Great Lakes and Lake Superior Facts and Exposition Note
A travel section item explains Lake Michigan as a twin to Lake Huron and details lake heights and names. It highlights Chicago as Lake Michigan’s largest city and port, compares Caspian Sea status, and asserts Lake Superior as the largest fresh water lake with area figures and a thought experiment on global population. It mentions 1935 New York City tax totals and promises future content on the Great Lakes Exposition.
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Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Huron
Superior
Ontario
Atlantic
Long Aog
Great Lake
Michigan
Lake Illinois
Chicago
Europe
Asia
Caspian Sea
Salt Lake
Lake Superior
Holland
Switzerland
Ireland
Earth
Man in Overcoat Bitten by Alligator in Pool
Philadelphia fashion note reports Daniel R Mannix IV entering a hospital wearing only an overcoat after an alligator in his swimming pool bit him while he dressed a wound. Nurses alerted doctors as Mannix described the incident and damage to his clothing and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Daniel R. Mannix
Mannix
Heat threat spurs rescue with bicycle pump
In Blackwell Oklahoma Jacobmeon saved injured chicks by venting air under their wings with a bicycle pump after heat threatened their lives. In Pleasant Dreams Oklahoma City prankster Dudley proposes cooling his home by four cots and a pistol to shoot away dogs at 3 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell, Ok
Jacobmeon
Oklahoma City
Dudley
Ship Burns Nora Maersk off Zamboanga Harbor
Maersk Line motorship Soli abandoned its rescue attempt after Nora Maersk was virtually destroyed by a fire near Zamboanga harbor. The Manila dispatch notes the July 23 event and describes the failed salvage effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Maersk Line
Soli
Nora Maersk
Zamboanga Harbor
Duck hunting season likely to stay restricted this fall
Washington reports waterfowl losses in the Midwest drought prompt plans for a short open season with restrictions nearly as strict as last year. A high source indicated there may be little relief for hunters this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midwest
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Uncle Ray’s
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Exposition
New York City
the Great Lakes
Sweden
Ofvest Field S. L
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
Stockholm
Kurt Bjorkvall
Erskine Johnson
George Scarbo
Ban Sheridan
Pouunos
Seattle
Wash
Wan
Gail Minging
Senjoys
Andeo
Ulm
Joe Palooka
Broadway Bank
Jist
BY Ahern
BY Wilu
Sam
Kamp
Steve
Boots
WOME
Heanen
Seawce, Me
Yra North
Thompson
Lane
Shef
Zarat
Alee
Toni
Asounen
BY HA
Freck
Ossie
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