Stockholm Deep in Summer Splendor and Civic Life
National Geographic notes Stockholm as the 100th anniversary celebration site of the Gota canal linking Stockholm to Goteborg. The city is built of granite, its town hall finished in 1923, and its gardens and social life reflect a blend of industry, education and rich traditions.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Tockholm
Goteborg
North Sea
Stockholm
Royal Palace
Town Hall
House of Parliament
Gusten
New York
Doves
Europe
Paris
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Gustavus Vasa
Sweden
Baltic
California Fig Syrup praised for children’s recovery
A San Antonio mother credits California Fig Syrup with her daughter Connie recovering from a serious intestinal flu. The note emphasizes the product as a purely vegetable laxative, gentle yet effective, with long physician endorsement and four million bottles sold yearly.
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Iittle
Connie
H. W. Turnage
Cadwalder St
San An_tonio
Texas
California
Memorial services near Dunwich on Suffolk cliffs relics endure
Memorial services were held on Suffolk cliffs near the vanished port of Dunwich, a historic site once a bishopric founded in 680. By the 11th century the sea had eroded the coast, and while Benedictines Franciscans and Dominicans once kept establishments there only relics remain now.
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Suffolk
Dunwich
Britain
London Times
Cincinnati's Proposed Physical Culture College Sparks Debate
A reprint from the Chicago Herald, cited by the Cincinnati Enquirer, notes Cincinnati plans a College of Physical Culture. The piece mocks the idea, saying if it sits atop an inclined plane and ties to a brewery and German band it might be deemed constitutional. otherwise opposition is voiced.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Herald
Cincinnati Enquirer
Economy at Any Cost
Cartoon dialogue in Capper's Weekly features Smith and Jones quipping about wives repurposing clothing into a necktie and a dress highlighting thrift and frugality.
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Smith
Jones
Capper
Giant North American castoroides the extinct giant beaver found evidence
A study by Alvin J. Cahn of the University of Illinois argues the castoroides, a 500 pound giant beaver, ranged across the continent and vanished near the end of the last Ice Age. It weighed about ten times a modern beaver and may have built hollow “houses” from wood.
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North America
American Society of Mammalogists
Alvin J. Calin
University of Hlinvis
Middle West
Alaska
Across the Atlantic First Air Crossing of 1919 Highlighted
The NC-4 seaplane of the U S Navy completed the first Atlantic crossing in May 1919 from Trepassey Bay Newfoundland to Plymouth England with stops at the Azores Lisbon Mondego River and Ferrol led by Lieut Com A C Read and crew. two other attempting seaplanes failed. The first nonstop flight was by John Alcock and Arthur W Brown from St Johns Newfoundland to Clif den Ireland in June 1919.
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Atlantic
United States Navy
Trepussy Bay
N. F
Plymouth
England
Azores
Lisbon
Mondego River
Ferrol
A. C. Read
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
Innglish
St. Johns
N. FB
Clifton
Ireland
One can be too poor to make the friends he wants and too rich
A reflective line discusses social isolation tied to wealth, suggesting financial status can hinder genuine friendships and create social distance beyond mere poverty or riches.
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Masa
Cahn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sem
Procter & Gamble
U. S. Pat
Ube
Gail Borden
Eagle Brand
Ists
Borden Company Dept
Borden Building
Madison Avenue
N. Y. Poe
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