Bottle message from Blair voyage turns up in Scotland
A bottle tossed from the steamship Blair in 1928 drifted thousands of miles before washing ashore on South Uist in Scotland. The note, sent to the American Consul, details speed and position at sea and notes the bottle’s journey, highlighting rare returns of ocean-currents experiments.
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West Colina
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Boundary dispute with Mexico nears settlement negotiations
Reports from Mexico City indicate talks have begun to resolve the U S and Mexican border dispute along the Rio Grande. The issue stems from an imprecise river boundary, with plans for a new survey and joint supervision to create bulkheads and markers.
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Boundary talks in Mexico move toward final deadline
Both governments press for a fixed boundary and commissions to proceed. They intend to name members as soon as negotiations conclude, aiming to finalize arrangements within a set time.
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Nine Miners Feared Dead After Swansea Coliery Flood
In Swansea England on November 25 nine miners were believed trapped beyond help as floodwaters rushed into the Penlan colliery. Eight men were trapped by the inundation and none is thought to have escaped.
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England
Penlan
Flush the Kidneys Before Breakfast
An ad-style health pitch urges flushing kidneys to prevent illness from rich foods. It promotes drinking a quart of water daily and four ounces of Jad Salts before breakfast to flush and stimulate kidneys, neutralize acids, and aid blood purity, recommending physician checks twice yearly.
Miracle Mission Renamed After Long Mission Restoration
A padre led decades of repair on the old mission San Juan with help from others. Over more than twenty years he restored an arch, tile, and flooring under California sunshine. His health improved and he recovered fully. the church may be renamed Miracle Mission.
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30 477 U S War Dead Still Lie Buried Abroad
Washington Nov 28 The annual report of the Quartermaster General Major General William H Hart shows 30 447 American soldiers and sailors from World War I buried in American cemeteries in France Belgium and England Graves are listed by location including Meuse Argonne Flanders Field St Mihiel and Somme plus Brookwood England and Seringes et Nesses Oise Aisne and Surenes Paris A total 46 259 bodies have been brought home for burial and 397 859 bodies lie in 83 national cemeteries with 244 443 known and 153 416 unknown.
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England
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Brookwood
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Romagne
Romans Ate Beetle Lavae In Ancient Diets
In ancient Rome records note the consumption of beetle lavae as part of the diet. This practice reflects broader use of insects as a protein source in historic culinary and medicinal contexts.
Priest Rebuilds California's First Church at San Juan
Los Angeles, Nov 28 The oldest church in California is reopened at San Juan Capistrano after earthquake ruin. The restored edifice features white columns and an ancient gold leaf Spanish altar. Rev. St John O'Sullivan, a Kentucky priest with Irish name, arrived in 1909 and died within the mission walls.
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Father O Sullavin Restores San Juan Mission
For nearly a century the San Juan Mission lay empty until a Kentucky priest arrived. Father O Sullavin faced poverty and hardship but pursued renewal of the historic site and its religious duties.
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Kentucky
O’sullavin
Little Entente deploys 6.4 million troops in Prague report
Prague newspapers reveal the Little Entente fronts with 6,409,200 soldiers. The dispatch notes Czecho-Slovakia asserts the alliance has huge war strength amid growing regional tensions.
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Little Entente military power cited in war strength figures
The article notes the Little Entente with a war strength of 6,400,600 and a standing army of 646,000, including Romania and Poland as nonmembers yet allied in effect. It highlights the bloc’s combined forces doubling France’s military strength, while mentioning South African natives in a closing context.
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South Slavia
Roumania
Poland
France
South Africa
Belief in a Split Soul Across Three Bodies
A general belief describes a triune soul per person with essences in the head stomach and big toe as traditional anthropology notes. The idea appears in a discussion of tribal cosmology and human psychology in historical sources.
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