Galapagos Islands Lauded As Natural Museum Reserve
Washington National Geographic Society bulletin describes the Galapagos archipelago as a vast natural laboratory with 2000 craters, diverse wildlife including land and water iguanas, sea lions, and flightless cormorants, and a unique volcanic origin. Quito residents urge leasing the islands to a foreign government.
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Washington, D. C
Quito
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
National Geographic Society
Galapagos Archipelago
Panama
Peru
Pacific
Atlantic
Galapago Islands
Java
Delaware
Carles Darwin
Islands
Galapagos
Alapagos Islands
Madeiras
Archipelago
Smoke chasers rival courageous mounted police in daring
The 3,000 United States forest rangers who fight tens of thousands of fires yearly are described as rivaling the Northwestern Mounted Police in daring and sagacity. John Coffman, chief, notes fires are started by malice, accident, or carelessness, with lightning causing about one fire in ten. Forest fires scorch millions of acres annually and cost millions to fight. Wildlife and environmental notes follow, including oddly phrased asides about hats and quail, with unrelated local items about Birmingham building loans and a game warden’s speed findings.
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United States Forest Rangers
Northwestern Mounted Police
John Coffman
National Parks
Rangers
Coffman
England
United States Army
Charles L. Lawrence
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Illinois
Las Vegas
Utah
Western Canadian Airways
Regina
United States
Philippine Islands
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Cleveland College
Ohio
Palmyra
Missouri
University of Missouri
Kansas
St. Louis
Veterans’ Bureau
St. Louis County
Minn
California
Texas
Green County
Tenn
John” Cain
Birmingham
Ala
Odd News Items From Here And There
A roundup of remote science and tech tidbits from across the globe. Innovations include a flashlight-handle umbrella, a remote telegraph system, a measles serum claim, a high efficiency gas mask, and colored goldfish molding in China. Also noted are advances in astronomy, precision instruments, and industrial methods, alongside diverse agricultural and regional data from the United States and Europe.
Plutarch Privy to Father-in-law Joke Origin Says Phelps
Yale English chief William Lyon Phelps claims Greek writers started the popular mother-in-law joke. He cites Plutarch who allegedly saw a man strike a dog by mistake and quip that the mother-in-law replaces the stepmother. Themistocles is also linked to a mother is boss line.
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Plutarch
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Phelps
Themistocles
Greece
Oldest Tin Industry in Cornwall Faces Closure
Heavy world tin production has driven thousands from work in Cornwall. At St Just in Penwith about 400 men joined the unemployed as Geevor and the Levant mines shut. A Washington bulletin calls St Justin Penwith a picturesque, aging mining town with a fifteenth century church and a long tin heritage.
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Washington, D. C
Cornwall
St. Justin-Penwith
Geevor
Levant
National Geographic Society
St. Just-in-Penwith
England
Tin and Copper Tales From Cornwall Mines
The article recounts Cornwall’s tin and copper mining history from ancient Phoenician trade to Roman and medieval activity. It notes St Just and Wheal Owles as notable mines, sea-level galleries, and dramatic local sites like Plane an Gwarry and Redruth Amphitheater. It highlights global tin production shifts, with Cornwall once dominating world supply and modern miners facing global competition and emigration.
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Egypt
Mediterranean
Cornwall
Julius Caesar
England
St. Just-in-Penwith
St. Just
Levant
Gwarry
Redruth
John Wesley
Cape Cornwall
Saxony
Bohemia
Federated Malay States
Bolivia
Dutch East Indies
Nigeria
United States
New Varieties Vitamins Found
A fragment from a 1910s magazine notes four vitamins well understood A B C D and hints at three more F G H. It foresees every alphabet letter may be used for a vitamin as experts admit public mystery over vitamins purpose and existence. Prof Dennett cites mothers’ ignorance and humor about vitamins.
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Roger H. Dennett
Woman's Home Companion
H.oreover
Coming Events in Maine April to June
April 22-27 Maine Methodist Conference in Portland presided by Bishop F. T. Keeney. April 20 Western Maine Knights of Columbus Jubilee in Bath. April 20-23 Ninth New England meets SORES at Eastland Hotel in Portland. April 20-35 National Be Kind to Animals Week. April 21-28 Federal inspection of Maine National Guard units in Augusta. April 23-25 Nurses Assn New England Division seventh convention in Portland. May 13 State Y P A convention in Dexter. May 6 Kennebec County Council. May 10 Rural Life Sunday. May 22-24 State B P W convention in Augusta. June 9-10 Maine State Master Plumbers Assn conference in Orono. June 21-23 American Legion state convention in Calais. June 24-26 Maine Pharmacists Assn annual meeting in Rangeley.
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Maine Methodist
Portland
F. T. Keeney
Maine Knights of Hhias
Bath
New England
Eastland Hotel
Ortlan
Maine National Guard
Augusta
Y. P
Dexter
Kennebec County
Rural Life
Maine
Orono
American Legion
Calais
Maine Pharmaceuticss'n
Rangeley
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State of
A Natural History Museum
Courageous Mounted Police
Cottman
Paris
Burleigh Martin
Senate
France
China
Toronto
Canada
Switzerland
U. S. Bureau of Standards
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. A. Frohock
Brandenton
Fla
Louisiana
R. B. Walker
Centreville
Kentucky Highway Commission
North Carolina
Co-Operative Marketing Association
Tennessee
University
Lester Efird
Oakboro
N. C
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Roy Okley
Timberlake
Pane Carolina
American Forestry Association
Asheville
Northwestern University
Deering
Charles Deering
C. B. Batson
McLean
Tex
Lake Michigan
Southern College
Houston
New York Memorial Hospital
U.S. Bureau of Standards
M. L. Humason
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson
Calif
Earth
Museum of Science and Industry
New York City
Ujpest
Hungary
Munich
Germany
Los Angeles
Porteller
Ke Ontario
Welland Ship Canal
William Tudor Gardiner
Elmer D. Merrill
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