Tel Aviv Palestine Boom City Grows From Sand Dunes
Tel Aviv, Palestine's booming modern metropolis near Jaffa, has grown since 1900 into the second largest city after Jerusalem. A National Geographic bulletin notes its European city features, modern utilities, schools, libraries, and annual Purim celebrations, with Jaffa oranges driving regional wealth and exports.
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Washington
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Yarkon
Mediterranean
Syria
Egypt
Transjordan
Persia
Iraq
National Geographic Society
Jerusalem
Germany
Europe
America
Universal Israelite Alliance
Old
Judea
Dudes Drop Canes and the Rise of the Walking Stick
The article notes a decline in cane use in America, with foreigners and others blamed for the loss of the walking stick on crowded streets. A Howell company executive laments reduced demand after earlier record years in 1019 and 1920, despite decades of production.
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Landen
America
Rond Street
Howell
Palestine’s Jaffa orange trade and crafts industry
Government efforts to curb fruit diseases and uphold inspection standards bolster a booming Jaffa export trade. Prewar shipments were under a million cases. today they approach three million, with annual fruit value near four to five million dollars. Tal Aviv hosts Palestine’s first brick plant producing thousands of bricks for immigrant housing and other structures, plus smaller factories making furniture textiles shoes candies orange cases and more.
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Jaffa
Tal Aviv
Palestine
Miracles Wrought by Plastic Surgery in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia surgeon explains face alteration options from nasal reshaping to ear remodeling and hair transplantation. Patients include matrons, sales staff, and entertainers seeking cosmetic change. Emphasizes choosing an experienced, artistic surgeon to avoid serious results.
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Philadelphia
Kentucky teen wins trip to Europe in national exams
Cleta Moody a sixteen year old Kentucky high school student won the eighth annual competitive examination for high schools on the League of Nations. The prize is a trip to Europe.
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Cleta Moody
Kentucky
League of Nationa
Europe
Star Photography Aided by Aluminum Reflectors
Astronomers at Lick Observatory in Pasadena have shown aluminum mirrors can boost telescope power by about 50 to 60 percent. A star in the North polar region photographed with a liver coated mirror was rephotographed after aluminum replaced the silver, revealing a longer star spectrum and widening astronomical horizons.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lick Observatory
North Polar
California Institute of Technology
Nebraska farmers adopt systematic farm books in Lincoln
Nebraska farmers rapidly adopt a systematic and accurate booking system to run farming as a business. More than 2 000 farmers, per University of Nebraska extension service, started farm recount books supplied by the college of agriculture. Herman Miller estimates that twice as many farmers are keeping books this year as last.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Herman Miller
Town in New York Has Monument to Bernhardt
Geneve New York reports an obscure memorial to Sarah Bernhardt near Plattsburg on a Geneve estate. A Geneva lawyer Charles B. Bean built a 14 foot concrete stone monument with Vermont marble plaque inscribed to the world renowned actress. The Knights of Cyprus and devoted friends funded the rugged memorial titled Romance Holds Open the Door to Eternal Spring.
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Geneve
N. Y
Sarah Bernhardt
Plattsburg
Charles B. Bean
Geneva
Vermont
Vyolca
Cyprus
Gean
Bean
The
Knights of Cyprus
Old State Line Marker Found on Ancient Tree
A century-old inscription on an ancient tree recalls the boundary survey between Michigan and Wisconsin. Detroit surveyors faced hostile tribes as they laid the line before Wisconsin’s statehood.
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Tran River
Mich
Detroit
Michigan
Wisconsin
Smallest Organ Built In Boston By Louis Weir
The Boston Louis Weir organist reportedly built the smallest organ in the world, about 14 inches wide and 8 inches high. It can control the stops of a large console and was first played by an artist in a Boston theater.
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Boston
Louis Weir
Tity
Cinnaber Vein Found at Verlingud Mine in Study Butte
A cinnabar vein of bunwnza proportions has been uncovered in the Study Butte mine at Verlingud. The cinnaber ore yields quicksilver, referencing the new find and its ore status in the locality.
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Alping
Tezus
Study Butte
Verlingud
Wool Industry Across the World and United States
National Geographic notes the global wool trade and how sheep stocks span continents from Australia to Africa. It highlights U S regions leading in production, major buyers like England, and the shift from homespun to factory wooling while detailing sorting, washing, carding, and fabric distinctions.
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National Geographic Society
Washington,d. G
WNU Service
TIEEP
United States
Equator
Arctic
Australia
India
China
Asia
Argentina
Uruguay
South America
Africa
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Tunisia
South Africa
Europe
Norway
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Finland
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Mississippi River
Texas
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Missouri
Louisiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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Union
Magellanes
Punta Arenas
Chile
Cape Horn
Panama Canal
I Alands
Magellaney Atill
England
London
Prisoner Confesses Money Theft Aimed at Marriage
The defendant says he stole the funds intending to return them after marrying. The lawyer challenges the claim, noting the defendant sought release on grounds of insanity.
Zanzibar Clove Image and Harbor Scene Feature Vibrant Island Details
Reading fragments describe Zanzibar with references to cloves and scent, island harbor views, ships, and mangrove roots. Mentions of Aden Mombasa and Old Amby mix with musings on perfume and color. A separate note discusses a new rainy building by AR Medicine Co in St Louis for Tum products, cost estimates, and manufacturing aims.
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Ara Hengely Hess
Zanzibar
Aden
Amby
Amolieg
Mombasa
St Louis
AR Medicine Co
Postum Offer Promises Health Boost With Free Sample Jar
A company advertises a week’s supply of Postum health drink in exchange for writing in. Readers who write receive a full sample jar of the health product. The offer targets those seeking a healthful beverage option.
Fragmentary quotation about goods and canning items
A garbled passage mentions Gerald and AlI goods, with unclear references to canned goods and related phrases. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks coherent context or identifiable events.
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One Hundred and Third Aero Squadron
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New York
Bernhardt
Gerald
Gerasiine
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