Haddock Supplants Cod as New England Fish King
The National Geographic Society reports haddock now dominates New England landings, surpassing cod in pounds and value. Historical notes trace cod’s rise and decline from early voyages and preservation methods, with haddock advantage due to proximity and ice preservation enabling widespread distribution.
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Boston
Hall of Representatives
Statehouse
National Geographic Society
New England
Ehlet
Society
Jacques Cartier
Francis I
France
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Charles Lamb
Findon
Aberdeen
Scotland
America
Haddock
Georgia
Great South Channel
Grand Banks
Germans Study High Air in Big Balloon
In Friedrichshafen Germany the Zeppelin Construction company conducts tests on the largest balloon yet built to study atmospheric currents at high altitudes and effects on humans and motors. The craft with eight thousand cubic feet of gas capacity and eight foot diameter carries four passengers and a small motor in a gondola. It is named for Bartach von Siegfeld, a pioneer of scientific aeronautics killed in 1902 in Holland.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Construction Company
Bartach von Siegfeld
Holland
London Receives Five-Pound Pale Blue Topaz
A topaz weighing just over five pounds joins a national museum collection in South Kensington London. The stone is water clear with a pale blue tint and was found in Madagascar. Its crystal faces show complex pyramids and growth lines, illustrating abrupt arrest of growth in a well formed crystal.
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London
South Kensington
Madagascar
700 Year Old Bell Rings in Saleby Sweden
A seven hundred year old church bell in Saleby, a village in western Sweden, continues to ring each Sunday. The bell bears an inscription reading Atta Gibbor Leolam Adonai and is dated 1288, with A G L A letters preceding the devotion.
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Stockholm
Saleby
Sweden
Real Helpmate Sydney Woman Halts Prison Escape
Mrs Hugh McKay of Sydney is praised as a real helpmate after she stopped three prisoners from escaping by firing a pistol at them as they overpowered an assistant. The incident halted the escape and highlighted her quick action.
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Sydney
Hugh McKay
If Sir John Ervine Would Bar Women Under Forty
London gossip notes that Sir John Ervine, the English dramatist, says he would permit no woman under forty to enter a theater. The remark, shared in a casual discussion, reflects his views on theater audiences and gender.
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London
John Ervine
Famous American Duels Across Centuries and Notable Fights
A historical survey of duels from early Europe to the United States. It recounts Johnson and Boswell debating honor versus self defense, Henry Clay’s stance, Randolph’s refusals, Wilkinson's postings, and pivotal duels involving Clinton Swartout Burr Hamilton Green and others, showing evolving attitudes toward honor and violence.
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London
Oglethorpe
Georgia
Snelling
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Goldsmith
Johnson
Henry Clay
Humphrey Marshall
John Randolph
Doctor Johnson
United States Senate
Clay
Randolph
Gen
James Wilkingon
Congress
Poltroon
Wilkinson
Virginia
Nathaniel Green
Gunn
Green
Sam Houston
Fabius Stanley
Zechariah Johnston
United States
Johnston
Stanley
Washington
Navy
Harney
Summer
John S. Wise
Page McCarty
McCarty
Walter Raleigh
Europe
France
le Eanes BS
Early public recreation spaces in American history
The piece traces early public recreation efforts from Boston common acquired in 1684 to colonial 1641 fishing and fowling reservations of great ponds, noting Yosemite as the first large state park set aside for recreation. It mentions congressional transfer of Yosemite to California in 1865 and its later return to federal control.
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Louis XIV
France
United States
South
California
Army
Navy
John Swartout
Clinton
Aaron Burr
DeWitt Clinton
New York
George Clinton
New York Provincial Congress
Continental Army
Republican Party
New York City
Clifton
Burr
Swartout
Boston Common
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Yosemite
Congress
Afghan King Amanullah lifts veil during Europe visit
Washington reports Amanullah Khan ruler of Afghanistan travels with unveiled wife and daughter marking a step toward ended isolation. The World War era country maintains strict social codes with veiled upper-class women and a restricted monarchy since 1922 shifting to a constitutional king.
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Washington
Europe
Amanullah Khan
Afghanistan
National Geographic Society
Mecca
Constantinople
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Khyber Pass
Hen Produces 303 Eggs in Year at University of Maine
A Rhode Island red hen named C-253 at the University of Maine poultry houses set Maine egg records with a yearly total of 303 eggs. Hatch year 1926 she began with 25 eggs in September and 21 in October before a steady 22 to 26 eggs monthly, with breeders hoping descendants may exceed her feat.
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Drone
Maine
Rhode Island
University of Maine
Bow Legs Tied to Brains, Says Physician at Forum
New York reports Dr. Joseph Interland told a semiannual forum that bow legs signal health and brains. Citing Pediatrists' research, he listed famous bow-legged men including Julius Caesar Washington Roosevelt Churchill Mussolini Chaplin Ziegfeld Rogers Ruth.
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New York
Joseph Interland
Research Association
Pediatrists’ Association
Julius Caesar
William the Conqueror
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiser Wilhelm
Benito Mussolini
Charlie Chaplin
Florenz Ziegfeld
Will Rogers
Babe Ruth
Doctor Irerland
Situations of Women to Be Studied at Meet
A study on the comparative status of women in official European positions will be presented at the Pacific women's conference in Honolulu next August. Undertaken by the joint committee of Shanghai women's organizations, the study also covers the status of women in Pacific countries to foster goodwill among Pacific women.
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Washington
Honolulu
Joint Committee of Shanghai
China
Pacific
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