Mead Rush Fills Beatty Nev Town With Gaiety
Beatty Nevada grows after economic panic with hotels, groceries, garages, and a lively night scene. Proliferating tents and mining ventures draw workers while the old land office thrives in a makeshift boom. Despite fringe gambling and a sparse church, the town sees revived activity as prospecting and labor surge. The western mine reports a 55 foot tunnel with promising ore, and new arrivals chase work in a town reawakening from prior downturn.
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Beatty
Nev
Death Valley
Dur
Que Rand
Bank of Beatty
Juest
bun@aedze
Itaian Tas
Mater
Prehistoric Monster Bones Found in Illinois Report
Readable text describes bones weighing fourteen pounds per tooth and a nine foot long tusk, claimed to belong to a prehistoric monster. The remains are said to be part of a museum collection led by Doctor Crook at Dra, BR, with fifteen boxes storing the remains. Unclear phrasing and damaged OCR obscure details of discovery and preservation.
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Illinois
Dogtor Crook
Phip- He Museum
Frese
Anglho
Navajo Education and Oil Projects Transforming San Juan Agency
At the San Juan Indian Agency the push for schooling and oil development reshapes Navajo life. Superintendent Kneale reports the San Juan school capacity doubled and 850 children educated, while four dozen wells raise royalties and fertilizer for land. Navajos adapt quickly, moving toward homes and agriculture with new machinery and pipelines extending to Warmington.
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San Juan
Mr. Kneale
Kneale
Warmington
N. M
Drunken Drivers Fail to Face Punishment, Warns Official
Washington report quotes Marcus A. Dow of the Stewart-Warner safety council stating that 33 percent of drunken drivers escape punishment. He cites 14,505 arrests for drunk driving in 1925 amid 146,766 for speeding with no intoxication charged. Dow notes 83 percent of drunk drivers released, with Florida’s Jacksonville showing full penalties.
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Dow
Hoover
Stewart-Warner
Chicago
United States
Chiiefa
District of Columbia
Delvern
Jali
Stewart-Witrner Safety Council
Florida
Jacksonville
Arkansas Deed Gives Land to Jesus Christ
A warranty deed filed in Sharp county transfers 160 acres to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Clarence H. Powell of Jefferson Town conveys land northeast of Mardy with a donation language claiming ownership is surrendered to Christ by faith and divine purchase. Deed dated February 16 and acknowledged by J. I. Lindsey, Greene County Iowa notary, with witnesses J. S. Watson and W. H. Young.
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Mardy
Ark
Sharp County
Clarence H. Powall
Jefferson, Town
Jesus Christ
Redeemer
J. 1. Lindsey
Greene County
Iowa
J. 5. Watson
W. H. Young
Oldest Bone Skates Found in Prague Museum
Archaeologists unearthed the world’s oldest fee skates in Prague dating to the fifth century B C. The instruments are carved from cattle bone with one side fattened along the length and holes at the ends for thong fastenings. The bone’s natural curve keeps the foot secure and forms the running edge.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Let Your Baby Howl Says Child Specialist London
Dr Evelyn Saywell, London’s noted child welfare authority, argues for allowing babies to howl and explore. She warns a safety first policy may kill adventurous spirit and long-term achievement, in a lecture organized by the National Society of Playful Newborns.
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London
Evelyn Say
Saywell
Britain
Bear Trees Man Held All Night Near Beaman Farm
Woodsman Joseph Stone spent a frigid night perched in a high log tree near the Beaman farm after a black bear occupied the lower branches. Daniel Morlock found him in the morning and brought him to town as a hunting party organized to pursue the bear headed toward Monadnock mountain.
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Winchendon
Masy
Beaman Farm
Joseph Stone
Daniel P. Morlock
Stone
Monadnock Mountain
Modernization Planned for Roy Roy MacGregor Estate
Glasgow plans electrification for the House of Noted Roy Roy on the border of Poyth adire and Stirlingshire. The Glen style residence, linked to the fate of the famed outlaw, will gain electric bells for servants and incandescent lighting for occupants. Some locals fear sacrilege amid the Rob Roy legend.
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Roy Roy la
Glasgow
Scotland
Roy Roy
Glensyle
Poythadire
Stirlingshire
Ita
Glangow
Rob Roy MacGregor
Srs
Wallard Hoott
Sanitation Saves Lives of Chilean Infants in Six Months
A National Geographic bulletin notes Chile's national health service, aided by U S experts, reduced infant mortality by 45.4 percent from 1923 to 1926, with projected annual savings near 80 000 lives. Chile divided into ten sanitary zones, strict quarantines, licensed physicians reporting diseases, and chlorine treated water planned for major cities.
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Washington
Santiago
Chile
United States
United States Public Health Service
Z. D. Long
Ministry of Hygiene
New York
Singapore
National Geographic Society
Ite National Health Service
Tarapacy
Tierra del Tuega
South America
Republic
Los Leones
San Antonio
Tulcea
Valpa- Taiso
Oneorld
Clock Winding Down After 400 Years in Village
An ancient village church clock, faithful for over four centuries, has stopped for repairs causing inconvenience to locals. Historical Windsor Gnetle clock, said to have been given by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn at their 1088 wedding, is noted as a relic of great age.
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Windsor Gnetle
Henry Viit
Anne Boleyn
Ita
Tha Horglogicul Journal
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Stow- Wt-Warner Safety Coniell For
Commerce Department
United States Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
G. M. Graettinger
J. M. Robinson
A. ¥. Bormann
Graettinger Live Stock Shipping Association
VU. L. O’connor
Mer
Harmhrs
Prica Run
Cora
E. McCarty
MGR
Farmera
Graettinger Creamery CO
Amdahl Meat Market
Simonsen Bros
Graettinger
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