President’s Alaska Vacation Plans Stir Interest in 1920s
The article outlines anticipated travel for President Harding and his party to Alaska by train and yacht, with stops from San Francisco to Juneau and visits to Mendenhall glacier and Mount McKinley. It discusses federal control of Alaska’s resources, proposed governance changes, and the governor’s call for centralized administration to boost development and infrastructure.
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Harding
Alaska
Washington
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Seattle
Inner Passage
Juneau
Seward
Anchorage
Cook Inlet
Fairbanks
Panama Canal
United States of America
Grand Canyon
Ketchikan
Mendenhall Glacier
Yukon
Point Barrow
Alaskan
Nome
Pribilof Islands
Sam
Katmai National Monument
Katmai
Yellowstone
Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley National Park
Congress
Albert B. Fall
Interior Department
Scott ©. Bone
Dan A. Sutherland
Post Office
Alaskan Development Board
Fall
Forest Service
National Forest
Agricultural Department
Chote Infermatana
Territorial
Alaska Historical Library and Museum
United States Shipping Board
Post Office Department
Alaska Road Commission
Territorial Road Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Potlatch Idea Prompted as New York Social Trend
A New York Sun piece imagines introducing potlatch style gifting to the city. It cites Chief Billie Assui of Alert Bay who held a riot after giving away valuables, noting no New York law bans potlatch and suggesting locals could start one with support from social and financial partners.
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Northwest
New York Sun
Alert Bay
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Siwish
Carrnegie
Broadway
Carnegie
Billie Assui
Billie
Santa Claus
The First Battalion’s Four Hundred and Sixth Telegraph Battalion
Peter Lambert Schauble recounts a Langres scene where Gallo and Mac Ronald run a switchboard under strict military discipline. An officer bristles at orders to darken lights, and Gallo insists on connecting to the commanding general before obeying. The exchange showcases wartime tact among telephone operators.
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Peter Lambert Schauble
Langres
Gallo
E Company
Mac Ronald
Not So Many Marys In British Dominion Households
Reports from districts of the British Isles and the Dominions show the name Mary is less common. In many large households no Mary is present though once common. Among school children the average is eight Marys per 100 girls.
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Mary
British Isles
Dominions
Long journey home for Argonne fallen Private Sam Ho
The 16000 mile trek marks the longest return of an American dead from France. Private Sam Ho, killed in the Argonne, was exhumed from a French cemetery and sent to New York before shipping on to Hong Kong, his ancestral land.
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France
Sam Hoo
Argonne
New York
Hongkong
China
Honors memory of Jud reveres Worcester case in Cherokee struggle
The article recalls Miss A Robertson of Oklahoma honoring John Marshall and Worcester’s lineage. It covers the 1785 treaties recognizing Cherokee nation, Georgia’s 1830 actions, Worcester v Georgia and the Supreme Court ruling that aided the Cherokees against state laws, and ties to a missionary ancestor.
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Miss A Robertson
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
la Worcester
United States
Troup
Supreme E
Georgia
Supreme “Court
Samuel Worcester
Miss Robson
Tion
Worcester
Gwin County
Congr
John Marshall
Capitol
Mormon Temple Plans Highlight Cardston Canada
A description from Popular Mechanics outlines a large Mormon temple to be built in Cardston Alberta by Mormon settlers. The Maltese cross shaped complex, 118 feet square and over 100 feet tall, will cost about 1 million dollars with light-gray granite walls six feet thick. The temple's interior will be opened to believers who adhere to strict abstinence from tobacco tea coffee and alcohol as part of the faith.
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Canada
Cardston
Berta
Mecics
End of Resources Drives Portsmouth Man to Suicide
A Portsmouth man killed himself, blaming a belief that life ends when resources fail. He cited a family pattern with three brothers concentrating on a fatal theory, including an engineer who jumped from a steamboat and another leaping from a Thames bridge, with no insanity in the clan.
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Portsmouth
England
Thames
Long Distance Range Finder In Britain For Coal Defense
A new British range finder measures distances up to 22 miles for coal defense work. The instrument is three times larger than wartime models and claims to be the world’s largest of its kind. It resembles a long tube about 100 feet in length mounted on a carriage that swings on a circular track.
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Pearance
Injun Was Right Says Jud Tunkins
Jud Tunkins remarks that the Injun was correct until white men brought fire water and wood alcohol, yet notes the sun was fortunate not to wait for those spirits to spread.
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Jud Tunkins
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