Temple Act Accelerates U S Topographic Survey Completion
The Temple Act authorizes full funding to finish the United States topographic survey in twenty years. George Otts Smith leads the Geological Survey with Col. O H Birdsey overseeing the topographic division. The program maps 45 percent of the continental U S and Alaska, using quadrangles and contour lines, aided by rising aircraft photogrammetry.
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Halemau Witt
Everingslog
Mount Mtuinigr
Monnet Rainter National Park
Fe Ktowink
Uncle Sun
United States
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Amunaka
George Otts Smith
Maine
Sam
Congress
Suth Ani Coronet Birdseye Tiave Noy
Aliaka
Airdaoyo
Becausy
Archery Revival and Its Romantic Draws Across History
Archery interest resurges in modern times while fashions shift. The piece notes a revival linked to Sir Walter Scott and Ivanhoe, comparing past and present curiosity, with reflections on romantic notions and practical declines. It also cites student self support data from the University of Nebraska and a prehistoric apartment house discovery near Clobs, Aria.
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Springfeld Republicai
Walter Scott
Senator Ralston Dies After Long Illness
Indianapolis learns of United States senator Samuel M. Ralston’s death at his Hoosier Home north of the city after a kidney disorder worsened last September. Born December 1, 1857, in Ohio, he would have turned sixty eight, survived by wife Jennie Craven Ralston. He returned from Washington in poor health last March and refused a presidential nomination.
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Indianapolis
Samuel M. Ralston
United States
Indiana
Tam Els
Senator Ralston
White House
Samuel Moffer Malston
Dead Kentuckian Held Wife Barred From Jail
Mrs William H Turner wife of William B Turner was denied permission to visit him in Tombs prison while Turner faces murder and insurance fraud charges. Extradition papers from Kentucky are awaited. Turner again proclaims innocence regarding the dynamite incident at McCarr Mine.
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New York
William H. Turner
Williaam
Furner
Germany
McCarr
Tombs Prison
Turner
Kentucky
President Seeks Check on Highway Expenditure
President Coolidge warns federal aid for state road building must stay within reasonable limits. He says future expenditures should adhere to the federal aid principle but be more wisely applied than in the past despite re-enactment plans lasting until next year.
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Washington
Coolidge
Requesia
Bishop Murray Named Head of Episcopalians
Rt Rev John Gardner Murray bishop of Maryland is chosen as presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. At sixty eight years old his elevation marks a major clerical change as he moves from Maryland to the national leadership role.
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Murray
Episcopalians
New Orleans
Methodist
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States
John Gardner Murray
Maryland
Murry
Survivor testifies on Rome search after collision
Michael Lira, a survivor of the 831, testifies before the naval court that the City of Rome's search for survivors after the collision lasted only twenty minutes.
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Rome
Broston
Michael Lira
Iome
Violence erupts as Troopers disperse Throop miners
State troopers moved to break a miner gathering at the Carlucen warehouse in Throop as violence flared during the mine strike. Advices indicate a clash with laborers occurred during the dispersal with no reliable details on injuries.
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Scranton
Carlucen Waghery
Throop
Eelvad
Plague of Numbers in Navy Report Returns Rum Vessels
A garbled report notes 238 rum vessels sold and 400 prisoners captured by the guard’s dry navy over seven months, with stray phrases like aim running Weasels. The fragmentary lines suggest a military or blockade context but lack clear attribution or structure.
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Washington
Canat Guard
Suburban Life Notes On Hobbies And Pet Housing
A brief suburban column mentions dye products and instructs readers to tell their pharmacist if the fabric is wool or silk or if new cotton or mixed goods are being dyed. It also records a question from a child about birds in bird houses and replies that several families have checked them.
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Tommy
Bayer aspirin warning and heel lift ad merge
The page blends an aspirin safety warning urging Bayer brand recognition with an ad for USKIDE toplifts for women heels. It also includes a casual joke about birds that cannot fly and a stray line about men not admiring ailing family cars, reflecting broad midcentury promotional content.
Gorn Flake Griddle Cakes Recipe Note
Recipe fragment describes making griddle cakes from Gorn Flake with no flour milk corn and sugar with butter and baking powder, and notes using any paste and drying moisture, plus soaked cereals as corn substitutes.
Ad for Cuticura skin care products and fragrance
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse then Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant scent. It notes a 26 cent price and mentions premature gray hair as a concern.
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Canada
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Ols
John
Dickinson Sherman
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Map Inno
Genluglen Survey
George Washington
Lord Valefux
Virginia
Uncle Sinn
Midgeye
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Mis Grant Volenne Fins
Stewart Edward White
Wrante
Stockton
University of Nebragien
Sehool
Ohly State Journal
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Clobs
Aria
Hoosier
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Ralston
Jennie Craven
Center Valley
Aacos
Converse Rubber Shoe CO
Jackton Blvd
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Rubbe
Tulor
BAYER
Ady
Robert
Bobby
United States Rubber Company
Bert Leathe
Burgess Flashlights
Ford
Speck K
Pla Ce
Wiaison Ontondea
Pesta
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