Norsemen Reached America Before Columbus Say Explorers
Donald B. MacMillan and Frederick Rawson plan a Labrador expedition to find proof of pre Columbian Norse settlements in North America. They describe Norse ships, gear, and voyaging methods as they seek artifacts, graves, and possible bases beyond Greenland toward Labrador and nearby islands.
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Chicago
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North Pole
NEA Service, Inc
Chinese Fantastics and Odd Customs Described in Crisis
A fragment discusses Thomas F s book on Chinese customs noting a tale of abstinence and ritual drinking where a servant drinks the master’s cup, provoking discussion of etiquette and face saving. It cites student reactions to Western marriage proposals as an example of cultural misunderstanding and decorum.
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Centurs Company
Ancient Chaldean Canal Work and Early Glass Making
Early canal building by the Chaldeans shows extensive irrigation effort centuries ago preserved in reliefs. Ur-Eneur is depicted adoring a seated Johan god while an angel holds a vase pouring water. Glass making described as gas heated and sandblasted for frosted surfaces, with a process likened to Hunt arrowhead technique. News advertising pays. Give it a print.
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Trenton
Sun Spots Revealed At Mt Wilson Observatory
Mt Wilson Calif May 28 Sun spots are large magnetic features on the sun with whirlpool like motion. Researchers led by Dr George Hale use two tower telescopes and spectroscopy to study atmospheric effects and magnetic fields of sun spots and their eleven year cycles.
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David Dietz
NEA
Mt. Wilson
Calif
Mt. Wilson Observatory
George F E. Hale
Mt John
Wale
Mt Wilson
Mystery of Instinct Puzzle to Scientists
A report discusses how certain ants milk aphids, a trait not explained by heredity since the milking ants are sterile. Aphids excrete honeydew, gathered by ants that protect and nurture the aphids in return. The piece notes the complex, cooperative behavior among species as observed by The News.
Sweet Pea importation and rise in American cultivation
The article traces the sweet pea from its Sicily origins noted in 1605 by an Italian monk to its early commerce in 1724. It notes over a century of American cultivation and European varieties growing here, with a peak in popularity in America from 1886 to 1900 and a major push by the waved or Spencer type.
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Sicily
England
Jinland
America
Europe
London
How You May Have A Really Fine Complexion
A vintage beauty advertisement touts butter milk and cream to whiten skin and reduce wrinkles. It promotes Howard's Beattermitk and Toward's Butter- Mmn tablets, claiming nightly cleansing with warm water and gentle friction, then absorption of the cream for a smooth complexion and lighter skin tone.
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Simpl
Stoward
Howard
Renin Sean
Teward
Teppes
Presence of Mind in Exorcism Tale Tells Ghost Visit
A column recalls Archbishop Thomson’s ghostly night in a mansion. The host woke to a pinched old man who claimed to live there and nodding assent when asked if a parishioner, then vanished after a school building fund request.
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Thomson
J. X
Art photographer asks one thousand dollars for private engagement
A New York artiste photographer, featured in art publications, quotes a private engagement fee of one thousand dollars to a caller, then explains size of picture. In another note, Thibet is said to have only one motor vehicle, a motorcycle.
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Thibet
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