Cannibal Mounds to Be Explored by Ethnologist Expedition
Henry B. Collins Jr. embarks from Washington to lead a National Museum funded survey of Gulf Coast mounds from New Orleans westward. The hunt targets true mounds versus shell heaps, collecting bones and artifacts to map cultural links among Attacopa, Chitimacha, and related groups. Studies of Choctaw mounds in Mississippi follow, noting burial sites and temple platforms.
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Washington
Louisiana
Henry B. Collins
Smith- Bonian Institution
New Orleans
Mr. Collins
National Museum Nd
Bureau of Ethnology
Gulf
Florida
Attacopa
Cuba
Jamaica
Venezuela
Colombia
Brazil
Natchez
Collina
Mississippi
Record Highway Construction Milestone Reaches New Peak
In 1925 the United States built 5 800 miles of concrete highways and expanded total concrete to about 87 0 miles outside incorporated areas. The achievement set a new record with a large workforce, while motorists faced detours kept well marked to minimize delays.
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New York
Possible for a fish to return to waters after release
Federal fisheries officials once released infant mackerel with marks into Massachusetts waters. Two years later a marked fish was caught off Cape May New Jersey weighing one and a half pounds, illustrating a fish’s return journey to a different locale.
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New York
Federal Fisheries
Massachusetts
Cape May
N. J
Oysters Suffer Cold Lose 600000 Pearls Near Nagoya
In Ago Bay near Nagoya, oysters and their embryonic cultured pearls suffered a severe drought and cold spell. Experts say the water temperature drop caused mass oyster mortality, threatening the region's cultured pearl industry and potential losses of hundreds of thousands of pearls.
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Tokyo
Ago Bay
Nagoya
Japan
Pueblo Pagan Annals Chronicles Spanish Missionaries in New Mexico
Santa Fe scholars study the Franciscan special mission as 61 members died 1542 to 1606 in archives at Santa Barbara. The piece notes waves of priest persecutions ending with the 1680 Pueblo revolt killing many whites and a planned massacre of missionaries across multiple pueblos.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Brothers
Franciscan Order
Theodocing Meyer
Santa Barbara
New Mexico
Pueblos
Cat passenger travels Europe and back with Mrs Matte Roffi
Mrs Matte Roffi wife of the former vice president of the Italian Bank of Commerce of New York traveled to Europe and back on the Conte Rosso with her prize cat named hMin ne listed as a first class passenger. The cat wore a blue ribbon from a Geneva cat show and had meals both ways.
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Matte Roffi
Italian Bank of Commerce of New York
Nebraska U Arranges Exchange With Mexico City
The University of Nebraska and Mexico's Institute of Geology have conducted two months of talks toward an exchange of fossils minerals and meteoric stones. Prof E F Schramm leads the Nebraska effort with John Zozaya initiating moves to bolster scientific collections in both nations.
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Nebraska U
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
University of Nebraska
Institute of Geology
E. F. Schramm
Department of Geology and Paleontolgy
John Zozaya
E. B. Perry
Special Claims Commissions
Six Million Americans Have Criminal Careers, Records Show
Department of Justice statistics indicate about six million Americans have indulged in crime at some point, with around three million actually accused in courts. Experts estimate half of the criminally inclined escaped police vigilance. The estimate rests on fingerprint records of 1,014,000 criminals on file with the Bureau of Identification.
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V. S
Washington
Statlstiern
Department of Justice
Nave
Department
Bureau of Identification
Cautious Groom Calls Off Virginia Wedding
A Virginia man known for caution refused to commit at his wedding altar. When asked by the clergyman, he replied I’ll do the best I can leading to the ceremony being called off and the license returned to the county clerk’s office.
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Mwelimond
Theicense
Mother of the North Harriat Pullen and Alaska hotel legend
Harriet Pullen, known as the Mother of the North, built Pullen House into a 20 room Skagway hotel after arriving in 1898 with four children and seven dollars. Her sons Dan and Royal Pullen served with distinction, Dan at West Point and in World War I, where he earned high honors before dying of sleeping sickness.
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Skagway
Alaska
Harriat Pullen
Pullett House
Ketchikan
Nome
Bering Sea
Klondike
Canada
Chilkoot Trail
White Pass
Wall
Withal
White Pass Trail
Dyea
Old Cap Moore
Pullen House
White Horse & Yvan
Pullen
West Point
Dan
University of Washington
Roosevelt
West ‘Point
Royal Pullen
General Pershing
Pullens
Mildred Pullen
Nurses
New York City
Chester Pullen
Statea
Murderers at Large Report Highlights National Scope
A dispatch from New York states there are 118000 murderers at large in the country. The report references authority figures including Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of Chicago and notes ongoing efforts to pursue fugitives nationwide.
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New York
Marcus Kavanaugh
Chicago
Mother of 28 children in Kikinda Austria
Anna Bauer aged forty one, mother of twenty eight children all living, has fourteen grandchildren in Kikinda Austria. The narrative notes her large family under local registry.
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Kikinda
Austria
Anna Bauer
Note in Bottle Hints Gold Quest in Canada
Woodbury Russell ponders a gold search based on a note found in a corked bottle near Clark City falls on the St Margaret River in Canada. He turns over all information to the public and contemplates further trips with his companions to seek the yellow metal reported 25 miles above the falls.
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Canada
Norway
Maine
Woodbury Russell
Clark City
St. Margaret River
Falla
Jack
Russell
Golden Rule Printer Uses Cooperative Policy In Seattle
Glint W. Lee runs a Seattle printing plant with a cooperative plan. For ten years profits are shared with 35 workers, 80 percent of net income is allocated to staff, and wages exceed union scales. Employees gain group life insurance, partial health coverage, stock purchases, and a weekly paid vacation. A Monday chapel service, led by Lee as chaplain, begins at eight.
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Seattle
Wash
Glint W. Lee
Beattla
Lee
Court Presentation in England Becomes Harder
English high society faces tougher access to royal debutante court appearances as many foreigners seek presentations. Lord Chamberlain reports hundreds of applications this year with many more expected next year. American mothers push for 1927 and 1928 courts amid growing demand.
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England
London
Lord Chamberlain
Americans Lose Big in France Casinos on Riviera
Article estimates Americans spent 88,240,000 francs in Riviera casinos last year with 40 percent, or 35,296,000 francs, from American pockets. Cannas municipal casino led in taxes with 82,804,000 francs, Nice municipal casino second at 26,280,000, Promenade Jetty third at 10,481,000. Monte Carlo, not French, recorded 112,580,000 francs. Franc value approximated at 3.5 cents.
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France
Nice
Riviera
Cannas
Promenade Jetty
Monte Carlo
No Wonder New York Lucrezia Bort Spends on Wardrobe
The Metropolitan star Lucrezia Bort reportedly spends over 25000 yearly on stage wardrobe and 15000 on other clothes. She prefers to design and buy her own costumes rather than rely on the company.
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New York
Lucrezia Bort
Metropolitan
Aegs
Progress in War on Disease Review
A health department review outlines shifts in U S disease deaths noting heart disease leads, influenza and pneumonia close behind, and declining tuberculosis deaths to about 112 000 in 1924. Diphtheria deaths fall to 10 700 with improved vaccination, measles remain hard to control, and typhoid shows rising concerns. Auto accidents claim about 16 000 lives yearly.
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Aes
United States Public Health
Aaid
United States
Surgeon General
Washington
Japanese Barbers Form Punitive Panel Over Smiling Rivals
In Honolulu, the Japanese Barbers Association appoints an anti fitting committee with one barber from each of 24 districts to curb feminine barbers who lure customers with smiles and soft words. A decree bans fittings but enforcement details are not explained.
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Japan
Honolulu
Japanese Barbers’ Association
Missouri town experiments with no crime and no courts
In Missouri a town near St Louis operates as Delbridge’s model where residents live under minimal laws. All buildings are rented, businesses run nonprofit, and crime is reportedly absent. Taxes and expenses drop, crime costs vanish, and no resident has been expelled for misbehavior.
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Mr. Delbridge
Pygmy Wins His Bride by Race With Gazell New York
A Denver expedition reports on the Kalahari bushmen described as primitive pygmies where men outrun gazelles. The tale explains marriage rites involving a chase to capture prey, with claims about the tribe's nomadic lifestyle and cultural practices.
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Gazell
New York
Cadle
Grant H. John
Paul Haetter
Denver
York
Marcatt
al Museum
Korea Desert
Desert
Doctor Cadle
Kibloom
South Africa
Kalahari Desert
Sazk
Chass
Court Danger Catania Sicily Population Density Myth
Readable text notes Mount Etna area in Catania Sicily with claims of dense population across 800 square miles, attributed to surveyors. the passage presents an unclear fossilized statistic about habitability and density in the region.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount
Hina
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