Christmas Eve at Fort Abraham Lincoln Frontier Home
Katherine Gibson recounts a frontier Christmas when Lt. Francis Gibson’s wife decorates a bare room with scraps and a dug sand tub is filled with gifts. Indian children discover the tree, join the festivities, and receive cocoa and ice cream as the couple shares warmth amid a rare Native American dance.
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Lincoln
Dakota
Francis M. Gibson
Seventh Cavalry
Katherine Gibson
Old Fort Abra
Seventh
Fort Lincoln
West Point
Old Fort
Abraham Lincoln
Prince of Peace
Caxton Printers, Ltd
Caldwell
Idaho
Custer
Katherine Gibson Fougera
Fort Meade
Black Hills
South Dakota
America
Musical Child Sings 57 Songs at Age Two in Pasadena
Donald Crowell a two year old from Pasadena memorizes a repertoire of 57 songs with perfect pitch and clear enunciation. His mother recalls discovering his talent at twenty months and notes he learns new words quickly when hearing unfamiliar tunes. He sings daily with pride and pauses to listen to planes.
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Pasadena
Calif
Donald Crowell
William Crowell
Donald
Same Pair Design Home for Comfort in Cleveland
The Donald R Freys, both paralyzed by infantile paralysis, are building a self designed home with no steps and full accessibility. Ramps to all doors and a central five foot wide hall connect rooms garage and utility area. Automated features include sliding doors automatic garage entry lights and easy to operate windows and handles.
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Cleveland
Donald R. Freys
Freys
Frey
Scientific Eye Put to Use in Research Work
Los Angeles UC researchers begin experimental work with an electron microscope on the campus. Carl Wiedow, a graduate student, works under Dr. Laurence E. Dodd to explore magnifications 25 000 times and beyond. Magnetic fields replace glass lenses to reveal a world unseen by light.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Carl Wiedow
Laurence E. Dodd
Termite Scheme Costs Miami Man $40
In Miami a homeowner M. C. Mann was duped by a woman posing as a buyer who hired a supposed termite inspector. After crawling under the house the man demanded 40 to exterminate a nest of termites and Mann paid, then reported the suspects when they vanished.
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Miami
Fla
M. C. Mann
Mann
California Prison Board Approves Inmate Radio System
California's state prison board orders direct earphone radio connections in every cell at San Quentin and Folsom. A cafeteria system will replace the old in-room table service for hot meals.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
New State Prison Board
San Quentin
Folsom
Spies Pose as Insurance Agents Across Britain
London report warns of spies disguising as insurance agents to obtain service secrets from housewives and mothers. They offer policies for sons and husbands in the forces and demand regiment and station details, claiming the policy hinges on them.
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Britain
London
England
Play Railroad Impresses Nation's Rail Officials
Mandeville leader Sidney J. Thibodeaux runs the world's shortest standard gauge rail line, 500 feet to Lake Ponchartrain. The three-station route Josephine Davis and Stella honors his grandchildren with passes signed by Thibodeaux, drawing envy from rail officials who visit to ride the full length and back.
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Thibodeaux
Mandeville
Lake Ponchartrain
Josephine
Davis
Stella
New Ore Finds Aid to Nation's Defense Program
Washington reports that the geological survey and the bureau of mines have completed quicksilver surveys in the Bottle Creek district Nevada and the Mt. Diablo district California. Quicksilver is listed by the army navy munitions board as a deficient strategic material for the United States. Mexico is the only other present large source in the Western hemisphere.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
United States
Bottle Creek
Nevada
Mt. Diablo
California
Army Navy Munitions Board
Mexico
Historic Well Still Is Serving Salt Lake City
An old well that served as a water source for home brewers and watering horses remains popular in Salt Lake City. Hundreds visit daily, filling jugs and containers with its celebrated slogan It s the water borrowed from a brewing firm drawing long lines.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Valley
Bear Minnie Returns Home After Yearning for Food
Minnie the 15 year old black bear, long kept in a cage at Recreation Park Swannanoa, North Carolina, was relocated to Pisgah National Forest last July then walked back home 30 miles to find food. Residents greeted her with a royal welcome and a meal, and she resumed life in her former enclosure.
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Swannanoa
N. C
Minnie
Recreation Park
Pisgah National Forest
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1282 B for girls jumper and blouse
The pattern designs a dart fitted jumper with a smart full front and two patch pockets plus a tailored blouse with a sports collar. It covers sizes 6 to 14 years and lists fabric yardage for 54 inch jumper and 39 inch blouse in long or short sleeve options. Send order to a stated address.
Middle of the Bible Psalm 117 guides shortest chapter claim
The piece notes Psalm 117 as the Bible's middle and shortest chapter with 594 chapters before and after, per Pathfinder. It also cites Psalm 18 verse 8 as the Bible's middle verse, flanked by 15 590 verses on each side.
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Pathfinder
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