Africa trip reshapes Daisy Snow as hunter and wife
Mrs. Daisy Snow of Oakland recounts a 80,000 mile African hunt with husband H A Snow that changed their family. Norma, their frail daughter, and the unusual expedition altered roles with Daisy proving independent yet supportive while the Snows returned with skins, live lion cubs, and a cache of films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Snow
Oakland
Cal
H. A. Snow
Africa
Norma
Zululand
British East Africa
Mrs. Snow
Umblozi
Humer
Oakland Museum
Snows
Sidney
Mr. Snow
California
Wilds
Snow and family endure dangers on extreme outdoor shoot
Sidney Snow photographs a dangerous animal scene as a hyena attacks a car and disappears into a hole. Mrs. Snow reflects on fear, excitement, and the strain of nomadic life, noting how small pests and harsh conditions test patience and family resolve during the rugged shoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mal
Sidney
Mrs. Snow
Cincinnati Artist Miss Muth Promotes Batik Art
Miss Alice Muth of Cincinnati exhibited Spanish landscapes and batik works at the Hotel Gibson this month drawing varied reactions. The self taught artist rose from a Cincinnati studio to New York and Paris, winning prizes and notable patrons including Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and later gained international recognition for batik fabrics with gold and silver applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Java
Spain
Alice Muth
Hotel Gibson
A. E. Muth
Hale Avenue
Avondale
Miss Muth
Cincinnati Art Institute
Muth
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Batik
McDowell
France
Architectural League
New York City
Paris
Zuloaga
Ne York
Government studies track how far flies travel across distances
The Bureau of Entomology in the USDA released thousands of marked flies including the common house fly to measure direction and speed of movement. The maximum recorded distance from release was 138.1 miles with dispersion in all directions, informing public health pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
F. C. Bishopp
E. W. Laake
Cotton for Polish Mills Seeks Local Danzig Cotton Stock
American origin cotton dominates Polish mill purchases though many goes through German traders in Hamburg and Bremen. Buyers want near at hand stock in Danzig to speed delivery and cut exchange risk. A Danzig company has formed and leased a warehouse from the Harbor Board to handle American cotton on consignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Bremen
Danzig
Danzig Harbor
Mexican centennial export tax on Lower California fish
Mexico imposes a retroactive centennial tax on fish and marine products exported from Lower California during June to August 1921. Rates range 1 to 4 percent based on business level, applied to one third of gross returns. Tax payable to Mexican agents in San Diego and San Pedro. evasion punished by fines or fishing ban in Mexican waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
California
United States
San Diego
San Pedro
Cal
Home Sweet Home and the James Boys of History
An essay celebrating the idea of home as a comforting, essential refuge. It contrasts modern leaks and rents with the charm of a warm hearth, community humor, and patriotic quotes about home from notable figures. The piece plays with nostalgia and humorous home life scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
America
Willie
Houdini
Babe Ruth
Nation Needs More Holidays and Fifteen Minute Plans
The piece mocks unemployment relief by proposing a calendar of absurd holidays from January to December and urges quick daily routines. It parodies self improvement ads, cites famous names and events, and ends with a call to repeat a daily fifteen minute regimen.
Eugene Field the Jester of Practical Jokes
A portrait of Eugene Field famed for practical jokes and dress up humor. He staged enchanting tricks that delighted crowds in Denver and Chicago, including a barouche ride with a sunflower and a mock convict outfit to tease colleagues. He used playful ruses to seek a salary raise, bringing four children in tattered clothes to demonstrate need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Field
Denver
Field
Francis Wilson
Stone
Mr. Stone
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Covers Cut Coal Costs in Steam Plant Boilers and Pipes
Dr. E H Weidlein of the Mellon Institute reports that heat loss from exposed pipe and boiler surfaces is large and that proper non heat conducting covers can cut coal use. Tests show 1500 1700 pounds daily savings per plant of 80 and 60 HP, with 15 percent magnesia and asbestos binder yielding best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Weidlein
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
American Chemical Society
Mellon Institute
Weidlein
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Sarah Macdouigall
Cc. B. Allen
J. Anthony Bill
Daddy
Journal of the American Medical Association
O'Hara
Anti-Saloon League
Flo Ziegfeld
Lodge
Senator la Follette
Will Hays
Elon Scupp
John Barleycorn
Longview
Kid McCoy
Lincoln
Maine
Washington
Wall Street
Texas
Florida
Volstead
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Ku Klux Klan
West Virginia
Kentucky
Arkansas
Pemnsylvania
Setember
Knights
Milwaukee
Carpentier
Brooklyn
William Jennings Bryan
Little Rock
Arne
Harry Lauder
Bell
Maguire’s
Council Bluffs
Mink
BY Mark Stuyvesant
The
Chicago News
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