Kansas Rabbits Show Real Speed Debate
Kansas residents dispute a New York Tribune claim that a jackrabbit could outrun a moving passenger train at 40 miles per hour. The letter-writers defend the rabbit’s speed, recounts of horses and cars racing rabbits, and a correction from the Tribune acknowledging an exaggerated figure. The piece mixes humor and regional pride over Kansas jackrabbits and speed lore.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kan- San
New York Tribune
Kansas
Tribune
Rabbit
Senator Capper
John
The
Burgess
Smart
Colchis Peoples in Ancient Times Described
The passage portrays Colchis as a humid marshy region near the Black Sea coast with riverine settlements on stilted foundations. It notes the people as corpulent and tall, speaking a hard language, and mentions the Phasis river and nearby northern Serthis forests as a vast wilderness.
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Colchis
Twat
Phasis
Rhine
Serthis
Saroy
Germany
Ancient clay note reveals 4000-year debt and 20 percent interest
A 4000-year-old clay tablet note, unpaid and bearing 20 percent six month interest, was found at the University of Pennsylvania museum. Dated to 1962 B C during Rim-Sin’s reign, it shows four shekels in silver owed by Bur Mama to II Singulum, hinting at ancient barter and the value of a shekel.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum
Leon Legrain
Philadelphia Public Ledger
II Singulum
Rim-Sin
Dur-Damigilishu
B. C
Chinese Clip Hair To Sell In America
Chinese clip hair trade reveals imports from Hong Kong and China exceeding 400000 pounds yearly valued under 2 dollars per pound wholesale. US demand boosts prices. European buyers seek shorter coarser hair for industrial use and nets. Hair is heavily cleaned before sale and used in fashion and automotive era hats.
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America
United States
Hong Kong
China
Kansas City Star
Europe
Ocean bed covered by meteorite dust and lava layers
The sea floor is described as thickly coated with lava and pumice, with scattered fragments resembling comets. A recent discovery notes a vast layer of this meteorite dust exists between Hawaii and Tahiti at about 2350 fathoms deep, influencing long term planetary bombardment narratives.
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Honoluln
Tahit
Historic beef slice and a Marine's ancestral link
A fragmentary tale from 1905 recalls a beef slice pressed as an heirloom and saved from an ax attack aboard a captured French vessel. Joseph Hobbins of Ain Harbor is linked as the great great grandfather of Lt Col Edward R Manwaring of the United States Marine Corps.
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Manwaring
Ain Harbor
Joseph Hobbins
Isk Roral Marines
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Sergi. Hobbins
Vieut-Col
Edward R. Manwaring
United States Marine Corps
Abolish Coroners Office in Favor of Medical Examiner
New York advocates replacing coroners with a chief medical examiner. Dr Charles Norris argues coroners lack judicial training and modern procedures. He says autopsy records were incomplete and trials hindered by the old system, urging a scientifically trained medical examiner model.
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New York
Charles
Norris
New York City
Altho
Albany
Massachusetts
M ‘Ipal Review
Coroner's
Norris Buys
Department of Health
Hus
Coroner Budget Sparks Debate Over New Autopsy System
The office budget stood at about $65,000 less than the coroner’s in Creati val New York. Dr Norris defends the system as protecting public rights and serving medical colleges, arguing the 13 new autopsy provisions were to secure autopsy data for medical use.
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Creati
New York
Norris
Crowded Mandalay Pagoda Crown Ceremony Draws World Faiths
A new pagoda in Mandalay crowned with a massive thi reaches 360 feet. Buddhists from Indo China, the Himalayas, Mos, Chan and Siam attend a festival weaving a Babel of languages. A bamboo inclined plane aids the seven day ascent of the heavy cap.
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Mandalay
Burma
Indo-China
Himalayas
Mos
Chan
Siam
Katshhin
Mot
Mendalay
Salton Sea Mullets Prove Culinary Draw at Arizona Hotels
Salton Sea in California's Imperial Valley, once called the Dead Sea of America, formed richly salty waters. After a 1915 surge brought mullet to the sea, fish from 125 degree water were iced and shipped to Pacific coast hotels. Chefs praised Salton Sea mullet, securing a steady menu place.
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Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
California
Dead Sea of America
Dead Sea
Palestine
Colorado River
Pacific Coast
Salvage Sunken Ships With Novel Gripping Gun
A new device for raising sunken ships uses a grip mechanism mounted on a submerged gun. Extending arms grasp hull plates, grips are fired by compressed air and guided by magnetic power. Refloating uses cables. deep water requires buoyant cylinders fed by air. Woman Discovers Secret Cacique Carey Wood. A Panama Canal Zone resident uncovers the heart wood once sought by explorers for its strength and durability.
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Nautical Magazine
Ocean
Christopher
Central America
P. Verner
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Panama
Smallest Honeybees and Giants of Hindustan
In East Indian lands and Hindustan the smallest honeybees, called apici fiorer, form honeycombs no larger than a child’s hand with cells the size of a pinhead. They build on low tree branches and, since no winter is needed, work year round. A contrasting race includes giant bees whose hives reach six to twelve feet long and weigh 3066 to 400 pounds each.
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East Indian Islands
Hindustan
Apici, Fiorer
Visions of Thirst Amid Fogless Night Cruise
A Wilmington party roaming in heavy fog feared drifting at sea and hunger as their motor boat circled near shore. Dawn revealed their anchor overboard and that they had nearly run aground, with a scare of being lost at sea.
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Wilmington
Del
Russian General Now Works as Chauffeur in New York
Maj. Gen. George Y. d Hedburg and his wife, refugees from Finland, live in a modest New York lodging. He works as a 34 dollar-a-day mechanic and seeks a chauffeur license while recounting his escape from Russia and his prior duties with the czar.
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New York
Finland
George Y. d’Medburg
Grand Duke Nicholas
United States
Order of St. George
Gmeral d
Mme. d’Hedburg
Sue
France
Italy
Rus
d'Hedburg
Poison ivy leaves used as table decor injures guest
Mrs. Harold Congdon picked poison ivy leaves for decorations at the Congdon cottage. Six guests began the meal before the rash surfaced. Mrs. Congdon suffered a badly swollen right arm while the others were not poisoned.
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Flint
Harold Congdon
Congdon Cottage
Stratford on Avon Quiet as Visitor Magnet for Shakespeare
The Stratford on Avon scene remains peaceful yet lively as visitors from Britain and abroad gather for Shakespearean sights and festivals. Americans, French, Japanese, Australians, and others converge, drawn by Elizabethan charm, Maypole dances, and the Memorial theatre summer program amid river and meadows.
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London
Shropshire
Stratford-on- Avon
Shakespeare
Boswell
Stratford
Leamington
Memorial Theatre
Warwick
England
Stretford
Warwickshire
Denver
New York
Colorado
South America
Australia
South Africa
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Rede
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Black Sea
Siberia
Sts. Peter and Paul
Bint
Hedburg
Helsingfors
Madame
Empress
Madamie
Feneral
Home OF
Bard
Little
Stratford-on-Avon
Mr. Meekton
Lee Union-Alls
Union-Alls
Alls
Lee
H. D. Lee Mercantile Co
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