West Indian Beauty Inspires Dramatic Backdrops
Writers describe the West Indies as theater like scenery with Haiti as the locale for drama. Christophe’s castle on the mountain above Port-au-Prince recalls a brutal medieval ruler and his tormented subjects. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Recommption is advertised as a non alcohol remedy sold in tablets or liquid.
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West Indies
Haiti
Eugene O'Neill
Emperor Jones
Christophe
Port-au-Prince
Dr. Pierce
Left handedness linked to brain activity and speech issues
Dr Charles J Macalister of Liverpool hospital notes in The Lancet that a left handed child can be turned right handed and may develop a stammer. Apes and monkeys lack handedness. humans alone discriminate between hands due to one brain side’s superior activity. If the right brain side is more active the person will be left handed and vice versa.
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Charles J. Macalister
Liverpool Hospital
Lancet
London
Doctor Macalister
Tercentenary plans for Boston Common historic pageant
A Boston Common tercentenary committee backs a $300000 fund to recreate 300 years of the Common’s history for the 1935 celebration. Plans call for scenes of duels ducking stools and hangings, the 1830 railroad arrival, 1848 water festival, Lafayette visit, and figures like Anna Pollard, with ARS aid and a broad public memory focus.
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Boston
Boston Common Society
Emergency Relief Administration
Everett B. Mero
Woodbridge
Earl Percy
William Blaxton
Blackstone
Common
Rhode Island
Beacon Street
Lafayette
Bunker Hill
Metoposaurus Returns as Clay Model at UC Museum
A 140 million year old metoposaurus model returns to life as a clay replica at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Sculptors Adele Stackpole and Audrey Horn crafted the figure from skull and skeleton remains found in Arizona. Paleontologists estimate the creature reached eight to ten feet in length.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Museum of Paleontology
Adele Stackpole
Audrey Horn
Painted Desert
Arizona
Lake Erie Yields Abundant Peat Moss Source
Lake Erie has become a prolific source of peat moss with large quantities surfacing this year. The origin remains unknown while the material fetches high prices and can be bleached for use in beautifying rock gardens.
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Lake Erie
Sandusky
Ohio
Northwestern co-eds blamed for low grades theory
Professor John J. Morgan of Northwestern University argues co-eds pursue a view that men prefer them dumb. He suggests testing women’s intelligence before dating to raise the university’s scholastic record.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
John J.B. Morgan
Psychology
Morgan
Largest Prime Number Announcement Draws Attention
Dr Samuel I Krieger announced the largest known prime number after extensive notes and pencils worn out. The figure listed is 23158417847463239084714197001737581570653996933128112897891526259279871. The statement notes a prime number is 18 or any figure visible only by itself or 1.
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Chicago
Samuel I. Krieger
New Prebiblical Semitic Language Found at Ras Shamra
Yale visiting professor Dr. Julian J. Obermann announced discovery of a hitherto unknown Semitic language from cuneiform tablets at Ras Shamra near Antioch. He said the language reveals sources of ancient and modern alphabets and offers a key to controversial biblical passages.
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New Haven
Conn
Julian J. Obermann
Yale
Ras Shamra
Antioch
Syria
Canaan
Obermann
B. C
French Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres
Many-Way Lace Hat and Distant Echoes in Antiquity
Cherie Nicholas reviews a Worth lace hat that folds like a pocket handkerchief and suits evening and travel wear. The piece also surveys Ras Shamra tablets proving a link between cuneiform and early alphabetic scripts, with implications for Biblical literature and Semitic history.
Hats That Multiply For Special Dresses In A Bridal Party
A playful fashion note describes lace hats with versatile wear. A bridal party is shown wearing matching and contrasting hats in silver blue lace and black lace. The pieces offer multiple looks. three hats can be fashioned from one yard of lace, and a novice can whip one up quickly.
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Maid of Honor
Alaska Gold Shipment Returns to Seattle
A story from Sitka Alaska reports millions of dollars in gold shipped to Seattle with some returning. Mrs Josephine Brojack found a $2.50 gold nugget in a chicken's craw, highlighting unexpected treasure linked to the trade.
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Sitka
Alaska
Seattle
Josephine Brojack
Long Swim Money Flows West in 1935 Outlook
This is a reflective piece from Brisbane Weekly noting 1935 as a year of gradual progress toward prosperity. It compares the nation’s 1929 plunge to being cast overboard in Lake Superior by optimism and speculation, and cites ongoing debates and plans shaping the economic outlook.
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Tremont Street
Middle West
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Father Time
Lake Superior
Lake of Superior
War games to span vast Pacific area next summer
The article notes ships of war set to conduct exercises across more than 5,000,000 square miles of the Pacific, venturing toward Oriental waters. It contemplates how quickly such ships would return to port if bombing planes from Asia or Vladivostok appeared and dropped explosive and poison gas bombs on battleships.
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Oriental
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Tokyo
Russia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Byrd Expedition Notes Quartz Veins Near Marie Byrd Land
Geological explorers from the Byrd expedition near the South Pole report quartz veins in coastal mountains of Marie Byrd Land. The text ponders how quickly men could reach the range if gold-rich samples were found, noting perilous efforts and potential death in the pursuit.
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South Pole
Marie Byrd Land
Dust storm spurs call for temporary cover crops in Kansas
Kansas farmers face a fierce dust storm as the Agricultural department weighs quick cover crop options for wheat and corn fields. A nitrogen fixing plant is sought to protect dusty soils, be plowed under, and enrich humus before the next planting. In the Northwest, the duckfoot cultivator creates a 60 foot wide path, severing weed roots while preserving windbreak stubble and protecting soil from heavy rains.
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Kansas
Agricultural Department
When in doubt shoot in Russia after Kirov killing
Moscow reports 14 more executions in reprisal for Sergei Kirov's murder bringing total executions to 117 as authorities avenge the high profile killing.
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Russia
Moscow
Sergei Kirov
New Sculpticolor Debuts at Gold and Company Lincoln
Lincoln store hosts Sculpticolor a three dimensional rendition of The Doctor by Sir Lukas Fildes created by John Pauling with Rudolph Ingerle adding color. The exhibit valued at 150000 includes Tomanek oil copy and runs January with free admission as a final U.S. stop before heading to England.
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Doctor
Lukas Fildes
John Pauling
Rudolph Ingerle
the Doctor
Joseph Tomanek
Petrolugar Laboratories
Chicago
Gold and Company
Lincoln
Gasoline Vapors Prominent Cause of Explosions Noted
The article explains gasoline is more explosive than kerosene because it vaporizes more readily. Gasoline vapors fill the air leading to greater explosiveness, while kerosene emits little vapor.
Python’s Jaws Allow Swallowing Large Prey
The python can swallow animals many times its diameter and a large specimen may engulf a 100 pound pig. This illustrates the great expansiveness of a python’s jaws and its remarkable capacity to consume sizable prey.
West Indies A relic of a lost continent geology
The piece notes the West Indies as remnants of a former continent, likening them to Atlantis. It cites a seismic belt starting west of the Mississippi, highlighting the 1811 New Madrid quakes and the Reelfoot Lake formation, then Caracas destruction in 1812 with 12,000 deaths.
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West Indies Islands
Detroit News
Mississippi
New Madrid
Missouri
Tennessee
Reelfoot Lake
Carolinas
Caracas
Venezuela
Oxygen as counter actant of liquor in climber symptoms
The article compares oxygen to a counter actant against liquor effects and likens alcohol sensations to mountain climbers' symptoms, framing how breathing and oxygen interplay with intoxication. It notes a conceptual parallel between respiratory relief and alcohol induced perceptions.
Brain Fever Bird Cuckoo Calls Indian Species
An Indian cuckoo species is nicknamed the brain fever bird for its continually repeated cry.
Air Destroys Book Covers In Buckingham and Windsor
British chemists traced book cover disintegration to London air after examining libraries at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Greenland Ice Vast Center Reaches New Thickness
A survey reports Greenland with a central ice sheet thickness of about 2,700 meters or 1.7 miles, indicating a substantial ice cap core. The finding highlights the extreme depth of Greenland ice in its central region.
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Greenland
Canada’s Birthplace in Charlottetown PEI
A note identifies Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island as Canada’s birthplace. The statement anchors national origin to a specific city and province.
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Canada
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
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Harvard
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Tenderloin
America
By Cherie Nicholas
London Bridge
Mel Smith
Lucky” Smith
Los Angeles
George W. Russell
Ireland
Italy
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Department of Agriculture
Brisbane
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Goldeco
Luke Fildes
R. A
John Paulding
Sculpticolor
John C. Shaffer
Art Institute of Chicago
Rudllph F. Ingerle
Art Institute, Chicago
Jule Brower
William Randolph Hearst Association of Painters and Sculptors
Petrolugar Laboratories, Inc
Illinois
Gold and Company Department Store
England
Indian Isles
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