Spanish Explorers Found the Valley of Mexico a Real New World Venice
National Geographic Society review of Mexico City’s Aztec origins and modern cityscape. It contrasts Tecpan with the cathedral Sagrario and Montezuma palace, notes Chinampas floating gardens, Tenochtitlan’s rise under Itzcoatl and Maxc tl, and the city’s blend of ancient glories with 20th century modernity.
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Valley of
Mexico
New World
Venice
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Exico City
National Palace
Cortez
Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Montezuma
Diego Rivera
America
Europe
Chapultepec
Acolhuaats Ai Vanecatupeth
Xochimilco
Montezuma II
Vera Cruz
Guatemala
Oil Growth Lifts Kansas Farmers Amid Drought Era
Kansas oil industry expands rapidly with 18 195 producing wells as of March 1 and potential output over 3 million barrels daily. State officials note oil profit helps farmers pay debts, with 1937 royalty payments near 400 000 and expected higher production this year across numerous counties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Corporation Commission
Homer Hoch
Corporation Commission
Russell
Rice
Ellsworth
Barton
Rush
Ellis
Rooks
Trego
Ness
Scott, Clark
Edwards
Pawnee
Pratt
Barber
Kingman
Reno
Hoch
Barbara Bell Summer and Spring Pattern Book Preview
Barbara Bell outlines two fashion patterns for women and a girl with details on flaring skirts puffed sleeves and boleros. It includes sew charts fabric requirements in yards for sizes listed and invites readers to order the Spring and Summer Pattern Book with 109 designs for 15 cents each from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
A Jitty Knit Blouse Pattern 1709 For Two Pieces
Simple two piece blouse pattern 1709 for sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with plain knitted skirt. Large four strand yarns and basic stitches shown with illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Gold Rush Camp Growing Into Big Canadian Town
Zeballos British Columbia expands from tents to permanent frames as a 16 room hotel and three restaurants rise along the main street. The town serves 375 miners and six women with thrice monthly steamer service and an upcoming seaplane float. over 1,200 claims staked since 1935 and ten major developments underway.
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Zeballos
B. C
British Columbia
Maquinna
Moisture Storage Seen for Arid Dakota Lands
Farmers in western North Dakota report abundant rains and snows since last summer, building subsoil reserves against drought. The mood has brightened and prospects for a good growing season are favorable.
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Dakota
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Father 70 Greets Storks 30th Visit in Benton
William T. Willis of Benton Illinois aged seventy has welcomed his thirtieth child with the birth of a son at his home. This marks the eleventh birth with his fourth wife, forty five, and follows a life that saw him outlive three wives and sixteen children.
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Benton
Ill
William T. Willis
Willis
Into the City Class Census Rules for Towns
The census bureau classifies a town as a city when its population hits 2,500. A city is an incorporated place with 2,500 or more inhabitants or certain townships meeting population and density thresholds. The bureau aims to classify population, not designate an urban center.
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Tenochtitlan
Tlaltelolco
Census Bureau
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SABC
Canal de la Viga
Father
Stork
Kureta
Jacksonville
Fla
June B. Smith
Canandaigua Rd
Palmyra, N. Y
Samuel D. Reeks
Broadway
Beaumont
Texas
Personal Service Bureau
Lake Washington
Seattle
Wash
H. Champneys
Moro
Oregon
John Kashevnikov
Elum
Washington
Ridgefield
Big Club
Frank Robinson Co
Interstate
Portland
Snc
Randle
Mercuanpvise
New York City
C. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
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