State parks spread nationwide drawing millions this summer
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes over twenty five states will welcome motorists campers and sightseers to state parks. It highlights Adirondack Park in New York and Dart Island in Connecticut as examples and cites historic military ties in Pennsylvania and diverse natural wonders from Wisconsin to Illinois. It discusses growth of auto tourism and the varied facilities from Starved Rock Illinois to Saratoga Springs New York.
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Adirondack Park
New York State
Connecticut River
Dart Island State Park
Connecticut
Royal Palm
Florida
Redwood State Park
California
Satem State Park
Illnois
Abraham Necoln
Pennsylvania
Hartford
Conn
Bushnell Park
Niagara
Saratoga Springs
New York
Watkins Gen
Empire State
Valley Forge Park
Washington Crossing Park
Keystone
State Forest Commission
Kentucky
Illinois
Bardstown
Stephen Foster
Lincoln
Hidgenville
Parachute devices tested for airmen and mail drops
A London air station tested a life saving pocket parachute that triggers a larger parachute to lift a pilot from a diving aircraft. Capt. A. F. Muir demonstrated the system lifting a dummy from the craft. Separate experiments use a Calthorpe parachute to drop mail bags for faster delivery, potentially saving an hour.
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London Air Station
A. F. Muir
Acclaimed King of Hungary by Royalists
Prince Otto, son of the late Charles IV, has been acclaimed king of Hungary by loyal royalists. The Entente bans the house of Llapsburg, preventing him from ruling.
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Hungary
Otto
Charles IV
Entente
House of Llapsburg
Fox hounds trapped on Stone Mountain shot to end ordeal
Two fox hounds owned by W. O. and Ronald Venable fell into a crevice on Stone Mountain Georgia after pursuing a fox. After days of perilous rescue attempts with dangling ropes, rescuers risked their lives but the dogs were shot to prevent starvation.
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Stone Mountain
Georgia
W. O
Ronald Venable
Plesiosaurus Hunt Ends In Argentine Return
An expedition from Buenos Aires to Patagonia failed to locate the plesiosaurus and will return due to approaching winter. Bariloche dispatches confirm the expedition’s end while Prof. Clementi Onelli notes hopes for a future search next summer and a monster sighting in an Andean lake remains unverified.
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Patagonia
Buenos Aires
Bariloche
Clementi Onelli
Buenos Aires Zoological Gardens
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Strange laws offered in state legislatures across the nation
The piece catalogs odd bills from several states including Kentucky New York Massachusetts and New Jersey. It highlights moonshine hearable stills reformers hypocrisy taxation and unusual jury exemptions while noting advocates like Mrs Margaret Laird seek wage control for married women and nurse jury exemptions.
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New York State
Massachusetts
Margaret Laird
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
World's First Active Woman Diplomat Named
Mile. Anne Stepanek, sister of Dr Bedrich Stepanek Czechoslovakian minister to the United States, is described as the world’s first active woman diplomat. Though not officially on the State department staff, she serves as her brother’s close advisor and sits in his office daily discussing major matters. She is regarded by the diplomatic corps as a real authority on European politics.
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Mile
Anne Stepanek
Bedrich Stepanek
United States
State Department
Legation
Stepanek
Horse Saves Two Women in Flood Rescue at Burlington
An old gray mare, promoted from plow work, aided by an ifeboat, carried Emporia residents Mrs. CC J. Earle and Mrs. J. W. Lumpkins to safety after their car stalled in floodwaters south of Burlington Kansas. Neighbor Nat Lane supplied the horse.
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Emporia
Burlington
Kan
CC. J. Earle
J. W. Lumpkins
Nat Lane
Aged Man Shows Family Dress From His Birth
Oscar Gillam a retired farmer in Vivood Indiana celebrated his sixty first birthday and owns a long dress his mother made for him before birth. The relic remains in excellent condition amid a family gathering at his home.
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Oscar Gillam
Hom
Vivood
Ind
Odd two letter village name on Islay noted in Britain
The article notes a Scottish Islay village with the two letter name Oa and mentions about a hundred British places with three letter names including Nox in Shropshire and Jay in Herefordshire. It highlights naming quirks across Britain.
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Islay
Scotland
Britain
Nox
Shropshire
Jay
Herefordshire
Brimming Carishbad Health Resort Faces Underground Peril
The famous resort sits on a crust above a subterranean boiling lake. Officials monitor the hot sulphur springs ceaselessly to prevent possible town destruction.
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Carishbad
It It It It A Kiss Day Keeps Divorce Away
Wry Brooklyn Eagle quip by Adam Breede notes a kiss a day may guard marriage but warns many divorces arise from kissing the wrong woman.
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Adam Breede
Adam
Brooklyn Eagle
Fez replaces turban in Turkish tradition
For a hundred years the fez has been the characteristic Turkish headdress, replacing the turban. Sul tan Mahmud I introduced it and was called the infidel sultan.
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Mahmud IT
Social Cultivation Quote From Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript line defines friendship as cultivated acquaintance and warns that faults should be plowed under while feelings are not harrowed to achieve good results.
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Boston Transcript
Keep Sweet Cider with Mustard Seed to Retard Souring
Instructions advise adding eight large tablespoons of white mustard seed to each keg or barrel of cider during barreling to slow fermentation and prevent souring. The note emphasizes storage and processing steps to preserve sweetness.
For Husbands Only Message Heard in Sleep Pattern
In the Brooklyn Eagle a cheeky note suggests the simplest way to pass along a message to a friend’s wife is to pretend you are talking in your sleep. The quip implies misdirection through a feigned slumbering voice.
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Brooklyn Eagle
If you are fond of giving good advice be te'o as fond
The line play on words hints at a person named te'o who both gives and takes advice. It reads like a quip about mentorship and self awareness, using a pun on the phrase to suggest balanced guidance.
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