Reelfoot Lake Born From Great Earthquake
The New Madrid earthquake formed Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee beside the Mississippi. The article describes the 19th century events, the extensive area affected, and the lake's later development as a haven for wildlife and a Tennessee game preserve. It notes misestimates of ancient lake size and the preservation role of the state.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
National Lakes of America
Great Lakes
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Mississippi
Reelfoot
de Soto
Mississippi River
Cahokia
New Madrid
Pure Tin Yielded by Gold Hill Mine
E F Logan and B S Erskine, ex Bend residents, claim pure tin from the Golden Cross mine near Gold Hill in the Rogue River valley. They say assays in San Francisco and Denver confirm tin and urge the Portland Chamber of Commerce to investigate the mine's potential for a new industry. They report a vein 35 feet wide, 8,000 feet long, with ore averaging 6 percent tin and some refined bars showing 98 percent purity. They have built a laboratory and produced fifty to sixty pounds of tin.
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Portland
Gold Hill
Rogue River Valley
San Francisco
Denver
E. F. Logan
B. S. Erskine
Bend
Portland Chamer of Commerce
Grants Pass
Ts Tin
Messrs
Logan
Erskine
Golden Cross Mine
Sam's Valley
Payne's Gulch
Payne's Creek
Rogue River
M. D. Jackson
Australia
Chamber of Commerce of
State Chamber of Commerce
Convict Costs England Thirty Pounds Yearly
Prisoners in English jails mostly work hard labor or penal servitude seven hours daily making mats mailbags brushes mops shoes and performing carpentry stonemasonry bricklaying painting and plumbing The average yearly value of their work ranges about 14 to 24 pounds with an overall average near 17 pounds far from covering food costs The taxpayer pays over 30 pounds per inmate annually Sixty years ago Wakefield Prison yielded profits of 6000 to 7000 pounds a year from mats when about 600 prisoners served The modern system yields nothing beyond what is used by government departments
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London
Wakefield
Post Office
Admiralty
Goose Quill Thrives Among Paris Writers
In Paris a contrast to American writers emerges as the goose quill remains a standard tool for many authors. The article notes art in France and the ongoing influence of the quill, highlighted by a newspaper campaign about music love among writers and their preference for the squeak of the quill pen.
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Paris
France
Indians Gain Self-Reliance Through Northwest Unity led by Paul Wapato
Spokane report details Paul G. Wapato driving a shift from dependency to self sufficiency among Pacific Northwest Indians. The movement, born after a youth led coup at the Northwest Indian Congress, pushes tribes to form local associations for problem solving and concrete proposals by next September. Wapato, who funded education through Wenatchee High and Willamette University, aims to end reliance on white officials and the Indian bureau. His brother Paschal Sherman works for the War Risk Department in Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
Paul G. Wapato
Northwest Indian Congress
Wapato
Indian Congress
Indian Bureau
Wenatchee High School
Willamette University
Paschal Sherman
Washington
Mystery Clouds Over Mars Split on Color and Altitude
Berkeley astronomer W. H. Wright of Lick Observatory reports color photography evidence for two Martian cloud types. He says yellow or white clouds may be water vapor clouds, while blue clouds float higher and could affect polar cap prominence.
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Berkeley
Calif
Mars
W. H. Wright
Lick Observatory
Wright
Telescope built from pipe and glass by Midland student
Gilbert Lueningheener, a Midland college student in Fremont Nebraska, spent ten months turning a stovepipe and plate glass into a parabolic mirror for a telescope. He ground and polished the glass over 100 hours to remove minute irregularities and assembled a nearly all handmade instrument with a 90x magnification capable of viewing Jupiter’s moons, Venus, Saturn, the Orion nebula, and the Moon.
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Fremont
Neb
Gilbert Lueningheener
Midland College
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Orion
Crop Yield Boosted by Atmospheric Electricity
A 20 percent rise in farm yields is reported from using atmospheric electricity as a crop stimulant. Henry Lurber's Warrenton Missouri farm is among early adopters. the method discharges electricity through plant roots with aerial current collectors and is claimed to treat cancerous vegetable growths. It is reportedly used with success in France.
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Chicago
American Electronic Research Association
Henry Lurber
Warrenton
France
Eight-Layer Weather Maps Aid Flyers in Air
Washington reports new eight layer weather maps for aviators showing conditions from ground to high altitudes. Data from 43 balloon stations plus 18 army and 10 navy stations fuels upper air observations. Captive balloons may replace kites. helicopters expected to replace balloons in future.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Army
Navy
Due West
S. C
Mitchell
Paris Shoe Dictator Raps American Lasts
Andre Perugia, an Italian famed as king of shoe styles, argues in New York that American shoe makers use wrong lasts for women's feet. He asserts all human feet are inherently crooked and that straight shapes fail to fit the era of mannish fashion, shorter skirts, and dainty shoes.
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New York
Andre Perugia
France
Perugia
Paris
Giant Tin Coffee Pot Signals Salem’s Past Landmark
At a busy Salem corner in Winston-Salem North Carolina stands a colossal tin coffee pot. Erected in 1858 by Julius Mickey Unsmith it is regarded as the first direct advertising in the area. Local lore says it may have sheltered Civil War soldiers and features a trap door once used by children for pranks.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Old Salem
Julius Mickey
Salem
Carolinas
Oldest Soviet Voter Claims 122 Years
Napoleon Viasma, 8 R.-Nicholas Uli tenkey, asserts age 122 as one of the Soviet Union's oldest voters He says he volunteered in the Russian army that pursued Napoleon's forces fleeing Moscow.
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Viasma
Nicholas Ulitenkey
Soviet Union
Napoleon
Moscow
Engineer Returns From Bogota Dog Transported as Excess Baggage
Michael J. Spellacy, mining engineer, returns from Bogota after sending his dog by air 61 miles to Port Lima. The airline ruled the dog excess baggage, and the flight cost him 106 dollars.
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New York
Michael J. Spellacy
Bogota
Cleveland Woman Credits Pinkham’s for Health Return
Mrs. M. Riessmeer of Cleveland Ohio reports severe weight loss after her first child and a worse condition after a second birth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her weight to 116 pounds and easing housework, urging others to seek health as wealth.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. Riessmeer
Nelsom Ave
Pound
Humor Found Even in Somber English Jails
Rev Eustace Jervis recounts two tales from Twenty five Years in Six Prisons. A death row inmate asks a doctor to remove a tooth prompting a dry remark on value. A wife abandons her husband after a tale of a better life with another man, signing as broken hearted.
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Eustace Jervis
Clara
Papers Noticed Him William B Skillman Campaign
A Brooklyn alderman hopeful, William B Skillman, faced telegrams accusing him of living with a non wife woman. Investigations revealed Skillman sent the notices under assumed names. He admitted living with his mother and dismissed the allegations.
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Wiliam B. Skillman
Brooklyn
Skillman
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