Guatemala as Three Climate Zones and Banana Boom
An extended National Geographic style look at Guatemala’s altitudinal zones and the banana economy. The piece describes Atlantic and Pacific lowlands, temperate uplands, and highlands with peaks to 14000 feet, then follows travel from Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City, noting railways, banana plantations, urban contrasts, earthquakes, and Mixco market life with Indians carrying produce to town. It highlights the International Railway, United Fruit, and the daily market routines of Mixco villagers.
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National Geographic
Washington
Gaul
Guatemala
Pacific
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic
Caribbean
Amatique Bay
International Railways
United Fruit ,Company
Copital
Tidewater
el Rancho
Brerch
Republic
Banata
Quérigun
Motagua
Chidren
Zocapa
Ity
Notaulphir
Aly
gunNet
Guatemala City
Aftan
Cuatenwila
de Morita
Vulcan
Pedro de Alvarado
Agua
New World
Tuégo
Agale
Boston
Rio de Las Vaens
Mixco
Mixes
Central America
Tnemle
New Explanation of Fading Bogies
Baltimore radio experimenter C Warfield Keeter presents a revised theory on fading. He attributes man made static and earth currents to reception changes, noting nighttime prevalence and nonparallel fading across frequencies. Observations of WIZ WGY KDKA support synchronous and asynchronous fading and possible solar and magnetic influences. Continuous earth current records and leakage from electric services are examined.
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C. Warfield Keeter
Baltimore
Keefer
WGY
KDA
KDKA
Algo
Hro
Spain
Watcheroo
Western Australia
Civilization
Elec
Improvement in Home Built Radio Sets
The home craftsman contributes to radio evolution by simplifying construction and using parts makers while acting mainly as an assembler. Changes allow easy design updates without costly new factory equipment, making the home built set an experimental field closely watched by factory men for new ideas.
The Charming Chandlers Entrancing a Local Friend
Lucia and Alvin meet the Chandler family at a Woman's Club gathering and grow fond of their refined life. The Chandlers invite them to Sunday visits, but a kids’ quarrel between Norman and Gilbert strains the budding tie, ending with Alvin vowing to distance from the Chandlers and noting the Heaths offer real social leverage.
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Ociaves
Mrs. Chandler
Alvin
Mr. Chandler
Luela
Chandlers
Adelbert Baldwins
Fim
Chandler House
Lueia
Gilbert
Norman
Chandler &Ves
Lucia
Nor Ronn
Miss Clay
Mrg. Uhaundler
Noonan
Sinnoble
Nansiety
Lyela
Luete
Karein
Sap
Florida
Jim
Belle
Lela
Mrs. Heath
Barclays of London Great Banking House History
A condensed history of Barclays bank and the banks it absorbed, tracing its evolution from 17th century goldsmith bankers to major modern institutions. It notes figures like B W Matthews, A W Toke, and director links, plus anecdotes about Trent Park, Douglas Kinnaird, and Lord Byron connections.
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Barclays of London
Great Banking House
Barclays Bank
Great Britain
London Morning Post
B. W. Matthews
London Bankers Clearing House
A.W. Toke
Bare Clays Banka
Poware
Atiff
Barclays
Daniel Bevan
Robert Couper
Lee Bevan
Bar+ ¢elays
Auotion
Trent Park
Douglas Kinnaird
Ile Wera
Ciretes
London
Lord Byron
Southey
Franklin's Thrift Chain Origin Story
A reader recalls Benjamin Franklin starting a practical loan chain where a friend borrows a small amount and passes it to a sequence of needy recipients. The tale notes Franklin’s habit of charitable impulse and a nonrecovery approach, though the chain’s ultimate fate remains unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin
Jim
Franklin
Chia
Brinktin
Ambiguous Captioner Dares Answers in Kansas City Scene
A reader notices odd wording in a film program as Audrey attends a picture show. The text hints at unnamed figures and questions about who removed a certain item, prompting curiosity about the incident.
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Audrey
Pendally
Offer
Snapp
Share
Begud
Begash
Griuin
Seant
Shar
National Board of Censmship
National Board of Censmship,” She Dagan Tolu Wet, “Mumma
Kansas City
Strengthening Tomes and Modern Amusements in Homes
A fragment reflecting on how movies, radio, and the telephone transform home life. It notes youth preference for firelight leisure, farm life steadiness, and the rise of home entertainment through phonographs and pictures. The excerpt cites Cappet's Marner as a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mata
Ambulance Airplane In Flight Medical Standby Ship
An ambulance flying air ambulance with a fully equipped operating room is commissioned by the Sharkett branch of the Soviet Red Cross. The aircraft carries four stretchers and is designed for emergency surgical treatments in flight with modular interior.
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Ao Fying
Sharkett Branch
Soviet
Red Cross
Itusalin
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Spotlight
A vintage ad promotes a laxative brom quine formula claiming rapid cold relief. The box shows the signature of B W Grove and lists Provon Memedy and dnxie as branding elements. Strong entities include Brom Quinine, Provon Memedy, and B W Grove.
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Leole
B. W. Grove
le—Ady
Eagle Returns After Long Flight From Ashi Minor
A lost eagle captured near Rial on Ashi Minor has been returned after a six year absence. The bird wore a leg ring marked in Russian indicating it was released during the Zoologien congress in a Russian city.
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Fouma
Rial
Ashi Minor
Migo
Ign
Ice Cream Habit Questioned by Patient and Doctor
A conversation from the Boston Transcript shows a patient in a dieting effort admitting a habit of buying several ice cream cones daily. The doctor approves continuing cones only if the patient avoids ice cream itself.
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Boston Transcript
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Eagle
Boschee
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury
Parker
Hiseax Chem
Wis
Patchayud
N.Y
Dea Wleta
Uacox Chemical Works
Putcborue
Hanford
Battin
Sioux City
W.N. UL
Ennens City
Mmes
Giovanni Martinelli
Mary Garden
William Hodge
David Belasco
Lenore Ulric
Fiske O'Hara
Blanche King
Fiske O’hara
Lybrand, Ross Bros, & Montgomery
New York
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