L. B. Larsen's Bible claims rattle old beliefs in Pacific rim
The piece discusses L. B. Larsen of Portland claiming that the American Southwest is the Biblical land of Israel and that Adam and Eve were Argonauts. It cites his book The Key to the Bible and Heaven and mocks fossilized views with humorous allusions to Paul Bunyan and Noah's Ark.
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Albert Einstein
Newton
Marconi
Mars
Venus
Earth
L. B. Larsen
Portland
Ore
California
Pacific
Cabrillo National Monument
Wilson
Congress
Cabrillo
United States
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Pacific Coast
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Panama
Hernando de Alcmzon
Colorado
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Columbus
American Southwest
Mesa Verde National Park
Bandelier National Monument
Port
Land
L. B. Laursen
Larsen
Heaven
Golden West
Missouri
Mr. Larsen
Paul Bunyan
Saturday Evening Post
Paul
Old Bunyan
Oregon
Rockies
Bunyan
Pacific Ocean
Cascades
Bunyun
Columbia River
Noah
Los Angeles
Jerusalem
Sodom
Gomorrah
Utah
Mount Whitney
Mt. Sinai
Moses
Tulare County
Roosevelt National Park
Sequoia National Park
Grand Canyon
Casa Grande
National Park
Cash Grande
Great Building
Israel
Simeon
San Diego
Mexico
Gulf of Lower California
Judah
Santa Barbara
Levi
Bakersfield
Benjamin
San Francisco
Ephraim
Eureka
Ruben
Dan
Washington
Idahia
Paso Robles
Beersheba
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Colorado River
L. B Larsen
Crater Lake
Mount Bianter
Sequoia
Grand Caruyou
Golder State
America
Town celebrates 270th anniversary of first free school
Dedham Massachusetts honored the founding of the colony’s first free public school with a town celebration in 1645. The event marked decades of free instruction, a commemorative tablet placed in 1898, and continued educational emphasis by Puritan founders and later generations.
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Dadhow
Zens
Commonwealth
Christian Befence Monitor
Germany in revolt seizes Berlin as Kapp forms government
Revolutionary troops enter Berlin and oust the Ebert government. Wolfgang Kapp named chancellor and virtual dictator. Western dispatches say Berlin divided with loyalists in the east and revolutionaries in the west. plans to fulfill peace terms. Proclamation hints counter revolution to aid the Versailles conditions. Possible Hindenburg imperial president. General strike looming as the old government regroups. London, Paris, and Frankfurt reports confirm widespread unrest and clashes along the Rhine.
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Union News Service
London
Berlin
Dispatch
Wolfgang Kapp
Lokal Anzeiger
Khert
Kapp
Wilhelmstrasse
Adlon
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Ebert
New York
Germany
von Hindenburg
Dresden
Saxony
Paris
Rhine
Mayence
Excelsior
Wilitia
Frankfort
Noske
Central
Dusseldorf
Saloon Keeper Sent $12,000 Then Fights Bandits
Otto P Gross a Northwest Side saloon keeper drew $12,000 from a bank to cash pay checks for customers. Fifteen minutes later three bandits burst in, firing twenty shots at Gross and his wife Clara, seriously wounding both. Despite the gunfire, Gross fought bravely and protected the money, though it may cost him his life.
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Chicago
Oltto P. Gross
Northwest
Gross
Clara
Bar Alien Land Ownership Initiative Planned by League
The California Oriental Exclusion League and allied groups plan to submit an initiative petition to California voters to bar aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning or operating agricultural land beyond labor positions. U S Returns $24 000 to Owners in St Louis Missouri Cash and securities totaling 24 000 were returned to the owner by the U S district attorney under the prohibition enforcement act.
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San Francisco
California Oriental Exclusion League
California
U. S
St. Louis
United States District Attorney's Office
Grandview Fire Destroys Town in Texas
A massive blaze in Grandview Texas caused losses over 2 million and left about 1500 homeless. The fire leveled the entire business and residential portions of the town as three workers were injured when a building collapsed. Fire units from Cleburne Itasca and Alge rido fought flames but water supply failed, leaving firefighters powerless as the town burned.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Grandview
Cleburne
Itasca
Algerigdo
Women Open Homes To Remunerative Guests In Town
Some women who would not normally entertain boarders nonetheless welcome a few paying guests, turning spare rooms into modest income sources amid rising living costs.
Making Up for It Do You Believe in Heredity
A humorous exchange recalls Mrs. Gabbins asking if heredity matters and her husband retorts that her grandmother was dumb, delivering a light quip on family traits in a domestic sketch.
Kidney Health Advice from Jad Salts Advertisement
A feature in old ads promotes Jad Salts for flushing kidneys and preventing bladder disorders. It claims four ounces mixed in water taken before breakfast will spur kidney activity, relieve backache, headaches, and other issues, describing Jad Salts as harmless and inexpensive. It ends with a quip about a pretty girl being called a peach.
Diamond Dyes Promise Rich Fadeless Colors for Fabrics
Old clothes dyed make new garments or use Diamond Dyes to color wool silk linen cotton or blends. Instructions claim guaranteed rich fadeless results with a color card and dealer demonstration.
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Ady
With That Voice He I Have Formed a Habit of Singing
A dialogue underscores a worker and companion discussing a singer’s habit at work. The speaker notes singing becomes a habit while the other questions the effect, hinting at tension between personal expression and workplace expectations.
Real Catarrh Cure Promo Letter Advert
Throw Away Your Sprays and Other Treatments. Simply remove the underlying cause of catarrh by clearing clogged air passages. An antidote to catarrh germs in the blood is offered, with a promise of relief and a free medical advice letter from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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