Newfoundland's Role and Pride as a British Colony
A National Geographic bulletin argues Newfoundland, as the senior British colony and near Europe, shaped Atlantic history and geography. It notes Newfoundland’s early settlements, strategic location blocking the St Lawrence gateway, and its 400 years of fishing, with strong ties to Canada and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Newfoundland
Dominion of
Canada
North America
Canadian
National Geographic Society
Bulletin
France
South Africa
Australia
St. Lawrence River
Europe
British Isles
Ireland
Great Britain
Cuba
Polar
Ideh
Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Borax King Francis M Smith Rebounds to New Fortune
Francis M. Smith at seventy three, once broke and in debt, now controls a new fortune of several millions. His bold moves include investing in a Nevada borax claim and securing Searles lake leases, while a Nevada prospect near the Grand Canyon returns a $24 million in sight. His life creed remains Dont weaken Courage is the thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Francis M
Smith
Nevada
Oakland
Searles Lake
Washington
Grand Canyon
Bulgarian Premier Orders Women Work Obligation
Bulgarian premier Alexander Stamboulisky announces a new compulsory labor law requiring all women up to age thirty to contribute at least ten days of useful work yearly for hospitals orphanages and the poor Sisters of King Boris including Princesses Eudoxic and Nadejda will be compelled to comply. Young girls under twenty must study domestic science for three months annually to boost productivity. The plan credits the volunteer labor army with building projects and agricultural work and notes Bulgaria may move toward prohibition citing parallels with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamboulisky
Sofia
Boris
Eudoxic
Nadejda
Alexander Stamboulisky
Bulgaria
M. Stamboulisky
Indians Taught by Movies in Mexico City
The Mexican government uses motion pictures to teach Indian groups pottery and basket-making. As many are illiterate, lectures accompany the films to introduce modern methods and improve traditional crafts.
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Mexico City
Man Surrenders After Fatal Shot Mistaken Identity
J. J. Flannery surrendered to police after shooting his wife in what he says was a mistaken belief she was a burglar in their Pittsburgh home. He claimed he called to her, heard no answer, and fired at a shadow in a doorway, discovering he had killed his wife.
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Pittsburgh
J. J. Flannery
Flannery
War finance loans to Nebraska farmers top fourteen million
A report by J. W. Thomas, regional War Finance committee chair in Nebraska, shows farm loan totals exceeding 14 million dollars. Other notes cover a broken bow car crash, school levy votes, a Sunday baseball decision, a touring home talent play, building plans, missionary appointments, crop feeding tests, and county tax levies across Nebraska.
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Nebraska
J. W. Thomas
War Finance Committee
Elton Palmer
Joseph McGuire
McGuire
Broken Bow
Benkelman
Valparaiso
Old
New Hampshire
Methodist Episcopal Aid Society
York
Edith Lillian Dulin
Wayne
Women's American Baptist Mission Society
South
China
Corr
University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Charles Kubat
Douglas County
Sebastian Garcico
Tom W. Lanigan
Greeley
Congress
Moses P. Kincaid
Charles W. Beals
Wauneta
M. M. Drumsdale
John Oliver
Wheeler
Kaw
Pawnee City
Tri-County
Teachers’ Institute
Johnson
Nemaha
Pawnee
Bloomfield
Ray Lamb
The
American Legion
Knox County
Andrew Curtis
Shubert
R. E. Britt
Bigspring
Bayard High School
Theodore NeGreat
Central City
Beatrice Business
E. M. Dillion
D. B. Fletcher
Lodgepole
Anna McFadden
Carl Brandman
Nebraska City
Wisconsin
Farwell
Shipping Association
South Omaha
Hicide
Missouri
Douglas
Washington
Buft
Scottsbluff Country
State Department of Agriculture
Scottsbluff
A. J. Jorgenson
Gurley
James Cruikshank
Bidir
Cruikshank
Scotland
Grand Island
Holt County
County
Farm Bureau
Neligh and
Tecumseh
Cambridge
Omaha
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Virginia
Consolidated High School
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Copeland
Chappell
Board of Education
W. G. Books
York Schools
Fairbury
Wood Lake Community Club
Lucille George
Kearney
Prague
Honaker
Presbyterian Church
Fullerton
Fairmont
Wood Lake
North Loop
Arnold
Plymouth
Ellsworth
Aurora
Order of de Moley
Cook seeks official credit as real North Pole discoverer
Dr Frederick A Cook announces plans to obtain congressional recognition and a medal for discovering the North Pole. New findings of his Arctic field notes and instruments reportedly bolster his claim and contradicts earlier denials. He asserts records were with Harry Whitney at Etah Greenland and cites April 21 1908 as his pole reach date.
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Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Arctics
Congress
Cook
Harry Whitney
Etah
Greenland
Pole
Admiral Peary
Geographical
Peary
Fort Worth
Tex
Victor Rosewater named press agent for Philadelphia Sesquicentennial
Major Moore appoints Victor Rosewater as press agent for the Philadelphia celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. salary set at 7500 dollars. Rosewater formerly edited the Omaha Bee and has served in war industries board and national defense advisory roles. He is a longtime Republican figure with academic and literary work.
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Victor Rosewater
Major Moore
Philadelphia
United States
Nebraska
War Industries Board
Advisory Commission of the
Council,of
National Defense
Republican National Committee
Wisconsin
Paderewski Rumored For Polish Presidency Amid Retirement
A circulating Polish-leaning report on the Pacific coast claims Ignace Jan Paderewski plans a political comeback to run for Poland’s presidency in June. No confirmation from Paderewski exists. a Paso Robles source notes he refused a $1,000,000 concert offer, fueling speculation of a new career. Premier David Lloyd George is said to be urging the return.
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
Pacific Coast
Father of the
Almond Orchard
Paso Robles
H. W. Tape
Panderewski
New York
Paderewski
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Inventor of new calendar highlighted in early proposal
The piece profiles Moses B. Lotsworth of Vancouver as the inventor behind a calendar reform. A congress bill by Representative Schall would create a year of thirteen 28 day months with New Year’s as the extra day, promising weekly date consistency and potential savings for insurers but risking disruption of traditional time ties.
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Moses B. Lotsworth
Vancouver
B. C
Congress
Representative Schall
Minnesota
Man with a trillion dollar secret portrait artist
Theodore Van Cina, a Chicago artist, is described as the man who can copy an Old Master overnight and age it 500 years in a day. The tale claims he could imitate brush marks perfectly and deceive experts, with a story of copying works for a Dutch nobleman and returning copies while keeping originals.
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Theodore van Cina
Chicago
van Cina
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British Colony
New France
T. B. Fulton
Beatrice Daily Express
Gage
Chamber of Commerce At
Business and Professional Women's League
Charlies Trimble
Phil F. Bross
Department of Finance
Otoe County
Arthur County
van Dusen
Dunn
Elmer Munson
Lincoln
United States Internal Revenue Department
Agher Russell
South America
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Colombia
Beatrice Business Houses
Norfolk
Adam Marshall
Valentine
Cheyenne
Duel
Capitol Beach
Gage County
Pinto
Arthur
Chase
Hooker
Jefferson
Keith
McPherson
Perkins
Richardson
Webster
Cook, Peary, North Pole and
Justice
Cotsworth
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