Science Seeks Secret of Mars and Its Signals
The piece surveys 1924 Mars close approach and the idea of Martian signals via wireless, the 60-foot quiksilver dish, and the Chile mine telescope proposal. It notes better observatories, the limits of magnification, and the impracticalities of viewing a rapidly rotating Mars at extreme magnifications.
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New York
Earth
Marcon
Mars
Hooker
Mt. Wilson
Sahara
Marconi
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Moon
Marc H Who
D. David Todd
Amherst
Chile
Robert Williams Wood
Johns Hopkins
Long Island
Frank Schlessinger
Yale Observatory
Mount Wilson
Kinloss Master Weds Katherine Mackenzie Jackman
The master of Kinloss, grandson of the late duke of Buckingham and son of the Baroness Kinloss, marries Katherine Beatrice Mackenzie Jackman, daughter of a village blacksmith at Stowe estate. The bride and groom are not clergy.
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Master of
Huge Buck Deer Attacks Car in Pittsfield
Walter C. Rochelo of Pittsfield reports a 400 pound buck charged his touring car on a road near Pittsfield. Four deer and three does moved aside as the leader charged, stunning the auto and smashing headlights and mud guards during the collision.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Walter C. Rochelo
Rochelo
Deer flees lion for help in lumber camp
In Downieville California a wild deer fled a mountain lion and sought human aid by entering a lumber camp wagon yard with its fawn. Loggers returned from the woods as the doe and youngster hid near timber fringe seeking safety.
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Doe
Fawn
California
Mountain Lion
Downieville
Cal
Animal Kingdom
Spirits Found in Rural School House Distillery
Citizens of Emerson report nightly lights in an isolated school house. Police visit and uncover a large moonshine still on the teacher's platform with a capacity of 45 to 65 gallons daily.
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Emerson
Manchester drives fund for Mexieres city aid parade
A pageant parade raised 25000 dollars for Mexieres France adopted by Manchester. The rebuilt French city will dedicate a street to Manchester in return for the aid.
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Manchester
England
Mexieres
France
Animals Talk in Zoo Lingo Saykeepers Understand
Larry and Snookums the monkeys discuss human speech and animal chatter. They insist animals do talk with distinct sounds for fear, happiness, and danger and urge humans to study their language with keepers to translate. The chat covers bears, wolves, rabbits, beavers, chipmunks, and other species thriving on vocal expression.
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Larry
Snookums
Snookuma
Shocking Booze Hauler Case At Susan’s Home
A truck visits Susan’s home weekly drawing family jokes about coal flour and other goods. Neighbors joke about late deliveries while a neighborhood child hints the father may face trouble for night-time booze hauls from an old brewery truck. Pupils now carry briefcases to school, replacing lunch boxes and books.
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Susan
Familly
Father
Indianapolis News
New York Sun
Neighbor Questions Saxophone Noise In Haunting Night
In a Kansas City Star excerpt Festus Pester confronts a new neighbor after hearing odd sounds at night. The man, who recently moved in, baldly answers, No, I did not play the saxophone I simply lost my hair in the natural course of events.
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Festus Pester
Kansas City Star
Mayor’s ruling echoes on domestic discipline in Indiana
An Indiana city mayor holds that a man may have a right to chastise his wife, yet notes the claim changes little in practice as few men have the nerve to exercise such power. The Cleveland Plain Dealer comments on the propriety and courage implied by the stance.
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Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hired Man Keeps Job With Family Despite Demands
In a curiously dry exchange Ezra explains how he kept a hired man content by granting eight hour days, family meals, a private car for town outings, and funds for movies. When complaints persisted, room swaps and even whisker trimming were tried to settle him. The dialogue hints at unconventional domestic arrangements.
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Ezra
Stop A Fifth Avenue Bus Comment Sparks Olive Debate
A lurching Fifth Avenue bus scene shows a couple awkwardly adjusting. He presses for a chance the woman initially disliked, comparing it to olives and seeking a fresh start as the city hums around them.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Enthusiast questions filming amid wartime memories
A dialogue cited by the Louisville Courier-Journal shows an enthusiastic cameraman admitting to wasting film as he explains his past experience. He says he gets excited and reveals he operated a machine gun during the late war. The exchange contrasts film shooting with wartime action.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Cats Sleep on Cows Backs in Nova Scotia Stable
In a stable in Hants county Nova Scotia two cows and two cats are kept. Entering the stable on a winter night you will find a cat coiled up cozy on each cow. A proverb notes that winning an enemy over is better than winning over an enemy.
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Hants County
N. S
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