Sakurajima Eruption Triggers Massive Volcanic Event
National Geographic discusses an expedition to study volcanic activity in the Alaskan and Aleutian regions, citing Sakurajima’s 1914 eruption as a key example of premonitory earthquakes foretelling an eruption. Kagoshima faced 417 quakes in 45 hours before the explosive climax, causing 35 deaths and 112 injuries as lava flows reshaped the island.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
Alaskan
Aleutian Islands
Thomas A. Jaggar
Kilauea
Sakurajima
Japan
Kagoshima
Kagoshima Bay
Kyushu
Osumi
Satsuma
Kirishima
Magic logs found in Panama swamp by Cooper expedition
G Proctor Cooper, war veteran and forester, describes a perilous jungle trek in Bocas del Toro western Panama to recover two logs of bloodwood cacique, a rare ruby black wood valued for its curative associations by Panamanian Indians. The field report, shared with Field Museum and Yale forestry scholar Samuel Record, details mud, floods, and harsh conditions.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Bocas del Toro
Panama
G. Proctor Cooper
Cooper
Samuel J. Record
Record
Field Museum
Yale University School of Forestry
Professor Record
Mr. Cooper
Yale
Old Ship Amy Fights Fire For Movie In Portland
In Portland England Amy the old three masted schooner proves too tough to burn as crew try three times to blow her up for a film about the British Q boat against German submarines. Tugs destroyer and submarine escort her to safety after electric kills and oil set pieces fail. Old salts call her haunted but Amy refuses to die for the moving picture.
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Portland
England
Amy
Garages Reallowed in Ocean Grove Under Old Rule
Ocean Grove New Jersey lifts ban on private garages in town owned by a camp meeting association. Garages were forbidden for 60 years under a rule against privately owned barns and are now permitted.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Tagt
Public Winks at New Ear Tests
New Bell Telephone Laboratories tests use precise instruments and psychological aids to determine exact hearing. A push button interrupts tones, switches sound between ears, and eyes blink to indicate perception aiding truthfulness in compensation cases.
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New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
The Mayflower Yacht and a Dazzling Lighthouse
The Mayflower built in 1897 at Clydebank served as a private presidential yacht and gunboat, later conveying Russian and Japanese envoys in 1905. It measures 841 feet long, 386 feet beam, with a crew of 195, and features luxury rooms and modern amenities. The Navesink beacon near New Jersey shines 26 miles and can be seen up to 50 miles in clear air, using a five foot diameter rainbow lens on a ten ton rotating system.
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Kagoshima
Europe
Ryu-Kyu
Kyushu
Taiwan
Formosa
Clydebank
Scotland
New York
Uncle Sam
Cuban
Caribbean Sea
Santo Domingo
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Navasink
N. J
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Western Newspaper Union
Apparatus for Cure of Air Sickness Invented
Berlin Tempelhof field installs an inhalation antidote to airsickness. Passengers inhale a mixture of oxygen and cinnamon to calm nerves and restore normal condition within five minutes. Lufthansa plans similar installations on future planes with tubes to each seat.
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Berlin
Europe
Tempelhof Field
Tempelhof
Lufthansa
German Federal Airways Corporation
Swede Engineer to Try Sea Trip in Motor Boat
Swede engineer C. G. Petterson built a motor boat racer to test Atlantic conditions. He plans to depart Stockholm with two government weather bureau scientists this summer. They aim to observe atmospheric patterns for cross Atlantic navigation via Spitzbergen Iceland and Greenland.
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Stockholm
Atlantic
C. G. Petterson
Petterson
North America
Spitzbergen
Iceland
Greenland
Bourgeois a Town Dweller
Seldes discusses the bourgeois as a dominant middle class and urban resident. He notes historical views from Coriolanus to Louis XIV that large groups were addressed as the Sweaty rabble. The bourgeois is defined as a town dweller, a citizen, and typically a free citizen.
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Gilbert Seldes
Saturday Evening Post
Coriolanus
Louis XIV
Women wield stump puller in Bordeaux vineyards
In Bordeaux France a stump puller, without patent protection, is used in vineyards to root out old vines. Women power a wooden drum with a wound chain and use a hook to lift stumps. After decades at the task, these workers develop significant muscle.
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Bordeaux
France
Sparks From Static Threat On Dusty Dry Days
Static electricity in moving machine parts can ignite finely pulverized dust. Flour mills dry cleaners coal mines and threshing areas are common places where such explosions may start on dry days.
Encouraging Positive Habits Over Fears for Children
Grove Patterson argues in the Mobile Register that avoiding negative talk about habits harms children. He urges promoting useful, constructive habits rather than warning against ones that cause grief.
Composition of Wood Crackles as Cells Burst in Fire
Wood consists of countless cells containing water air and oil. When heated the contents expand causing the cells to burst creating tiny explosions known as crackles during burning.
Cute in a Baby Awful at Three and it's Dangerous
Advice essay by Ruth Brittain on stopping thumb sucking and managing infant bowel irregularities. Recommends pinning sleeves or cuffs, using Fletcher's Castoria for digestion and colic, and notes Castoria's vegetable, long-standing use and physician endorsement.
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Ruth Brittain
Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Golden Opportunity Land Offers Near Free McGrath
Advertises multiple rural properties for sale including 40 acres improved at 7650 with terms, 80 acres valley farm with terms, and 160 acres timberland at 800. Contact Free McGrath Mountain View Missouri or Box 375 Waterloo Iowa for details and down payment options.
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Golden Opportunity
Box
Waterloo
McGrath
Mountain View
Great Flyer Luke Jr. Led Since Youth as War Hero
Norman 8S Hall writes in Liberty about Lieut Frank Luke Jr. of Arizona, the only American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War I. Luke led in every endeavor, from fishing trips at Salt and Gila junctions to football with Mission Indians, and his leadership persisted through the war and beyond.
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Frank Luke, Jr
Arizona
Norman 8S
Hall
Liberty
Luke
Salt
Gila
The Lesser Evil Perkins in Town Theatricals
A Kansas City Star anecdote recalls The Lesser Evil Perkins a prominent figure in local amateur theatricals. He played many parts and admitted he tires of acting yet stays on stage to avoid sitting in the audience.
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Perkins
Kansas City
Subaltern Quip Sparks Tense Exchange in Barracks
In a blunt exchange a subaltern taunts a recruit about intelligence, provoking laughter and secrecy among the troops as officers try to restore order. The dialogue underscores the rigid hierarchy and rough humor endemic to military life.
Equipment Billy Lets Play House in Marion
Fragmentary report notes a scene involving Billy at a house in Marion and references a playful exchange about a cheekbook and papa. The readable text centers on a child and adults nearby with no further events or outcomes documented.
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Billy
Marion
Joint-Ease Pain Relief Ad
Quick relief for rheumatic pains and sore joints. Rub on Joint-Ease for fast absorption and quick results. Available at druggists nationwide for 60 cents. Includes a trial offer from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
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America
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
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Arimura
Sakurajima Island
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T. T. Maxey
White House
the Czar of Lights
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Thacher
Syra Libera
Hanford
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