What's the matter with Alaska as viewed by Harding
President Harding and Secretary Fall push to reform Alaska governance arguing too much federal control. The plan centers on vesting authority in a single head and coordinating Alaska affairs through a presidential or development board approach to speed resource use and rail and road construction.
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Landlord Declares War on Music and Rent Hike Ends in Love
In a 1921 newspaper tale, Hilda rages that landlords are villains as rents rise and phonographs are banned after eight. Ethel meets Langford, saves her records, and defies the rule with a midnight concert inside the building. Smithers confronts the couple as Langford takes charge.
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Crandell
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Old Smithers
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Langford
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Journeys of the Shades in Oceanic Myth Tales
The article surveys versions of the Charon myth across the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. It notes Fiji’s belief in a river crossing with a taboo whale’s tooth hurled at a pandanus tree to test a widow’s fidelity. It also compares Minahassa legends with a wriggling bridge log and a wriggling serpent bridge.
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Styx
Indian Ocean
Siam
Pacific
Minahassa
Indonesia
The Raven Across Regions and Habits
The American raven once common in the midwest and New England now seldom seen there. It remains steadfast in the Rocky Mountains and far northwestern regions where men are scarce. Nests on inaccessible cliff ledges, guarding distance from threats, and its voice is a hoarse er-r-r-cruck rather than a crowing call.
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Alleghanny Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Hugger or Growler Huh A Narrow Escape
A humorous personal note describes a near misidentification as a bear during a hunting trip. The speaker lightly recalls the tense moment and his wife adds a witty line about the mistake.
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Boston Transcript
Censors Advertise Works and films as Unexpurgated
The Washington Star notes that advertising tactics by censors can boost a work’s appeal and that some films may be valued as unexpurgated, implying heightened interest or controversy from labeling.
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