Glider Designer Foresees Long Flights From Upward Air
Dr. George K. Madelung, Hanover glider designer now with a U S airplane company, cites upward air currents as key to sustained flight. He notes hawks rise on thermals and argue night air is downward, hindering nocturnal gliding and night flight. His work influences a new seaplane type for the U S Navy.
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Giidera
Cleveland
George K. Madelung
Hanover
Rhone Valley
Doctor Madelung
Germany
Madelung
United States Navy
Pershing
Samuel Woodfill
Silver Grove
Literacy High in Virgin Isles Attendance Near 100 Percent
The Virgin Islands public schools report near perfect attendance with a just-opened year expected to match last year’s 99 percent. Compulsory education runs to age 15 and fines for absence or tardiness fund school operations. School nurses verify illness excuses and early back-to-class returns reduce truancy.
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Charlotte Amelie
St. Thomas
V. L
Virgin Islands
United States
Washington
Denmark
Nase
Insular
Virgin Islanders
Dancing bear on Sproat Lake island attracts visitors
A solitary black bear on a tiny island in Sproat Lake near Victoria British Columbia stands and dances on its hind legs when humans appear. Canoeists fed it sugar and honey, snapped photos, and left with the impression the bear was once tamed as a cub before being abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Sproat Lake
Vancouver Island
Canoe Pfirty
Wisdom of the plain people quote from Birmingham candidate
A newly elected candidate asserts faith in the common voter while backing plain speaking governance, reflecting the Age-Herald’s framing of political sentiment after an election.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Copperhead Nest Disrupts Indiana Sawmill Operation
A log cut at the McDonald sawmill near Shoals Indiana uncovered a nest of copperhead snakes. The saw nearly halted work as slabs were removed. The carriage and mill became a writhing mass of snakes before lumbermen repelled the threat and killed all the reptiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Shoals
Ind
Tabby Cat Destroys Alligator Threat to Kittens
A mother tabby called Snookums defended five newborn kittens from a five-foot alligator on W. F. Madden’s porch. She leaped onto the beast, slashing its hide while Mrs. Madden heard the commotion and helped imprison the wounded gator in the cellar.
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Cincinnati
W. F. Madden
Snookums
Mrs. Madden
Marquesas Islands to Seek Rehabilitation and Trade Growth
A French administration plan for the Marquesas aims to rehabilitate inhabitants and raise moral and material welfare. Dr. and Mrs. Handy report that the goal includes schools and direct San Francisco Marquesas steamship links to cut middlemen, open fertile valleys, and possibly establish fueling stations for ships between Australia and Panama.
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Honolulu
T. H
Marquesas Islands
Tto
Museeum
E. C. Handy
G. de Poyen Belleisle
San Francisco
Marquesas
South Seas
Tahiti
Marquesans
Handy
Australia
Panama
Columbus man fined for illegal liquor possession in gutter salvage
Daniel Morgan of Columbus, Ohio, drank from five gallons of liquor poured into the gutter by state revenue officer J C Thompson. Morgan then filled a bucket and loaded it into his car before Thompson arrested him and Morgan was fined $110 for illegally possessing liquor.
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Daniel Morgan
Columbus
Lquor
J. C. Thompson
State Revenue Officer
Morgan
Thompson
Uor
Nebraska News Snapshots From The State
A scatter of notes from Nebraska towns reports events in agriculture crime and community life. A Salem of items notes a women’s club formation in Omaha a fifty year Albion church anniversary and a state federation convention in North Platte. Also cited are crop yields fires burglaries accidents deaths and civic developments across several cities including Lincoln Fremont Grand Island and York with details on people and local institutions.
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Omaha
Henmingford
Congregational Church
al ‘Bion
American Legion of Columbus
Bloomfield High School
Superior Country Club
Surprise
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
North Platte
German Reformed Church
Sutton
Foster
Harry Butler
York
John Solt
Callaway
Awnee County
N. J. Anderson
T@dge county
Nebraska
Wahoo
Agricultural College
Peoria
Richard Rood
Herbert F. Rood
Lincoln
Grand Island
South Omaha
Henry Wise
Clay Center
Nebraska City
Otoe County
Minatare
George Schley
Don Pettigrew
Methodist Church
James G. Southewick
Whittier
Cal
California
Henry Davis
North Loup
Seward County
Dodge County
Fremont
Hassan
Masson
John Livingston
Pioneer
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Supreme Court
Nebraska Supreme Court
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Nebraska, Town and
Kansas Lutheran Synods
Kenneth Downing
Arnold
Grand Lodge of
The
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Oscar Fauver
Wymore
Stotck
Beis. Grimes
South Omaha Live Stock Exchange
Norfolk
Elkhorn
Northfork
George W. Burlingame
Central City
G. A R. Department of
Nevada
Des Moines
Burlingame
Ctargaret Stoner
Charles Liston
Dickens
Liston
Red Willow County Fair
McCook
Walter Campbell
Raeger Cross
H. J. Pratt
Dr. C. Garlick
Ilighteen
Charles Clark
William Jimerson
A. Kiain
C. E. Harris
C. M. Pare
Fred Thomas
War Finance Corporation
Wounded Knee
Clinton
Niobrara
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Darius M. Amsberry
Congress
Edith Engquist
A. Engquist
Pelham Barrows
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
James McNamara
Some Dogs and Some Folks by C. B. Whitford
A Dane with a wounded leg in a doctor's office brags about courage while the veterinarian and a bull terrier named Snap recount a rough alley fight. The narration links canine bravado to human vanity as the doctor patches both animals and their stories.
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Bismarck
Doc
Germany
Iron Bismarck
Gather in Wheat Largest Crop in Western Canada History
Reports at season end indicate a wheat yield between 350 and 370 million bushels from 21.471 million acres across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The figure marks the greatest crop in the West, grown with heavy public and rail support and 40 000 workers drawn from across the country.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Canada
Degrees of Homage in Medieval Kneeling Practices
The article explains kneeling customs in the Middle Ages, noting that kneeling on both knees was for divine worship while homage to the sovereign was performed on one knee. It contrasts ceremonial postures and situates them in historic ritual usage.
Confidence Must Be Natural, Not Forced Trust
A Webster quote notes confidence cannot be manufactured by coercion. It states people cannot be compelled into trust and emphasizes inner assurance over pressure. The line presents a concise moral about authentic belief in others and in oneself.
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Daniel Webster
Judging Others by One's Self Quote
A compact reflection on virtue from Montaigne noting that trusting another's virtue reveals one's own. The aphorism links self-insight to judgement of others and cautions bias in moral assessment.
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Montaigne
Well Directed Fashionable Wedding Staged by Director
A chic wedding unfolded smoothly staged by a famous movie director. Guests described the ceremony as stylish and well coordinated, with attention to detail and cinematic flair throughout the event.
Honesty and Questioning in Public Discourse
A brief meditation contrasts blunt honesty with the merit of resisting cross questioning in public life, suggesting caution in how truth is pursued and presented.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised as friend indeed
Mrs George Harder of Los Angeles recalls using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for twenty years to recover from illness and support family cases. She says eight bottles improved her strength and she has recommended it to many women including her sister.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Lydia E. Pink
Lysis E. Pinkham
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Lydia F. Pinkham
George Harder
Byram St
California
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Aldershoff
Virgin Isles
South Sea
Marquesas Group
News OF Nebraska
C. B. Whitford
Western Newspaper Union
Farrers
Western
Mrs. Hardee
Parker
Danarus-Stopaliatr
Drorvida Riseox Chem
Hiscox Chemical Works
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