Early dreams of flight trace to ancient times and Da Vinci
A compilation notes airflight ideas dating back before Christ with Archytas and Greek scholars, then Leonardo da Vinci and Roger Bacon shaping wings and air movement. It covers Montgolfier and Rozier’s 1783 hot air balloon experiments, including the first ascent and later flight details.
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New York
Archytas
Tarentum
Gellius
Favorinus
Ovid
Lenatus
Columbus
America
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo
Roger Bacon
Bacon
Montgolfier Brothers
Pilatre de Roasler
Fish Liars Club Now Issuing Liar's License
The Liars club of Waterloo New York begins issuing liar's licenses after attorney W Fred Bacon returns from Florida with a tale and photos of catching 88 fish weighing 100 pounds in one day. The club awards him a card of honor, and later approves a season long permit for members to falsify about fishing with the grand seal of Ananias.
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Waterloo
N. Y
Liars Club of
W. Fred Bacon
Florida
Liars Club
Ananias
Link Ancient Egypt China in Snake Rites
Sweden's Prof J G Anderson argues Stone Age Chinese worshipped snakes like Egyptians Mesopotamians Persians and Turkestanis based on a Chinese grave urn cover showing a braided snake design around the head and down the back, resembling North African and Near Eastern snake patterns.
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Egypt
China
Stockholm
Mesopotamia
Persia
Russian Turkestan
J. G. Anderson
Sweden
Professor Anderson
Anderson
Africa
Near East
Famous geysers are active again in Yellowstone park
Washington reports say two large Yellowstone geysers the Giant and the Giantess have renewed notable activity after years of quiet. The Giantess erupted twice this year with one event lasting over four hours and reached 200 to 250 feet, while the Giant reached 180 to 200 feet and lasted 62 minutes. A new unnamed geyser also shows continuous activity with eruptions every ten to fourteen hours, ejecting about 700000 gallons per four and a half hour eruption.
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Washington
Yellowstone National Park
Department of the Interior
Escaped Monkey Delights Train Crew on Nevada Run
In Reno the tale of a runaway monkey aboard Southern Pacific No. 9 unfolds as the ape leaps across baggage cars while the 60 mph train barrels east. The creature survived a 200 mile spree through Lakeside and Carlin before being recaptured and placed aboard No. 19 bound for San Francisco.
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Reno
Nev
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Ogden
Lakeside
Carlin
Mr. Monk
San Francisco
Assiniboia Indians Fight U S Over $17 Million
Havre Mont Assiniboia Indians step up an intensive legal battle to recover 17 million dollars they claim the United States owes under the 1851 treaty for unpaid annuities and unoccupied lands. Everett Sanders, ex secretary to President Coolidge, leads the effort after James Good left to join Hoover's cabinet.
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Havre
Mont
Assiniboia
United States
Everett Sanders
Coolidge
James Good
Hoover
Dogs name trends shift in Bridgeport licenses
Bridgeport dog owners increasingly choose more distinguished names. Records show "Lindy" and "Mussolini" gaining popularity and threatening to eclipse former favorite "Ido" as the go to pet names in the city.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mussolini
Coeds Favor English, Men Favor Economics in Ivy League Survey
A Cambridge Radcliffe and Harvard study shows 28 percent of Radcliffe women concentrating in English while 17 percent of Harvard men major in economics. Harvard students lean economics at about 17 percent, Radcliffe women under 8 percent.
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Cambridge
Mass
Starvard
Radcliffe
Harvard
Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertised for indigestion relief
The ad promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a perfect anti acid to soothe sour stomachs after heavy meals. It claims medical endorsement and widespread use, emphasizing the Phillips name as the genuine product and noting its trademark status since 1875.
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Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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