Where the Shannon Flows And Irish Industrial Romance
The Shannon River in Ireland is described as the longest in the Free State at 240 miles with 86 miles navigable to sea. A National Geographic bulletin notes the river's potential for industrial harnessing, its historical role as a divide between eastern and western Ireland, and famed fishing spots from Limerick to Carrick-on-Shannon.
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Washington
Shannon
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Irish Free State
New
Culleagh
Loop Head
Kerry Head
Fergus River
Ireland
America
Limerick
Lough Allen
Wales
England
Dublin
Belfast
Athlone
Lough Ree
Brian
Edward Bruce
Hugh O’neill
Cromwell
Carrick
on-Shannon
Killaloe
Castheconnel
Texas Landmark Is Being Razed
Austin's first schoolhouse, built in 1852 by slave labor for Louis Horst, is being razed to clear the site for a modern dwelling. The seven room rock structure served as a powder magazine, a school, a shelter during Indian attacks, and a boarding house, surviving Union army damage during Reconstruction. Edward Booth now owns the property and plans a new home.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Louis Horst
Edward Booth
Louise Horst
George Robinson
University
Fifteenth Street
Colorado
Horst
North
College Hill
University of Texas
Old Rock
New Universe Seen in Harvard Photographs
Washington reports scientists link glacial cosmogony to origins of heavens. Harvard Observatory photographs reveal a faint luminous haze in Sagittarius that Harlow Shapely calls a distinct universe about six quintillion miles away. Light travel estimated at one million years.
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Harvard
Washington
Glacier National Park
Hiaas Floerbiger
Europe
America
Ftarvard Observatory
Harlow Shapely
The
Observa
Tory
Hidden Circus Poster Found After 52 Years
Workmen uncover a vintage Adam Forepaugh circus poster behind a wall on Military Street in Port Huron Michigan dating to May 5 1872. The poster had been hidden by an adjoining wall since its placement 52 years earlier.
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Port Huron
Mich
Military Street
Adam Forepaugh
Art Huron
Widow Uses Slave Law to Reclaim Apprenticed Children
In Washington a widow, Ada M. Trapponie, seeks the District Supreme Court transcript of record to return her two minor daughters Evelyn Harriett Breeden nine and Rath Elizabeth Breeden six from Virginia under an 1850 fugitive slave law. The petition claims the father is dead and she is entitled to the children's labor during minority.
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Washington
Virginia
District Supreme Court
Tribunal
Old Dominion
Mather
Ada M. Trapponie
District of Columbia
Evelyn Haarriett Breeden
Rath “Elizabeth Breeden
X Ray Drunk Meter to Reveal Intoxication
An X ray based device, the metabular, claims to measure intoxication by tracking oxygen use and heat production after the suspect inhales pure oxygen. Dr. O W Ginsburg says it will replace hospital and officer observations with a paper record showing exact intoxication levels.
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San Francisco
Albis
Wll
O. W. Ginsburg
Doctor Ginsburg
Tropic Birds Thrive When Taken to Georgia
The United States biological survey imports Central American game birds for propagation in the United States. A survey representative has brought to Sapelo Island Georgia five ocellated turkeys four surassows and fifteen tlamons from Guatemala and British Honduras. Several chachalacas were imported from northeastern Mexico.
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Georgia
Washington
British Honduras
Guatemala
United States Biological Survey
United States
Agricultural Review
Sapelo Island
Mexico
Milk Fueled Engine Draws 200 Plus Passengers
Chicago health commissioner Dr Herman N Hundesen ran a Rock Island train from Englewood to Beverly Hills and back about twenty miles using dried milk as fuel. Fireman E Worthmniller shoveled chunks of dried cow milk into the firebox while the engine pulled five cars carrying over 200 passengers, many children, from the Chicago Home for Friendless Children and the Chicago Orphan asylum.
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Chicago
Herman N. Hundesen
Rock Island
Englewood
Beverly Hills
Buiesen
E Worthmniller
Chicago Oripan Asylum
Immense Mastodon Bones Found Near Tucson
Immense mastodon bones believed to date from the Pliocene period about 500000 years ago were found near Tucson Arizona and turned over to the University of Arizona for study.
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Tucson
Ariz
Perle
University of Arizona
Mystery of Micéon Island Mice Survive on Salt Lake Ruins
Col ony of Micéon Island on the Great Salt Lake is described as barren with no fresh water and life aside from numerous mice. B Taylor of the United States land office notes the island’s slate roofing resources but questions how the mice sustain themselves on this remote land.
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Salt Lake “City
Carrington Island
Great Salt Lake
B. ¥. Taylor
United States
Five day week returns to Burlington shops in Plattsmouth
Readable items note Burlington shops in Plattsmouth resuming a five day work week. Other local highlights include Osceola bank's 45th anniversary, a Scotts Bluff garage fire at an estimated loss of 10000, and Fremont postmaster Frank W Fuhlrodt's reappointment by President Coolidge.
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Burlington
Plattsmouth
Osceola Bank
J. H. Mickey
Scottsbluff
Frank W. Fuhlrodt
Fremont
Coolidge
J. Jolly Jones, Jr
Grand Island
Laurel
Arlene Rigsley
Omaha
Congress
Nebraska City
D. H. Leech
Friend
Harvard
Lancaster County
Henry J. Kreigel
Beatrice
Nebraska State Sunday School Association
Methodist Church
Madison Sewing Club
Madison County
Dixon County Board of Supervisors
Newcastle
William Haney
Columbus
Gage County
C. Ellison Pruitt
Norfolk
Union College
Seventh Day Adventist
College View
Nebraska
Atlas Powder Company
Louisville
Columbus International Summer School of Religious Education
Lincoln
L. J. Satterwaite
University Place
Senate
M. L. Corey
Farm Loan Board
J.C. Elliott
West Point
J. C.elliott
John Bort
Hear ‘Mitford
J. C. Dahlman
Jim
Bill” Horn
Greeley
Cole
American Legion
Hog House and Farrowing Pen Design Aids Farmers
William A. Radford explains a simple hog house for 14 by 50 feet with four farrowing pens and center feed room. The shed roof building sits on a concrete foundation with a feeding floor, east west orientation, and windows for sun and ventilation to improve hog housing and productivity.
All Houses Not Homes A Writer Declares
An article arguing that many live in houses not homes urges transforming dwellings into homes. It cites Better Homes in America with President Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Dr. James Ford, outlining a home as orderly, comfortable, and spiritually enriching with family time, books, music, and dignity.
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Better Homes In America
National Educational Institution
President Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
James Ford
United States
Ifte
America
Proper Fire Insurance for the American Home
The rate of fire insurance on a house depends on building materials fire protection and location but rarely exceeds half a percent of the home's value. The U S Department of Commerce notes insurance protects both mortgage lenders and the owner's equity and is usually required by banks trusts and building associations.
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United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of Building and Housing
Bank
Trust Company
Building Association
Painting Radiators Reduces Heat and Efficiency
A note urges stopping the practice of painting radiator coils and risers with silver or bronze tones as it reduces heating efficiency. It advises repainting to harmonize with room colors only after the heating system is off.
Insulation Upstairs Roof Key To Heat Savings
The main point is proper insulation above the second floor as the roof causes the most heat loss. Proper insulation could cut heat loss by 30 to 50 percent, significantly lowering fuel bills. Do not choose insulation that poses a fire hazard as tested by flame exposure.
Stormy weather boosts real estate sales psychology
A Milwaukee real estate man argues dreary days favor house hunting. He notes buyers delay on sunny days, giving dealers time to explain and tailor service. He adds that homes should look honest and liveable in rain as well as shine, since interiors matter most on bad days.
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Milwaukee
Hoover Says Building Loan Plan Effective
Herbert Hoover credits savings and loan associations as key stimulus to home ownership and building. The 1922 23 U S League report shows one year growth of 1 054 256 members and 1 009 associations with 6 864 144 members. Assets exceed 5 000 000 000, surpassing the combined assets of national banks.
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Herbert Hoover
Savings and
United States League of
America
Building and Loan Associationg
Paint and Varnish Cost Across Small House Builds
AIA specifications note paint and varnish typically total about one percent of a house’s cost. On a $5000 frame, expected paint and varnish around $50, with higher outlay as area or decorative specs increase.
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American Institute of Architects
Protects Furniture Against Warping and Loose Joints
A cautionary note explains that wood pieces dry out and swell with air exposure causing joints to loosen. It urges applying a coating to seal unseen portions to prevent trouble when moved.
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J. '. Carter
Hollywood
Cal
Texas Landmark
New Orleans
Galveston
Dick Taylor
Banks
Porter
Sabine Cross
Vars
Cornhusker News
Titus Lowe
Springfield
Mass
York County
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Spencer
Boyd County
Standard Oil Company
John Garmody
Wymore Railway
Red Cloud
Kansas
Geneva
Emil Krupicka
Carey Dyer
James Stuart Dales
Board of Regents
Mary Wilcox
Kiwanis Club
Beatrice High School
Miss Wilcox
Richard
Ralph Densberger
George Densberger
Woodlawn
Garden County
Nebraska Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Auditorium
Pierce
Hadar
Schwichtenberg
Horace G. More
Cowles
Verdon
Spizzit
L. R. de Wolf
York
Shickley
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Crops’ and Livestock
Frank Schott
Silver Creek
Copsey-Brittan
Lakeside
Pet
Denver E
Enossenn
Wichita
Ween
Aes Tars
Tulsa Eevee
Enas Enae
Oklahoma City Hh
St Joseph
Lincoln Se Eoteeesesess
Des Moines Eseerteee
Tristate League
Pet Beatrice
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Hastings
Eeteerenvae
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Hoover
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