Curfews and growth figures from early 20th century notes
The report cites a ten o'clock curfew for natives in Fassannesburg South Africa. It notes Panama City rising from 713 residents in 1913 to 11 000. It describes bookstores along long Tokyo Osaka book streets and London County Council planning near 70 million dollars for education. It mentions oil from a Caspian Sea well near Baku Russia and Yokohama’s population growing to 700 000 after the 1923 quake.
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Panama City
Yokohama
Japan
Global notes mix of transport and industry shifts
A scrambled item reports Great Britain roads totaling 178,507 miles and Iceland fishermen catching 50 000 s tons of sea fish last year. It notes Greek farmers buying modern machinery, British railways still operating about 26 000 horse drawn vehicles, and coal output in South Africa led by Transvaal. It mentions a territorial government donation of 200 acres in North Wales, Istanbul banning daytime horse carts with red headlights required at night, and a boxing commission under Turkish rule.
New Ideas sprout from Harvard pro on precise glare measure
A Harvard professor has perfected a device to measure glare on doctoring displays and a new freight container system speeds handling by rolling between rail car and truck using pneumatic wheels.
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Qat
Catholic Daughters Meet Thursdays at Pachmouth Club Room
The Catholic Daughters of America meet in the Community Building club room on the second and fourth Thursdays. Regent Sara Reed and Historian Nellie Carroll are noted.
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C D. of A
Pachmouth
Sara Reed
Nellie Carroll
Modern Woodmen Camp 847 Meets Biweekly at Community Building
The M W A Camp No 847 meets in the club room of the Community Building every other Tuesday evening with Rudolph Savage as Vv C and H B Bowman as Clerk.
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Vv. C
Rudolph Savage
H. B. Bowman
Royal Neighbors Report Meeting Schedule and Officials
Royal Neighbors Lamp No 203 R N A meets on the first and third Wednesday afternoons each month in the club room at the Community Building Oracle Eva Clark Recorder Carrie Arber listed as officers in the notice
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Lamp No
Oracle
Eva Clark
Recorder
Carrie Arber
Women's Relief Corps Meeting Notice
The WRC meets on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons each month in Cady's ball. President Mary Solienberger and Secretary Alma Ellis lead the chapter.
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WRC
Cady's Ball
Mary Solienberger
Alma
Unclear text from Christian Science sermon fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Christian Science sermon on December 20 with references to creation and divine mind. The garbled words cite passages about God the Father, the universe, and mans obedience to Mind, mentioning authors and terms but lacking coherent details or identifiable people. The source is incomplete and unclear.
Dalmatia’s Dalmatian Palace A Roman Hub of Time
Chief town of Dalmatia sits as a self contained historic complex built by Emperor Diocletian who planned cabbages but erected a vast palace. Across sixteen centuries it grew into a cathedral Dom with Jupiter baptistry, blending antique Roman early Gothic and Renaissance styles into one monumental site.
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Dalmatia
Split
Yugoslav Riviera
Diocletian
Aspalatos
Two Species of Mountain Sheep Investigator Says
In North America two mountain sheep species exist the Rocky Mountain bighorn and the Alaska white sheep a Washington Star writer notes The desert bighorn is a Rocky Mountain subspecies distinguished by small size pale color Its range spans arid southwestern states and parts of Mexico Desert vegetation includes cactuses and thorny plants Ocotilla cactus leaves are a favorite food In winter the sheep coat is dark brown and appears black from afar In spring and summer coats fade to dull yellow Old rams have long horns prized by hunters Horns are large in proportion to body In attacks mountain sheep typically retreat after a few focused butts.
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North America
Alaska
Washington Star
Mexico
Conserving Birds and Trees According to Moses
A Detroit News writer cites ancient Moses laws to support conservation of birds and trees. It quotes Deuteronomy on sparing trees during sieges and not taking eggs or young birds when a nest is found, highlighting early conservation ethics.
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Detroit News
Ancestor of the automobile a steam carriage pioneer
The steam carriage, early ancestor of the automobile, appeared about a century ago when Sir Goldsworthy Gurney built a steam vehicle that ran from London to Bath in a day. Parliament's 1836 toll proposal dampened its prospects, while Gurney also invented the oxyhydrogen blowpipe and the lime light used in floodlighting and early gas mantle lamps.
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New York Herald Tribune
Goldsworthy Gurney
London
Bath
Sir Goldsworthy
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