Wonders of America Chicago Municipal Pier
Chicago's municipal pier ranks as a vast public structure with 9,500 feet of dockage and over 450,000 square feet of freight storage. It extends 3,000 feet into Lake Michigan, 292 feet wide, built with 20,000 pilings and 1.5 million cubic yards of material, housing a headhouse freight area terminal and recreation spaces including a hospital restaurant art room auditorium and roof garden.
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Hicago
Lake Michigan
Lighthouses Kill Birds Along Atlantic Route
Spring migration brings heavy bird losses as lighthouse beams along the Atlantic coast, especially at Fowey Rocks and Sowbrero Key in Florida, attract and disorient nocturnal travelers. A steady white light draws birds toward the tower, causing fatal confusion and collisions along migration paths to Cuba.
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Atlantic
Fowey Rocks
Sowbrero Key
Florida
Cuba
Fowey
A Fable of Russian Rubles In Moscow Sugar Scheme
A resident of Moscow saves rubles and converts them into sugar to trade for profit. He grows wealthy then buys more sugar but prices rise. His fortune soars before he can no longer buy any sugar and must pawn a single lump to obtain a rope and a pall to hang himself.
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New York ‘Tribune
Moscow
Per Soldier Protective Burden Versus National Wealth
The comparison states each American soldier protects 25 square miles of mainland and dependencies, safeguards 848 citizens, and defends constitutional rights, while overseeing $155,597 of national wealth from a total $350,000,000,000 at a per capita cost of $8.38. The figures illustrate the soldier’s protective burden within the total national security framework.
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United States
Skeleton Found In Bath Garden Ruins Roman Origin
A Bath resident unearthed a four foot deep skeleton in his back garden. Excavations revealed a hollow Bath freestone coffin four inches thick, about four and a half feet long, with an unshaped head and dust inside. The site near the runin Romuag road suggests possible Roman origin.
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Bath
England
Runin Romuag Road
Ruiman
New Cure for Fatigue Reported by London Surgeon
Dr. Sk. M. Corner of St. Thomas hospital tells Institute of Hygiene that fatigue stems from weld in the system. An antidote is an alkaline like bicarbonate or soda, dosage guided by the patient’s reaction. Use of anesthesia for operations is returning and may eventually replace other anesthetics.
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Institute of Hygiene
London
Sk. M. Corner
St. Thomas’ Hospital
Fragmented elderly exchange on health and habits
A muddled dialogue shows an elderly speaker questioning about longevity and habits. The other person cites no drinking, gambling, smoking, or vices, and mentions a five year goal, with a leaden tone suggesting uncertainty about future years.
HANKS THIRD IN PETROLEUM
Before World War II Russia supplied about 20 percent of global petroleum. By 1926 Soviet output reached 25.1 million barrels, 1921 had 23.5 million. Baku and Grosny districts show 1919–22 production figures. Machinery shortages, poor refinery and pipeline condition hinder expansion. Soviet law reserves 30 percent to the state, 45 percent for home demand, 25 percent for export with payments via state banks and officials.
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Russia
Soviet Russia
Engineering and Mining Journal
Press
Baku
Grosny
Macaulay Portrait Reveals Fashion and Folly
The diary of Margaret Macaulay portrays Lord Macaulay as a sharp thinker with a lavish wardrobe. It recalls his love of embroidered waistcoats, clumsy habits, and misadventures with new gloves. An India voyage anecdote includes razors and a barber bill gag.
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Lord Macaulay
Margaret Macaulay
India
Barbier
Mucaulay
Shades of the Laundry in a Sailor City Tale
A San Francisco lady trains a Chinese houseboy to answer doors and verify visitors. Upon return, she makes him receive callers by presenting her visiting card and lining up guests, with the boy declaring the visitor cannot enter. The scene unfolds as a humorous ethnographic vignette from an old magazine.
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Sian Francisco
Wiig
Anatole France's Misprinted Serial Backwards
On his eighty second birthday Anatole France learned that a serial he wrote had been printed in reverse order due to misplacement in the editorial pigeon hole. He had received no commission and collected installments before discovering the error when he returned to Paris. The editor argued the mistake went unnoticed and made no difference.
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Anatole France
Paris
Hils
Graft From Scalp Restores Mouth Mucosa In Soldier
A wounded soldier required grafts to replace missing mouth mucosa. Dr Percival Cale of the Sea Men's Hospital Greenwich reported at the Institute of Hygiene London that skin from his scalp was used. The graft caused numerous hairs to grow inside the mouth, necessitating frequent trimming.
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Percival Cale
Seamen's Lespital
Greenwich
Institute of Hygiene
London
Why Milkman Was Late
A humorous tale where a milkman explains his tardiness to an old lady. He jokes that a haw allows 95,000 bacteria per gallon and that counting them takes ages, reflecting playful Victorian-era wordplay from London Tit-Bits.
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Min
London
His Choice: Brother Twins See New Sibling生命
Tommy visits newborn twins and jokes about keeping the codheaded one as the last to enter. Luston Transcripe notes depict a humorous family moment.
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Tommy
Luston
Supervisors appoint voters and judges in Caroline County
At a June 27 1922 election supervisors meeting in Denton the following were named Registers of Voters and Judges of Election for Caroline County districts. Listed are names with party, district, precinct, and township affiliations for Democrats and Republicans.
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Office OF the Supervisors OF Elections
Denton
Caroline County
Court House
Baltimore to Eastern Shore Ferry Schedules
Bay Shore to Rock Hall service operates daily from Baltimore with multiple departure times and extra trips as weather permits. The line advertises the shortest, cheapest route between Baltimore and Maryland’s eastern shore with adult fares of 30 cents.
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Bay Shore
Rock Hall
Eastern Shore
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Ferry Line, Inc
W. Lexington Se. Plaza
Cardus Cardul Boosts Recovery in Testimonial tale
Paint Rock Alabama Mrs C M Stogall recounts a three year bedridden illness with pain and weakness. After six bottles of Carduls she reports improved appetite sleep and strength and credits Cardul with saving her life. Cardul has been used by thousands of women for over four decades as a tonic for womanly ailments.
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Paint Rock
Aln
C. M. Stogall
Near Here
Cardus
Cardul
Notice to creditors in Merriken v Gibson equity case
In Caroline County Circuit Court in Equity, July 1922 order requires creditors or any claiming an interest in property conveyed to Calvert C. Merriken as trustee to file claims with vouchers in the Clerk's Office by September 16, 1922. A copy of the July 3 1922 deed of trust is on file, and notice must be published weekly in a Caroline County newspaper for four consecutive weeks before August 16, 1922. Judge Lewin W. Wickes. True Sub Test: A. Deakyne, Clerk.
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Fred R. Owens
Caroline County
Geo. A. Deakyne
Calvert C. Merriken
Margaret Willey
Irene Corkran
Dee’d
Circuit Court
Gilbert Gibson
Maryland
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Henderson
AL G. Dennison
Henderson, Md
Jesse W. Porter
Greensboro
John M. Weaver
James W. Thawley
Aid
M. L. Weaver
Oscar E. Kelley
Hobbs
Leland T. Short
Norman C. Straughn
J. Walter Beauchamp
Roland TO Owers
Jes James O. Wright
Preston, Md
A To M
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Federalsburg
T. Fred Brown
Charles McMahan
Louis ST
IE Lay Beaven
Hillsboro
A. L. Dunham
Eo Gene
Ely
William M. Wiley
Ridgely
J. Deeekphat
J.J. Mson
Lee Hignutt
James Dew
Suhday
Jonn K. Lynch
William T. Hignutt
Harry B. Mason
Leste Wats
Nisi
Walter Wheatley
Maggie Wheatley
Orphans’ Court
Irene Coreran
Love Point
Queenstown
Baltimore Ferry
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Tile Peninsula Ferry Corporation
Equitable Holly
Plaza
JourNal
Pet
the County News
Alabama
Asternlectric
Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company
Denton, Maryland
Lewin W. Wickes
A. Deakyne
Drevel Institute
Tle
Daking Aduf Ihe
School of Wome Economics
Diellilans
Library Schood
K. G. Matheson
Drexel Institute
Chestnout Sts
Phila
M. K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Albert Norman Ward
Washington
College Farm
Walter Sparks
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Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry
Annapolis
Claiborne
U. C
Ford
Denton Auto Company
Goldsboro Bank
Golusboro
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Atlas Portland Cement
Atlas Portland Cement Co
Boston
Philadelphia
Amills
Northampton
Hudson
N. Y
Leeds
WE. Weld
Standard Welding CO
Greenmount Ave
J. Virgil Moorte
Undertaikihr
Oommon, Mo
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Silat
Henry G. Budd
D. D
Dover
Delaware
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