No Passenger Lost by Rigid Air Lines
Washington notes that since the era of Count Zeppelin, no passenger has been lost in commercial airship service and about $00,000 has been carried on sightseeing hops. Graf Zeppelin circled the world in 21 days. Norge crossed the North Pole. Losses were seen in large military ships, and the British airship program faced a setback when the ZR-2, bought by the United States, fell into the Humber river as delivery neared in August 1921.
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Canada
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France
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Africa
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Umberto Nobile
Italy
United States Army
Airships Through Peril and Progress Across Decades
The article recalls historic airship efforts from the B-84 and R series to the Shenandoah Akron Macon and Graf Zeppelin. It notes disasters such as crashes near Howden Beauvais and off New Jersey, amid long flights and rescue feats. It highlights both losses and notable successes shaping lighter-than-air craft.
Wrecking Health by Leonard A Barrett
The piece urges guarding health with honest medical exams and cautions against imagined maladies. It warns worry as a dangerous habit that drains nerves and efficiency and uses driving analogy to show problems shrinking as we approach them.
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Leonard A. Barrett
Ottomans Cricket and Hassock Footstool Styles Explored
A discussion of footstools reveals ottomans as versatile seating with or without backs, cricket style low stools, and the hassock used as kneeling cushions. The piece notes ottomans maximize seating in small spaces while crickets vary in form from low stools to miniature benches.
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Bell Syndicate
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Yale pole vaulter Bill Harding wins 13 feet in Philadelphia
Yale’s premier pole vaulter Bill Harding soars to 13 feet to win the Yale Pennsylvania dual track meet in Philadelphia. The performance highlighted Yale’s dominance as the meet continued with strong efforts from both schools.
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Bill Harding
Yale
Philadelphia
Sleep, Relaxation, and Health in Nervous Strain
A call to avoid sleepless overwork and narcotics as wreckers of health. The piece urges rest after lunch, warns against speed and fatigue, and promotes quiet relaxation to keep body and mind fit for full expression. Western Newataver Union.
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Reids
Hig Country
Western Newataver Union
Williamette University Cuts Language Requirement at Salem
Williamette University in Salem Oregon ends a 92 year rule requiring two years study of a foreign language for graduation. Students may graduate after one year if they completed two years of the same language in preparatory school and meet remaining degree criteria.
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Old Plan Salem
Ore
Williamette University
Bris bane This Week and Global News Sketch
Bris bane This Week surveys a cash surge with six hundred million bonds and four hundred million notes oversubscribed. It notes Memorial Day parades, Pershing, Mrs Roosevelt, and warnings against future war, plus labor and immigration debates in Palestine and political currents with the Socialists.
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General Pershing
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