Georgia Mountain Memorial to Honor Lee Rocks Mountain
A vast memorial at Stone Mountain Georgia celebrates Robert E Lee and Southern soldiers carved into a mountain face. The project envisions a life size Lee with 1800 figures in a mile long procession, using Borglum’s early models and ongoing sculptor disputes. The work includes a colossal horse and extensive granite quarrying amid debates over inscriptions and leadership changes.
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Georgia
U.B.A
Robert B. Lee
Toseif
Walker
New York
Lee
Stone Mountain
Co Plain
Jong
Brunk
Plant Composersa
Fly
Gutzon Borglum
Lawaulie
Industrial Peace Debate Moves Australian Unions
A British model inspires Australian leaders to discuss a national industrial council amid ongoing strikes and employment worries. The All Australian Unions Congress opens July 16, with Sir Alexander Peacock noted as a cautious opposition figure in the Assembly and Labour ministers seeking stability for their power base.
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National Industrial Council
Great Briten
Commonwealth
Industria
All Australian Unions Congress
Assembly
Mont Formidabe
Alexander Peacock
Astute move shapes Speakership in Legislative Assembly
An astute move by simply sitting upht and refusing to nominate a candidate for the Speakership of the Legislative Assembly gives the Victorian Labour Government a victory. The Nationalists, seeing unity with the Country Party unlikely, decide to round off the parliamentary and ministerial term by appointing Sir Alexander Deacook to the enli sted post of Apeakes, pleasing his friends and removing him from the district of Liah.
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Victorian Labour Governanot
Nathonaliata
Country Party
Alexander Deaicook
Apeakes
Alexander Pracock
Liah
Sculptor Borglum’s Mount Rushmore Project Advances
Rights disputes persist as only one head is complete and ownership of the mountain is contested. Augustin Leukeman is noted as a more conventional artist, while Borglum’s nationally known design proceeds amid lawsuits. Main figures are expected to be finished by the end of 1920 at an estimated cost of £50,000.
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Augustin Leukeman
Borglum
America
Sydney Melbourne rival city crime debate in New South Wales
A Sydney press discussion questions Melbourne safety and compares crime narratives between Sydney and Melbourne. The author notes a long rivalry in coverage, critiques cabinet attention to crime, and references ongoing investigations into high profile Sydney scandals as part of the debate.
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New South Wales
Melbourne
Sydney
Melbourn
Harbour City
Heve
Iiea
Colour vision test added to Australian motor license scheme
The Federal Capital Commission adopts a color vision test for motor driver applicants alongside the standard eye test. Presented at twelve feet, color charts show mottled patterns with numbers that disguise a trap to spot color blindness. Invented by Professor B Hortel of the University of Letpale, the method aims to assess color perception without making licensing harder.
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New South Wuholes
Taliwoye
Math Critica
Australia
Itota
B. Hortel
University of
Across America Record Challenger Sets Transcontinental Run
Cannonball Baker, famed cross country driver, completed a Los Angeles to New York and return trip in 4 days 1 hour 23 minutes in a Franklin air cooled six cylinder car. The feat beats the prior cross country record by about 10 hours, highlighting an exceptionally severe 6692 mile challenge.
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America
Pacific
Atlantic
Cannonball
Biaker
United States
Los Angeles
New York
Understanding car insurance replacement value and policy clarity
This piece explains common illusions about car insurance payouts. It warns insured owners that replacement value often reflects resale price, not the actual cost to replace the car new, and urges explicit policy terms and adjustments at renewal to avoid disputes over total loss or damage settlements.
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Lawmerit
Laco
Yale Aeoin
Cold Weather Start Problems and Fuel Condensation
The article explains why engines have trouble starting in cold weather as vaporized petrol condenses in cold manifolds, causing minimal fuel to reach the cylinders. It advises richening the mixture and using carburetor adjustments like choking to maintain explosion risk and quicker engine rotation, and mentions checks on the choke, float level, and self starter wiring to aid starting in low temperatures.
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Petral
Fragmented OCR story about names and dates
A garbled OCR passage mentions several improper names and phrases. It reads like a broken narrative with unclear subjects and missing context, making it hard to identify a clear event, person, or place for a concise summary.
Crocodile Call Distorts Tales From Ugandan Shore
A fragmentary item describes a village on Lake Vietori in Uganda where a peculiar call allegedly summons a mysterious Nift vrevadiy from the Vale. The scene mentions an African figure by a strange cadence and a yacht named Vite, with unclear details about the interaction and outcome.
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Njonen
Lake Vietori
Uganda
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