Byrd Transatlantic Flight Radio Auxiliary Details
The National Geographic bulletin outlines Commander Byrd and crew using the America radio setup for continuous automatic signals during the flight. It describes weight, range estimates by day and night, transmission on 690 meters with a switch to 60 meters, and emergency underwater operation with a kite-supported antenna and bright banner for visibility.
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Aff
Richard E. Byrd
Atlantic
America
Byrd
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Malcolm P. Hanson
L. A. Hyland
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
Byrd Radio Outfit
Neville
Plucky 14 year old saves a man at Gravesend Bay
The New York Herald Tribune recounts how Lisa Lindstrom a fourteen year old champion of the Women's Swimming Association rescued a drowning man at Gravesend Bay. Her swift actions saved the big swimmer and impressed spectators proving swimming training benefits. Monroe could use a similar pool to foster fitness and competition.
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New York City
New York Herald-Tribune
Gravesend Bay
Lisa Lindstrom
Women's Swimming Association
Monroe
Prejudice and Opinion in Dunn Case at Lake Charles
State wide attention surrounds the Dunn case after a habeas corpus petition was heard and denied by Judge Ben C. Dawkins in federal court. The article notes sharp public splits on innocence and guilt, urging juror selection caution and clearer public understanding.
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Lake Charles
Monroe
Ben C. Dawkins
Federal Court
Dunn Brothers
Louisiana
Advertising and a cautionary tale of crime and ambition
The piece argues newspaper advertising as the direct buyer seller link in modern life. It then reports the capture and life sentence of the D Autremont brothers and Matthew Kimes, noting their imprisonment and fate as a warning. It ends with a fable urging young men to choose the path to happiness and success.
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Egeller
Bastrop editorial laments Ruston Tribune's brief life
The Bastrop Enterprise editorially condemns the Ruston Parish Tribune for its short existence in Ruston. It argues newspapers need capital and influence to survive the first months and praises the Ruston Leader as the established, beneficial daily serving the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop Enterprise
Lincoln Parish Tribune
Ruston
Tribune
Leader
Woman Driver Narrative Raises Laughs on Domestic War Zones
A 1927 King Features strip critiques driving mishaps by a wife behind the wheel. The tale playfully quips about clutches, gears, and left turns as a husband laments mishaps and delays, framing road errors as humorous battles in married life.
Explorers Set From Waxcasset Maine on Far North Quest
Donald MacMillan leads the Bowdoin and Radio from Waxcasset Maine on a Labrador interior foray. Twelve crew will use a permanent Radio station at Kowk for a year to study fisheries botany and geology. Bowdoin frozen at Lavrador. Radio returns to New England in fall.
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Donald MacMillian
Waxcasset
Maine
Bowdoin
Radio
Lavrador
New England
Early Urinary Tract Disease Warning and Diagnosis
The article stresses early urine examination to detect kidney and bladder diseases. It explains use of cystoscopy and x rays to locate disease, notes that early diagnosis can enable curative removal of kidney cancer or tuberculosis, and warns pain in the back is not a reliable sign. It urges consulting a medical adviser at first signs of abnormal urine.
Today's Anniversaries From 1768 to 1925 Events
A list of historical anniversaries notes deaths and events: 1844 Jervis Cutler died in Evansville born 1768 Edgartown. 1869 Florida Governor Reed special election on West Florida annexation to Alabama. 1275 Obadiah McFadden died Olympia born 1816. 1878 Mercedes first Queen of Alfonso XII died Madrid born 1360. 1886 Emanuel of Aosta and Helene of Orleans marriage in England. 1896 Sir Samuel Tilley died St John. 1917 British push Germans Lena front. 1925 Nova Scotia Conservative landslide win.
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Jervis Cutler
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Edgartown
Mass
Reed
Florida
West Florida
Alabama
Obadiah B. McFadden
Washington Territory
Congress
Olympia
Washington County
Mercedes
Alfonso XII
Spain
Madrid
Seville
Prince Emanuel of
Aosta
Italy
Helene of Orleans
England
Samuel Leonard Tilley
St. John
N. B
Lena
Conservative Party
Nova Scotia
Crusty motorists dodge police on Ohio roads
Police across towns from Cleveland to Toledo report telegrams from Detroit seeking police motorcycle escorts for Lindbergh and his mother. A car carrying a young man an elderly woman and a boy was granted the right of way amid the confusion.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Here
Toledo
Detroit
Lindbergh
Fifteen Years Ago News From Monroe Area
Items from June 25, 1912 list visits of Mrs Clayton Johnston and son to Arkansas City Miss Beatrice Faulk home from Texas Mrs Henry Bernstein and sons in Winnfield Mrs William Clark visiting Fort Worth Mrs Phil Chauvy to entertain Five Hundred club Friday Miss Ollie Spiers visiting Mrs J M Muholland Kate Mandel to Shreveport W A Myatt fishing at Captain Myatt's plantation Mrs Charles Stewart and baby back from Misses Miller Montgomery A E DeGraffenreid of Atlanta visiting W H De Graffenreid Mrs King of San Antonio visiting in Shreveport guest of Mrs Guy P Stubbs Lelia Ducerneau of Natchitoches to Monroe guest of Miss Camille Parker Dr L C George and Morgan George to Cincinnati for auto purchase Miss Wilson of Clarksville Tenn to visit Miss Minnie Wood Cassel Aggar in Hutchinson Kansas delight with position King Daughters meeting moved to 4 PM Thursday.
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Clayton Johnston
Little Son
Arkansas City
Beatrice Faulk
Texas
Henry Bernstein
Milling
Henry
Winnfield
William Clark
Fort Worth
Phil Chauviy
Five Hundred Club
Ollie Spiers
Delhi
Mis
J. M. Munholland
West Monroe
Kate Mandel
Shreveport
W. A. Myatt
Captain Myatt
Charles Stewart
Baby
W. H. DeGraffenreid
Mrs. King
San Antonio
Guy P. Stubbs
Lelia Ducerneau
Natchitoches
Monroe
Camille Parker
L. C. George
Morgan George
Cincinnati
Wilson
Clarksville
Man's Ancestry From Apehood Proved Says Keith
Professor Sir Arthur Keith argues Darwin's theory is confirmed with evidence of a common ancestor with anthropoid apes. He will address the British Association in Leeds on Darwin's descent, stating humanity's history is being rewritten and that chimpanzee blood reacts like human blood.
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London
Sir Arthur Keith
Royal College of Surgeons
Arthur Keith
Leeds
British Association
Darwin
Nuttall
Mesmeric patience and moral peril in a cobbler shop scene
A narrator warns of the temptations around waiting stalls, detailing how men are half-sold by fortune seekers in cobbler corners and dining halls. He cites a wealthy man’s rapid downfall after a weekend spree and a general metaphor of trading one’s soul for gold as temptations loom in public venues. The piece uses allegory to warn against vice.
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Lucifer
Paradise
Birthdays of John Dillon Burke Bernard
John Dillon veteran Irish Nationalist leader born in Ireland is 76 today. Jeremiah E. Burke Boston public schools superintendent born in Frankfort Maine is 69 today. Dorothy Bernard actress born in Port Elizabeth Cape Colony is 87 today.
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John Dillon
Ireland
Jeremiah E. Burke
Boston
Frankfort
Maine
Dorothy Bernard
Port Eliabeth
Cape Colony
Bond's Bladder Remedy Promoted for Weakness
An old advertisement urges readers to visit a drugstore for Bond's Bladder Remedy to relieve urinary symptoms. It claims benefits for bladder weakness, pain, frequent urination, nocturnal urination, and dribbling, especially in elderly users, with price details and mail order noted.
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Bond
Pharmacy Co. Littie He ‘Aoa
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Shreveport Journal
Medbury
War Department
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Simon Levin
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Houghton, Mich
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Crusty
Alexander Cairns
Citinene
P. A. Poag
Heinemann Moto
Kaliski Music Company
Monroe Steam Laundry
Tri-State Transit CO
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el Dorado
Interurban Transportation ,Co
Alexandria
South Grand 87
R. J. Walker
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