Vasco da Gama Reaches Calicut Completing First Ocean Route
The voyage began near end of April 1498 with a pilot from India steering the flagship as the fleet crossed the Indian Ocean. Twenty six days after departure the ships anchored off Calicut, securing a sea route to India and opening European access to Indian cloth spices and jewels.
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Vasco da Gama
Malindi
India
Land
Indian Ocean
Calicut
Europe
Portugal
Doans Pills Promise Relief From Kidney Ailments
An advertisement extols Doan’s Pills as relief for kidney and bladder issues, noting kidneys remove acids and waste, and urging readers to seek relief from symptoms like nocturia, swelling, and aches. The piece also retells a brief voyage excerpt featuring Vasco da Gama and the Calicut king, then mentions the Funmaker leaf and Uncle Ray promotion.
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Doan
Highway Program Brings Great Value in North Carolina
Chief highway engineer W Vance Baise announced a 15 339 668 dollar road program in progress in North Carolina employing over 20 000 people. A separate 1 000 000 dollar contract was planned this month. The total employed includes WPA workers, convicts, and contractor staff. Baise said the state gains more value per dollar than ever in highway and public works.
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Raleigh
W. Vance Baise
North Carolina
Baise
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Hollywood News Briefs Spark Gloom in Film Industry
Hollywood reports clouds of gloom hamper production as studios slash payrolls and cut costs. Chaplin weighs quick release of The Dictator amid war fears. Hemingway Fifth Column fetches record price. Crosby notes hay needs for his stables while other stars face casting changes and publicity glitches.
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Hollywood
Joe
Movietown
Charlie Chaplin
Germany
Chaplin
Hitler
Irving Pichel
Ernest Hemingway
Cecil DeMille
Europe
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
David Niven
British Isles
England
Crosby
HAY
Bing Crosby
Bill Boyd
Cassidy
Boyd
Luise Rainer
Simone Simon
Ginger Rogers
Howard Hughes
Sonja Henie
20Th Fox
Legion seeks rooms for state convention delegates
In anticipation of large numbers at the American Legion state convention on June 28 24 25 the housing committee asks all who have rooms available to telephone 2918 or clip fill out and mail the form to the Legion convention office in care of the County Building. Include name address number of persons and telephone number.
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The
American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion Convention Office
England probes Ford plane production claim
The Ministry of Aircraft Production in London orders representatives in the United States to fully investigate any proposal Henry Ford may offer to Britain regarding his claim his firm can produce 1,000 aircraft daily within six months. The inquiry was disclosed by parliamentary secretary Col. J. J. Liewellin.
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London
Ministry of Aircraft Production
United States
Henry Ford
J. J. Liewellin
Hertenstein Wins Damages Over City Foot Bridge
In a damage action, Hertenstein sought 60 000 dollars claiming a foot bridge over railroad tracks diverted traffic from his property. The Pennsylvania Utilities Commission conducted a year long study and awarded six cents, a verdict hailed as a moral victory amid the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
C. F. Hertenstein
Pennsylvania Utilities Commission
Harenstein
Jesse James home gains electric lights after 115 years
In Kearny Missouri the Jesse James old home is wired for electricity after 115 years. The house connects to a 7 REA circuit with wiring by Forster Barr, Jesse James’s grandson. The article notes a strong odor from a chemical named mereaptan.
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Kearny
Jesse James
Forster Barr
Jesse
Cash found in ash reveals wife’s tomato mix up
Salt Lake City. Grocer Harry Cozakos stored 50 in a paper sack. His wife added tomatoes and they went home. Later 50 vanished. Investigators later found 38 set aside in scorched slivers in the ash pile. Mrs Corekos admitted taking the tomatoes from the sack and throwing it into the stove.
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Salt Lake City
Harry Cozakos
Cozakos
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West Broad Street
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NEA
Copenhagen
Ray Atherton
Denmark
Alaine Brandes
Syracuse
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Agfa
Pt Ae
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Walgreen
S. Main St
RINSO
Ay DuBarry
Leon Laraine Cologne
Coty
MiMi
Olafsen
LYON
RRESH
Mapleton Tobacco
Velvet Tobacco
Prince Albert Raleigh Tobacco
NG Pyl
Hershey
Johnny Bulla
Abo
Asise
AETNA
Perit
Shorelawn
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