Akron to Build Dirigible for New York Paris Trip
Goodyear Zeppelin project announced by P. W. Litchfield aims to produce a super dirigible in Akron capable of flying from New York to Paris and back with a crew of 45. The craft would feature 6,500,000 cubic feet of gas, 780 feet length, 134 feet width, 145 feet height, six 650 horsepower engines, and about 80 mph speed with a range near 8,000 miles.
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Paris
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
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Rome
Italy
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Alaska
Putham
Eng
Oslo
Norway
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Goodyear-Zeppelin
United States Navy
Shenandoah
Caldwell
Ohio
Los Angeles
Daily Retail Market Survey Finds Little Change
Market report notes grapes widely available with slight veggie quality gains. Tomatoes vary green at 15 cents a pound. green peppers 20 cents. cabbage 40 cents. roasting ears 6 cents. Bananas mostly ripe. cantaloupes 10 cents. fish such as lake trout and salmon 40 cents a pound. frog legs two kicks for 40 cents.
Details of U S Corn Crop Report By States
The department of agriculture issued state by state figures on July 1 crop conditions and production. National corn forecast 2 274 000 bushels with Texas 106 186 000 Kansas 92 382 000 Oklahoma 47 765 000. Winter wheat Kansas 123 389 000 Oklahoma 3 750 000 Texas 17 829 000. Spring wheat 274 218 000. Average yields per acre listed for each state.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Concrete pouring progresses on West Sixth street project
Concrete is being poured on the north side of West Sixth street from the Rock Island viaduct west to San Jacinto as part of the widening project. West Seventh street paving near completion from Rock Island tracks to Georgia street with a segment to Davidson street unfinished.
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Davidson Street
Pittsburgh Minister Urges Honest Sermons Amidministry Dishonesty
Pittsburgh July 12. Rev. Dr. Albert Edward Day of Christ Methodist Episcopal church privately circulated sermon urging honesty in ministry. He quotes a city educator who noted preachers say what pleases pews, not what they believe, and argues a pulpit must reflect conviction not a salary bid. The article notes Sprague, son of the consul, succeeded to a post after 1901.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Edward Day
Christ Methodist Episcopal Church
Sprague Family Heads U S Consulate in Gibraltar for Generations
Washington July 12 Almost a century of service has kept the Sprague family at the American Consulate in Gibraltar beginning with Horatio Sprague who opened the post after 1800 and was appointed consul in 1832 by Andrew Jackson. Horatio Jones Sprague his successor ran the consulate through the Civil War era and into the late 19th century shaping social and business life in Gibraltar and Tangier. The article notes Marie Celeste mystery encountered by Consul Sprague after the Civil War as a notable but unresolved event.
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Sprague
Massachusetts
Gibraltar
Spragues
Richard Louis Sprague
the Rock
Horatio Sprague
Boston
Cadiz
Malaga
Malta
Genoa
Europe
Algeciras
Spain
Andrew Jackson
Horatio Jones Sprague
James Polk
Tangier
Consul Sprague
Barkentine
Portugal
Flashes of Life Highlights Early Air Travel Anecdotes
A coroner's jury in Seattle finds alcohol intoxication caused a fatal crash killing four. In London a stunt flier faces desert diet and weight worries. Fraulein Tharashea and Mrs Lynn endure a storm while aiming for the Leviathan and a US trip. In Rapid City trout feed on presidential flies after Dawes departs for New Mexico. Portland court bills a summer vacationist $10 for a minnow caught during two hours of fishing. In Chicago a wealthy bride and actor husband-to-be prepare for a divorce decree and wedding plans in the same city.
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London
Thunderbolts
Fraulein Tharashea
Elliott Lynn
Royden
Southampton
Fraulein
Leviathan
United States
Rapid City
Squaw Creek
Jewel from India Restored To Owner After Two Weeks
A 61 carat ruby valued at 25000 pounds, tied to Shah Jehan and the Taj Mahal, was found after two weeks with Leicester railway worker's twins and returned to Mrs. Graham Pole. The ruby once belonged to Mogul rulers Nur Jahan and Jehangir, bearing an inscription dated 1612.
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London
Eng
Leicester
India
Shah Jehan
Graham Pole
England
Joseph H. Wade
Wade
Pole
Jehangir
Nurjehan
Taj Mahal
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