Asked and Answered Questions on Automobiles and Geography
Readers submit queries on the origin of steam and gasoline automobiles, compass theory, Cuba as the Pearl of the Antilles, fool's gold, Albuquerque’s name origin, and a Shakespeare line. The piece blends historic auto progress, navigation facts, and literary trivia in a Q and A format.
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Bessemer
Galdsworth Gurney
England
Encyclopedia Brittannica
Thomas Blanchard
Springfield
Massachusetts
S H Roper
Roxbury
United States
Europe
Paris
Henry
Atlantic
Otr
Pacifec
Antilles
West India Islands
Bahamas
Greater Antilles
Cuba
Jamba Haiti
Porto Rico
Lesser Antilles
St. Thomas
Spain
West Indies
Gulf of Vexiio
Havana
Central America
The
Albuquerque
The Dark Room Confronts a Terrifying Night
In a tense scene Verity Campbell seeks safety as Renshaw batters a locked door to reach her. The duo confront fear in near pitch darkness while Jenks recounts near tragedy and a dramatic rescue unfolds as Morris and others are awaited.
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Renshaw
Alda
Verity Campbell
Morris
Veriy
Jenks
Verity
Phils
Madame Hvyvester
Whitehite
Jenk
Miss Campbell
Ragtime Era Term Origins in 19th Century Music
A neighborhood note traces ragtime as a descriptor once used for melodies performed by Southern Black musicians. It explains ragged time and its roots as an adjective describing rhythmic music from that era.
Progress on National Cathedral at Mount St Albans
The National Cathedral in Washington on Mount St Albans is one eighth finished. A camera view into the sanctuary apse reveals burials of Admiral Dewey, Woodrow Wilson, Henry Vaughan of Boston, and several Protestant Episcopal bishops. Workmen who built the cathedral donated the flag above the apse.
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National Cathedral
Mount St. Albans
Washington
Bethlehem Chapel
Admiral Dewey
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Vaughan
Boston
Protestant Episcopal Church
Radio Waves sent 1000 Miles Through Earth
Dr J Harris Hagers of Uyattsville Md demonstrated underground radio transmission using about two amperes of current. The transmitter radiated signals through the earth for more than 1000 miles.
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J. Harris Hagers
Uyattsville
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U. S. Press Association
Continental Trust
Bu'ding
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Attenton
Henry Ford
Pearl of the Antilles
Francis “of Cuervey Valdex
New Mexico
Alburquay
Que
New Spain
Duke of
Alburquerque
Ers Allen
Shakespeare
Elizabeth Jordan
Century Co
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Sasi Dratesi
Genatag
Ph. Miller
Army
Navy
Hawaiian Waters
Earth
Clara Barton
Clara Marton
American Red Cross
Ger Age
Glen Kehoe
Aid
Atrs
Mabelle Raweon Ion
Julian B. Hubbell
Ming Barton
Hubbell
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Spit
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