Transcontinental aviation record meets public jubilation
American aviators Maitland and Jlagenberger completed a San Francisco to Honolulu flight in about 25 hours 50 minutes aboard a large monoplane, the longest nonstop air journey to date. Crowds cheered as the crew landed at Wheeler Field, while Lindbergh prepared for a nationwide aviation tour and officials lauded the achievement as a boon to U.S. air progress.
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Edward W. Pickard
Tijents
Lester J. Maitrnd
Albert Jlagenberger
San Francisco
Jonolulu
Cuik- Jnand Monicipal
Wheeler Field
Aha
Washington
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Coawh
Canada
Harry F. Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of
Aeronauticcs
The Firecrackers Parable
An old tale about birds disturbed by Fourth of July firecrackers. They seek quiet in the woods but meet many children with baskets of goodies. A song sparrow persuades them to accept the celebration, appreciating freedom and summer air, ending with the birds joining a concert amid the cannon booms.
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Jack
Conundrums and Riddles from a Humble Page
A quirky set of old time riddles and puns with answers: demure primrose, a head that cannot move, why a whistle, a comb for many teeth, a pine tree fearing the weeping willow, a tradesman above business, a changing reflection, an acorn making an oak, and the letter s turning words into swords and laughter into slaughter.
Expert Advice Elmer and the girl problem
Expert Advice Elmer, thirteen, discusses romance with his pal Joe. He says he has walked to school with her three times and carried her books, bought her tea cream sodas twice, and asks if he should kiss her. Joe replies that he already has enough clout for that.
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Elmer
Joe
Jos de Clied
Little Financial Gain From Immortal Works
William Shakespeare rose from poverty to modest wealth through shares in the Globe and Blickling theaters, earning about 100 dollars a year in shares, plus court performances and fees. He struggled with debt earlier, as tax arrears in 1596 show, while his wife faced financial strain from her father’s shepherd’s gains and lingering debts.
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William
Shakespeare
Globe
Blickthbe
Stratford
Shoreditch
Southwark
Land Buyers' Service Bureau advertisement
Land suyers' service bureau offers farm homes in Minnesota's dairy region, wheat and stock ranches in the Red River Valley and North Dakota. Full information furnished on request. Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Land Suyers’ Service Bureau
Dairy
Minnesota
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Land Buyers’ Service Bureau
Plymouth Bidg
Dtinheapolis
Minn
Andv
Oldtime Clocks That Are Now Curiosities
A historical glance notes Promantel built England s first pendulum click in 1622. Henry VIII gifted a tiny four by ten inch clock. Act of Turnament clocks arose after Pitt taxed watches. Buckingham Palace houses Lapine clock shaped as a negress, with hour and minute numerals shown in her eyes.
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England
Promantel
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Pitt
Buckingham Palace
Lapine
Collie attends church doggedly at Lincoln parish
Collie named Jack, owned by Mr and Mrs Jussell of Lincoln Nebraska, began attending church as a puppy and now goes every Sunday. He sits on the church stoop and refuses to enter while others pass inside. After services end he returns home.
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Jack
Topeka address on marriage by Anti-Divorce League head
The Anti-Divorce League president Mrs. Margaret L Wood urged couples to please each other in a Topeka address. She echoed a bricklayer's wife's quip about a man brushing, combing, and whitening as signs of trouble ahead, highlighting unhappiness and divorce.
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League
Congress
Cal Uckets
Iis
Wayne J. Wheeler
Margaret L. Wood
Anti-Divorce League
Topeka
Vittaburgh
Leonard Bar Oil
Leonard
Tnc
Fifth Ave
Ice Sinka Airplane Faces Ice Cling On Flight
A historical note describes ice forming on airplane wings during transatlantic flights in dense mist. Ice accumulates quickly, altering contours and sometimes sinking a plane in minutes, a danger long observed by seamen and pilots alike.
Nation's Gold Coinage Limited To Two Pieces Today
For the past few years the United States has coined only two gold pieces: double engtes or $20 gold pieces and quarter engtes or $2.50 gold pieces.
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United States
How Mrs Weaver Was Helped By Lydia E Pinkham
Mrs Weaver describes how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health after illness and fatigue. Her sister recommended the remedy and after several days she slept better and gained strength to care for her three children. She encourages others to try the medicine and share inquiries.
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Weaver
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs. Weaver
Tom
Lawrence ‘Weaver
Lydia HL Pinkham
Mind Chooses Marriage Over Stenography Career
A fragment from The Easier Way hints Mind opts for marriage instead of pursuing stenography. The text suggests she believed she could manage as a wife with less preparation than required to become a typewriter operator.
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Mind’s
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