Electric Boats Drive Watermen From Jobs
The Amsterdam office of the International Transport Workers' Federation reports a strike in Constantinople as electric lighters threaten the 1,300 rahone and 800 mahone operators. Turkish government orders electric lighters from European firms, undercutting traditional Turkish galleys and port companies. Unionized since 1924, they face slim odds as rates fall and lighterage expands.
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Constantinople
Amsterdam
International Transport Workers’ Federation
Girl Long in Darkness Develops New Senses
Willetta Sug gins an eighteen year old orphan at the Janesville home for the deaf dumb and blind regains sight and hearing. She retains heightened senses enabling her to interpret voices over a telephone by touch and to read headlines by fingertip touch. Her nasal sense distinguishes colors and hues in hats and dresses.
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Sfelen Keller
Willetta Suggins
Janesville
Wis
Freud Births and Early Career Highlight a Pioneer
Great Austrian physician Sigmund Freud born May 6 1856 in Freiburg Moravia. He studied medicine at Vienna University and held roles as demonstrator in physiology physician at the general hospital and nervous diseases lecturer. He trained under Charcot in Paris in 1885 and became associate professor of neuropathology at Vienna in 1902. He toured America in 1909 receiving an honorary LL D from Clark University and is described as still living.
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Sigmund Freud
Freiburg
Moravia
University of Vienna
Physiological Institute
General Hospital
Paris
Charcot
America
Clark University
Safes Salvaged From Bangor Fire Yield Mixed Results
Salved safes from the Coe building fire in Bangor Maine were opened. George E. Larkin confectioner lost all contents to heat that melted about 80 in coins, while other merchants found their safe contents intact, showing a stark contrast in losses.
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Coe
Bangor
Maina
George E. Larkin
Mosque to Be Restaurant in Constantinople
A historic mosque in Constantinople once built by Emperor Justinian in 532 as a Christian church is proposed to be converted into a mammoth restaurant and amusement pavilion. The article notes the pillars from the temple of Diana at Ephesus and vast marble and alabaster materials sourced globally for the structure.
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Saint Sophia
Constantinople
Justinian
Diana
Ephesus
New Reading Lamp Combines Globe Lesson and Light
A novel reading lamp integrates a globe showing earth features with day and night shading. It also indicates the seasons and allows the globe to rotate for examination, highlighting geographic education in a compact device.
Gone but Not Forgotten Health Mail Retained on List
The Columbian Register of New Haven 1812 era is still kept on the state health department mailing list and receives weekly mail from the department per the Detroit Free Press.
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Columbian Register
New Haven Conn
State Health Department
Detroit Free Press
Russians Increase Population Rank to Third Worldwide
It was announced in Moscow that the Union of Soviet Republics now sits third in world population, surpassed only by China and India. The population is given as 165,000,000, reflecting a 30 percent urban increase.
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Moscow
Russia
Union of Soviet Republics
China
India
Pathfinder Magazine
Silent Siberian Dogs Promise Barkless Olympia Discovery
An Olympia Washington fancier has developed dogs of a Siberian sled dog strain that do not bark. When hungry they howl like wolves, but when well fed they stay silent, resembling the giraffe which lacks vocal cheeks.
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Olympia
Japan Opens Motor Road From Tokyo To Yokohama
A new highway linking Tokyo and Yokohama has opened after over a year of construction. The road makes the 40 minute drive possible and is part of post 1923 earthquake reconstruction efforts annexing the port city route for easy motor travel.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Belmont Gold Mining Company Charter Petition Filed
A Georgia Lumpkin County petition seeks incorporation of Belmont Gold Mining Company for 20 years with capital of 25000 dollars, to mine gold and other minerals, operate mercantile and milling ventures, build tramways and electric plants, and hold real estate. Principal office planned in Dahlonega with rights to branch offices and debt instruments. Proceedings filed June 1927 with Clerk T F Cantettas noting true copy on record.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said County
John EH. Hill
K. W. Staines
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Lee Worsham
Ss. A. Hunt
Fulton County
H. i. Hill
Belmont Gold Mining Company
Algo
Dahlonega
J. EF. Proerrr
T. F. Cantettas
Love's Labor Lott
Mrs. Smithers transforms herself with a 1923 fashion update and a chic bob. She spends the afternoon primping with Parisian frock and silk stockings, then greets Mr. Smithers at the door ready for an old fashioned kiss and a cozy evening.
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London Opinion
Roll advice from a doctor to a patient morning routine
A doctor advises a patient to take a roll in the morning to help with a certain condition. The exchange, framed as a breakfast conversation, suggests dietary steps for daily management and asks for clarification on timing with respect to breakfast.
Women Join Butchery Course At Smithfield School
Modern women in London’s Smithfield school Saffon Hill enroll in a butcher course, noted by Popular Science Monthly for its surprising turnout. The program trains in animal anatomy refrigeration and shop sanitation as women master tools once seen as masculine.
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Smithfield School
Saffon Hill
London
Popular Science Monthly
High Voltage Power Transfer Breaks 500 Mile Barrier
New technique enables transmitting electric power over at least 500 miles by injecting small amounts of power every 100 miles via synchronous condensers. This overcomes previous limits on distance and economy for high tension lines.
Pushcarts Driven by Motor Vehicles in Germany
The article notes that in Germany small pushcarts are now hauled by electric trucks. It highlights uses for the motor in transporting baggage at rail stations and moving items in factories. A driver seated control station is provided on the cart.
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Germany
Discovery Rewrites North Britain Paleolithic History
Paleolithic relics found in a cave at Inchnadamph on Loch Assynt in Sutherlandshire England. Finds challenge prior belief that the area was ice covered and will revise theories about ancient Britain.
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Inchnadamph
Loch Assynt
Sutherlandshire
England
North Britain
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