New Devices to Boost Aerial Mail Service Across U S
Otto Praeger details eight daily U S air routes versus Britain’s 54 daily flights. New radio direction indicators and a ConMag compass improve guidance in fog and bad weather. Installations proceed at College Park Newark and Bellefonte with a focus on safety and speed.
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New York
Newark
Bellefonte
Otto Praeger
Praeger
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Post Office Department
Bureau of Standards
Signal Corps
Army
Radio Section
Navy
College Park
Sion
Air Mail Service
Post Office Department of the
London
Bristol
Birmingham
Newcastle
Manchester
Glasgow
Brussels
Holland
Norway
Harvard Conservatory Eyes New Stars in Sky Survey
Cambridge Harvard College Observatory is conducting a systematic search for new stars under Acting Director S I Bailey. A biweekly photographic study of the Milky Way charts new stars, with eighteen discovered over several years. Collaboration with Prof Kapteyn of Groningen targets magnitudes and positions of stars down to the fifteenth or sixteenth magnitude, about 10 000 times dimmer than visible to the naked eye, estimated at 100 000 000 such stars.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Conservatory
S. I. Bailey
Prof. Bailey
Vrof. Kapteyn
Groningen
Holland
Baby's Daubs on Wall Declared Superior to Masterpiece
New York City Justice Robitzek dismissed a damages suit over baby fingerprints on an apartment wall. He praised the infantile mural, saying he’d prefer such prints in homes over world masterpieces and urged hearts over walls.
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New York City
Robitzek
Treasure Digger Wins Suit in New Jersey Court
Pastor J Frede rick Loehra of the Congregation of Enlightenment of Soul and Spirit was not ordered to pay 5000 for privilege of digging for buried treasure. Circuit court jury found no cause for action in favor of Daniel Balsinger who loaned Loehra 2000. The pastor, aided by officers of the congregation, dug on Balsinger’s Oakland New Jersey lawn after paying 20 cash and delivering a 5000 note.
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Paterson, NL
Frederick Loehra
Congregation of Enlightenment of Soul and Spirit
Hin
Cnue
Daniel Balsinger
Loekis
Balsinger
Worsdan
Oakland
N. J
Sophie Sautter
Marie Blumer
Wabash Bottom Crops Hit By Flood Losses In Indiana
Evansville and surrounding regions report heavy corn losses with Wabash River bottom crops 100 percent ruined and lower Ohio valley yields at about 50 percent as farmers shift to hog feeding. Indiana wind and rainstorms cause damage across cities, while public notices describe school and municipal actions and sugar price controls.
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Evansville
Ohio Valley
Julius Artes
Union
Anderson
Elwood
Madison County
W. 8S. Ellis
W. H. Hoppenrath
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Paducah
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Leneke Annex
Madison
Martin Wade
Jefferson County Society of Medical Freedom
School Board of
Jefferson Circuit Court
Lafayette
Purdue University Extension Department
Evansgitth
Ralph Steve Stevens
Pigeon Township
Columbus
Fide
State Department
Chicago
Peter J. Lux
Shelby County
United States
Gus Myers
Ind
The Making of a Famous Medicine
A laboratory tour explains the making of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It notes 350,000 pounds of herbs used annually, seasonal harvesting, solvent extraction, sterilization of utensils, pasteurization, and sterile bottles. It highlights the product’s success in treating female ills and cites letters from women praising its effects.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Highwayman Fear On Mountain Road
A stage coach travels through rough country with passengers on edge near a town famed for frequent holdups. A pompous passenger boasts he anticipated danger and stores two loaded revolvers in the trunk, calming others with his claim.
Roman Eye Balsam Promises Benefit for Granulated Eyelids
A fragment mentions a Roman Eye Balsam claim to relieve granulated eyelids and styes with overnight use. A dinner anecdote follows about teachers and a hostess urging more food, ending with a joke about a man who bet he could eat 30 quail in 10 days.
Sloan's Liniment Relief Ad with Prices
An advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment to ease external aches stiffness and soreness. It claims quick soothing relief for cramped muscles strained sinews and relief follows after application with prices 35c 70c and 140.
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Sloan
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