Yosemite Falls Dwarfs All Other Known Waterfalls
In Yosemite Valley California the Yosemite Falls rises to 1,130 feet in a single plunge, with subsequent cascades totaling about 1,530 feet. The feature is highlighted as the tallest waterfall among global cataracts, surpassing Staubbach in Switzerland and falls in New Zealand and Labrador.
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Sierra Evada
California
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite
Switzerland
New Zealand
Labrador
Woman Editor Sparks Stranger to Free Death Row Youth
A 21 year old death row inmate, convicted on circumstantial evidence, is freed after a woman editor of a prominent magazine and Salvation Army workers rally to reopen his case. Her appeal, aided by a cosmopolitan newspaper editor's intervention, uncovers new evidence and leads to a reevaluation of the murder trial.
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Salvation Army
Europe
Man the Dog S Master Devotion Shapes Progress
The original dog valued one master above all, granting unwavering devotion and worship like religion. Its heart and mind fixed on a single companion, the dog joined humanity as a faithful, lifelong partner, a footprint in progress noted by Svetozar Tonjoroff in the Boston Globe.
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Man
Svetozar Tonjoroff
Boston Globe
Buttercups and Gold Mines in Grass
A reflection on perception and value, comparing simple wildflowers to hidden riches. The quote notes that beauty and brilliance can mask deeper, unseen wealth beneath the surface.
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Longfellow
Lyons France the city of perfumes and science
Lyons, a French center famed for perfumery, hosts a university course in fragrance making and a vast lab network turning verbena into violet and camphor into vanillin. The region produces about 80 percent of the world’s lavender oil valued at 20 million francs yearly, with fields covering extensive acreage.
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Lyons
France
Scents
Toupee exposed in Vigo county businessman's restaurant scene
An Indianapolis News item recounts a Vigo county businessman's close call with his toupee at a hotel dinner. While teasing a four year old girl, the man faced her mother’s protest and his friends’ amusement as the crowd nearly learned his secret. He avoided a scene by persuading the child to become friends and leave his head alone.
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Vigo County
Indianapolis
Motion pictures aid to mathematics at Huntington school
A Boston Dispatch summary notes Hunting ton school uses 1000 foot reels to teach geometry. Instructor Charles H. Sampson says films aim to aid teaching not replace it, introducing animated angles and solids before text books. The film then shows a Japanese juggler with geometrical figures.
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Huntington School
Charles H. Sampson
Boston Dispatch
New York Tribune
Kiln Drying Stops Wood Borers in Ash Lumber
The USDA laboratory at Madison Wisconsin reports kiln drying effectively halts wood-boring grubs in ash and other woods. Red-headed ash borer damage frustrates manufacturers but practical kiln-drying practices can end infestation without regard to wood thickness.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Madison
Wis
Principal Spanks Two Boys After Fight in Downtown School
A downtown principal disciplined two boys for fighting another pupil. She spanked the husky boy, while she hesitated with the thinner, sickly looking child, remarking she hated to whip him. The chunky boy cried out, claiming criminals can be skinny as well as fat.
Oak in River Bed Reveals Ancient Bridge Piles
The American Forestry Magazine of Washington reports the Moksha river bed, a stretch of 400 miles, once contained magnificent oak forests. Oak piles from Tomman bridges, buried in water or wet sand, remained sound after nearly two millennia.
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American Forestry Magasine
Washington
Moksha
Ktomans
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Dalton
Mrs. Burnett
Cardus
S. E. Douglas Preston, Md
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Detroit
Denton Auto Company
Prince Albert
J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
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Joseph B. Orrell
W. Temple Smith
Orrell & Smith
T. Clayton Horsey
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Lawrence B. Towers
Awrence B. Towers
Ridgely
Wilkinson Land Agency
Sun Building
Ridgely, Md
Lucas
Thomas & Messer CO
Balto, St
Baltimore
Main St
Denton
Main Street
E. H. Hirs
Wilmington
Del
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry
Annapolis
Claiborne
T. C. B. Howard
Oakley Beach
Cambridge
B” Natural Orchestra
Denton Ice and Fuel CO
Aladdin
Security Oil Lion Oil Cortdas
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
J. Virgil Moore
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Dhnton
Maryland
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Charles B. Bailey
Orphans’ Court
Equity
Calvert C. Merriken
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
William J. Shawn
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Ergi
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Denton, Md
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