Explorer Akeley Returns With Gorillas From Congo Expedition
Carl E. Akeley arrives from his Baltic voyage with five large gorilla skins for the American Museum of Natural History and new Congo data. The party includes six year old Alice Bradley of Chicago who encounters pygmies and lions amid jungle discoveries. Mrs Bradley and Miss Martha Miller aid in hunting while Akeley, famed for the cement gun and Akeley Camera, seeks gorilla specimens beginning August 1921.
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New York
Carl E. Akeley
Baltic
Belgian Congo
American Museum of Natural History
Alice Bradley
Herbert E. Bradley
Chicago
Alice
Congo Belt
Nyanza Victoria
Africa
Priscilla Hall
Martha Miller
Akeley
Rampan’s Funnel Clubroom Lounges Sailors Afloat
In Seattle the Rampan, a North Asiatic steamship converted to a motor ship with 1800 horsepower Diesel engines, uses its oversized funnel as a warm sailors clubroom. Doors in the smokestack side vent heat and a draft-tube laundry keeps uniforms dry, with a steam donkey lifting engine aiding warmth.
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Seattle
Wash
Rampan
Shoe fossil shoe stuns experts as possible ancient mimicry
Nevada prospector finds a near perfect leather sole in Triassic blue limestone. Scientists say it mimics cobbler work with exact stitching but agree it is not a fossil and mankind could not have made it. Evidence suggests natural imitation rather than human craft.
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New York
John T. Reid
Lovelock
Nev
James F. Kemp
Columbia University
William D. Matthew
American Museum of Natural History
Humboldt Mountain Range
Nevada
Matthew
Kemp
Earth
Reid
Albert Knapp
Plan Outlined for Organizing Garden Clubs
The U S Department of Agriculture guides cooperative city town and village garden groups. A central garden committee directs land use seeds fertilizers and materials and supervises work before the season starts. Prizes and exhibits spur rivalry while home table harvests remain the main reward.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Colleges of Agriculture
Citizens’ Associations
Merchants
Farm Labor Records to Cut Costs and Plan Yearly Output
The U S Department of Agriculture urges farmers to keep detailed labor records to determine days of man and horse labor needed per crop or animal care. Such records reveal income producing work versus odd jobs, enabling restructuring to reduce labor while maintaining production and forecasting peak-season needs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
War Explosives for Roads Drives Postwar Construction
Wartime TNT and other materials have been repurposed for highway building. About 20 million pounds of TNT have been issued to states, vastly more than previous powder totals, with additional blasting powders dynamite detonators caps fuse cord and jumpers distributed through the Bureau of Public Roads and War Department.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Union
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Department
T. N.T
TRY NEW GARDEN VARIETIES IN SPRING PLANTING
The piece advises gardeners to trial a few new garden varieties each spring alongside old favorites. It argues that old varieties are not always best and notes many new varieties are introduced yearly for testing.
Speed Fans Pack Indy Oval For Dash For Glory Race
Indianapolis fans fill the grandstands for the Tenth Annual International dash for glory and gold at the speedway on May 30. Roscoe Sakes headlines the field as drivers race their machines through treacherous turns and long straightaways in speed duels that thrill crowds.
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Ndianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Roscoe Sakes
Oldfield
Chevrolet
Yesteryear
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Greencastle Ind
Tearleas J) Arnold Proprietor
S. Jackson Street
Greencastle
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Potomac Garden Club
Potomac Park Gardens
Washington
Trinitrotelual
Greencastle Railroad
Pennsylvania
Ge & Mh
Seton Cvirteree
Olende
West Boung
T.H. J, &E. Traction—Telephone
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L Limited
Highlander
Greencastle Gas. Co
Edgar Prevo
Indianapolis
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Colonial
Detroit
Mr. Clemens
Hotel Colonial
W. W. Witt
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