America has taken to the air a rapid modern change
The article argues aviation now reshapes daily life from mail delivery to business and travel. It highlights Ezra Meeker’s cross country journey as a symbol of faster times, traces air mail’s growth from government experiments to private contracts, and notes new routes, five cent air mail rates, night flying, and expanding airports transforming the nation.
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Stull
America
Orvitte
Wilbur Wright
Byrd
Chamberlain
Goebel
Lindbergh
Ruth Elder
Amelia Earbart
United States
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Pony Express
California
New York
Meeker
Golden Gate
Kelly
Macready
Art Goebel
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Pacific
France
Key West
Florida
Porto Rico
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Leeward
Windward Islands
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Mexico
Belize
British Honduras
Honduras
Republic of Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Canal Zone
Lindy
Washington-to-Mexico City
Air Mail
North America
Post Office Department
Washington
Post Office
Pacific Coast
Ounce
Great Lakes
Gulf
Texas
Midwest
Wall Street
Seaboard
Colorado
Middlewest
Legend explains a petrified forest in Navaho tale
Tucson Ariz The Navaho Indians tell of a sun versus monster battle that created the petrified forest. Kee and his people prayed as the sun defeated the black beast Vietso whose stone bones rained to form the bone wood mass now called Yietsobitsin in the plateau region.
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Tucson
Arizo
Viet
Kee
Shemah
Zonnie
Hogan
Earth
Yietso
Yixso
Trappers’ Skeletons Found Near Hidden Canadian Lake
A prospector near Bruce Mines north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, reports two skeletal remains beside a small hidden lake along with rusted muskets dating over fifty years. No cause or exact date of death is identified, and no other artifacts were found to reveal when or why the trappers died.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Bruce Mines
A. B. Frazer
Frazer
Trapper Amputates Toes In Wilderness Frostbite Case
A trapper in Prince George British Columbia amputated four toes with a kitchen knife after severe frostbite. He arrived for medical care claiming the job was already well done, having performed the operation during a three day wait at his cabin on the Finaly river. He later washed wounds with antiseptic and bound them.
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Prince George
British Columbia
Finaly River
J. Omera
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Provides Quick Digestive Relief
A soda like dose eases gas and sour stomach while Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes acidity for lasting comfort. It calms digestive organs and is safe for children, with physicians noting its strong acid neutralizing effect. Seek the genuine Phillips product to ensure proper action.
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Phillips
Sleep as a Divine Nepenthe and Daily Rest
A Los Angeles Times exchange presents views on sleep from a pessimist, chemist, poet, businessperson, and philosopher. The wise man naps silently as the discussion unfolds about sleep's nature, causes, and effects on life and work.
Blue Star Soap and Remedy Advertised for Skin Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Blue Star Soap and Blue Star Remedy for eczema itching tatter ringworm poison oak dandruff and other skin conditions. It claims to kill germs stop itching and restore skin to health with prices 25e for soap and $1.00 for the remedy, by Ady.
War on Moose Threatens Swedish Match Industry
Vaestervik Match Company in Smaland asks the government for permission to kill wild moose feeding on aspen trees used to make matches. The factory has struggled to cultivate the trees for years, hindered by the monarch of the Swedish forests and existing game laws.
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Vaestervik Match Company
Smaaland
Grandson Reassures on Farm Corn Crop Buzz
Buddy listens as his grandfather notes a potential bumper corn crop this year. Buddy jokes about selling the bumper crop to auto factories, reflecting rural optimism and a playful family moment.
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Buddy
Grampy
Silk From Coal Leads German Silk Production Rise
Silk from coal at a German plant yields several tons of viscose artificial silk this year and is expected to double with new factories due in 1929. Benzine extraction is also reported. The text notes travel as education in hotel experiences.
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