Perpendicular shores define Galapagos cliffs and sea caves
Gifford Pinchot describes the Galapagos smaller islands with nearly vertical rock walls that rise from deep water making landings extremely difficult. He notes waves carving deep grooves, overhangs, stone porticos, arches, and caverns, with sea eroded passages that pierce through promontories and even entire islands.
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Galapagos Islands
Watson Island
Kicker Rock
Gifford Pinchot
Saturday Evening Post
Canterlope Joke Stuns State Fair Audience
In a State Fair horse showing at the coliseum the judges struggled to award first and second place. They urged cantering and loping, provoking a child to quip that canterlope is what they had for dinner, in a light moment reported by the Indianapolis News.
Boxing Instructor and Pupil Exchange Half Hook
A brief cartoon caption depicts a boxing instructor calling a half hook and a pupil nursing his jaw retorting that the other half can be kept. The exchange captures a moment of playful sparring dialogue.
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Boston Transcript
Only Artists May Lineate the Nude in Art Theory
The note claims painters alone may lineate the nude and questions the lack of explanation. It argues the practice rests on artistic authority rather than universal rules. The remark hints at enduring controversy over representation and artistic license.
Sabra Cravat and the Oklahoma Pioneer Statue Saga
Sabra Cravat revisits Osage life amid oil towns and a wary integration of old pioneer ideals. The piece follows her encounters with Masja Krbecek, the planned Spirit of the Oklahoma Pioneer statue, Bowlegs justice, and a dying oil field worker near a field accident, ending with Sabra's silent forgiveness as Yancey Cravat dies.
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Sabra
Osage
Ike Hawkes
Dickens
Ike
Arverne Grand Opera Company
Mckee Theater
Metropolitan
Calcutta
New York
Oklahoma
Nother
Charley West
Charley
Sabra Cravat
Southwest
Masja Krbecek
Krbecek
Kihekik
Yancey
DeGrasse Silver
China
Congress
Valera
Yancey Cravat
Pegler
Spirit of the
Oklahoma Pioneera
Texas Star
Sabra Cravat Leads Oklahoma Oil Town Campaign
Sabra Cravat, Oklahoma congresswoman, stages a delegation of oilmen and editors to Bowlegs to expose corrupt state politics and the grim boomtowns rising with oil. The party notes rampant graft, crude towns, and lawlessness as they tour Osage and Bowlegs, amid a rough landscape of pollution and scandal.
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Sabra Cravat
Oklahoma
Osage
Sabra
Pennsylvania
New York
Bowlegs
Lippmann
Old Town
Population of Babylon Has Been Overestimated
The article weighs estimates of ancient Babylon's population. It argues a European city likeness would yield about 5,000,000, but available agricultural land around Babylon seems insufficient. A cautious range suggested is 1,000,000 to 1,200,000, supported by Selucia being about half Babylon's size in its peak era.
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Babylon
Turkey
Selucia
Strabo
Pliny
Voices From the Past On Phonographic Preservation
A hearing showcased fragile recordings including a Cardinal Manning message a H M Stanley speech and Lord Tennyson reciting the Charge of the Light Brigade partially heard. The living lady narrator recalls Manning remarked that she would have been burned for a witch a century ago.
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Cardinal Manning
H. M. Stanley
Lord Tennyson
Light Brigade
Natural hair darkener and Polish marriage oath trend
An ad promises WYETH'S SAGE & SULPHUR darkens gray hair naturally with simple brushing and 75c per bottle. In Poland parts, youths adopt a priestless marriage vow before a Communist worker, who declares the union valid, with Ukrainian Communist-leaning papers publishing the names.
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WYETH
Poland
Bears census hints at national forest numbers in 1930
California reported 8,984 black bears and a number of grizzly bears in its national forests, representing the most complete bear tally to date. Alaska listed 5,750 black bears and 2,800 grizzly and Alaskan brown bears in regional counts.
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California
Alaska
Diamond Ring Ruse Sparks Banter in Boston Transcript
A light exchange about a diamond ring unfolds in the Boston Transcript. The dialog hints at doubts over carats and value with a playful dispute between speakers.
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Boston Transcript
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Bayer Aspirin
Babes
Bayer
Canterlope
Indianapolis News
Jaynes Vermitage
West
Cree & Chaffey
Palm Springs
Edna Ferber
WNU Service
Chapter
Nettie
Old Territory
Harvard
Bill
Vance
Sim
Simeon
Peer Gynt
Solveig
Carol
McKesson& Robbins
Garfield
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