Spanish Main Coast Moments and Port Cities Explored
Prepared by the National Geographic Society, this piece surveys the Caribbean coast once called the Spanish Main. It details Cumana, La Guaira, Maracaibo, and surrounding towns with notes on founding, trade, ruins, and modern workaday life including ports, railways, and oil development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Spain
Caribbean
Tierra Firme
Cumana
New Toledo
Venezuela
Amazon
Gonsalez Ocampo
Cortes
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
Maracaibo
la Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
New York
Colombia
Venezuelan Cordillera
California News Briefs Highlight State Growth and Projects
California maintained third among top building states with $29,088,740 permits issued. San Leandro touts an airplane traffic officer. Michelson studies light speed at Mt Wilson. The California launch by Panama Pacific Lines and a $300,000 Western Concrete Pipe plant promise 600 jobs. Traffic, aviation, fishing and flood-control measures shape a busy statewide agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Leandro
New York City
New York
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Mt. Wilson Observatory
America
Newport News
Virginia
Panama Pacific Lines
Los Angeles
Western Concrete Pipe Company
South Gate
Manchester Avenue
State Department of Agriculture
Automobile Club of Southern California Touring Bureau
Fresno County Sportsmen’s Club
Dinkey Creek
San Francisco
Board of Health
Half Moon Bay
H. R. Bohner
Bohner
Frank G. Snook
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Snook
Railroad Commission
Trivia Qs from a historical quiz compiled mystery.
A long list of obscure questions covers topics from mountains and battles to artists and scientists. It asks names of peak, leaders, writers, jurists, and dates, with queries about geography, art, religion, and science.
Answers and clues summary from an archival prompt
The item lists numbered trivia fragments including Answers No 15 i1 Nethon 2 Crusader with 141 583 dollars 8 Savannah 1819 4 1790 5 The dried meat of the coconut 6 Liszt 1 Walt Whitman 8 Central Africa open shores of lakes and rivers 9 Harmless state of disuse 10 Chapter 20 11 The Cheviots 12 C De Mar 18 John Adams 14 Grover Cleveland 15 Commander R E Byrd USN 16 Ben Turpin 17 In Camberly near London England 18 They occur in all seas except Arctic and Antarctic car nivorous habits 19 Because with two the comparative is used not the superlative 20 To Isaiah
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Africa
Arctic
Antarctic
Royal Wife Rebuked by Prince Consort
Albert the prince consort of Queen Victoria faced public contempt yet remained patient and dignified. A Kansas City Star writer notes his rise from poverty to influence as he calmly refused the queen’s repeated commands, dining with the Royal Academy and deferring return to Buckingham Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
Kansas City Star
Council of the
Royal Academy
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
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Mountain Wall
Bermudez
Orient
Barcelona
Carupano
Kingsley
Cape Cadera
Giens
Bangor
Maine
Caracas
Torridge
St. Augustine
Evwepickard
Macuto
San Francisco Bay District
Robert M. Morton
Kern River District
W. C. Fankhauser
Commission
California State Automobile Association
San Diego
Luke McNamee
Benicia
Moody
Martinez
Hull
Eureka
William Jones
J. F. Barnes
Crescent City
Farragut
Thompson
Charles F. Curry
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Congressman Tilson
Congressman Curry
Chico
Butte County
S. L. Bainbridge
Chico Real Estate Board
State Banking Department
San Joaquin County
Stockton
Pacific Coast
Stockton Regatta Association
Canada
Battle of
Gettysburg
Kit Carson
United States
Apostle of Light
England
Alaska
Elman, Heifetz
Zimbalist
Seidel
Mary Baker Eddy
Nethon
Crusader
Savannah
1819
Liszt
Walt Whitman
the Cheviots
C. de Mar
John Adams
Grover Cleveland
R. E. Byrd
Ben Turpin
Camberly
London
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