Earth dwarfed by giants in grand planetary comparison
A retro space era piece notes comparisons between Earth and other planets. Jupiter towers over Earth, Neptune and Uranus loom large, with Uranus visible to keen observers. The article concludes Earth is larger than Mars and Mercury, but still tiny beside the gas giants and the combined planetary mass.
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Jupiter
Neptune
Solar System
Uranus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Death of Lady Colvin Ties To Literary Past
The eighty year old Frances Jane Featherstonhaugh, known as Lady Colvin, recently died leaving a life intertwined with letters and authors. She inspired Robert Louis Stevenson and shared years with Sir Sidney Colvin, linking Northumbrian and Irish lineage to London's literary circles.
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Colvin
KR. L. Stevenson
Edinburgh Scotsman
Stevenson
Lady Colvin
Frances Jane Featherstonhaugh
Ireland
Sitwell
East End
John Richard Green
H. R. Howels
Sidney Colvin
London
Maps Show Nervousness and the Voice
A report explains that machines can graph voices as wavy lines like maps. Expert D B W Scripture shows nervousness alters voice tonality and that voice pictures may help diagnose disorders. A voice photographing camera could become common in modern medical practice.
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D. BE. W. Scripture
Chigre Pigs Seen by Indiana Child During Blackberry Day
A Indiana mother returns home from blackberry picking with several chigre bites. Iodine used for treatment. three year old Betty watches spots, then traveling with her father she spots white pigs with sandy snots of hair and shouts that there are chigre pigs.
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Indiana
Betty
Indianapolis News
Dapper Joke Reveals Wife Left Then Returned
A Louisville Courier Journal quip has a boss remarking to Jim that his wife left him. Jim confirms the divorce, notes she returned, and explains she left believing she was too good for him only to find she wasn't good enough for the movies.
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Jim
Louisville Courier- Journal
Digging to Earth's Core Prompts Finance Debate
Sir Charles Parsons proposes sinking a 10 to 12 mile deep shaft to explore Earth's interior, arguing $100 million and 50 years could reveal new elements and energy sources. Critics warn heat, ventilation, and logistical challenges limit depth and feasibility.
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Sir Charles
New York
Engineers’club
Luigi Luiggi
Society of Italian Engineers
John Dickinson Sherman
Charles A. Parsons
England
Great Britain
Charles
Parsons
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
C. B
M. A
D. Se
F. R
Earl of
Rosse
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Katmai National Monument
Alaska
Mount
Katmai
Yellowstone National Park
Halemaumau
Kilauea
Hawaii National Park
Mount Everest
India
China
Dead Sea
Palestine
United States
Mount Whitney
California
Death Valley
Pacific
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
Crater Lake
Crater
Colorado River
Lake National Park
Oregon
Mount Mazama
Longs Peak
King of the Rockies
Rocky Mountain National Park
St. John del Rey
Brazil
Transvaal
Fairmount
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Germany
Comstock Lode
Virginia City
Nev
British Association
Cape
Silesia
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Arthur Selwyn Brown
New York Herald-Tribune
Charles Parsons
Love of Bush Strong in Average Australian
The term bush holds different meanings across Australia from coast to desert. Writers note the word as more than a shrub, symbolizing vast landscapes, starry skies, and personal memories from scrub country, plains of New South Wales, red gums of Queensland, and distant central deserts.
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Estenca
Australia
New South Wales
Center
Christian Science Monitor
City to Honor Jenny Lind Statue in Battery Park
The Jenny Lind Association plans a full length statue in Battery Park near the Aquarium to mark her one hundred fifth birthday on October 6 1925 and the seventy fifth anniversary of her first American appearance on September 11 1850. Jenny Lind becomes New Yorks second female statue and joins a roster of celebrated musicians with busts or monuments in Central Park Prospect Park Riverside Drive and Broadway.
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Jenny Lind
Battery Park
Aquarium
Castle Garden
America
New York
Hall of Fame
Joan of Arc
Riverside Drive
Beethoven
Mall
Central Park
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Mozart, von Weber and
Grieg
Verdi
Upper Broadway
Censor Battles at Venice Beach Fashion Show
A Los Angeles Times report recalls a beachside costume display where a duty officer challenged a heavyweight flapper about her attire. The exchange escalated as the flapper resisted and dismissed the watchdog, highlighting tensions over public decency and censorship at the beach.
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Venice
Los Angeles Times
Conductor Rescues Handkerchief Aboard Detroit Car
A Detroit News item recalls a Jefferson avenue streetcar incident where a conductor, stepping into the street, picked up an elderly woman’s dropped handkerchief and returned it before signaling full speed. An observer quips the moment proves chivalry endures.
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Jefferson Avenue
Detroit News
Radio via Tree Branches A New Ranger Link
Washington forest rangers find that tree branches can replace wires to send radio signals over two to three miles. By driving a copper nail into a tree and connecting the transmitter, they aim to boost range and improve contact between ranger stations.
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State of
Washington
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