Child of the Arctic Daughter and Her Arctic Diary
The piece profiles Marie Aleni-ghito, Peary’s Arctic born daughter now nine, described as intelligent with literary and exploratory tastes. It notes her coauthored book Children of the Arctic The Arctic Baby, drawn from her Arctic diaries, and shares a whimsical sample about walruses and flowers. It then shifts to various short items: riddles, a puzzle recap, a cucumber garden note, halo making, gravity trick, and other light curios.
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Arctic
Commander Peary
Marie Aleni-ghito
Eaquimo
Snow Baby
Gratitude of a Dog in a Colonial Tale
Olive Thorne Miller narrates of a colonial dog famed for opposing Indians. The animal stubbornly joined his master during a French campaign despite frostbitten feet. Separated at Braddock's defeat, the dog returned weeks later, foot sores bound with moccasins, having survived among Indians who treated him harshly. He then refused to track Indians despite loyalties to his people.
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Olive Thorne Miller
Braddock
Difficult Feat With a Bottle At Balance Challenge
A curious experiment describes balancing a bottle on the kick of the hoard and stooping to pick up a silver quarter with the lips without touching the bottle. The narrator notes possible dangers and suggests using a tin canister instead of the bottle to avoid a smash up.
Building a Log Cabin From Poles and Logs
Instructions describe constructing a squire log cabin eight logs high with a 1x6 door and a 2x4 window, oak oil paper covering, a rough stone chimney, bunks opposite the fireplace, and a basic shelter method using forked stakes and brush. It invites calls for instructions on bark canoes traps and camping crafts.
Reconstruction of the Arch of Titus and Roman monuments
Robotic restoration workmen in Rome study and reassemble fragments from the Arch of Titus and other antiquities on the Via Lucina and Campus Martius. The effort, led by Signor Cannizaro with local sponsors, uncovers doors, pilasters, and marble blocks from a grand Augustan-era monument, amid discoveries in the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the church Santa Maria Antiqua.
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Rome
Pesqui
Weceme
Ant
Augustis
Spain
Gaul
Titus
Coliseu
Augustus
Via Flamicia
Campus Martius
3. Lorenzo
Lucina
Curso
Via Frattina
Signor Cannizaro
Via Lucina
Ted the Explorer
Via Flaminia
Cardinal Ricci of
Monterubisno
Domitian
Sizu
Castor
Pollux
Dioscuri
Santa Maria Antiqua
Boni
Birthplace of Poet Cowper Noted in 1724 Anniversary
An English writer notes the 1724 anniversary of poet Cowper's birth and shows an illustration of the house where he was born. The town has little else to recall Cowper, save his mother's grave in the church. the old rectory remains a vacant reminder of his birth on November 15, 1731.
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Laces
Iit
Sebastiano Pogzio
Che Pont Cowjer
England
Cowper
N.S
Descendant of King David Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Gustay Lipsehuetz born Bertha Newmans aged 53 passed away at St Luke's Hospital after an operation. She lived at 1419 Diamond Street with her husband and eleven children. The deceased traced kinship to the Abarbanel Jewish family linked to King David with ties to Don Isaac Abarbanel and Rudolph Hirsch Abarbanel, noted rabbis and statesmen in Europe.
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Philadelphia
King David
Gustay Lipechustz
Sve
Diamond Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Abarbanel
Europe
Lipsehuetz
Bertha Newmans
Don Isaac Abarbanei
Spain
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Don Isaac
Italy
Rudolph Hirsch Abarbanel
Germany
Gretz
Ice Formations Help Ao, Auvergne Peasants Chill Cheese
In Pongiband, Auvergne, a summer ice phenomenon forms from underground moisture evaporation. Locals use the natural ice in caves to cool and harden cheese, preserving it through the hottest months.
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Pongiband
Auvergne
Teaching a Parrot and the Framophone Device
A framophone enables parrots to learn by repetition, with trained birds picking up words and sentences that the machine repeats. The method highlights mechanical repetition as a teaching aid for language mimicry in birds.
Large Connecticut Deer Size Noted by Observers
In Connecticut many deer sighted recently are described as large for their age and in good condition. Some observers compare them to Maine deer and suggest milder winters and abundant feed explain their plump condition, with harsher weather reducing numbers.
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Connecticut
Maine
New Jersey Woman Bears Five in One Year
A New Jersey woman has become the mother of five children in the last year, including twins and triplets, highlighting a remarkable sequence of multiple births.
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New Jersey
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Southernwood
Sweetbrier
Pansy
Crocus
Nombhor
Massachusetts
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Mo Lees
Mele Pecl Are Meer
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Fes
Tuscany
Syrante
Egypt
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