Americans Lead Historic World Engineering Efforts Abroad
The article credits American engineers with major projects across the Americas. In Peru the highest railway near copper mines on the Andes. In Chile and Argentina and Uruguay American capital and skill drive mining, power, and packing industry growth. In Brazil they reshape Rio de Janeiro and convert deserts into fertile land.
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Chile
Argentine
Uruguay
United States
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Old Congresses and New in Early 20th Century Debate
President Harding opposes a progressive plan to start Congress on January 1 and seat November electees then, arguing for the current practice of a long interlude after elections. Senator Pepper defends change, calling the January inaugurations and fixed session dates an historical accident rather than deliberate design.
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Progressive Bloc
Congress
Pepper
Pennsylvania
American engineers forge Pan American unity through projects
American engineers emerge as key diplomats linking North and South America. Calvin W. Rice reports three steps from the Rio de Janeiro expo: a permanent Pan American organization, a standardization bureau in each country, and a future railway link. U.S. engineers manage large plants across South America, with some foreign ownership.
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Charles F. Hughes
Rio de Janeiro
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Rio
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Hoover
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Central America
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Dickinson proposes federal fertilizer corp for Muscle Shoals
Dickinson of Iowa urges government ownership to finish the Muscle Shoals nitrate dam and fertilizer plant. He favors a federal chemical corporation running operations with war and agriculture secretaries and three appointees, selling water power under the federal act, with control reverting to the war department in emergencies. The Ford offer is debated as to government ownership versus private options.
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Iowa
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Keep the Kettle Boiling for Salvation Army Christmas Appeals
The Salvation Army calls for continuous Christmas kettle fund efforts to aid the poor, praising wartime service but stressing unchanged conduct in charity. Mentions Woodrow Wilson's health and McCumber's Senate exit, with satire on diplomacy and European finances, noting Germany's money crunch.
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Salvation Army
The Teepector Man Who Get You if Ya Don't Watch Out
A 1922 radio tale details Jimmie and a friend planning a home built wave meter using cardboard tubes wire varnish and a galvanometer. They discuss calibration methods to read station wavelengths and how inspectors could identify receivers by tuning to specific meters.
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Montana Yesterdays and Seers Prophesy in 1922 Note
A compilation notes Lewis and Clark wintering near Knife River in North Dakota in 1805 and Clark at Columbia River mouth guiding elk meat trips. It also mentions the 1866 bogus legislatures and a long planetary forecast predicting strikes floods and social shifts while highlighting generational traits and fortunes for births and business.
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Knife River
North Dakota
J. A. Randers
Montana Historical Society
Society of Montana Pioneers
Historical Bulletin of
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Columbia River
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Ordway
Colter
Collins
Whitehouse
McNeal
Amateurs Debate Wave Lengths On Radio Meters
A discussion among radio hobbyists centers on keeping wavelengths under 200 meters and using a wave meter to dial desired wave lengths. One speaker references a high frequency buster and bureau of standards Circular 74, while another dismisses the circuit knowledge.
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Bureau of
Atlanta Girl Seeks Clue On $25 000 Legacy
Jean Floyd, a 19 year old Atlanta woman, asks if a supposed $25 000 legacy from an elderly hospital patient named Binford is real or a prank. She befriended him during hospital visits and wonders about what happened to the money. Hospital records show no such patient during 1921-22 winter.
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Gaumed Binford
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Last
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Ginford
Spanish Monarchs to Visit America
Queen Victoria of Spain and King Alfonso planned a trip to America next year after a ball in Biarritz. Mrs Drexel offered her Newport villa for their stay, signaling a royal visit arrangement.
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Victoria
Spain
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King Alfonso
America
Immigrant Tony Treads Toward American Identity
A Napoli man Antonio Aroni adapts to American life, adopting new habits, language, and a changed name to Tony McAroni. He imitates American customs, from smoking pipe tobacco to walking with head held high, as locals influence his transformation.
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Antonio Aroni
Napoli
Deesa
Tony Messmert
Doubtful Day Says Astrological Alignment Encourages Clarity
Astrologers view the day as highly doubtful yet balanced by benefic Uranus Jupiter. Mars and Neptune warn of challenges while mental activity and spiritual awareness are heightened. The outlook urges facing life’s facts with sane, optimistic views and broad faith considerations.
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Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Orphaned Youths wed as judge grants annulment denied
In Kansas City, 13 year old Gussie Simpkin Vagnardo married 21 year old Italian Mike Vagllardo despite parental opposition from Orthodox Jewish parents. A social worker testified the girl lied about her age. Judge Porterfield dismissed the case, and the couple left together.
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Gussie Simpkin Vagnardo
Mike” Vagllardo
Gussie
Mike
Gussib
Kansans City
J. Porterfield
Juvenile Court
Henry Cohen
Cousele
D Annunzio III Reported Critically Ill in Paris
Paris reports Gabriele d Annunzio III is critically ill. He reportedly met Premier Mussolini near Milan but the meeting was held in strict secrecy.
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Gabriele d’Annunioz
Mussolini
Milan
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