Uncle Sam’s mapmaking camp offers 20 year finish window
A long feature explains the federal topographic survey to complete a nationwide geologic map within twenty years. It highlights Director George Otis Smith and Col. GC Birdseye, the map’s value for construction and land planning, funding needs, and the shift to aerial photography for future surveys.
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Halemaumiau
Pele
Saint Hainier
Mott Rainier National Park
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Uncle Sam
United States
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Alasks
George Otis Smith
Maine
United States Coal Commission
Col. GC. TM. Birdseye
New York State
Isz
Survey
Engineering Council
Congress
Smith
Birdseye
Alaska
Scientific American
Senate
Sam
Archery Revival Seen Through History and Trends
Archery revival talk hints at fickle fashions like crossword puzzles as interest waxes and wanes. Historical echoes appear in Frank Stockton’s Our Archery Club and Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe with Robin Hood romances cited as influential. University of Nebraska reports show strong self support among male students at 76 percent, while female students reach 38 percent, with nine month expenditures averaging 714 dollars for men and 729 dollars for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Edward White
Frank Stockton
Springfield Republican
England
Walter Scott
Robin, Hood
University of Nebraska
Ohio State Journal
Globe area reveals prehistoric apartment house ruin
Archaeologists uncover a 120 room prehistoric apartment house in ruins near Globe, identified as a traceable complex. The discovery suggests organized living spaces and potential communal or multi-family housing in ancient times. Further excavation will map room functions and dating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe,dria
Locarno Pact Forms New European Peace Era
Locarno in Switzerland signs a comprehensive peace treaty among France Germany Belgium with England and Italy as guarantors. It pledges non aggression among signatories and makes arbitration compulsory through the World Court and League bodies. Additional accords redraw a Rhine zone and bind Germany toward joining the League of Nations. The conference closes amid hopes of stability and a new era in Europe.
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Locarno
Switzerland
France
Germany
Belgian
England
Italy
Belgium
World Court of International Justice
Council of the League of Nations and
Boards of Conciliation
Poland
Czechoslovakia
London
Europe
League of Nations
League
Russia
Central
Western
Planes Fall in Gale Kill Three Flyers in West Virginia
In a heavy rainstorm over the Alleghenies four airplanes from Bolling Field en route west disappeared. An army airplane crashed near New Salem Pennsylvania killing three aboard. One plane landed at Roscoe West Virginia, five others diverted to pastures near New Martinsville, another landed east of Wheeling. The dead are George H. Burgess of Wilbur Wright Field Dayton Maurice Hatton Dayton trade journal representative and Verne Timmerman Dayton Herald photographer.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Allegheny Mountains
Bollingflat
Washington
New Salem
Roscoe
New Martinsville
George H. Burgess
Wilbur Wrightfield
Dayton
Maurice Hatton
Dayton Gero Trade Journal
Verne Timmerman
Dayton Herald
Dead Kentuckian Held as Wife Barred From Jail
Mrs. William H Turner, wife of the presumed mine explosion victim William H Turner, is denied permission to visit him in Tombs prison. Turner faces murder and insurance fraud charges after being connected to a dynamite blast at MecCarr Kentucky that killed 16 men. Extradition papers from Kentucky are expected tomorrow. Turner maintains his innocence and says he had no role in wiring the charge.
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New York
William H. Turner
Germany
MecCarr
Tombs
Turner
Kentucky
Injunctions Made Permanent Against United Mine Workers
In Charleston West Virginia Judge George W McClintic granted permanent injunctions against the United Mine Workers of America and its officers and members. The order covers virtually every mine in a belt south of the Kanawha river extending toward the state’s southern end.
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United Mine Workers
Charleston, W
United Mine Workers of America
Kanawha River
George W. McClintic
United States District Court
Motor Pilot's Monument in Bellefonte Pa Nittany Mountain
The Liberty motor from the main plane of Pilot Charles H. Ames will be preserved imbedded in rock atop Nittany mountain as a monument following his death in the accident.
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Bellefonte
Liberty
Charles H. Ames
Nittany Mountain
Panama Chief Dismisses Half Police Force
President Chiari dismissed all officers and half the police in Panama City after riots, citing a failure to uphold duty. The move targets the force's leadership and aims to restore order amid unrest.
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Panama
Panama City
Chiari
Diamond Dyes Color Guide for All Fabrics
Diamond Dyes promises easy, clear directions so any woman can dye soft shades or rich permanent colors in lingerie silk ribbons skirts waists dresses coats stockings sweaters draperies and hangings. It advises telling the druggist the material wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Suburban Life Humble Exchange on Bird Houses
A light suburban vignette centers on a playful exchange about birds and bird houses. Tommy is asked if he has 44y birds in his nests, he replies not yet, though several funny lines suggest local humor and gentle mischief.
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Tommy
Bayer aspirin safety claim and counterfeit warning
The ad warns buyers to seek Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. It cautions against imitations and urges saying Bayer when buying.
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Bayer
aAdy
Corn Flake Griddle Cakes and Skincare Ad Mix
A cracked recipe notes Corn Flake Griddle Cakes using corn flakes flour milk sugar and baking powder with butter and salt, advising to dry moist cereal and substitute with any crisp cereal. An adjacent beauty ad touts Cuticura Soap and Talcum for clear skin, promising a pleasant fragrance.
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Acadeanieet Ouivey
John
Dickinson
Sherman
Washington, D. C
Sim
West Ridge
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Kilauea
Hawaii National Park
Canada
Mexico
LACE
Diana
Converse Rubber Show CO
W. Jackson Blvd
Chicago, MI
Converse
Robers
Bobby
United States Rubber Company
Andv
Burgess Flashlights
Vane Pegsey
Burcess Battery Company
Chicago
Canadien
Niagara Falls
Wir
Pep
Ford
Champion Spark Play Co
Toledo
Ghia Windsor
Ont
Parts
City Rug Manufacturing Co
Sale Carn St
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