Mendel Drake's Transatlantic Aerial Flight Log
Mendel Drake, musician of the U.S. Navy Melville, notes a May 27 trans Atlantic flight with Wronth Della and Avores. He describes foggy conditions, port arrivals, and a missing plane while detailing audience reactions to Portuguese music during the voyage and plans to return soon.
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Mendel Drake Witheesea
Della
Avores
Fisher
Portugal
Miglin
Sen
New York
Waure
Wiestiit
Tian
Weis Bonne Bey Molesmayey
Phine
Wein
Winoche
Piercher Pitt
Virchicatrie
Adiulro
Cone
Michel
Chaban Tristeemile Men x Club
Alruimnmer
A. Mendel Drake
U.S
Melville
Big Dinner for Grider Brothers in Dublin
A large Sunday dinner at the Grider farm in Dublin celebrated the return of Dennis and Davis Grider from overseas service with Uncle Suia's forces. About 70 guests attended, including H. A. Vincent and family, Taggart, Earl Garner, H. D. Grim, Henry Crider, J. Hammond, Wm. Wood, Breeden, Levi Evans, John Nyans, and many others with wives daughters and children.
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Grider Farm
Dublin
Dennis
Davis Grider
Suia
Germany
Messrs
and Mesdames
H. A. Vincent
Taggart
Earl Garner
H. D. Grim
Henry Cirider
Hammond
Wm. Wood
Breeden
Levi Evans
John Nyans
Mesdames Maney
Miller
Mayme Peterson
Dora Hastings
L. J. Henderson
Mary Hatfield
Jane Guiley
Messie
Wm. Patterson
Mowinkle
Chas. Grim
Carl Wood
Orval
Lester Taggart
Fred
Wert Grider
Snoda Vincent
Maud Miller
Helen Hastings
Marie Grider
Looks Like a Real Store Opens in Jasper County
Bilroy Bryant of Prosperity has leased the Boone building and will stock dry goods and shoes in Jasper County. The opening awaits readiness of the adjoining west building now occupied by E Norman Produce House. Bryant, a longtime merchant, already operates stores at Prosperity and Duenweg and plans a full stock of new goods for the community.
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Bilroy Bryant
Prosperity
Jasper County
Boone
E.norman
Norman
Bryant
Jong
Paris Information Desk Helps Doughboys Inquiries Daily
The American Red Cross Information Desk in Paris handles a flood of questions from enlisted men and officers. Queries range from locating hotels and lodgings to finding sewing machines, photo services, hair washing, and even where to buy ice cream late at night. The staff matches maps and local knowledge to guide travelers and identify rendezvous points, though one sailor’s search for a subway rendezvous remains unresolved.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Tel
Red Cross
Job
France
Iron and steel dominance in U S manufacturing
The text notes iron and steel as the United States' largest manufacturing industry. Pig iron recovered from smelting iron ore accounts for about 25 percent of raw materials, while 14 percent is lost to volatilization during coal coking. An additional 40 percent escapes as gas, fumes, and dust, with 21 percent forming slag.
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America
United States
No One Has Seen the Sun Says Scientists
Astronomers assert that no person has ever seen the sun and describe a series of concentric shells around a core whose nature remains largely unknown yet must be exceedingly hot and massive. The outer shell, about 6,000 miles thick, is termed the chromosphere.
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Pereon
Hired Man Rescues Life After Bowlegged Claim
A country hired man saved a life and joked about bowlegs. James, a bowlegged worker, recalled a tip from a visitor who teased him about not stopping a pie, then told his mother the man was large and glad he wasn’t told he was bowlegged.
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James
Absent-minded Dentist Delivers Gentle Warning
A humorous scene describes a dentist who, while working on a patient in the chair, reassures with the line This is going to hurt just a little. The quip highlights his absent-minded persona and contrasting professional act.
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Grider Boys
Carthage
ST. Lowis Purchase
ST. Louis
Ramsay
Elmsdale
Bramante
Lonsdale
Sheldon Enterprise
Roy Bryant
Mable Harris
Swamp Information Desk
A Ho
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