Duck with long life proves value of banding program
A pintail duck treated for sickness in Utah by Dr. Alexander Wetmore was tagged with band No. 519 in 1914 and released. It was shot in California in 1926, carrying the band for over two years, making the duck at least 13 years old. Ornithologists say the record shows the banding program’s merit despite hazards from hunters and desert poisons.
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United States Biological Survey Hhas
Utah
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institution
Condor
Seventh Heaven Apartment Bet Sparks Laughs
A playful dialogue from Paradise Flats has a couple teasing a marriage proposal as part of a light exchange about floor levels and dreamlike happiness. The exchange centers on a hopeful joke about being in the seventh heaven if wed.
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Paradise Flats
New Window Adornment Debuts Across Kitchen Windows
A line of silk curtains hangs in many kitchens every night and is removed each morning. The New York News says this new style mirrors a woman’s silken hose, too valuable for the roof line yet urgent enough to air-dry in the window.
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New York News
Long Lost Brother Found After Fifteen-Year Amnesia
Mrs. W. P. Miller of El Paso Texas answered a knock at the back door and found a tramp who matched her brother Charles Ostick. He recalled being sent to a Chicago bank by his employers sixteen years ago, then struck and robbed on the way. His memory had been blank since then as he wandered.
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W. P. Miller
el Paso
Texas
Tuberculosis Risk From Milk Highlighted By Doctor
Dr Lawrason Brown an eminent tuberculosis expert says adults rarely catch tuberculosis from milk germs while children are highly susceptible. He notes estimates of 122000 annual US deaths from tuberculosis and that about 9 760 child deaths result from the cattle derived germ.
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Lawrason Brown
United States
Oil Burning Planes Tested With Heavy Fuel
Popular Science Monthly reports successful tests of airplanes running on heavy oil versus gasoline. Special diesel engines burning the cheaper fuel may be installed in Navy aircraft, according to Dr. Joseph Ames of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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Popular Science Monthly
Navy
Joseph 8. Ames
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Painting on Clouds With a Night Sign Projector
A new searchlight gun projects signs pictures and colors onto clouds at night. The gun shaped barrel concentrates powerful light beams and aims at distant clouds up to five miles away to paint them with images.
Man on Hammond Street Bridge Wins Quick Cash Loss
A man attempting to count money on the Hammond Street Bridge in Bangor Maine dropped a $10 bill onto the ice. A young onlooker climbed onto the ice, retrieved the bill, and left with it, while no one else acted.
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Hammond Street
Bangor
Maine
Dahlonega Public School Bill Aims Change in Section Eight
Notice given that after eighty days a local Georgia bill will be introduced in the General Assembly to amend the Public School laws of Dahlonega. The caption proposes striking one half and inserting three fourths in Section Eight. Dated June 27, 1927, John H. Moonr, a citizen of Dahlonega.
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General Assembly of Georgia
Dahlonega
Georgia
John Il. Moonr
Dahlonega, Ga
Belmont Gold Mining Company Charter Petition
Petition for charter in Lumpkin County Georgia for Belmont Gold Mining Company with 25 000 capital, 20 year term, stocks 100 each, and authority to mine minerals quarry stone operate mills dredge boats rail and electric plants, acquire real estate, issue bonds, and establish branches. Petitioners seek broad corporate powers under Georgia law with principal office in Dahlonega.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said County
John H. Hill
Kk. W. Haines
Hamilton County
Tennessee
If. Lee Worsham
A. Slunt
Fulton County
H. H. Mill
Belmont Gold Mining Company
State of Georgia
Dahonega
J.F. Pruetr
J.C. Couniss
Lumipkin County
Christian
John A. Hill
Limmilton County
Pennessee
Elment Gold Mining Company
Love of Game Core Idea in Princeton Coach Speech
William W. Roper of Princeton emphasizes love of the game as the key in sports. He argues parents should foster interest and familiarity with football and baseball, valuing spirit, coordination, and enjoyment over sheer muscularity. He urges hands on practice and watching good games to inspire young players.
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William W. Roper
Princeton University
Liberty
Roper
Delinquent Exchange About Age Counts Prompt Confidential Reply
A terse dialogue hints at a delinquent exchange about tracking ages weekly. The exchange shows a joking but suggestive tension over numbers and accountability. No further context or participants are named.
Husband steers funds for shopping tradewind noting curtains
A conservative man, Alonzo, usually lets his wife handle his wages. He kept a check to buy a topcoat, then returned with a story that his wife asked for an exchange. He said the wife chose new curtains.
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Alonzo
Indianeapolis News
Post Office Reform Rules for Village to City Delivery
The Post Office department states that when a village delivery post office becomes city delivery, present village carriers become city carriers. The general rule holds unless a carrier’s record fails to meet standards. Second or third year village carriers are promoted to first grade with a $1,700 entrance salary.
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Post Office Department
Centenary Exhibitions Planned for Belgium and Railways
Belgium prepares for a centennial exhibition marking independence and celebrates a century since the first European railway line. The Congo Free State jubilee also features in events with invitations to other nations.
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Belgium
Europe
Congo Free State
Silent Car for Railway An Engineer Designs Quiet Motor Car
A Swedish railroad engineer has created a railway motor car claimed to reach 50 mph with minimal noise. The underslung engine sits entirely separate from the car frame, with power delivered to the drive wheels via multiple gear sets used simultaneously.
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Swede
Pictures by Wireless Transmitters to Link Berlin and Vienna
A regular wireless teletype service for transmitting pictures between Berlin and Vienna is being instituted with low fees to popularize use. Berlin technicians say moving pictures will be sent by wireless in the near future.
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Berlin
Vienna
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