How the St Lawrence River Was Born in Earth’s Crust
In a Scientific overview from Youth's Companion, the ancient Canadian shield and a widening trough form a geologic story. As sedimentary layers pressed, a great fracture along a northeast southwest line created a trench and released interior waters, birthing the St Lawrence River.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Labraidor
Lake Jeron
Alaska
Canadian Shield
Maine
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ohie
Sland
Ahien
Eire
St. Lawrence River
Gulf of St Lawrence
Labrador
Newfoundland
Cape Breton
Remarkable Surgical Feats Astonish Medical World
The article lauds modern surgery for near miraculous results. It cites cornea transplants restoring sight in a boy and a girl with brain tissue removed, heart repair after a stabbing in Paris, a stomach removal with natural digestion, and a noseless man receiving a new organ from his own tissue.
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Paris
Fresh Air and Sunlight as Household Disinfectants
An old note extols clear air and sunlight as top disinfectants, claiming fresh air dilutes germs as water does. It asserts sunlight and air are inexpensive, effective allies in destroying even the hardiest bacteria.
Sun dew lures prey with leaf movement and death
The article describes the sundew plant’s leaf movement catching insects and the fatal outcome. It also explains dodder parasitism where a threadlike dodder vine seeks and grips hosts like clover, rapidly spreading then draining life from the plant.
Water and rock interaction with dissolved minerals
The passage explains how rain water acquires carbonic acid as it falls, dissolving minerals from rocks it traverses. It becomes soft when carbonate tones form on limestone, yields sulfate of lime or gypsum in certain layers, and can cause corrosion from chlorides and nitrates while salts of soda and potash may foam when concentrated.
Richard Mansfield Remembered by Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington recalls the actor Richard Mansfield with a mix of respect and superstition, noting Mansfield’s commanding presence and the idea that only Mansfield himself truly understands his influence, even as others, like A M Palmer, knew him well.
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Richard Mansfeld
A. M. Palmer
Mansfield
Southampton
Richard Mansfield
Booth Tarkington
Bellman
Principles of Crop Rotation from Manitoba Deputy Minister
General crop rotation guidance from Prof. 8. A. Bedford deputy minister of agriculture Manitoba outlines key points. Include a leguminous crop to fix nitrogen, include a cultivated or hay crop to clean weeds, rotate shallow and deep rooted crops, avoid repeating small cereals, balance forage if livestock is kept, and keep bedding weed free for manure application when possible.
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A. Bedford
Manitoba
Meyse and Prize Winner
The late Paul Heyse held two major literary prizes over a span of more than fifty years. He is widely known for the Nobel Prize, though less noted is that his play The Sabines also won a prize.
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Meyse
Paul Heyse
Keeper of Queen Alexandra’s Privy Purse Sir Dighton
Sir Dighton Dietrich, VC, KCB, GC, long served as keeper of Queen Alexandra’s privy purse and trusted royal attendant. His discreet service supported the Queen Mother during state occasions, while he remained a familiar figure in London pageantry and royal progress.
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Ton Tym
Mnis
Queen Victoria
Edward
Dighton
Ree
Queen Alexandra
Sir Dighton
Hem
London
Pepys Library Transfer Question For Cambridge Colleges
The passage notes Pepys Library owned by Magdalene College Cambridge since 1724. Pepys directed his books pass to Trinity or Magdalene on his nephew John Jackson’s death and require annual visitation by the other to ensure the trust’s proper use. He feared alienation without a constant line of qualified heirs.
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Pepy
Magdalene College
Cambridge
Pepys
John Jackson
Trinity College
Timber export values from Canada eleven months to February 1914
Canada exported timber valued by item to February 1914 led by planks and boards at 19 245 658 dollars and spruce deals 1 464 069 dollars. Other notable exports include wood blocks for pulp 6 666 768 dollars lathes 1 615 254 dollars and shingles 3 106 730 dollars.
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Canada
Liverpool Port and Its Mighty Atlantic Liners
The piece surveys Liverpool as a global hub where argosies from everywhere converge. It notes exports like frozen meat, nitrate, tobacco, cotton, silk, rice, timber, sugar, rubber, and oils, and highlights Cunard steamers Lusitania Mauretania Aquitania serving the North Atlantic route from Liverpool to the other side.
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River Plate
Farflung
Antipodes
Chillan
South America
Canada
United States
Great Gulf
China
Japan
Rangon
Java
Germany
Cuba
Mack Sea
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Charente
Brazile
Africa
Callao
Peruvian
Liverpool
Lusitania
Mauretania
Aquitania
Cunard
Elections in France Describe First Day Voting and Second Polls
The article explains French elections held on Sundays with many districts undecided after day one. If no absolute majority is reached a second poll occurs, often with withdrawals. Voting starts at dawn and ends at dusk with volunteers handling the urn and counting ballots.
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New York
Court of Taliesin and Habsburg census contrasts
An August Welsh ritual at the rock known as the Court of Taliesin features the chief bard supervising rites and the naked sword sheath during peace. The piece then shifts to a census snapshot: Austria-Hungary totals split among Slavs, Germans, Italians, and Magyars with varying counts.
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Jenin
Taliesin
Austria
Hungary
Canada’s Bold Path to Prosperity Amid European Challenge
A call to strategic prudence and bold action in Canada as the nation faces Europe’s challenges. Leaders urge frugal care for resources while pursuing ambitious plans to secure long term growth and national strength.
Boghead cheese remembered as a wartime delicacy
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls bogshead cheese as a cold weather staple from before the war. The writer contrasts its simple, melting sweetness with modern desserts and laments its disappearance as harsh weather, hog killing season, and changing times end the old practice.
First Impressions of War From Vera Cruz 1847
Robert B Lee recalls serving as captain of engineers at Vera Cruz in 1847. He describes watching his brother, a naval lieutenant, operate one of the guns and the emotional impact of the siege amid smoke and gunfire.
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Robert B Lee
United States
Vera Cruz
Lee
free—Chicago News
Salt cravings in African diet noted by Livingstone testimony
The Bakwages could not afford salt. natives used salt in medicine. Livingstone treated sufferers with teaspoonfuls of neat salt. Milk or meat had similar effect though slower. The author recalls four months salt deprivation and reintroduction of meat tasting pleasantly saltish.
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Livingstone
Straight talk as a virtue in business and society
The passage praises plain speaking as a virtue in business, domestic affairs, diplomacy, and governance. It argues that truthful, direct speech prevents misrepresentation and would improve relations between employers and workers, politicians and people, and government and governed.
Habits of the Cuckoo Revealed in Camera Club Lecture
Oliver G. Pike argues the cuckoo watches its eggs after laying them in another bird’s nest. He suggests the bird may lay in the nests of birds of its own species and observed cuckoos fed by multiple species, including a sedge warbler foster parent feeding a cuckoo.
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Oliver G. Pike
Camera Club
Pike
King Grasshoppers and Their Astonishing Abilities
The king grasshopper is described as a champion jumper able to leap 100 times its body length and fall vast distances. It forms clouds when numerous, can reach about 2000 miles in extent, and features a powerful jaw structure. The passage notes a chick hatching from an egg and struggling to emerge, with the grasshopper feeding heavily.
Understanding Lightning Thunders and Their Sounds
A classic explanation of lightning and thunder, detailing how the flash and the subsequent thunderpeal differ in loudness and quality. It notes that crack and peal timing depend on discharge direction, path, and distance, with echoes shaping the final roar.
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Knowledee
Struck From the Rolls in Solicitor Misconduct
A solicitor who fails in professional conduct is struck from the rolls by the Law Society after a divisional court review. Minor faults may lead to suspension. negligence or bankruptcy do not justify removal. Clients may sue for damages if harmed.
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Incorporated Law Society
Nimeci
London
Energy in the Sun at Earth's Distance
Garrett Ph. Berlies argues in Spomane Review that at 99 000 000 miles, the sun’s yearly heat equals thousands of coal globes the size of Earth or millions of moons in weight. Most energy escapes into space as Earth and planets intercept only tiny fractions of the sun’s output.
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Earth
Garrett Ph. Bervies
Spomane Review
Two Scots Singers Try Playing Two Pianos
Dolbnanyl the pianist narrates a tale of two Scotsmen who own two pianos. They place both pianos in one room and attempt a two piano sonata. After many false starts they finish one movement together and realize they were playing the same second movement at once.
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Dolbnanyl
Rach
Awell
Donald
Angus
London
Dwarfed Dwellers of New Mexico Cliff Villages
Publicity about cliff village dwellings in the Gila canyon New Mexico reveals excavated dwarf homes carved in pumice walls. Mummies found in dust lie in woven clothes with feather ornaments. an adult man stood only 23 inches tall. Doors and windows in their rock homes are barely passable for a child.
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Gila Canyon
New Mexico
Box Canyon
Rock
Yucaten
Painterly Resolve Spurs Quick Replacements
The brief anecdote recalls Sargent finishing a work and being relieved to part with it. A visiting royal asked how he could bear to part from the paintings. Har replied that once a piece is sold the artist must start anew, the act of removal prompting fresh inspiration.
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Sargent
Royl
Har
Shefield
Bogiand
Use of Wireless in Time of War Shows Its Value
The article reviews Professor Frank Waldo’s assertion that wireless telegraphy has proven its usefulness in modern warfare. It discusses recalls of ships, censorship, and the broad reach of government supervision over wireless stations in Austria Hungary Germany Russia France and Serbia during wartime including ranges of various stations and ships.
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Frank Waldo
Heston Transcript
Walto
New York
Atlantic
Era
Eny
Rerona
Europe
Signal Corps
Thone
Cantienuove
Pole
Sehinieo
Trieste
Germany
Bertorn
Liremerhafen
Hulk
Penge
Our Haven
Donrte
Gemilles
Detgeland
NordAeien
Saseruty
Ragen
Renee
Swinemunde
Toulon
Faltie Sea
Heletoe
Krondstadt
Preste
Story of a Picture at the Tate Gall
A striking painting titled Equestrian Portrait known also as Nell Gwynne or Indiana Vernon draws attention at the Tate gallery. Sir Edwin Lendever began the work in 1470 intending a Queen Victoria portrait but died leaving it unfinished. Sir John Wiklala later added his daughter in the old riding costume with the dog and page.
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Tate Gall
Nell Gwynne
Ifiana Vernon
Bdlo Lendever
Queen Victoria
John Wiklala
Superstitions of the Cingalese
An elderly Cingalese woman dies and is buried in a native compound. The next day a large iguana enters the area and attacks poultry. A nearby man fires at the iguana, prompting relatives to claim the lizard caused the death and went missing.
Centenarian Society Formed by Count Obama In Tokyo
A new society named fiyska o m or Society for Centenariana was inaugurated by Count Obama, the former Japanese premier, who advocates under right conditions people living to 125 years. He envisions advanced longevity under proper care and governance.
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Society of Centenarians
Count Obama
Fiyska ‘O
Society For Centenariana
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