Ethiopian Year Keeps Courtship Amid Kitchen Wall Art
Mr and Mrs Stanley Lee visit Cody Wyoming but return yearly to New York and a basement kitchen mural. Evelyn Sanderson, an artist, paints a vibrant slave figure above the stove as Stan falls for her. He proposes a life with color and warmth in Wyoming, and she accepts.
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Darrow Street
New York City
Stanley Lee
Cody
Wyo
Bony Black
Lee
Stanley
Evelyn Brooks
Standardized Pattern Company
Mag
Stan
Margaret
Erelyn
Evelyn
Wyoming
New York
Ivory Wealth in the Arctic Distant Isles
An article describes ivory-rich islands northeast of the Lena mouth where mammoth tusks lie in abundance. An American naval expedition found ivory deposits and skeletons suggesting a ancient death zone. Lieutenant Schuetze notes a risky prospect for adventurers to sail Bering Strait in summer, dig for ivory, and return in six weeks despite harsh, uninhabited shores.
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Lena
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
Jeannette
Schuetze
Bering Strait
The Art of Talking as a Social Skill
Discussion of conversation as a skill requires time, thought, and practice. Reading the best books and staying informed with daily events helps build general knowledge. An ideal conversationalist listens, refrains from harsh censure, and can make any subject engaging through small talk.
Latin Roots in English Place Names and Speech
The article notes Latin words entering English via Rome's conquests, citing castra becoming Chester and town names like Colchester and Dorchester as roman camp remnants. It also mentions Pilgrims naming new settlements after English towns and traces a long through-line between English and Latin through history.
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Rome
Castra
Chester
Colchester
Dorchester
Winchester
America
Christian Science Monitor
New Map Outlines World After War Yet Needs Details
A Providence Journal writer notes the proposed postwar world map assigns Alsace Lorraine to France, cedes the Saar Basin for 15 years, frees Luxemburg, redrafts borders in Belgium Denmark and Schleswig, creates new states including Poland Czecho Slovakia and Jugoslavia, and places mandates on German colonies. Danzig becomes a free city with Polish ties. Japan gains Tsingtao and Pacific islands as mandates. even Antarctica is allotted to the Entente. Details remain to be worked out before authentic atlases appear.
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Providence Journal
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Sarre
Luxemburg
Belgium
Schleswig
Denmark
Rhine
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Poland
Danzig
Russia
Africa
Japan
Peking
Tsingtao
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
League of Nations
Antarctic
Entente
Crutch Bearer Sums Up Valor Beyond Battle
Minna Irving praises a wounded veteran in New York Sun style, noting his fallen leg from Flanders and the lasting symbols of Washington Franklin and Lincoln on Liberty. The poem honors a doughboy’s endurance and frames his journey as a beacon toward Freedom as Time advances.
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Washington
Franklin
Lincoln
Liberty
Minna Irving
New York Sun
Whisky floats more trouble than it drowns
A compact moral quip collection notes that promising fools fail to keep promises, reputations hinge on hidden facts, and simple acts like seeing others eat can spark hunger. It also links love, fire, and a bad cough as unavoidable truths that cannot be hidden.
Cape Prince of Wales Stormiest Place in World
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska’s western tip, is described as the stormiest region on earth. Frank Hess of the government geological survey reports vast snow, fierce Arctic winds, and clear visibility to Siberia across the Bering Strait. He notes underground igloos built to dodge storms, with whale vertebrae serving as air vents and driftwood supplies from the Yukon river.
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Cape Prince of Wales
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Frank Hess
Government Geological Survey
Siberia
Bering Strait
Mr. Hess
Yukon River
Taxis and Other Motor Vehicles Must Pay Tax
Taxicabs jitney buses and other passenger automobiles for hire are taxed under regulations by the international revenue bureau interpreting the revenue act. Cars seating three to seven are taxed ten dollars yearly while buses carrying more than seven are taxed twenty dollars. Two passenger cars are exempt. The tax is assessed against the car and not the owner, and cannot be transferred with a sale. The tax became effective January 1.
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International Revenue Bureau
aAeaman
Great Bodies of Water Not Classed Under Seven Seas
A subscriber asks what the seven seas are and notes no dictionary explains them. The Oxford English Dictionary lists the Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans as the seven seas, while it omits a definition under seas and cites the four British seas as an example.
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Kipling
Arctic
Antarctic
North
South Pacific
South Atlantic
Indian Oceans
Great Britain
Cork Sinks Despite Buoyancy At Depths
A cork submerged to 200 feet below the ocean surface will not rise due to the immense water pressure. At shallower depths it will gradually ascend, overcoming buoyancy as pressure decreases.
Thrush Slaughters Snails for the Goody in Curious Method
A writer notes thrushes in snail rich districts slay shelled snails by dropping them on stones. In a Highland birch wood a thrush was observed smashing a slug on a sacrificial stone. The behavior may aim to tenderize or extract flesh, not merely kill. The article speculates on the bird’s motive.
Music as Ethical Truth in Handel Mendelssohn Echoes
Julia Ward Howe reflects on music’s role in ethical consciousness, praising Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn, linking sacred text with divine music. She recalls singing in the chorus and hearing Elijah, noting how memory channels these works to the modern spirit.
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Handel
Mendelssohn
Messiah
Palestine
Elijah
Julia Ward Howe
A Few Smiles On the Face of It
A humor strip presents quick wits and wordplay. A man reads character by facial features and a pun about a dog in a public place. The piece blends light banter and social quips with witty misreads and motorist jokes.
Sprinting ban for stout friend sparks debate
In a cheeky exchange a spectator notes the stout friend is barred from the sprinting match. The other asks why, and a witty reply says it’s a sport where a fat man has only a slim chance, implying a commentary on physique and competition.
Natural Antipathy
A wry exchange about a dog reacting to medicine ends with a quip that the dog's bark matches the tonic. The brief humor hinges on misdirection and affectionate banter between speakers.
Market shifts in horses demand drafts and southern chunks
The United States Department of Agriculture notes a shift toward medium and heavy draft horses, with rising prices in Chicago and evolving regional preferences. Draft and southern chunk horses gain prominence as carriages wane and farm needs favor work horses for farm and road use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Iowa
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Coast
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Pacific States
Chicago
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Oat straw found nearly as good as timothy for light horse work
A Missouri experiment showed 1,400 pound horses fed 15 pounds corn and cob meal and 1 2/3 pounds oil meal daily rations. North Dakota findings indicated horses fed oats or bran and shorts required about 25 percent more grain when given oat straw versus upland prairie hay.
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Timothy
Missouri Experiment Station
North Dakota Experiment Station
Livestock Notes on Pigs and Pasture
Plenty of exercise for the sow supports healthy pigs and early pasture with spring sowing via rape. Livestock prospects look brighter than crop farming for farmer profits. Once piglets start eating at four to five weeks, feed them separately from the dam.
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McClure News- Paper Syndicate
Hurgerford
England
Flanders
Mars
Music
William
Ae AY
Timothy Hay
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