Picturesque Ruins and Abbeys in Jamestown Ireland
A vivid travel note describes Jamestown Virginia’s old church tower as the last relic of England’s first colony, and the Jamestown tower as the site of Pocahontas christening and rumored wedding to John Rolfe. It also tours Ireland’s Killarney abbey ruins with a famed yew tree, noting preservation, setting, and legends. A stray street scene closes the piece with a policeman and a boat search.
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America
New World
Jamestown
England
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
James River
Ireland
Killarney
Penhey
Dream Reveals Buried Medieval Church Near Pirot
In Servia a village woman dreamed of a buried church near Pirot. Despite ridicule, she urged digging at her spot. A medieval church ruin emerged, later rebuilt as a tiny chapel, attracting pilgrims and donations to the dreamer and her family.
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Pirot
Servia
Wide World Magazine
A Very Queer Fish in Pacific Waters
A strange aquatic creature called mola or moonfish drifts near Santa Barbara and California lakes. It measures up to ten feet between fins, floats on the surface, and serves as a resting platform for seabirds, though its flesh is too tough to eat. The piece closes with a call for lean law and honest leadership.
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Pacific Ocean
Isles
Santa Barbara
Lakes of
California
A Greek Theater In America Opens In California
The University of California opens an open air theatre where Roosevelt spoke on May 12. The structure mirrors the Dionysius Theater with 255 by 194 feet dimensions, 8 000 seating, concrete construction, tile roof, and colorized stage. The site sits in a grove of trees and follows classic Greek design. Two men stole a boat at Biddeford, Maine, the other night and fled.
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America
University of California
Roosevelt
California
Dionysius
Harpers Weekly
Biddeford
Oldest Glassblower William Hall of Greensboro Pa
William Hall of Greensboro Greene county Pa born Feb 15 1817. Learned glassblowing in Warrington DC in 1832. He blowed glass for the dome of the Capitol in 1837 and later worked under Major Cross until the factory closed amid US France tensions. Two glass milk pails by Hall are in the Smithsonian. Hall is still living in Greensboro in good health.
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William Hall
Greensboro
Greene County
Warrington
D. C
Washington
Capitol
Frederick Stinger
Major Cross
United States Army
United States
France
Smithsonian Institute
Hall
King of All Trout Catches Record Rainbow Near Index
W. H. Phillips known as Hi Co manucho lands a 15 pound rainbow trout on the Skykomish River near Index in a boiling rapid. Dr. Young and John Schram of Seattle watch as Phillips battles the fish for twenty five minutes, drawing a potential Western Washington record. The catch, made with salmon eggs and a small trout book, is described as the largest rainbow ever pulled from the region’s waters.
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Man
W. 8. Phillips
Hi Comanucho
Field and Stream
Phillips
Skykomish
Index
Dr. Young
John Schram
Seattle
His
W. &. Phillips
Big Treat
Washington
Ottawa's Remarkable Funeral Chariot Built by Deceased
The sketch shows the chariot used to convey the late J. Major of Hull to Ottawa on June 9. The design was his, and the funeral followed his will with cremation of the chariot afterward, coffining the remains per officials.
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J. Major
Hull
Ottawa
Canada
Mr Thompkins Teaches a Mission Class Tonight
Mrs Thompkins invites a man to lead a mission class while she watches from the back. The volunteer teacher faces unruly boys, a staged Maltese cross lesson, and a chaotic exit as the class outsmarts his plans. Mrs Thompkins asserts order as the class ridicules the male teacher and disrupts the session.
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Gate Club
Mr. Thompkins
Wis
United States
Jim Jeffries
Mission School
Mouse War Veteran Reflects on Cruelty of Traps
A householder recalls the early cruelty of using a cheese baited mouse trap for a mouse in his apartment. After freeing one mouse, he vents on the trap’s terror, describes buying a cat which reduces mice for years, and argues the cat is a humane, preventive measure against disease.
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Mousie
Robert
Riverside Park
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Uncle Tom
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