How Howard Learned Bugs
Dr. L. J. Howard, chief entomologist for the government, has spent over fifty years studying insects. From a boy in Ithaca to a butterfly-collecting youth on Long Island, he pursued bugs with single minded passion, switching from engineering to science to follow the cocoon and insect world. His mother finally learned of his true calling at graduation, ending his pretend in mechanical engineering.
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L. J. Howard
Doctor Howard
Howard
Ithaca
N. Y
Long Island
Smile That Lane Dislikes
Secretary of the Interior Lane resists the “bureaucratic smile” of officials who fear change. He reportedly pressed a plan to cut through red tape during a conference, continuing the discussion as a subordinate officer began his characteristic smile, remarking that anyone who cooperates “gets fired.”
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Lane
Mr. Lane
Donte
Lady Scott A Toiler In London War Factory
Lady Kathleen Scott widow of Captain Scott works in a London munition factory to ease loneliness and support England's defense. She toils beside cockney workers, finds comradeship, and says labor brings moral comfort away from idle leisure while men endure hardship.
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Kathleen Scott
Captain Scott
Antarctic
South Pole
London
England
Buckingham Palace
Tommy
Protects Indian Heirs and Their Wills
A nurselike guardian of Indian affairs, Miss Florence Etheridge, reviews Indian wills before probate to ensure heirs receive rightful shares. She works under the Bureau of Indian Affairs with signatures from the commissioner and the interior secretary, guarding against past fraud against Indian heirs.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Florence Etheridge
Washington Law College
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Wnys
Yes Laugh at Yourself A Mark of True Humility
A New York Tribune editorial extols laughter at one's own flaws as a sign of wisdom and self discipline. It praises Lincoln for his self deprecation and likens humor to balance, helping avoid bigotry, cynicism, and fanaticism in public life.
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New York Tribune
Lincoln
Aristophanes
Mark Twain
Vast Wealth of Abyssinia Proclaimed Empress Zeodita
The Christian Herald reports Ouizero Zeodita, daughter of the late Menelik, proclaimed empress of Abyssinia at age forty, succeeding deposed Emperor Sidy Jeassu. Abyssinia, described as one of the earth’s most interesting nations, is the Switzerland of Africa, larger than Great Britain, with fertile land yielding three crops yearly. It spans the Upper Nile valley to the Red Sea and toward the Indian Ocean, growing bananas, dates, sugar, cotton, grapes, citrus, and coffee, with hay, oats and barley on the plateaus, and remains the only independent native African state with limited public improvements.
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Ouizero Zeodita
Menelik
Abyssinia
Christian Herald
Sidy Jeassu
Switzerland
Africa
Great Britain
Nile
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Ethiopia
Dancer Claims One Step Was His Forty Years Ago
James I Cogan of Washington, visiting New York, says he danced the one step forty years ago and even invented it. He proves he can still perform it on a Rialto floor, prompting questions about modernism and originality in dance.
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James I
Cogan
Washington
Broadway
Rialto
Dancer
New York Correspondence
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Brown-tail moth control near coast shows no spread
Report notes long coastlines of Connecticut and Long Island examined for migrating brown-tail moths. Fewer moths found on trains from infested regions this season, yet overall pest still active and not yet in decline. Government and state efforts continue to combat the infestation.
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United States
Connecticut
Long Island
The Best Traps For Serious Trappers
The trapper who must buy traps baits and trapping supplies should seek the best available. Although the initial cost may be higher, quality goods prove cheaper in the end due to durability and effectiveness.
Precious Gem Inspired by Fragments
A fragmentary exchange hints at a small gem and a plan to set it in gold or platinum for wear as a scarfpin. The lines imply someone weighing a delicate piece and its future form as a personal ornament. The mood suggests intimate craft or jewelry discussion.
Venice of the Valley described by Walter Hough
Walter Hough to the National Geographic Society extols Mexico’s Valley of Mexico as a Venice-like lake region. He details the ancient lake dwellers, canal life, floating gardens, and the Aztec city Tenoch titlan linked by shifting waterways, ending with notes on water hyacinth as both obstacle and asset.
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Mexico
Republic
Venice
Walter Hough
National Geographic Society
Texcoco
Xochimilco
Zumpango
Chatco
Cortez
Tenochtitlan
Pere Sahagun
Tenochtitlhia
Aztlan
The Mechanical Process Examines a Mock Art Critic
A satirical piece describes Buggins gaining his reputation as an art critic. Every time someone points out a picture he lowers his head and squints one eye, signaling his feigned discernment.
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Buggins
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims Malaria Cure
A vintage advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and immune builder with Quinine and Iron, priced at 50 cents. The label reiterates its tasteless formula. The copy ends with a bold slogan inviting readers to choose “our destiny” and ends with a garbled line about a brickbat response.
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GROVE
The Resemblance in a Fragmented Quip
A fragmented humor piece notes banana likeness to wedding guests in one respect and questions what it resembles. The snippet reads like a playful, abstract aside about appearances during a domestic scene.
La Creole Hair Dressing Ad Promises Youthful Look
An old advertisement claims La Creole Hair Dressing can darken gray hairs and make a person appear ten years younger. The brief note urges readers to try the product for a youthful appearance as advertised.
The Youngden Again
A three year old son of Dr. B. S. Potter, head of the county hospital for the incurable insane at Julietta, rode with his father in an automobile when the engine stopped and the father exclaimed I have killed it. The boy watched his mother sew and the sewing machine needle broke causing the machine to stop suddenly and the boy cried Now you have killed it mamma.
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B. 5
Potter
Julietta
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