Castro threatening style shocks Washington on Venezuela
Washington officials mock Castro as a dangerous freak who vows a navy and to rally South American rivals to oppose the United States. He buys weapons in Europe and may tour Bolivia, Peru, and Chile while U S ships are unlikely to confront private claims.
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Ashington
Castro
Venezuela
State Department
United States
Gulf
New Orleans
France
Germany
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
New York
Bermudez
Asphalt
England
Women as Workers Gain Ground in Government Jobs
A census office bulletin argues women are gradually displacing men in certain lines of work. In Washington government departments a large percentage of employees are women, reflecting a shift in employment patterns.
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Census Office
Washington
New German Embassy Residence Planned in Washington
The German government will build a grand stone embassy residence on elevated grounds shaded by trees. Plans echo Frederican styles like Sanssouci, with Potsdam castle influence, cost undecided, and construction likely to begin soon after Baron Speck von Sternberg returns. The current Massachusetts Avenue home is too small for official hospitality.
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Washington
Sheridan Circle
France
Germany
Great Britain
Connecticut Avenue
Frederick the Great
Potsdam
Baron Speck -von Sternberg
Berlin
Massachusetts Avenue
William
Prince Henry
Making Japanese garden master: nature and personality
The piece argues Japanese landscape gardening blends nature with the gardener’s personality and the owner’s character. A garden must reflect the master, acting as a mirror of his dress and library, revealing the person through art.
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Nippon
Adashi Kinnosuke
Ancient Egyptian spoils include a rare 4600 B C king sculpture
Prof W M Flinders Petrie and team report finds at Wady Maghara Sinai showing King Semerkhet smiting a Bedawi sheik with a nearby expedition general. Other highlights include 16 000 B C turquoise working flints and Roman oxymichos curios such as colored glass and bone dice. The sphinx with unknown script hints at a writing system and not mere imitation.
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W. M. Flinders Petrie
Egypt Exploration Fund
Wady Maghara
Sinai
Suez
Royal Academy
Semerkhet
Oxymichos
Drs. Grenfell and Hunt
Where Belgiars Lead Health Rules For Belgium Workshops
The article describes Belgium’s new laws on workshop health and safety. It requires each worker to have ten cubic yards of free space, a three yard high shop, thorough ventilation, and ventilation capacity of 30 cubic yards per hour per worker. Gas and dust must be vented, sweepings removed daily, and workers in unhealthful work must change clothing. No alcoholic stimulants are allowed in any workshop.
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Belgium
Berlin Doctor Bans Piano for Under Sixteen
A Berlin physician warns that children under 16 should not use the piano. He studied 1 000 girls who began before age 12 and found 600 cases of nervous breakdown among them.
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Berlin
Arcanum Rates Reforms Adopted by Supreme Council
Put in Bay Ohio September 5 The final determination of the Royal Arcanum convention was announced by Supreme Secretary Robson. Laws amended strike out option D and apply options B and C to current members. New members choose between regular rates and option A. Reinstatement without new medical exam allowed for suspended members before November 1. A fraternal fund proposal was referred to an executive committee.
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Put-in-Bay
Robson
Massachusetts
Four Die After Launch Fire On Ben Hur Diners Jump Overboard
Panic hit the launch Ben Hur on the St Clair flats when a lighted match ignited gasoline. Thirty nine passengers fled into the water and four drowned, including August Mogg of Cleveland H J Wessenger and two Detroit women. The boat was carrying party to Algonac hotels from a Joe Bedares hotel dance. An onboard fuel leak caused by a drunken passenger sparked the blaze. Rescue craft saved most aboard and the vessel was damaged but quickly extinguished.
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Detroit
Mich
St. Clair Flats
August Mogg
Cleveland
H. J. Wessenger
Becker
Newman
Algonac
Joe Bedares
Destructive Lake Superior Gale Claims Ships and Lives
Duluth reports a deadly gale on Sunday and Sunday night. At least 18 to 22 lives likely lost and nearly half a million dollars in losses. The schooner Pretoria with five of ten crew is lost. Olive Jeannette believed sunk. Fifty vessels were at sea. wreckage seen at Lake Superior ports. Six survivors from the Lavonia reached Bayfield. Captain McDonald and a crew member's bodies washed ashore at Sand Island.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Pretoria
Olive Jeannette
Lavonia
Bayfield
McDonald
Sand Island
Franklin Birthday Centenary Plans Include Roosevelt
The American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia plans a national two hundredth birthday celebration for Benjamin Franklin with participation expected from President Roosevelt. Philadelphia New York and Boston will honor the philosopher’s memory with state and federal governments and France also taking part.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Roosevelt
American Philosophical Society
Franklin
New York
Boston
Fatal Quarrel in Butte Ends in Miner’s Death
Butte Montana September 5 Patrick Manley 27 a miner was shot and killed Monday on Main Street by J F Barnes of Farber after a quarrel. The shooting occurred in daylight and the motive remains unclear with Barnes in custody.
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Butte
Mont
Patrick Manley
J. F. Barnes
Farber
Our Boys and Girls Swimmin in the Sea
A Philadelphia Press verse recounts Patsy, Peter, Lou and narrator swimming in the sea in red and blue suits. Lou shivers at every wave and stays dry, burying her feet in sand while the others return dripping, teased for staying ashore.
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Patsy
Peter
Lou
Pats
Peter Weent
Littie
Pete
Philadelphia Press
How a Spinning Iron Top Interacts with a Magnet
A spinning iron top shows magnetic effects differ from a stationary one. When a magnet is held near the edge the top remains attracted, but held above with poles down the spinning top is repelled and crawls away. As it slows, attraction returns and the top may brake due to induced currents.
Jackknife and boyhood toys in early days
The piece traces the origin of the word jackknife from its use as a boy’s knife and notes related terms such as Jack Tar and Jack‑in‑the‑box. It recalls youngsters’ pleasures with early skates made of beef loins fastened to shoe soles.
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Jacques
Jake
Jack-lord
New Marriage Rites Allow Women to Keep Spouse Names
A Pittsburg publication outlines changes in Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal marriage services. The Presbyterian form retains the vow that the wife will cherish and obey the husband, while the Methodist rite replaces obey with keep, making the pledge to love honor and keep. This shift signals rising female independence.
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Pittsburg
Venus Corset Ad Uses Venus de Mild Casts
An eastern exchange notes the western art idea surfacing as Corset displays show casts of the Venus de Mild used to exhibit corsets in a bold promotional approach.
Unhappy Medium Reflections in a Brief Exchange
A short quoted exchange from the New York Sun features a visitor asking Johnny his age and Johnny replying he is “too big to cry and not big enough to make anybody else cry.” The wry dialogue hints at youthful resilience and social perception.
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Johnny
N. Y. Sun
Shallow Water Boat Projects Hampered by Lumber Shortage
A note explains that many boys wanting to build a boat face a shortage of suitable lumber for even a rough flat bottom vessel. The piece highlights the challenge of obtaining enough boards to proceed with construction.
Building a Boat From Common Boards as Shown
An article explains a cheap DIY boat construction using two by boards and two identical strong boxes nailed to the center. It notes you can buy a 50 cent carpenter’s kit and follow the diagram to saw the ends of the boards to a point as illustrated in Fig 1.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
How to Build a Simple Shallow Water Boat for Boys
Instructions describe making a barefoot boat from two seven foot boards and four half inch thick planks. The boat uses two boxes for hulls, a connecting frame, and a cross rail seat. A basic paddle is shown, sufficient for practical use in damp areas.
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