writing via dot marks, and sophisticated smoke signaling. It also casts doubt on unicorns and mocks modern writers who misidentify ancient creatures with rhinoceroses.
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Australia
Unicorn belief spans ages from China to Japan
The article traces a long held belief in a one horned wild animal across Asia and beyond. It cites Ctesias, a Greek physician who died circa 390 B C, describing unicorns as single horned wild asses of exotic form. It notes legends that horns could neutralize poison in drinking cups.
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China
Japan
Ctesias
India
Napoleon as Nature's Superman and Europe’s Fearsome Emperor
William Lyon Phelps, writing in Scribner’s, lauds Napoleon as a formidable yet controversial figure. He praises Napoleon’s energy and aura while acknowledging cold-blooded acts, noting Europe faced danger whenever the emperor roamed. The quote reflects fascination and caution about Napoleon’s enduring glamor.
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Napoleon
Josephine
Europe
William Lyon Phelps
Scribner’s
Nature and Soul in Tennyson's Reflective Line
A crisp literary note on how words uncover and obscure inner truth, reflecting Tennyson's theme of dual revelation. The quote suggests language masks as it reveals the speaker’s essence, inviting readers to seek meaning beyond surface speech.
Sunshades aid young trees in Germany
Arborists provide sunshades for saplings in Germany using closely woven netting on a wooden frame. Placed on the south side of groups of young trees, the devices shield them from the noonday sun and have coincided with unusually rapid growth.
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Germany
Over the Banisters Mom Pop Sigs Socks Missing
Collier's Magazine quotes a humorous line about a parent searching for misplaced socks and the playful family banter surrounding the missing items. The quip reflects midcentury light humor and domestic foibles.
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Collier’s Magazine
Judge a baby food by the babies it builds
An Eagle Brand advertisement touts its baby food, claiming 75 years of use and three generations nourished. It cites a clinic feeding test of 50 infants with X rays and growth checks, asserting ideal nourishment and lasting health benefits. It offers a free baby book and feeding instructions, inviting physicians to receive a test report.
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Eagle Brand
Gail Borden
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City of Islands
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Venice
Silberstein
Grand Canal
Bobbie Holcombe
Howell Mill Rd
Atlanta, Ga
Borden Company
Borpin Company Depe
Borden
Madison Avenue
W. Gevekoth
Prospect St
New Rochelle
N. Y
Edson R. Tamblyn, Jre
Union St
Ridgewood
N.J
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