Restore Ancient Tongue Hopes to Unravel Maya Glyph Secrets
Dr William Gates of Charlottesville uses a hymograph and a Guatemalan Quiche Indian helper Cipriano Alvarado to study Maya inscriptions. He aims to decipher hieroglyphs, reveal Maya knowledge, and expand literacy through new linguistic methods.
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Charlottesville
Guatemala
William Gates
South
Central America
Yucatan
Gates
Doctor Gates
John ‘P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
Cipriano Alvarado
the al
Nationals ‘Museum
Americans Disrupt Berlin Police With Night of Revelry
Berlin authorities strike back as two police districts complain Americans undermine morale. Two Americans intoxicate and seduce a patrolman at Unter den Linden, later closing a jail after a drunken spree. A prior incident saw a whole station corrupted by barroom camaraderie and champagne prizes. Chief Richter vows tighter controls on foreign visitors.
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Berlin
Richter
Unter den Linden
Wilhelmstrasse
West End
America
United States
Nebraska News From Around The State January 1923
A roundup of Nebraska events reports on the Nebraska State Teachers Association in Omaha, a 90 000 dollar high school dedication at Valentine, military and municipal projects in Columbus and Fremont, and notable local changes. It notes election of Charles Keefer as President of the State Life Underwriters Association, resignations in Pawnee City, and rising hog receipts in Omaha market. It also covers indictments, church mergers, rail and bond activity, and several local tragedies and civic milestones across Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Valentine
Army
Columbus City”Council
Fremont
Charles M. Keefer
State Life Underwriters’ Association
Lincoln
Ovendon
Pawnee City
Pawnee
The
Episcopal Church
South Omaha Livestock Exchange
Columbus
Nelson Thorson
Nebraska Chambers of Commerce and Commercial Organizations
Omain
Publicity Bureau
Commercial Organization
Harry Lang
Brunswick
Jesse Lyon
Unadilla
Roy Mauler
Taylor
Dick Beswick
Leaper
Norfolk
Hall
Grand Island
Schroeder
A. J. Nichols
Aigo
Nebraska State Teachers' Association
Rollie
W.H. Morton
Béatrice
A. H. “Waterhouse
Eridiy
Orifaha
Frey. M. Kewitt
Chicago
L. W. Weiser
Geneva City Schools
Board of Education
Louis Young
Guide Rock
Eastern District Center Society
National American Dental Teacher's Institute
Grover Ulin
Falls City
Geneva
Margaret Haughanout
Bankers
W. H. Schellberg
Union Stockyards Company
Walter Strawther
Nebraska City
Strawther
New Presbyterian Church
Scottsbluff
Farmers Union
Hardy
Federal Reserve Bank
United States Mint
Denver
O. Smith
Fremont -Congregational Church
Pueblo
Colo
First
Fort Calhoun
Washington County
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Fenton
Nebraska Farm Bureau Association
H. L. Keefe
Walthill
Mattie Graham
Dakota City
U. of N. Agricultural College
Charles Wooster
Silver Creek
Miami
Fla
Margaret Hess
Gage County
Beatrice
Union
James Cedak
Comstock
Lakeside
Sheridan County
Alliance
Council Bluffs
Hog Barn Design Aims To Boost Pig Profits And Health
An Iowa state college designed hog houses show a gable roof barn with concrete floor and feeding alleys. The layout includes eight farrowing pens on the south, six on the opposite side, grit windows for light, and raised plank floors to keep bedding dry. Spring litters are encouraged for earlier market readiness and higher profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Colleges
Iowa State College
U S Plans Sale of Historic Fortification Lands
The War department proposes selling surplus government lands dating to 1799 used for fortifications. Readies to dispose of Old Fort Jackson Savannah Perry Point Fort Nelson Beacon Island Fort Macon Topsail Inlet and Fort St Phillip with deeds to Jefferson Adams and Quincy Adams. Some sites may attract historical society buyers.
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Washington
South
War Department
Old Fort Jackson
Savannah
Perry Point
Norfolk County
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Fort Nelson
Norfolk
John Quincy Adams
Beacon Island
North Carolina
Newbern
Fort
Macon
Beaufort
Morehead City
Old Topsail ‘Inlet
Dig Up Peat On U Campus
On the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor Prof H H Bartlett reports peat pellets found during excavations for the literary and physics buildings. He says the specimens could reveal vegetation from the glacial period and may have commercial value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
H. H
Bartlett
London Boy Builds Gramophone Alone
A twelve year old London boy crafts a gramophone by himself and is forgiven by his lenient father. The London Ideas column notes the father's generous pardon for the youngster's misstep.
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London
Clemenceau Reaches Trenches as “Chine” Rumor Causes Stir
A wartime anecdote recalls Georges Clemenceau visiting the front with a soldier jokingly misidentifying him as a wealthy Chinese mandarin in uniform. The captain plays along, noting Clemenceau’s European dress to avoid attention. The exchange ends with the polluting officer suggesting a Chinese force to aid Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Clemenceau
Clemenceau
Polly
Absent-minded inventor tests parachute in balloon drop
An inventor ascends in a balloon to test a parachute device. At about a thousand feet he exits the basket and falls two hundred yards before regretfully noting he forgot his umbrella.
In a Wilderness Yosemite Back Country Trails Draw Tourists
The American Forestry Magazine notes the Yosemite high Sierra back country offers vast virgin highland regions, largely unexplored, drawing hundreds of adventurous tourists to trails beyond the park floor. Their warning remains stark that leaving safe paths can be fatal in this rugged terrain.
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Yosemite Valley
American Forestry Magazine
Virgin Highland
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Maia
Jaller
News OF Nebraska
J. S. Kroh
Ogallala
William A
Radford
Will
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago, IL
Corn Belt
Barleycorn Twins
George H. Tinkham
Massachusetts
John Philip Hill
Maryland
Congress
Tinkham
Hill
Coquimbo
Chile
U. S
Fort St.Phillip
Mississippi River
New Orleans
University of Michigan
Pollu
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