Alberta fossils reveal dinosaurs in red deer river canyon
The National Geographic essay describes Alberta 3 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed, detailing the Red Deer river canyon, geological periods Pierre Judith Edmonton formations, and flatboat fossil dredges by American Museum expeditions. Fossil quarries yield numerous bones, with careful excavation methods preserving skeletons for study.
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Rocky Mountains
Pierre
Judith
Belly
Red Deer River
Canada
United States
Florida
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Red Deer
Paskapoo
Edmonton
Big Valley
California News Briefs Highlights From State Changes
California reports organize a committee to study compulsory auto insurance and traffic regulation. Fresno builds two theaters including a $300,000 Pantages house. Gasoline tax revenue is projected at about $30 million yearly for 20 years to fund highways and road maintenance across counties. Real Estate Department earnings for six months totaled $143,049 on $220,129 gross income. An earthquake rattled Fresno area. Railroads cut freight rates 10 percent to San Joaquin valley and Monterey Peninsula points. Rail commission reports 349 railroad accident deaths in year. A California weather bureau station seeks Stockton support. Fraternal Order of Hayl es boasts strong California membership. August licenses canceled for 21 motorists for drunken driving. California produce dealers licensing underway with geographic distribution. Stockton survey shows industrial value of $38,493,000 in 1927 with 4,175 wage earners. A 40,000 gallon reservoir completed at Oxnard. Oroville and Tuolumne county topics include orange and olive expo and bear hunting. Argentine shipments of Tuolumne county apples planned. You Bet town records first birth in 21 years. Labor federation debate on sending workers to Soviet Russia defeated.
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California
L. L. Cory
Hippodrome
Fresno Street
Fresno
Fulton and
Tuolumne
National Automobile Club
State
Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Monterey Peninsula
Railroad Commission
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Transportation Division
The
J. G. Hunter
Railroad Commission of California
Carl I. Wheat
Commission
Central America
L. 8. Lowe
South America
North
Chamber of Commerce
United States Weather Bureau
Stockton
Stockton Chamber of Commerce
Charles F. Curry
State Department of Agriculture
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Bernardino
Mendocino
Lake
Napa
Riverside
Kingsbury
School Land Fund
Department of Education
G. L. Fox
United States Census Bureau
Conejo Mutual Water Company
Oxnard
Santa Rosa Valley
Oroville Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Memorial Building
W. A. Finney
of California
Redding
California Travelers’ Indoor Rodeo Association
Golden Eagle Hotel
Spicer Meadow
Highland Creek
Wheat’s
Tuolumne County
You Bet
Grass Valley
Thomas Brady
California State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Soviet Russia
Sam Loberman
Cigarmakers’ Union of
ADSWEL cooreneous Q and A quiz from historical queries
A compilation of trivia questions covering geography history literature and science. It asks for peak names, race winners, ships crossing the Atlantic, census dates, commodity definitions, composers, poets, plant origins, proverb citations, biblical verses, English geography, marathon winners, historical administrations, presidents, polar flights, early comedians, burial sites, fish habitats, grammatical correctness, and biblical verse continuations.
Answers in a historical trivia list from an early 20th century quiz
A series of concise Q A style entries cover varied subjects. Items cite 1912 track results, historical figures Elias Howe Aaron Burr and John Quincy Adams, literature Becky Sharp and Tess of the d Urbervilles, geography Brittany France and Colombia, authors Locke Ruskin Lowell, and botany orchid genus used in flavoring.
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Aaron Burr
Becky Sharp
Tess of
John Quincy Adams
Colombia
South America
John Ruskin
James Russell Lowell
North
Witty Retort Ends Heckling By Little Preacher
The late Rev. S S Henshaw, a primitive Methodist minister known for wit, pacified a heckler at election time by replying with a sharp retort about brains in the stomach. The exchange ended the disturbance and recalled his radical early days.
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S.S. Henshaw
Sheffield
Mr. Henshaw
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Alberta
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Africa
America
Great Lakes
Canadian
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Banff
Order of Hayles
Washington
George Vice
Forrest B. Owens
Frank G. Snook
Division of Motor Vehicles
Pyrenees
Raphia Palma
England
North Pole
Charlie Chaplin
Bret Harte
Hezekiah
L. Goehring
Elias Howe
Brittany
France
Locke
Nebraska
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