New Mexico’s Santa Fe Unveils Grand Public Museum Complex
The new museum art gallery and St Francis auditorium in Santa Fe, built by the state and the School of American Research, are nearly complete with a Spanish Mission style. It houses 40000 square feet, 1400-seat hall, and priceless murals. The Palace of Governors hosts a renowned museum and ARS headquarters.
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St. Francis
United States
Acoma
Cochiti
San Felipe
Pecos
Laguna
California
City of
Santa Fe
Palace of the Governors
Plymouth Rock
State of New Mexico
Frank Springer
Las Vegas
Springer
Beauregard
Alhambra
Spain
Palace of Governors
Museum of
New Mexico
School of American Research
Archaeological Institute of America
Congress
Jerusalem
Athens
Rome
Peking
Robert Henri
New Cliff Dwellings Unearthed At Mesa Verde
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. J Walter Fewkes reports finding a new type of Pueblo dwelling in Mesa Verde Colorado dated to over 600 years ago. The open terrace structure called Far View House includes forty ground floor rooms four ceremonial kivas two stories high and a potential fifty rooms with a large southern dance plaza near Mummy Lake.
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J. Walter Fewkes
Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Smithsonian Institution
Department of the Interior
Doctor Fewkes
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
North America
Southwest
Mexico
Mesa Verde
Mummy Lake
Government Road
Soda Canyon
Oddities and Inventions From Around The World
A roundup of diverse notes: portable oxygen devices from France, German light alloys called duralium, Zululand’s clear air, Italian madorlin materials, Orient rice and tamale blends, Japan’s hereditary wrestlers, sun preserved pork and animal meats, camel aging, Greek cuttlefish with tenacles, seaweed film innovation in Liverpool, Spanish railway control, medieval carpet usage, potash preservative in flower water, Paris hydroelectric plan on the Rhone, plus a humorous mailbox joke from Buffalo Exchange.
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France
Germany
Zululand
Catania
Italy
Japan
Spain
Liverpool
Paris
Rhone
Standard Face Described by Mrs Benham
A brief dialogue notes Mrs Benham's appearance as a typical face with standard features. Benham characterizes her by saying she looks like many others, with the usual mouth nose and eyes. The exchange emphasizes a conventional, nondescript look rather than distinctive traits.
Seemed Away Off Opera Glasses Exchange
A brief backstage quip shows Mrs Styles asking about a tenor’s off night and Mr Styles replying that the audience may have misread the performer through opera glasses used incorrectly.
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Mrs. Styles
Mr. Styles
Does Your Husband Worry About the Grocery Bill
A humorous exchange notes a husband avoiding worry over rising grocery costs. He quips that it serves no purpose for both him and the grocer to stress over the same bills, treating the issue as shared concern.
Denmark Norway Sweden in War Era Briefs
Scandinavian dispatches note genealogical claim of Poul Heegaard to Gorm the Old. Norway sees reduced emigration after the war but higher freight costs and strong merchant fleet growth. Sweden leads lumber trade, pays high wages to foreign artists, and solves a costly Stockholm post office theft. United States exports to Denmark Norway Sweden rise in 1916. new Gothenburg bank formed. Copenhagen theater project eyed by American capital.
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Gorm the Old
Denmark
Poul Heegaard
University of Copenhagen
Heegaard
Bassett Digby
Christiania
Scandinavia
United States
Europe
Norway
America
Germany
Mercantile Marine
Seven Seas
New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
United States Fruit Company
Sweden
Britain Faces Serious Food Shortages and Warship Tactics
Berlin reports German editors defend U boat warfare after the Cunard liner Laconia sinking. Editors cite British use of ships as warships then passenger and hospital ships, arguing it fits the German warning on hospital ships. The piece notes uncertainty about strategic gains versus ship shortages.
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Union News Service
Berlin
Taglische Rundschau
Admiralty
Then &S
Dead trees cut for firewood at locality
Work crews remove standing dead trees from the area to convert them into firewood. The effort aims to reduce fire risk and provide usable timber for local needs.
Thank Offering Visitor at Door Sparks Odd Exchange
Butterman recalls a stranger who knocked and offered a dollar for his daughter's piano recital claiming it was a thank offering though he did not live nearby. Silversides questions whether the man truly loved music.
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Butterman
Votes for Women Debate Sparks Meekton Support
Relief notes Mr. Meekton calling women suffrage a great proposition and dismissing Henrietta’s earlier political arguments. The exchange highlights progressive talk and shifting views on voting rights in a civic discussion.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Damp blanket airing sparks domestic quarrel line
A humor line from the Passing Show features a housekeeper and mistress Lor' ma'am arguing over a damp blanket. The troupe makes a joke about perspirin and airing habits reflecting period domestic comedy tone.
Brazil Rejects German Submarine Blockade Claim
Brazil declares it does not recognize the submarine blockade and disclaims responsibility for acts that could harm Brazilian merchants. Germany objects, saying the blockade remains in force and cannot be abandoned without risking national annihilation despite regrets over neutral casualties.
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Rio
London rationing menu shows family of five limits
A London chef outlines a daily menu under compulsory rationing for a family of five: breakfast with five eggs, two and a half pounds of meat weekly, and three quarters of a pound of sugar, plus bread and cheese. Parliament member W C Anderson predicts compulsory measures may be adopted soon as voluntary limits prove unsustainable.
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London
England
Food Committee
W. C. Anderson
Kingdom
Cunard Laconia Torpedoed off Ireland Sinking Reported
The state department received an official cable from Consul Frost at Queenstown reporting the Cunarder Laconia torpedoed and sunk on February 25, about 150 miles west of Fastnet. Two hundred seventy eight survivors will land today. some are missing and one dead. More than twenty Americans were aboard per Cunard line officials.
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Cunard
Washington
State Department
Consul Frost
Queenstown
Fastnet
Cunard Line
Universal service plan outlined by War Department
Washington reports a synopsis of the universal service and training bill sent to Congress. The plan requires one year of military training for all boys at age nineteen, with exemptions for physical or mental unfitness and sole providers of destitute dependents. Training covers eleven months in the first year and two weeks in the second and third year of reservist liability.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Americans in Germany urged to meet pass regulations
Spanish Ambassador in charge of American interests says Americans desiring to leave Germany must follow military and police pass regs as neutrals do. Delays arise from formalities, wartime conditions complicate travel across the front.
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Germany
Berlin
Egg King or Oil King Powerplay
A candid exchange compares the egg and oil industries. One speaker jokes about becoming an egg king while noting the fragility of egg supply, then argues preferring an oil king who can regulate demand by controlling supply.
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief From Liver and Bowel Ailments
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness and related misery. A 10 cent box is described as offering health happiness and a clear head for months with cleansing of internal organs. The note mentions all stores carry Cascarets and urges care for children as well.
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