Bethlehem Still Speaks of the Nativity in Modern Times
Prepared by National Geographic recounts Bethlehem's old streets, crafts, and thrifty trades that sustain a peaceful Christian community. It notes the Church of the Nativity's ancient origins and a legend of the Magi that spared the church from destruction.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Bethlehem
Judea
Jerusalem
Hebron
Bethlehemites
Palestine
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jesus
Rephaim
Beit Lahm
House of Bread
Pontius Pilate
Lights of New York by Walter Trumbull
Regular routes have made airplane travel common for short hops and commutes. The author notes women adapt better to air travel than men, finding it modern and convenient while men mostly want speed.
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New York
Philadelphia
Afternoon dress trends and pet tales in light reading
A sketch of afternoon silk crepe fashion with a cowl neck and tucks, followed by anecdotes about women traveling with pets and a series of curious stories. William M. Mann and a lion, a stuffed elephant hidden as decor, a jewel-robbing warning, and Burt L. Standish’s Yale connection cap the column.
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William M. Mann
National Zoological Park
Washington
Mann
Caupital
Mr. Mann
Complication in Heirship Suit in Lincoln Nebraska
Pauline C. Stuertz seeks a $25 000 estate from Harry J. Stuertz. The court battles whether a child born after the husband’s death is living at birth to claim inheritance. Casper Stuertz and wife press for one half of the estate, arguing the child entitlement.
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Lincoln, Neb
Mra
Pauline C. Stuertz
Lincoln
Harry J. Stuertz
Mra. Stuertz
Stuertz
Casper Stuerts
Casper Stuertz
J. J. Loomis
W. ©. Beckerm
FP. H. Bartholomew
State Board—Of Health
Loomis
Berm Loomis
Robin St. Reid
Reid
Country Life and Rural Memories Across Continents
Thomas Arkle Clark reflects on country living contrasting urban life in Europe and America. He recalls childhood landscapes, farm scents, and the lifelong joy of the country, while noting city dwellers miss intimate knowledge of crops and field work.
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W. E. Norris
England
Holland
Germany
Western Newspaper Union
Thrills in Undersea Photography by J E Williamson
New York photographer J E Williamson returns after months researching sharks near Nassau. He recalls a vast school of mackerel sharks attacking his diving laboratory and threatening the heavy glass window. He toured the sea with wife and their nineteen months old daughter Captain Sylvia aboard.
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New York
J. E. Williamson
Nassau
Williamson
Harvard Captain Seeks Sharks Pointing to Ocean of Bahia
Barry Wood, newly elected Harvard football captain for 1931, studied the Bahama sharks from a diving bell. The Tongue of the Ocean near Andros and New Providence is two miles deep. Sharks abandon the area in June and July, and a photographed August incident showed a group attacking bait. Williamson offered a $140 dress suit for divers to hook sharks, but a bystander’s remark halted the plan. The tale ends with a note on punctuality and opinions.
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Bahamas
Andrus
New Providence
War Worker Promoted In Paris Via Los Angeles To North Africa
Mrs John Reginald McLean noted war worker and famed Angel of France was moved in Los Angeles to muralist Girard Van Earkaloo Hale. They departed for a wedding trip to northern Africa after the ceremony.
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John Reginald McLean
Angel of France
Los Angeles
Girard van Earkaloo Hale
Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mecca
Arabia
Medina
Mediterranean
Christendom
Constantine
Justinian
Jerome
Nativity Church
Temple of Jerusalem
Edward the Fourth
Philip of Burgundy
Joseph
Lights OF
Walter Trumbull
Ally
Rasche Brothers
William Gilbert Patton
Burt L. Standish
Frank Merriwell
Yale
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Covas Cece
Arundel
Bay
Census Bureau
United States
John Wells
Country Life
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
HEADS
Barry Wood
Harvard
WAR Workers United
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