City advances on Orondo Okanogan avenues and more
City council plans improvements for Orondo and Okanogan avenues including graveling and grading. Bar num and Bailey circus grounds regraveled. Residents on Okanogan raise funds with council adding, Wenatchee avenUS graded, Washington avenue to receive attention. Water system work poised after bond funds arrive. Various real estate transfers listed. Ladies Aid meeting postponed one week. Piano sought for donation or rent.
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Orondo
Okanogan
Okanogan Avenue
Wenatchee Avenue
Gellatly
Washington Avenue
Gowrie Men in Valley With School Superintendent
W A Woodward and O Moburg of Gowrie Iowa traverse the valley with Superintendent A L Brown of the city schools, discussing locat ing and related questions.
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W. A. Woodward
O. Moburg
Gowrie
Iowa
A. L. Brown
Sharks Teeth Tools in Kingmill Islander Craft
Pacific islanders on coral atolls haft sharpened wooden knives and swords with sharks teeth. Each shark mouth holds 300 teeth in five rows with the outer row spare, providing edged serration that amplifies cutting power. Weapons must be handled with care. Kingmill islanders craft many strange articles from teeth.
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Kingmill Islanders
Monster of Learning Cardinal Mezzofanti in Byron’s praise
Byron lauds Cardinal Mezzofanti as a walking polyglot and universal interpreter. He praises him in memoranda noting Mezzofanti’s vast linguistic mastery and unassuming character, comparing him to the legendary Babel.
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Cardinal Mezzofanti
Byron
Moore
Mezzofanti
Tower of Babel
Gulls and Clams Show Repeated Drops Open Shells
W L Finley notes a gull that repeatedly dropped a clam from about fifteen feet. Each fall failed to open the shell until after fifteen tries, when the shock finally opened the shell and the gull ate the contents. The anecdote sparks debate over instinct versus possible intelligence in lower animals.
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W. L. Finley
The Bachelors' Excuses and Short Tales
A comic round of bachelor excuses at a wedding breakfast contrasts with brief vignettes from newspapers. Jokes include a frog in a table water tale, a twin secret, and a wary man in a Tenderloin drugstore. Punch style quips close the item.
Paradox and Graduation Echo in a Humorous Exchange
A witty exchange touches on social and economic questions as Mr Howe asks about authorities and Mr Wise replies with a joke about his daughter's yet unfinished graduation essay. The quip hints at Footlight inheriting a fortune and the irony of knowledge vs fortune.
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Mr. Howe
Mr. Wise
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Alonzo Hudson
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Philip Miller
G. T. Murdock
Millerdale
Wenat
J. EB. Shore
Wm. Lowell
Dhee Avenue
Palouse Street
Ft.l
Leavenworth
W. Stage
W. C. Lowell
Percy Walker
Fred Kemp
Belmont
Wenatchee
E. D. Gauntt
Emlen Hampton
J. B. Adams
Peter Fruechtuicht
G. T. Murdoch
G. G. Gillis
Milterdale
A. F. Estes
R. J. Rockey
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Miss W
Care Daily World
America
Ferther
United States
Salem
Mar
Usfair
D. S. Johnston Co
Kimball
Johnston
Cloveliet Centaiz
Kctze
Johnston Company
Fiano Horse
Peenie
House of Johnston
House of Johton
Howe of Johnston
People’s Store
Chickering
Hobart Cable
Lester—Philade
Story & Clark
Johnson
House of Johnson
Wrington
Cir
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