Where Columbus Landed by Richard Walliburton
The author, aboard a seaplane, argues Watling's Island as Columbus San Salvador, tracing old logs, the 1492 landing, and the buried remains tale. He links the desert island's reefed coast, the harbor, and the Bahamas legends to a modern search, recounting the casket discovery in Santo Domingo and the Havana transfer.
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Atlantic
Columbus
Guanahani
San Salvador
Island
Columous
Fray Las Casas
Rodrigo
Coristendom
Bahamas
Watling
New World
Santa Maria
Valladolid
Diego Columbus
Santo Domingo
Spain
Havana
D. de la A
Ate
Rudolf Cronau
America
Almirante
Cristoval Colon
Dan Cristovel Colon
Don Cristobal Colon
Hlusarious
Christopher Columbus
Sento Domingo
Ballooning politics and prairie schooner nostalgia
A column riffs on post election balloon-popping public talk and the idea of a future president facing pressure to run again. It recalls prairie schooner days with a weathered Montana wagons tale and notes on aging leaders, generals, and the shifting tone of public life.
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Montana
Conestoga
South Bend
Murphy
Studebaker
Helvering and Angell Move Through Loopholes
Statesmen navigate tax loopholes as Guy T. Helvering, confirmed as internal revenue chief, faces senatorial scrutiny over a tax break for Slim Jim Oil & Gas. Yale’s R James Angell shifts to NBC as educational counselor, leaving Yale leadership to focus on radio strategy and public interest.
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New York
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Slim Jim Oil & Gas Company
Congressional Investigation Committee
Roswell Foster Magill
Au‘thor
Helvering
Kansas
Congress
Hastings, Couzens
Farley
Internal Revenue Post
Woodring
Democratic State Committee
Felicity
Ohio
University of Michigan
Marshall County
Kan
Washington
R. James Rowland Angell
Yale
National Broadcasting Company
L. R. Lohr
NBC
Broadcasting
Odd Belief About Blood Among Goajiro Indians
Collier's Weekly reports that the Goajiro Indians of Colombia hold that a person's blood belongs to his mother and relatives. as a result a man must compensate them for the loss of their blood when he injures himself.
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Colombia
Collier's Weekly
Zurich Forest History Describes Long Wood Production
The City forest of Zurich in Sweden produced wood for more than a thousand years with extensive harvesting over centuries, shaping the city’s economy and resources. The long woodland history highlights centuries of timber supply and municipal impact.
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Zurich
Ammonis for Bee Sing Ammonia In Solutions
Ammonia solution used in bee care discussed in a brief note. The text references Ammonis for Bee sing Ammonia in ind solutions with a colored sentence.
Items of Interest to the Housewife from WNU Service
Practical kitchen tips and homemaking notes cover browning biscuits turning drawers free of sticking with black lead, turnip and cheese bake recipes, keeping brown sugar lump free, cabbage cooking guidance, neutralizing paint odors, quick oven heating, and piano cleaning using a suction cleaner with methylated spirit and chamois polish.
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WNU
Baskets of Lace For Chair Set
Crochet pattern 1437 offers a simple filet crochet project for a chair set and buffet. It outlines charts, directions, material needs, and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft pen 82 Eighth Ave New York.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft
Eighth Ave
New York
U S Postal Camels Try Deserts In 1854
The Post Office bought camels in Egypt and Asia Minor for 20008 to transport mail across Western deserts. Harsh desert surfaces damaged their feet and leather boots failed. The plan was eventually abandoned.
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U. S
Post Office Department
Egypt
Asia Minor
Arizona
California
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Omething
Tessie
Lemuel F. Parton
Ian
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Europe
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