Arctic expedition promises new land and radio gains
The MacMillan Arctic expedition backed by National Geographic and the navy aims to reveal a million square mile unknown area between Alaska and Peary’s North Pole. Data from expedition members and navy flyers could aid navigators, farmers, and fishermen, with possible new land and major economic value if land exists.
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Washington
MacMillan Arctic
National Geographic Society
Navy
Society
United States Navy
Alaska
Peary
North Pole
Texas
Arctic
Long-Haired Shanghai Bob Craze Spreads Worldwide
Miss Laura A Holden, Shanghai buyer for a San Francisco store, reports on Shanghai styles leading the bobbed hair trend. She notes Shanghai fashions are two years ahead of Paris and sari modistes copy Shanghai looks as the trend circles the globe.
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Seattle
Shanghai
Laura A. Holden
San Francisco
Orient
President Grant
Paris
Miss Holden
Saris
Polar explorers and navy men shaped US weather knowledge
The text highlights the United States focus on unexplored polar regions north of Alaska to improve weather forecasts for farms and orchards. It cites Navy officers Wilkes and Peary as pivotal figures, notes monuments in Arlington, and lists other explorers such as Hall, DeLong, Lynen, Perry, and Selfridge for their polar and canal survey contributions.
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United States
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Pole
Navy
Gilbert Grosvenor
National Geographic Society
United States Navy
Charles Wilkes
Antarctic
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Peary
Wilkes
Arlington National
Matthew Calbraith Perry
Japan
Solons Burned Out Guatemala City Fire Forces Session Standstill
The Guatemalan legislative assembly suspended sessions after a fire destroyed Centenary hall leaving lawmakers homeless. The historic Guatemalan Declaration of Independence was lost in the blaze. The Vernay-Faunthrope expedition meanwhile reports pink headed duck specimens.
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Cooper Wagon and Buggy Company
Dubuque
Rome Tribuna
Sofia
Pantegtricken
Guatemala City
Legislative Assembly
Vernay-Faunthrope
Awful Girls Song Line Sparks Minnesota Skin Mah Joke
Comic exchange features two actors comparing attention from girls as a humorous aside in a Minnesota show. The banter leans into flirtation and crowd reaction, reflecting light entertainment style of the period.
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Minnesota
Champion Word Hunter in Iowa Contest Promises Prizes
The Home Yeast Company of Chicago runs a word-building contest in Iowa offering $25 top prize, $15 second, five $5, twenty-five $1 prizes, plus 100 consolation House prizes. Readers submit words formed from HOME YEAST letters, with grocers distributing envelopes and reporting names for prize awards to be published in July.
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Home Yeast Company of
Chicago
Home Yeast Company
Iowa
Montrose Avenue
Judge a tree by its fruit not by its leaves
A concise adage stating judgments should rely on outcomes and lasting effects rather than outward appearances or temporary facets. It emphasizes evaluating actions, results, and character over superficial traits. Grounded in moral reasoning about discernment and fairness.
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Shepherd Senators
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Robert N. Stanfield
Oregon
Secretary of Agriculture
William Jardine
Oregon Agricultural College
Beltsville
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America
Miriam Tildesley
Royal College At Surgeons’ Museum
London
Sargent
District Supreme Court
Packers
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Fort Peck
Montana
Interior Department
Army Ordnance
Coolidge
O'Connor
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Shipping Board
Congress
Augustus Butler Rowland
San Antonio
Naval Air Service
President Coolidge
John Marshall
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rush L. Holland
White House
Ethelbert Stewart
Hitness
Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Fechet
von Hindenburg
German Republic
American Red Cross
New
William D. Shepherd
Wiliam McClintock
Bineago
Coontz
Vines
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
New York
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve System
J. P. Morgan & Co
Westphalia
Ore
Barber
Idaho
Gary
Ind
Furnessville Highway
Chesterton
Philadelphia Association of Credit Men
Philadelphia
Samuel Hi. Sibley
United. ‘States
Atlanta
Charles B. Dugdon
Put-In-Bay Island
Lake Erie
Santa Fe
San Diego
Cal
Warboy
Chicago Corporation Counsel's
Health Department
Britain
Howard
Department of Street Railways
Pennsylvania
Northern Ohio Traction and Lighting Company Railway System
Akron Dispatch
Florence Rena Sabin
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
National Academy of Sciences
Ralph D. Paine
Concord
China
Henry S. van Fleet
New York Clipper
Yonkers
N. C
Emile Daeschner
France
Dawes
Evanston
Richard Strother McConnell
General Motors Underwriters
Chateau Thierry
Menge- Argonne
Hils
Marshal von Windenburg
Hanover
Ryohei Uchida
Black Dragon Society
Kato
Tokyo
Odessa
Rafael Sanchez Aballi
Province of
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Zayas
Jim Larkin
Ireland
Larkin
Trigh Worker
Dublin
Vickers Company
Great Britain
Baku
Stamboulluky
Chile
Solons
Ruby Brandon
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
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