Earhart flight hailed as queen of the air
Amelia Earhart and crew completed the Atlantic crossing in the Friendship after refueling in Wales, with Earhart insisting the credit belongs to pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Lou Gordon. The trio aimed for London and faced instrument flying in fog.
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Edward W. Pickard
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Atlantic Ocean
Lady Lindy
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Trespassey
Newfoundland
Southampton
England
Barryport
Wales
London
Iss Earhart Fin
Stultz
Gordon
Miss Earhart
Queenstown
Friendship
Commander Byrd
Levine
Columbia
Thea Masche
James A. Stillman
Atlantic
Marooned Italia crew located by Italian aviator
Major Maddalena, flying the seaplane Savoia, located Umberto Nobile and five crew members of the Italia. Food, rubber boats, guns, spirit lamps and supplies were dropped. Ten other crew members were still missing or lost after the crash and drift.
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Umberto Nobile
Italia
Maddalena
Savoia
Lindbergh Receives Honorary Doctorate in Wisconsin
Charles A. Lindbergh is titled Doctor Lindbergh after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Wisconsin. Ubart Work named head of the Republican National Committee and Hoover Curtis campaign, with Frank Fort of New Jersey as secretary. Joseph R. Nutt succeeds Hodges as treasurer. Central campaign HQs planned in Washington and branches in Chicago and New York.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Doctor Lindbergh
University of Wisconsin
Laws
Ubert
Work
Republican National Committee
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Joseph R. Nutt
Cleveland
W. W. Hodges
Washington
Chicago
New York
National convention draws EHOcRATS to Houston
EHOcRATS from across the country are flocking to Houston for their national convention, with widespread expectation that the event will be a major gathering.
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Houston
European unrest and Brush Foundation announced
The text notes casualties with thirty killed and over a hundred wounded amid strikes and political tension including General Pangalos in prison since August 1920. It reports R Charles Francis Brush of Cleveland creating a $500000 Brush Foundation to improve human stock and regulate population growth. It covers President Coolidge weathering rain and fishing, Donn Byrne’s death, Edwin T Meredith’s passing, an Oaxaca earthquake, and a Romanian princess divorce.
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Pangalos
R. Charles Francis Brush
Cleveland
Doctor Brush
Brush Foundation
Charles, Jr
China
India
Brush
Donn Byrne
Ireland
Mr. Byrne
United States
New York
America
Germany
France
Edwin T. Meredith
Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa
Avoca
Meredith
Farmers’ Tribune
Democratic Party
Saul and Stephen Martyrdoms The Conscience and Zeal
A concise lesson covers Saul's strict Pharisee training and zeal for God, his conversion after hearing Jesus on the road to Damascus, and Stephen's chosen role as deacon, his wisdom and miracles, and his martyrdom. It notes Saul's consent to Stephen's death and the early church's trials, urging conscience guided by Scripture.
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Saul
God
Bell
Jesus
Damascus
Christ
Heaven
Stephen
Jesus Christ
Great Council
V. Stephen
Israel
Abraham
Eclipse timing as read in papers and public vigil
A countryman gloats at a brushfire reaching a hornets nest while a child asks how scholars know when an eclipse will come, and the elder retorts that newspapers hold the answer. The exchange frames reliance on public papers for knowledge.
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Fie
Duel to the Death Between Two Ducks Near Water Town
A Watertown resident recalls a two day woodland lake duel between two ducks near Water town New York. In the first encounter one duck was wounded sank surfaced later and recovered. The following day the fight resumed with the defeated duck sinking again. The victor dove surfaced carried the body to the top and kept its head above water while others attempted to revive it. The efforts failed and the dead duck was abandoned.
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Watertown
N. Y
First woman patent attorney in Germany appointed in Berlin
Fraulein Frieda Herzfeld Hoffmann, a physicist, becomes Germanys first woman patent attorney in Berlin. She left laboratory work to advise inventors on protecting their discoveries, then recently qualified in law.
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Berlin
Germany
Fraulein Frieda Herzfeld-Hoffman
What He Plays On A Jones 3y Musical
The riddle hints at a musical item played on a Jones 3y instrument. Neighbors’ nerves are stretched by the odd sounds, described as chilefly in tone.
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Plays
Jones
Remarkable reputations irk those who seem flattered
Some people have a tremen dous reputation for goodness that it irks them. The line suggests that even strong virtue can provoke resentment or fatigue in those who feel pressured to live up to high praise.
A Trustful Soul in Prayer
A short quotation on prayer from John Timothy Stone noting that the praying life should be patient not anxious, and that patience in prayer reflects a trustful soul.
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John Timothy Stone
Happiness Realization From Within Says Ewing
An attributed quote by Ewing emphasizes inner happiness over external possessions. It frames happiness as a habit rather than a product of outside circumstances.
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Ewing
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Wisconsin Conservation Commission
President Coolidge
Brule River
McCook
Neb
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al Smith
Jim Reed
Missouri
Smith
Henry T. Allen
Kentucky
Rhine
Ritchie
Maryland
Franklin Roosevelt
Norman ©. Mack
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Jesse Jones
Pride
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Lewis G. Stevenson
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Evans Woollen
Indianapolis
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Wyoming
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Stefan Raditch
Nettune
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Raditch
Httle Entente
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Bucharest
Italy
Albania
Hungary
Trianon
Croatia
Agram
Serbia
Peking
Mukden
Manchuria
Fengtien
Kirin
Heilungkiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Military Council
Wang
G O. Wu
Kellogg
Nanking
Reece
Kanthi
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Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Helen
Romania
Carol
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Michael
Magda Lupescu
Ecretary
Cyber
Arles Evans Hughes
Havana
P. B. Fitzwater
V.D
Dean Meedy Bible Institute of Chicago
Westerma Newspaper Union
Saul and
Timothy Dwight
Syke To
Ded Wheat Company
Aster
Glee
McCormick & Co
Baltimore
Hanford
Grete
Youg Denier
Jarold Somers- Statkien
A. Ll. Bradley
Savannah
Goa
Atlanta
Beth
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