Arctic Expedition Ends after Four Years of Exploration
Dr Rudolph Anderson returns to New York with Stefansson after a four and a half year Arctic expedition for the American Museum of Natural History and the Canadian Geological Survey. The team collected 1000 specimens including rare Barren Land bears and a diverse bird list, noting copper tools among blond Eskimos and crossing the Mackenzie region amid harsh conditions.
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New York
Ltudolph Anderson
Stefansson-Anderson
Arctic
American Museum of Natural History
Canadian Geological Survey
Villjamur Stefansson
Anderson
Coronation Gulf
Victoria Island
Mackenzie Territory
Maninland
Barren Island
Lapland
Viccinity
Stefansson
Bailie Island
Belvedere
Bedford
R. L
Atlantic
San Franciaco
Perfumes by Hypodermic Fashion in Paris
Fashionable Parisians adopt scent by injection with attar of roses violet and cherry blossom noted as favorites. A popular actress sparked the trend by declaring her skin saturated with Avon within forty eight hours after an injection.
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Attar
Air boat for the Navy Burgess designs unusual hydroaeroplane
W Starling Burgess at Marblehead is building a Navy department ordered air boat with a single hull float housing pilot and passenger. The upper wing warps across its entire surface for lateral balance, supported by Burgess’ novel top-wing mechanism to preserve control and stability on water.
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W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Navy Department
Burgess
New Army Shoe Approved After Board Tests at Fort Leavenworth
The Secretary of War endorsed the recommendations of a Fort Leavenworth board selecting a single tan shoe for all needs. The shoe, built on one last, fits infantry feet with more space above the toe and secure lacing to prevent slipping, simplifying purchase, storage and issue.
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Endicott Mountains
Yukon
Flaxman Island
Secretary of War
Board of Experts
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Seventh Infantry
Separates blood of races and criminology claims
Denver doctor and Japanese consul Dr A L Bennett declares he can distinguish dried blood drops by race Oriental, Negro or white. His tests, linked to a murder case, have been used in trials and may influence criminology and forensic science.
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Denver
A. L. Bennett
Bennett
West
Gyako Mitsunaga
Katherine Wilson
Surplus Expenditures Show Americans Spending Outside Food
A report from the American Federation of Sex Hygiene details Americans yearly surplus spending in items like intoxicating liquors two billion dollars and tobacco one point two billion, plus jewelry eight hundred million automobiles five hundred million confectionery two hundred million soft drinks one million tea and coffee one hundred million millinery ninety million patent medicine eighty million chewing gum thirteen million. Church contributions at home total about two hundred fifty million and foreign missions twelve million. The YMCA of Philadelphia has started a practical laundering school for members as part of its curriculum.
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American Federation of Sex Hygiene
Washington
Philadelphia
Cautious Jeweler and Mismatched Engagement Tale
Confused exchanges reveal a cautious jeweler and a young man facing a proposed match. A joke about initials and a friend’s sympathetic input hint at a minor romance entanglement and social restraint.
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George
Grace
Gertrude
Washington Star
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Calico
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Place, New England
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Willie Jones
Zeke Swift
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Harry Austin the Fun Maker
Merkel Harder Stock Co
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Daily Record
Brance
Piercis
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Spat
Weinstein
Einstein & Co
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Reliable Moderate Price Jewelry Store
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Asbury Park
Red Bank
Lemaistre Lace & Embroidery CO
Cookman Ave
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