Vienna Still Beautiful Despite War Ravages
The National Geographic sketch portrays Vienna after World War I strife, noting its enduring beauty and cosmopolitan charm. It describes economic collapse, currency devaluation, and social shifts while highlighting grand architecture, Ring District landmarks, and a resilient middle class clinging to Viennese culture and leisure amid hardship. The Danube route and Vienna’s role as an inland art and trade hub are emphasized as potential salvation.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Senna
Europe
Austria
Vienna
League of Nations
Paris
London
Wiener Wald
Hapsburgs
Rome
St. Stephen
National Assembly of the Republic
Exchange
Hofburg
Ring
Berlin
New York
Schiebers
Indian Graves Found Beneath Seip Mound Near Bainbridge
Archaeologists led by Dr. H. C. Shetone uncover about 30 Indian burials in the Seip mound as slices reveal an earthen pyramid under the outer hill. Findings include copper ornaments, copper weapons, stone and bone offerings, river mussel pearls, and ceremonial layers in a mound 240 by 150 feet and 30 feet high.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bainbridge
H. C. Shetrone
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society
Fish Oil Used to Bind Poison on Fruit Trees
Washington reports a new pest control method by the Department of Agriculture. Fish oil mixed with arsenic solutions is applied to trees to trap poison on leaves, extending effectiveness against gypsy and brown tail moth caterpillars. Linseed oil is more efficient but pricier, so fish oil is recommended as an economical compromise.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Clifford E. Hood
Bureau of Entomology
Elf
Hood
Cottage Life Satisfies Heiress to One Million
Monticello Indiana Mary Music aged forty nine inherits one million dollars from her brother Harry Frederick of Humbolt Saskatchewan Canada. The fortune does not change her life as she finishes dishwashing in her cottage and plans to remain home with her husband who works at a butcher shop. They do not plan to travel or own a car.
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Monticello
Ind
Harry Frederick
Humbolt
Saskatchewan
Canada
Edward Music
Music
British Cabbies Hold Fast to Trades as Elders Drive
London cab drivers are the veterans of the trade with many aged sixty and beyond. A recent collision involved an old London cab driver, seventy two, who has ferried passengers for fifty years. He adopted motorcars early as London embraced new transport.
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London
New York
Sydney heir inherits vast wealth from diamond trader in Africa
Sydney businessman Sydney-David White wakes to a fortune of over 1.25 million in cash and 10 million in real estate, built by his uncle Solomon Wheinsky who fled czarist Russia and later prospered in diamonds in South Africa with Cecil Rhodes era connections.
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Sydney
David White
South Africa
Solomon Wheinsky
Nishni-Novgorod
Russia
Solomon
Siberia
Riga
Amsterdam
London
United States
Whitechapel
White
Abel
Aaron
David
Australia
Aaron White
Cecil Rhodes
Submarine Detector to Be Used on Yeggs
Bell laboratories engineers place a new barrier against bank robbers by using a Type H inertia microphone. Installed in banks in New York and Philadelphia, the device detects minute vibrations of safe walls and triggers signals to summon guards. It operates mechanically, not by audio waves, reducing false alarms from external noises.
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New York
Bell Laboratories
Philadelphia
United States Market Service Expands National Price Network
The market news service, funded by Congress, connects farmers with price, supply and shipment data via telegraph, telephone, and radio. A new center in San Francisco will track grape prices and carloads, with Eastern reports every 25 hours.
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Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Congressional Appropriation
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
San Francisco
California Vinyardist Association
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Florida
Georgia
International Institute
Rome
Smoke and Smog Hit Paris Landmarks
Paris faces deteriorating air quality as factory and vehicle fumes stain Notre Dame, the Palais de Justice, and other famed structures. Pieces have fallen from several buildings and the Madeleine required cleaning and repairs this year. A city commission will study solutions.
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Paris
Notre Dame
Palace of Justice
Madeleine
Rue Royale
Typhoid Germs Survive Long in Cold and Heat
Bacteriologists at the Hooper Foundation and UC report tetanus spores resist boiling for 90 minutes, botulinus in vegetable juices for 5% hours, and related species for 8% hours. Typhoid organisms can remain alive years at refrigerator temperatures, a danger highlighted by Dr. George E. Coleman as research aims to obviate.
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San Francisco
Hooper Foundation For Medical Research
University of California
George E. Coleman
Hooper Foundation
Mother Quail Lures Brood From Hen
East Hampton resident Arthur B. Meeks sponsored a tale of a mother quail guarding her brood after a mower moved her from seventeen eggs. Meeks hatched eight chicks under two foster hens, with a skunk damaging one nest. The real quail then lured the brood away to the original nest, leaving one puzzled hen in East Blampton.
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Meeks
Quail
East Blampton
Spruce Lumber Cut for War Faces Peace Demand
Port Angeles reports millions of feet of spruce lumber logged and milled by government forces during World War I are now sought for peace era aircraft needs. Lumber stored in war bases seasons well and logs in yards remain sound, ready for use in airplane production.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Old Salt Finds Ambergris Worth 12500 Off Cape May
Jeremiah Pratt a 74 year old seaman from Gloucester aboard the Mary Ann reports finding a 28 pound ambergris nugget about 15 miles off shore near Cape May New Jersey. He says a New York perfumer offered 448 dollars per pound totaling 12500 dollars and plans to retire and buy a chicken farm with the proceeds.
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Cape May
Jeremiah Pratt
Gloucester
Mass
New York
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Woodbury, N. J
Mrs. Winslow
Draggiste
Hanford
Dr. C. H. Berry Co
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Bank of England
India
Express
Pensal
Pennsylvania
Salt Mfg
Des Moines
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