Guatemala From Bananaland To Ancient City Of Fire
Prepared by National Geographic describes Guatemala’s climate by altitude, the Atlantic and Pacific lowlands, uplands and highlands, and the capital Guatemala City. It follows the rail line from Puerto Barrios through Quirigua and Zacapa to the capital, noting banana estates, urbanization, and daily Mixco markets with vivid street tableaux and a history of earthquakes and volcanoes shaping the city.
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Guatemala
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic
Caribbean
Amatique Bay
United Fruit Company
Tidewater
el Rancho
Republic
Iowa
International Railways and Sart
Quirigua
Motagua
Zacapa
Guatemala City
Mixco
Central America
California News Briefs Highlights and Local Grants
California reports completion of licensing for 352 maternity hospitals and homes with 2,391 beds, plus 213 hospitals and 139 maternity homes licensed. Will Rogers urged to run for U.S. Senate. Charles G Johnson backs Rogers against Hiram Johnson in 1928. Highway tree replacements proceed across multiple counties. A $5,000 yearly perpetual gift funds infantile paralysis research at UC. State oil production dips slightly. Kern and Ventura counties show shifts. Fresno slated for 1928 Western Fairs meeting. 1928 automobile plates planned. barber board rules set. California and national university enrollments rise. Senator Johnson introduces Indian funding bill. California exports rise to $74.8 million in Q2 1927 led by gasoline and other commodities.
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California
State Department of Public Health
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
United States
Charles G. Johnson
Rogers
Hiram Johnson
State Highway Commission
Arizona
Sacramento
Yolo
Colusa
Glenn
Butte
Tehama
Sonoma
Solano
Napa
San Joaquin
Placer
Humboldt
Lake
University of California
W. W. Campbell
University
Hooper Foundation For Medical Research
American Petroleum Institute
Seal Beach
Ventura Avenue
Kern County
L. E. Chenowith
Walter M. Dickie
Young
Dickie
Carrville
Samuel J. Wells
State Board of Health
San Francisco
Bay Shore Highway
Fresno
Western Fairs Association
Treffle R. LeSevay
Fresno County
Automobile Clubs
C. E. Rynearson
State Board of Barber Examiners
Rynearson
Congress
Johnson
Department of Commerce
Washington
Philology Reveals Lost Aryan Race Through Language
A Kansas City Times essay narrates how comparative philology uncovers an ante legendary European Asian tribe. Though absent from histories or graves, scholars reconstruct its gods laws and social traits. Language links trace the origin of Aryans from a vanished people to their global diffusion.
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Europe
Asia
Kansas City Times
Answers to a numbered list of historical trivia questions
The text lists 20 items with names, dates, and places including Enoch Taylor of Lowell in 1896, George A. Custer, Sol Smith Russell, Aconcagua in Argentina, Benjamin Franklin, the nineteen amendments, a position fourth from the sun, William Rockhill Nelson, the number five, three of the sun and two of the moon, forbidden religious formula, planets before sunrise, William Cullen Bryant, Dunlap and Claypoole’s Advertiser, Panama to Cape Horn, Buenos Aires, twenty five years, Frederick J Goodrich of Harvard, and Gen Joseph Wheeler.
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William Rockhill Nelson
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Saturn
William Cullen Bryant
Dunlap and Claypoole
Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia
Panama
Cape Horn
Buenos Aires
Frederick J. Goodrich
Harvard
Joseph Wheeler
Adam Brothers Shape American Furniture Through Robert Adam’s Designs
The four Adam brothers of England especially Robert Adam shaped eighteenth century American furniture. Though not a cabinet maker, he designed both houses and their interiors with precise placement marks. His classic, antiquity inspired lines, straight legs, and urn motifs show his lasting influence.
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America
Four Adam Brothers
England
Robert Adam
Sarah Lockwood
Pompeii
France
Adam
Chippendale
Islanders Evade Tax on Eddy Island Near Galway
Off the Galway coast, Eddy Island remains close to shore letting inhabitants observe boats and stage receptions for visitors. No one on the island has paid Galway county council maintenance for years, bailiffs were repulsed last time, and cattle are hidden to avoid seizure. The islanders owe about $100,000 to the county.
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Eddy Island
Galway
Ireland
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
New World
Spain
Vulcan
Pedro de Alvarado
Agua
Fuego
Boston
Mixco Road
W. Y. Hawthorne
American Red Cross
Raymond Walters
Swarthmore College
Columbia University
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Columbia
Greater Antilles
Enoch Taylor
Lowell
Mass
Gen
George A. Custer
Sol Smith Russell
Aconcagua
Argentina
Benjamin Franklin
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