Pammel Praises Herbert Quick in Eldora Proclamation
Dr L H Pammel Iowa State College botany head and state conservation board chair lauds Governor Hammill pushing a Herbert Quick Week and monument plan in Eldora Pine Creek park. He cites Quick as conservationist writer and pioneer educator, proposing a statue near Pine Creek Valley and Iowa River.
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Associated Press
Eldora
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
State Board of Conservation
Hammill
Sherbert Quick
Quick
Eldora Pine Creek Park
Iowa
Herbert Quick
Pine Creek
Grundy County
Towa
United States
Pine Creek Valley
Iowa River
Indians Back to Fields As Machinery Fails
In Cass Lake Minnesota on October 22 the failure of modern rice harvesting machinery halted commercial efforts to collect wild rice. Chiefs and families now rely on birch-bark canoes and light flat boats to harvest as they did in earlier days, preserving the Chippewa monopoly on the harvest.
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Associated Press
Cass Lake
Minn
Pale Face
Minnesota
F. J. Scott
Consolidated Chippewa Agency
Red Man
Peru Youth at State College
Ames, Oct 23. Alejandro Guerra of Siouani Peru, a dairying student at Iowa State College, studies cheese making and plans to return with purebred Holstein cattle to improve his 8,000 acre ranch near Sicuana. He notes Peru relies on llamas for transport and that American farming machinery dominates South American agriculture.
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Associated Press
Ames
Alejandro Guerra
Siouani
Peru
Iowa State College
Guerra
Sicuana
Alejandro
Lima
South America
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
Monument in the Park for a Beloved Writer
A prominent writer’s fans and city officials contemplate a park monument honoring his life and the literary legacy he created, suggesting a lasting tribute at a place he cherished.
Philippine Soldiers Buy Uniforms to Look Neat
Major General Eli A. Helmick praised Philippine Scouts and native and American soldiers for paying for quality uniforms amid shoddy surplus. He noted the self-funded effort shows fine spirit and pledged to remove the hardship.
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Hy Tne Associated Press
Manila
Eli A. Helmick
United States Army
Helmick
Philippine Scouts
Alabaster Lamps of Tut’s Day Furnished Light
London reports Howard Carter, co discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb, described alabaster lamps from ancient Egypt found in the tomb. The lamps featured translucent alabas ter, tall designs, and clever inner vessels showing colored pictures when lighted.
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Tut
Associated Press
London
Howard Carter
Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Carter
Curious Origin of Building Recalled by Alterations
San Francisco October 23. A brokerage firm is making interior alterations in the Parrott building a structure built in 1852 of stones brought from China. When the ship sailed in from Hongkong and landed at the singe.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
A_ brokerage
Parrott
China
Hongkong
The
Singe
Earthquake survives: old downtown building endures 1906
An ancient three story structure near the wharf survived the 1906 San Francisco quake and fire. Chinese laborers and an American contractor raised stones with poles and ropes, a primitive method. Scientists including Dr. Walter Adams linked light with mass using Sirius observations.
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San Francisco
Wall Street
Test Einstein Theory on Pup Proves Promising
Pasadena dates report that a test of the Einstein theory on a pup yielded positive results. The item notes excitement at the laboratory and hints at implications for further study.
British Move to End Slavery in Hukawng Valley
Geneva report says Britain aims to abolish slavery in the Hukawng Valley by next May. Local rulers agree on fixed prices for each class of slave, with bondsmen gaining freedom and paying for it through annual installments.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Hukawng
Burma
Hukawng Valley
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