Daring Pearl Diver and Ancient World Lore Across Oceans
A vivid collage recounts a pearl diver returns with oysters, legends of Shakespeare in tiny Cambridge volumes selling for pennies, a Coast Guard cutter wedged in Alaskan ice, and Britain’s grapefruit diet tracing postwar meals. It threads explorers, archaeology, and social customs from Asia to Britain, noting Camel caravans and Matriarchal matrilineal Laotian tribes.
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Coast Guard
Kotzebue Sound
Alaska
Alaska Forest Could Supply One-Third US Paper Pulp
It is estimated that the Alaska forest could supply enough pulpwood to make one third of all the paper products used annually in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan
United States
Columbus and the myth of discovery revisited
The note questions the traditional claim of Columbus as the first to discover the Americas, highlighting earlier transatlantic contact and the evolving view of exploration history. It surveys competing narratives and sources that push back against a single pioneering moment.
Notices of Hunting and Trespass Bans Across Local Pastures
Postings by the North Grape Creek Game Protective Association and numerous landowners prohibit hunting with guns dogs or traps on their pastures and ranch lands in Kerrville Fredericksburg Blanco Gillespie Llano and nearby lieux. Violators face prosecution with rewards for reporting trespassers. Names include Hugo Crenwelge R H Eckhardt Otto Kramer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grape Creek Game Protective Association
Hugo Crenwelge
R. H. Eckhardt
Otto Kramer
O. B. Witte
Dietrich Bros
Felix Kuhlmann
Chas
Holmes Mose
Gillespie
Llano
Hy. Lochte
Alfred Lochte
Farm exports dominate US trade with Europe
At least forty per cent of our foreign trade is in American farm products. About ninety per cent of this trade is with European countries.
Avon River Death Toll From Coventry Sewage Crisis
The Avon River, famed by Shakespeare, is called a river of death due to Coven try town sewage. Plant life has ceased, fish have died, and even tree branches touching the water have withered and died.
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Avon
Coventry
Telephones and talks spark varied idle time claims
Tokio bureau reports detailed statistics on talk time with figures showing 16.4 percent idle when women speak to women, 13.8 percent when women call men, 9.7 percent for a man calling a woman, and 10.6 percent for two men talking. Local notes include visits by Prof Bates from Eastland, a Chevrolet delivery to Benno Franz, and several social visits involving Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Johnson City residents. A barber shop purchase by Mr. Bagby and a local obituary follow.
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Tokio Telephone Bureau
Standard Sees 1675 Bonafide Subscribers Boost Ad Results
The Standard reports 1675 bonafide subscribers, noting advertising investments yield surprising returns. The statement urges readers to try the method, linking subscriber growth to enhanced ad impact.
Holy Night Dresden Turns Century Old This Christmas
Holy Night Dresden reaches its hundred year milestone this Christmas with plans to be sung in Southwest Texas towns and broadcast across a dozen radio stations. The piece, written by Hans Gruber, endures as a testament to music that remains memorable while pop hits fade from memory.
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Dresden
Texas
Hans Gruber
L. A. Express
Card of Thanks for Margreta Andrey
The family expresses sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors who aided them and offered sympathy at the death of Mrs Margreta Andrey. They thank Rev Hoefer Beekmann and Molly for service and for floral offerings. The Sorrowing Family.
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Margreta Andrey
Hoefer
Beekmann & Molly
Must Love Business To Be Successful Serial Ad Tease
A brisk promotional passage urges business people to embrace honest advertising. The text mocks complacency, noting a man rises in an entirely advertised daily routine from blanket to underwear, highlighting pervasive marketing.
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Bristol
Greenland
American
Iceland
British Isles
Columbia
Whitby
Abraham
Ziggurat
C. Leonard Wooley
University of Pennsylvania
Balbonia
West Coast
Sumatra
Eddy Kramer
S. W
C. T
Henke Bros
Main Str
Fredericksburg, Tex
Columbus
Aug
Bruns Hy, Bruns Eng, Koennecke
Armand Koennecke
Wm. Otters
Max Kunz Wm
Ebert, Grobe & Weinheimer
Dabney Ranch
Willie Henke
Kerrville
Fredricksburg
J. J. Dent
Willie Henke Jr
Ben Kneese
Hy, Welge, Sr
Louis Welge
Grote
Blanco County
Alex R. Grote
Morris Wolf Creek
A. P. C. Persect
Hy. Duecker
Ewald Hahne
Herm
Weinheimer
Frank Klein
Jens Hansen
Arthur Hansen
Armand Vogel
Joe Vogel
Arthur Klier
Joe Klein
Orwin Herbert
Willie Koennecke
Ewald Koennecke
August Scherrer
Henry Horlen
Cherry Spring
Walter Bierschwale
Prof
W. Z. Bates
Eastland
Fehrenbach Motor Co
Benno Franz
Mr. Theo, F. W. Dietert
Fredericksburg
Della Arrington
Johnson City
Bertha Kaderli
Mrs. Gott
Willims
Hubert Bagby
San Antonio
Bagby
Alberthal
Upper Main Street
R. T. Gliddon
Cy” X
Eames
W. E. Smith, Inc
Schandau & Reichenau
Oakland
Fisher
Strol
Istry
Fehrenbach Motor Company
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