Yuan Chwang Journey From China to India in 7th Century
The account describes Yuan Chwang’s arduous pilgrimage from China through Central Asia to India, with perilous desert crossings, battles with frontier guards, and miraculous tales. It notes his return to Peking with Buddhist scriptures, relics, and a royal welcome, while contrasting urban India with Buddhist legends and the era’s intellectual shifts.
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Muhammad
Canton
Gregory
England
Yuan Chwang
Herodotus
China
Central Asia
India
Famira
Thien Shan
Tisik Kul
Tashkend
Samarkang
Jess
Alexander the Great
Khyber Pass
Peshawar
Pamirs
Afghanistan
Kashgar
Yarkand
Kuen Lup
Great Wall
Nepal
Ceylon
Yuga Chwang
Yaho
Gobi
Turkestan
Oy Leys
Aemong
Tou
Boneqgend
Famarkendig
Zuan Chwang
Nalanda
Jd Beang
Taxilla
Athens
Buddha
Yuan Anwang
Asoks
Royal Asiatic Society
The
Indian Society
Ap Uan Chang
Kou-shihna-ka-lo
Kuainagara
Rulne
Lify
Bian-fu
Muasic
Dey Br Fay
Landa
Go Tong
Underground Midland Stream Yields Drugs and Metals
A subsurface water vein near Midland Michigan furnishes a rich mix of medicines chemicals and materials. Forty pumps lift the water then separating processes extract medicines cement tanning agents perfumes preservatives and cold-storage solutions. Magnesium from the vein is used for war flares and in a secret alloy now provides one third the weight of aluminum while a gas engine piston test shows minimal wear after an 85 000 mile equivalent run.
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Midland
Mich
Can She Air Waves Trial With Wind Observed
A brisk wind test suggests two windy days free from rain or snow. Using a bright metal edge or saw about feet long, held at a right angle to wind and tilted 26 to 40 degrees, light along the edge to reveal air or wind waves flowing over the edge in graceful curves.
Realty Records highlight mortgage and deed transfers
Mortgage deeds record Daniel E Ragalle Jr to Irving Nelson Gagner on Princeton Street for 326 dollars and other transfers including David Core y to De Forest trustees, Felix Pogorelakt to Bridgeport Savings and Loan for 155000, Samuel Miller to Alexander DeLaney on Windsor Avenue for 4200, Hattie Dean to City Savings Bank on Capital Avenue for 3750, Elizabeth Hayman to People’s Savings Bank on Parrott Avenue for 4600, and various warranty and claim deeds for properties on Windsor Avenue Park Avenue Fairfield Avenue Ogden Street and related parcels, reflecting a busy land and loan transfer period.
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Daniel E. Ragalle, Jr
Irving Nelson Gagner
Princeton Street
David 8. Corey
Robert KE. de Forest
Frank T. Staples
Clapp Spooner
Myrtle. Avenue
Felix Pogorelakt
Bridgeport Savings and Loan Association
Huntington Read
Samuel Miller
Alexander DL. DeLaney
Windsor Avenue
David S. Rubin
Minnie
Meeks Realty
Fairfield Revenue
Hattie L, Dean
City Savings Bank
Capital Avenue
Elizabeth M. Hayman
People’s. Savings, Bank
Vital Statistics Births and Marriage Licences Today
Births report multiple families with new daughters and a son at various addresses including Robert and Mildred Middlemass Heb Feb 10 and Bernard and Margaret Carrian at Bridgeport hospital Feb 10. Marriage licences list Tony Monacko of New Haven and Louise Mastroni of 187 Hillside Avenue seeking nuptials.
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Robert and Mildred Middlemass
West Avenue
Heb
Peter and
Mary Petii
Gooodwin Street
William and
Annie Gillespia
Warren Street
Bernard and
Margaret Carrian
Bridgepot
Hospital
Harold and
Irene Gorey
Ben‘han Street
Tony Monacko
New Haven
Louise Mastroni
Hillside Avenue
Lifers Freedom Tale From Prison Craft Wins Parole
The article tells how a inmate known as Lifer won parole after writing a prize story in Outlook while at Florence State Prison Arizona. His tale of struggle to reform inspired a prison business venture selling handicrafts and stationery, building a moral backbone and prompting plans for further prison outreach and literature.
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Loula
Bytinge
Bytings
Watts
Kerchierto
Otranwe
Cain
Avernus
Pven Ag
Hetyvas
Ig Venturs Nate
Cine
McEnarios
Heta
Che
Pheme
Aonep Diberty
Finkehe Owen
Filma
Barbed Wire Fence Creates Unusual Organlike Sound
An Atlanta report describes a 3,000 foot barbed wire fence forming a barrier along a bluff. Hollow iron posts with slits emit varying whistles as wind shifts, producing eerie tones. The fence, ordered after thefts of rocks, spans nearly 1,000 feet drop to the rocks below. American sculptor Gutvon Borklim works in the South on Confederacy related projects.
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Avarda
Aountain
Ean Atlanta
Cludén
Gutvon
Borklim
Confederacy
Woman Teaches Throng of Men Without Homes
Chicago reports a homeless men’s “hobo college” led by Mrs Frances Donovan. The Hyde Park resident teaches writing to nomad pupils, including Scotty and his teenage son, with meetings built from salvaged stage props and a philosophy of doughnut humor. Oscar S Straus memoirs discuss itinerant peddlers and Jewish hospitality in the antebellum South. Bell tuning described with four distinct sounds and methods to alter tone.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Hobo College
Frances Donovan
Hyde Park
Jesson
Straus
Oscar
Turkey
America
Radio Programs on WEAF and WOR Feature Big Music Lineup
A dense schedule lists WEAF and WOR broadcasts with concert recitals, violin and piano solos by artists such as Cary Scharovits and Marian Von Wagener, talk on education in honesty by EF Brown, and a daily rhythm of blues, dances, and operatic selections. Includes stock quotes and weather forecasts from New York and Pittsburgh stations.
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WEAF
Tel '& Tel Co
New York
New ‘Oriedns
Palais de Dance
Brooklyn
Pacific
Sister Kate
Tot Rehmidt
Harry Reagan
Indiana
Carolina
Ed Schmidt
Lovin
Mane
Harry Rezan
St. Louias
Cary “Scharovits
Dveinik-Kreister
The
Lest
Rose
Gum‘mar
Auer
EF. Joavidaen ‘Brown
National Surety.Co
Hallie DeLuca
Con
Traite
Teithe Woods
Franz
Halle DeLuca
la’ Gioconda
Finocheln
Tachal'kowsky
Meyer-Ehalcmund
Carl Schal“ovite
Diacuselon
Elete May Gordon
Bamberger
Newark
Marian von Wagener
N. J
Polschinelle Faahmaninof
Peraign Garden
En Courant
Joseph F. Craig
Willie ‘Sullivan
Chicago
Helen’ Rendinson
Paterson
N. J. Rose
Bud
Forreater
Woodman
Watford
Sonny Boy
Curren
Weat
Lohr
O'Hara
Earl Dana
Arne Severn
the Fieldings
May‘ Sinclair
Havelock Hike
Hush Walpole
Angelo Patriccio
Herald
Tarantella
Rubenstein
Janet Smith
Olsa
S. Dream
Lohettgrin-Waimer
Barly’ Mor
Apreas. A. Mn
Ee. Leah
R. Lamamant
New York City
Rennyson
Ramellon
Boston Opera
Compan
Loni
Rowe
Tree
Tost
Tracume
Wegner
Jeunes Fillattes
Birds of Paradise in Early Oceanic Trade Legends
Historical notes recount early European contact with birds from the Spice Islands. Traders and naturalists described birds known as Manuk dewats or birds of the sun, with tales of their wingless, footless bodies. Dutch scholars called them paradise birds while others speculated they lived in the air, dying when captured. By 1760 no perfect specimens had reached Europe.
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Meliccas
Amboyna
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H. G. Wells
Outline OF History
Valenty Bilash
Samuel Amler
Abraham Weissman
Harry Bagcett
Park Avenue
Harry Bassett
Als
Park Av
Jacob Flamm
Gussie Flamm
Fairfield Avenue
Stefan A
Julius and
Sophronia Doster
Frederick
Wilen Kiley
Sylvan Avenue
Louis
Anna Scott
Boston
L Avenue
Jame
Ruth McLaughlin
Connecticut Avenue
George and
Mary Herman
Arctic Street
Charles and
Anna Sapineki
Railroad Avenue
Weary
Garneral Electric Go
Schenectady
Nv. Y
Neval Observatory
Weatherforecast
Interes
Koka
Westinghouse
Mfg
Pitteburgt
Pei
Thestré
Pittsburgh
Union
Jas
Adamson
MIRE
Ube Fine
Thal
Fatheris
George McManus
Maggiee
Wreiey
Nicholas
Arch Dale
Palm Tree
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