Lost Key to Moses Tongue Could Rewrite Biblical History
Prof Kir Fopp Lake leads Harvard Michigan Sinai expedition to Mount Sinai Arabia. Fragments dubbed Sinai Inscriptions may fill gaps in biblical chronology and link Egyptian and Semitic languages. Readings from tablets discovered during expedition hint at Moses as author and ancient temple connections. Doctor Lake is in Cairo coordinating further study.
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Painter Frey Transforms Flowers with Tiny Brush
Alois Frey, a plant lover and hybridizer in San Francisco, uses a camel hair brush to transfer minute amounts of material between flowers. Over years he created hundreds of mixed freesia colors from an initial South African palette, classifying 100 creations. His work follows a path from Lincoln Park greenhouses in Chicago to California eight years ago, starting with over 100 bulbs under glass in Indiana.
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Trace of Prehistoric Race in Black Hills
Pierre S reports Donald Crabtree excavates near Rapid City by the state game lodge to prove a prehistoric wall of stone arranged in regular courses. A second perpendicular wall is uncovered, with work continuing as a force of men searches the site.
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Boston Post Road House in Mourning
The 1761 house on the Boston Post Road in Ouillford Connecticut remains painted black since 1793 when owner Nicholas Larsel, a French refugee, learned of Louis VII of France's death. The building, now a farm house, still marks the long lasting mourning tradition.
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Unusual Quakes for Next Nine Months Seen
Alaska report by volcanologist Thomas A. Jagger from Mauna Loa Observatory outlines plans to set up stations in the Aleutian Islands and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. He will spend three months surveying craters to test predictive science and notes warnings by forecasters like Signor Bendani of Italy about possible crater and seismic disturbances.
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Question Knots Tied by Gretna Green Smithy Landon
Mrs May Celine Bach sued for nullity of her marriage to William Bach after a Scottish residence requirement was not met. At Gretna Green the judge found no valid marriage occurred and granted the decree of nullity.
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Golden wedding couples clash over pecking history
A New York report notes twenty couples who recently celebrated golden weddings discuss pecking habits, with no clear consensus on whether such affection was common years ago.
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Police Instructed to Help Motorists in Distress
In South Euclid Chief J. A. Bilkey orders the police to assist motorists in trouble. Officers will help change a tire, bring fuel, fetch water for boiling radiators, and push a stalled bus to the nearest garage.
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Soil erosion blamed for floods experts say
Washington says soil erosion causes floods and costs farmers 209 million dollars yearly. Expert FT H Bennett notes drainage and forest loss worsen runoff, washing away topsoil in states from Kansas to Virginia and feeding rapid Mississippi River flooding. He urges terraces, grass, and tree cover on slopes as flood control.
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Lady Armstrong Sees Modern Girl as More Pious, Welfare Worker
Lady Armstrong wife of the British consul general says the modern girl is more pious than predecessors after nearly 25 years in welfare work she shared her views at a Catholic Girls' club communion breakfast.
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Rams to Sea Captains New York Dawsons Geldert Archibald Geldert
Nova Scotian brothers Dawson Geldert and Archibald Geldert become sea captains like their father and male forebears reflecting a family lineage of seafaring.
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Illinois Manages Glanders Drought and Gas Tax Debates
Illinois reports glanders as extinct in the state with indemnity spending under control. The legislature debates a two cent gasoline tax, expected to raise about 13 million yearly after admin costs, with funds shared to counties.
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Illiteracy Bill Allows Adult Classes By School Boards
A measure introduced by Rep Katherine Hancock Goode and sponsored in the senate by Florence Fifer Bohrer passed both chambers. It lets school boards offer classes to people over twenty one if they have surplus funds and without tax increases. The sponsors aim to cut Illinois illiteracy, numbered 173 997 in the 1920 census.
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Supreme Court upholds contempt penalties in 1925 picket case
The Supreme Court upheld jail terms and fines against Harry Winnick and others linked to the Retail Clerks union in Chicago for contempt of court after a 1925 picket. It did not rule on the Injunction Act’s validity, noting no immunity from acts even if the act were valid. Maj. Dargue's Pan American goodwill flight reached Springfield en route to a 10 000 mile cross country tour to promote aviation and inter American goodwill.
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Springfield
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Mrs Roberts sails from St John’s on cot to Branford
Mrs E L Roberts an Eng land native and St Johns hospital patient has secured passports to return to Branford, though she will travel on a cot. She is widow of Primidus Roberts of Martinsburg Pike county.
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Illinois House Kills Wright Bill on Municipal Lighting Supervision
The Wright bill to place municipal lighting plants under the Illinois Commerce Commission was defeated by the House after Senate approval. The ruling affects local utility oversight and potential governance of city lighting systems.
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