Desert artist claims gold strike near Death Valley
Neil Ashley, a Los Angeles desert artist, arrives at the Biltmore hotel with sacks of supposed gold and says he found a rich vein of free gold and lead in the Death Valley area above Barstow while painting in the General Mountains. He reports attaining the discovery after descending the mountains at sunset.
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Neil Ashley
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Barstow
Ashley
Guneral
Director of Fleet Consolidation at Merchant Fleet
A. Dalton, president, announced consolidation of the fleet and operation departments of the Merchant Fleet corporation and appointed B. A. Kelley as director of operations.
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Merchant Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board Fleet Corporation
B. A. Kelley
A. ©. Dalton
Million Dollar Dream Turns Photo Booth Into Charity Plan
Anatel Josepho, an émigré from Omsk, reveals he will share half of a one million dollar windfall from his Photomaton venture with inventors and charity. The Broadway studio project, backed by Henry Morgenthau and a board including James Bord, Raymond Small, and John Underwood, captures more than a photo. it aims to fund further invention.
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New York
China
Elase Broadway
Anatel Josepho
Ellis Island
Josepho
Photomaton, Inc
Omsk
Siberia
Prague
Turkey
Stberia
Japan
Henry Morgenthau
Broadway
Governor Smith
Mr. Morgenthau
Raymond B. Small
Postum Cereal Company
James G. Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
John T. Underwood
Underwood Typewriters Company
Codling Moth Runs Through Walnut Orchards in California
California walnut growers face widespread codling moth damage. A California Experiment Station study shows moths move between apples and walnuts, with 31 percent infestation in one orchard. Early June spraying with basic arsenate of lead is recommended. dusting less effective. Apple trees near walnuts now considered dangerous to California’s key crop.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Europe Falls Short in Birth Rates Boosts France
Europe witnesses falling birth rates across nations with France no longer alone in decline. 1925 figures show France at 18.07 births per 1000, Sweden 17.5, England weaker, and Germany down from 35.7 to 20.5, while Switzerland also trending downward.
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Paris
France
Sweden
England
Germany
Asia
Switzerland
Coats of Cat For Leningrad U S R
The state clothing syndicate offers 50 cents for each cat offered to supply fur for coats in Leningrad U S S R. The program aims to obtain cats for fur as prices rise or fall.
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Leningrad
U. S
S. R
Quick Lunch: Columbia Student Finishes Meal in Six Minutes
A Columbia student completed a hot roast beef sandwich, potatoes and apple pie in six minutes and three seconds. He washed it down with a glass of milk while studying.
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New York
Columbia
Frontier Town Restored to Honor Northwest Mission
New Philadelphia Ohio prepares to rebuild Schoenbrun to replica. A 25 000 dollar state appropriation funds restoration after earlier 10 000 and 7 500 grants by the legislature, honoring Moravian mission founder Zeisberger and the first church and school in the Northwest Territory.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
Schoenbrun
Northwest Territory
America
Northwest
Eighty
Frontier
Eighty-Fifth General Assembly
Tuscarawas County Historical Society
Kighty-sixth General Assembly
J. E. Weinland
Dover
Bethlehem
Wilderness
David Zeisberger
Pennsylvania
Virgin Country
Doctor Weinland
Zeisberger
Hammocks Urged for Beds in French Flats
Paris reports hammock use emerging in crowded apartments as a space saving bed option. City authorities weigh public institution adoption while periodicals urge hammock adoption in modest homes to reduce expense.
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Paris
France
Sunlight Harmful to Young Fish in Hatchery Tests
Experiments at a Vermont hatchery reported to the United States Bureau of Fisheries show sunlight increases mortality among young fish. In troughs exposed to direct sun nearly twice as many young fish died compared with shaded troughs, with results consistent across ages and species.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Washington
Vermont
United States Bureau of Fisheries
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Yangtee River
Chicago
Weat Harrison Street
Detroit
Frank R. Loomis
Gertrude Newell
Doctor Loomis
Loomis
Europe
Frontier Town
Schoenbrun, Ohio
Zelsberger
Mioelfords
ToLe
S. Onid
Burlington
Houston
Galveston
Aeocons
Green
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury, N. J
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