New Findings Link Mongolia Fossils to American Life History
A 1922 1923 Asiatic expedition led by Roy Andrews yielded Mongolian fossils revealing a late Eocene land bridge between America and Asia. The discoveries include new species and related forms to American fauna, with dinasaur remains, large skulls, and mammal horizons from Eocene to Pliocene.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Roy Andrews
Victoria
B. C
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Museum
China
Osborn
Mongolia
Merica
Asia
France
India
America
Gobi Desert
Baluchistan
Turkestan
Europe
Africa
North America
Rebels Marched to Their Death in Rio Fortress Siege
In July 1922 Brazilian rebels from Copacabana fortified a doomed assault on Rio de Janeiro. Twenty two of the 24 men who reached the trench were killed by machine gun fire, while one was captured and another escaped. The doomed march ended the ill fated uprising.
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New York
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana
Rio
Avenida Atlantico
Siqueira Campos
Detroit
Shock Kills Man on Wet Garage Floor in Port Chester
Port Chester New York. John Colantino, 39, was electrocuted while on a wet garage floor at Main and Mill streets. He tried to install a high power bulb into a drop light socket and a short circuit in the fixture is believed. Samuel Maiden attempted to help and was severely shocked. Colantino died within minutes.
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Port Chester
N. Y
John Colantino
Main and
Mill Streets
Samuel Maiden
Colantino
Destruction of Octorara Vessel Underway Near Quantico
The Octorara, a wooden World War I era hull built for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is being dismantled and burned in the Potomac River near Quantico Virginia. Western Marine and Salvage Company has purchased the fleet, incinerating ships as part of disposal operations.
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United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Western Marine and Salvage Company
Potomac River
Quantico
New Mongolian Titanotheres Mark Upper Eocene Finds
A 1928 expedition uncovered titanotheres from Mongolia, likely spanning Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene ages. The material includes three to four species across three genera, with animals ranging from large to small and likely very abundant in their time.
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Mongolia
First summary shows total liquor prescriptions by druggists nationwide
The Prohibition Bureau reports 11,268,469 liquor prescriptions filled by druggists in fiscal year ending June 30. New York led in prescriptions and whisky sold, Illinois and California follow. Hawaii and Porto Rico show smaller totals. about 50,000 physicians, roughly one third of US total, used the liquor prescription privilege.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Prohibition Bureau
New York
Illinois
California
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Vermont
New Hampshire
United States
Judge Staffords Opens Door to Quick Justice
In a Washington DC Supreme Court session Justice Stafford admitted to peering into a bedroom from outside a window on a pail as part of a divorce case. The incident illustrated arguments over judicial shortcuts. The verdict favored the plaintiff.
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United States
Washington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Stafford
Estimated World Auto Fleet Reaches 17 Million
Washington reports by January 1 the global automobile total will reach 17,000,000. Of this 14,000,000 are expected to operate in the United States, about one car for every eight people, with the rest of the world averaging one car per 112 people.
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Washington
M. H. Moepli
Automotive Division
Commerce Department
United States
Governor McCray Admits Signing Others’ Names
Governor McCray testified under pressure that he issued and signed notes bearing other persons names without authority. He said the individuals named were unaware of the transactions and had no knowledge of them.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McCray
Four Die of Gas in Rockford Home
Four members of the Werner family and a boarder died from gas fumes in a Rockford Illinois home. John Werner fifty one his wife forty seven their daughter Karine twenty two a school teacher and Walter Wallner a boarder were found at 514 Prairie Street.
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Rockford
Ill
John Werner
Karine
Walter Wallner
Prairie Street
Dollar Tops Pound as Paris Bourse Honors U S Currency
The dollar has displaced the pound sterling as Europe’s money leader after a sudden English exchange weakness. The Paris bourse now quotes all prices in dollars, treating the American currency as gold.
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Uncle Sam
Paris
Europe
Riots in German Cities Claim 138 Lives
Food rioting and communist demonstrations spread across Dusseldorf Oberlík Gelsenkirchen Essen Bochum with a growing casualty list reaching 138 killed.
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Dusseldorf
Oberilk
Gelsenkirchen
Essen
Bochum
Senator Harris seeks tariff removal on white arsenic
Georgia senator Harris urged President Coolidge to place white arsenic on the free list arguing the poison is widely used to combat boll weevil pests.
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Washington
Harris
Georgia
Coolidge
Horses Die in Barn Fire at West Point Cavalry Barn
Twenty nine government horses perished in a large cavalry burn at West Point New York. The fire, of unknown origin, destroyed the barn and its contents on a Sunday.
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West Point
N. Y
United States
Colfax Completes $160000 Paving Project For 46 Blocks
Iowa reports October employment conditions as satisfactory. New 1924 auto license tags arrive, distrubtion soon, featuring white figures on black. State fish and game dept to collect more fines in November if trends continue. Des Moines businessmen to attend Chicago chamber meeting January 21–22. Lincoln Highway grading complete Tama to Belle Plaine with detours removed. Tuberculosis seals to be sold in Polk county schools after Thanksgiving. proceeds split with health programs. Black Hawk county vast Red Ball highway project to finish ahead of schedule. Housekeeping courses offered by Iowa State College for nontraditional students. A silver loving cup prize funded by Dr John H Peck to honor best tuberculosis crusade student group.
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Colfax
Iowa
United States Department of Labor
Motor Vehicle Department
State Fish and Game Department
Carroll County
Dick Witte
Lowden
Des Moiney
Northern Central Division
National Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Lincoln Highway
Tama
Belle Plaine
Iowa Association of Progressive Chiropractors
Wheat ‘Commission
America
Henry C. Wallace
Federal Employment Bureau
Walter Reece
R. S. BeKie
Des Moines
Roy D. Brown
Lamoni
Morley Jull
Department of Agriculture
South America
Charles Thompson
Armour & Co
Masop City
Algona
Polk County
Black Hawk County
Waterloo and
Hudson Road
Iowa State College
National Tuberculosis Association
John H. Peck
Iowa Association
Nurse Gains 19 Lbs On Tanlac
Miss Mary Farly of Omaha Nebraska a practical nurse for fifteen years praises Tanlac saying it restored her appetite and digestion and helped her gain fifteen pounds after nursing a typhoid patient. She endorses Tanlac as the highest praise and urges readers to buy it from druggists.
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Mary Farly
North 20Th St
Omaha
Neb
Tanlac
Visiting Not Necessary
Dialogue from Boston Evening Transcript notes a view that telephone use helps economize by enabling chats with friends and relatives without the expense of entertaining. Mrs A explains the cost-saving benefit while Mrs B asks for clarification.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Costs Less to Keep Clean in Rural Areas
Federal and State health reports link over 250000 deaths and 4.5 million illnesses yearly to unsanitary conditions, mostly in rural areas. Simple, affordable measures like septic tanks and protected water supplies can improve health and comfort. free guidance from the Portland Cement Association is available by mail.
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Portland Cement Association
West Washington Street
Chicago
Ady
Modernized Crimson Gulch Cac tus Joe claims taxis and gas stations
In Wait for the Traveler, Cac tus Joe declares there are no holdup men in Crimson Gulch. He asserts the town has a taxi stand and a gas station, matching other towns, to modernize its image. The Washington Star notes this exchange as part of a broader depiction of the town.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Washington Star
Cuticura Relieves Baby Rashes with Soothing Baths
Purported advertisement notes Cuticura Soap for hot baths followed by Cuticura Ointment and Talcum to ease itchy rashes on babies. Claims cleanliness and fragrance as benefits with a price of 2 cents each.
Reputation for being good natured masks lazy rights defense
A proverb notes that many men gain a reputation for gentleness not from virtue but from a reluctance to assert their own rights. It warns against passivity and encourages standing up for oneself.
Cascarets for liver and bowels offer health cure
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a remedy for biliousness constipation sick headache and indigestion priced at 100 a box. The note contrasts medical claims with a unrelated social quip about a spinster on the shelf.
How to Gain Strength and Endurance
Milwaukee resident John W. McLain praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as tonics for strength and stamina. He notes seasonal use, his work as a strenuous laborer, and recommends seeking free confidential medical advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, urging trial offerings.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dr. Pierce
John W. McLain
Wisconsin St
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KK. R. Pearson
Nebraska
Executive Mansion
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U. S
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