Arctic police cover big area in harsh northern patrols
Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachments in the eastern Arctic completed extensive patrols across Ellesmere Devona and Baffin regions despite blizzard fog and deep cold. They logged thousands of miles, made geographic discoveries, census counts, noted game conditions and provided medical aid with posts at Bache peninsula Dundas Harbor Pond Inlet Pangnirtung and Lake Harbor reporting variable communications from Ottawa.
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Winnipeg
Man
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic
Ellesmere
Devon
Baffin
Axel Helberg
Graham
Buckingham
North Kent
Sawyer Jay
Canonford
Lake
Constable Anstead
Mingler Fjord
Gretna Bay Fiord
Anstead
Axel Heiberg
Norwegian Bay
Clarence Head
Constable Makinson
Pond Inlet
Baffin Island
C. B. Wilcox
Fury
Geela Strait
S. K. G. Margetts
Milne Inlet
Arctic Sound
Home Bay
Cox
Welrose Sound
Poxe Basin
Wilcox
Foxe Basin
Melville Peninsula
Margett
Devon Island
Dundas Harbor
Belcher Point
Cuming Creek
G. J. M. Curleigh
Cape Mercy
Cornell Grinnell Bay
Lake Harbor
J. B. F. Wight
P. Dersch
Boethie
Port Burwell
Hudson Strait
H. G. Nichols
R. Montague
Ungava Bay
Ottawa
Bache Peninsula
North Pole
Dundue Harbor
Pond Tolet
Pangnirtung
Safemakers Battle Yeges Across Time
A long account notes an ongoing war between safemakers and safe blowers. Since 1720 the evolution of safes reduced break in and the yeggmen continually develop new bypasses. Manufacturers hire experts as soon as crackers solve each obstacle. It remains a ceaseless conflict.
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London
Agenfe
Standards for mixing paints to use mathematical methods
Washington officials announce that the United States Bureau of Standards will replace hit and miss painting methods with a mathematical approach. Using a spectrophotometer, 104 pigment and color mixtures were measured to determine exact pigment strength and quantity needed for a given result. The goal is to assign a numerical color value to each pigment rather than rely on uncertain shade comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Irrigation Project to Be Ready in 1930 Washington
Government intends to deliver water to the upper Kittitas irrigation project in Washington in 1930. Reclamation Commissioner Elwood Mead warned landowners that continued construction hinges on development efforts. He noted the government has invested 46 million dollars and that water delivery was previously promised for 1921 but stalled by lack of private action.
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Washington
Kittitas
Elwood Mead
Federal Reclamation
Quimmisssioner Mead
BF. A. Kern
Kittitas Reclamation District
Plane Test Chamber Attains 7 Mile Height
Washington The United States Bureau of Standards will own the world’s only aviation motor testing chamber capable of reproducing seven mile high flying conditions in the laboratory. The improved chamber can regulate temperature air pressure density and other vital factors to simulate any altitude at which planes fly.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Peter Brant Finds Love While Guiding Mountain Guests
Famed playwright Peter Brant vacations at Mountain House seeking solitude but plays guide to glamorous guests. He befriends Hilda Taylor, owner of Mountain House, and grows drawn to her as September moon rises. A hidden telegram and romance threaten to spoil their encounter.
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Eter
Peter
Peter Brant
Pitcher Mountain
Mountain View
Ingenge
Hilda
Taylor
TNT
Miss Taylor
Veter
Ilda
Pater
Pass It On Presents By L B Lyons
A Wilton alderman and her daughter give a geranium to their poor neighbor Jane McMurray. The plant travels to others as a selfless gift, inspiring Jane to share kindness with a hospitalized boy and plan future acts, ending with a pledge to start next year’s Pass It On donations.
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L. B. Lyons
Wilton Lil Alderman
Jane McMurray
Jane
Sheila
Taldermans
Jimmy Miner
Mercy Hospital
Haldermans
Western Newspaper Union
Shoppers and visitors noted across Indiana towns
The column lists residents and visitors in Indiana including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Porter and Mrs. Edna Hanna. It records social calls at Clair Tompson and Girty, mentions the death of William John Silvas near Vandergrift, and notes several Vandergrift, Johnstown, and Indiana area visits and gatherings. Scarlet fever cases are reported in the Weaver children.
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No. T
Indiana
Walter Porter
Edna Hanna
Mel Silvas
Frank
Wilbert Rearick
Richard Ramage
Clair Tompson
Wiliam John Silvas
South Bend
Harry
Vandergrift
Phil Reefer
Girty
Bob Tompson
Gon
Clair
Sheloca
John W. Wherry
Frank Keppel
H. R. George
Hol. Reed
B. P. Wherry
Roy Wherry
Leechburg
Helen
Clara Wherry
0. M. Brant
Mary Trandt
Waldo Trefts
Jane
Maple Grove Community Notes and Hatchery Essay Contest
Maple Grove notes report multiple local visits and social events from Monday to Sunday including residents at grandparents and church service attendance. A national hatchery group offers a $10,000 prize essay contest on Why It Pays to Buy Chicks From a Hatchery with 41 prizes for a 500 word letter and details from Dayton Ohio.
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Third National
Dayton
Ohio
Spirit of Christmas Embraces Hearts Beyond December 25
The Spirit of Christmas is a fleeting mood of goodwill and friendship that defies calendar confines. It comes with warm hearths and pine scent, inspiring joy on Christmas Eve and lingering regret as the year begins, urging us to carry its cheer year round.
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Santa
W. D. Pennypacker
Wester Newspaper Union
Under the Mistletoe Misadventure at Turtle House
Miss May Turtle and Miss Sadie Turtle offer playful reactions to a would be kiss under the mistletoe. May fends off with humor while Sadie boasts a cheeky comeback about pulling in her head, capturing lighthearted holiday mischief.
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Miss May Turtle
Sadie Turtle
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Arctic Police
Canada
Prom Vanugnirtung
Qgumberland Gulf
Q. G. Petty
Gulf
Paris
France
Morlem
Maple Grove
Glenn Coy
William Sleppy
Ceorge
Waye
Ruth Greene
Bellano
G. MH. Holmes
Spruce Grove
Edward Strong
Belle O'Neil
Nell Grape
Nolo
DuBais
Jou Hane
Eta
United States
Brown
First National Bank
Penna.es
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