U S Leads World in Aeronautics Report
The army air service states the United States leads in aviation development after a year of record airplane records and improved engine and wing designs. It credits McCook Field Dayton and the Bureau of Standards with advances in materials and durability, notes the Liberty engine lesson, Pulitzer Trophy progress, and the De Bothezat helicopter.
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Army Air Service
Washington
United Sites
Air Service
Air Service Engineering Division
McCookfield
Dayton
Bureau of Standards
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
America
de ‘Bothezat
Boy Makes $2,500 on $24 Investment
Chicago officials relate how an office boy turned a $24 offer into a $2,500 profit by buying misprinted all-mail stamps printed with an inverted airplane and selling them to Col. E. R. Green, son of Hetty Green. a Chicago businessman refused the initial sales pitch.
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Chicago
Post Office
Col. E. R. Green
Hetty Green
Berlin Women Law Abiding Says Police June Report
Berlin police statistics for June show women in Berlin commit only one sixth as many crimes as men. The report highlights gender gaps in law violations and underscores enforcement patterns in the capital.
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Berlin
Dino Eggs Found From Ten Million Years Ago In Mongolia
American Museum of Natural History third Asiatic expedition returns from the Mongolian plains with nine tons of fossils and twenty five dinosaur eggs from nests among medium sized protoceratary andrewsis skeletons. The eggs five to six inches long, elliptical, buff coated shells. They report a land bridge connected Asia and America in ancient times and identify kinship among early fauna.
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Asia
America
American Museum of Natural History
Mongolian
Osborn
Roy Chapman Andrews
Andrewsis
Longtitude
Fossil Sets Back Flowering Plant History in Coal Age Find
In a limestone lump in a coal seam at Illinois Professor A C Noe of the University of Chicago reports a stem resembling a corn stalk proving an angiosperm existed in the carboniferous age. This pushes the origin of flowering plants back millions of years beyond prior evidence and challenges accepted plant evolution timelines.
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Chicago
Minois
A. C. Noe
University of Chicago
Nov
Costly Yankee Baggage Tempts German Thieves
A Cologne baggage smasher advised a New York woman to use inexpensive, European-looking bags and remove steamer posters and hotel labels to reduce theft risk. He claimed high priced luggage invites theft and that European styled cases lower hotel bills as rates often depend on appearance.
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Cologne
New York
Europe
Quebec Province Supplies Most Of World Asbestos
The article notes that the majority of global asbestos production originates in Quebec Canada, highlighting the province as the leading supplier in the industry.
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Province of
Quebec
Canada
Auto Held Responsible for Lop Footed Pedestrians
City observers note a rising tendency of right feet turning inward while walking in Manhattan. Researchers link the trend to automobile acceleration, suggesting the motorcar redirects the foot inward toward the line of ancient barefoot ancestors.
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Auto
New York
Far advanced Stage in Plant Evolution Suggested
Text notes that a highly developed stage in plant evolution implies land plants underwent a long developmental period before the earliest fossil records, indicating extensive prehistory before known rocks.
California Governor Seeks Alpine County Supervisor
Governor Friend W Richardson in Alpine County seeks applicants to fill a supervisor vacancy after George H Luhrs resigned. With no newspaper in Alpine, the governor posted notice in Markleeville courthouse inviting qualified individuals to apply.
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Sacramento
Cal
Thas
W.richardson
Alpine County
Markleeville
George H. Luhrs
Former Soldiers Study Everything but Warfare
Sacramento Calif Six years ago hundreds of thousands sought to improve warfare skills but in 1923 only 800 ex service men began school training. E R Caughey says virtually every trade has applicants except study of warfare. Thirty aim for ministry one hundred for dentistry medicine law art journalism and teaching roles.
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Sacramento
Cal
E. R. Caughey
Caughey
England Patented Sewing Machine Debut in 1775
The sewing machine received its first patent in England in 1775 but did not achieve substantial success.
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England
Nebraska items reflect on clubs, enrollments and incidents
A long compilation notes Albion organizing a 50 member golf club. Omaha forestry meeting. Huaird firemen plan a Halloween benefit ball. Lincoln women voters elect a new president. state education sees record enrollments. 8000+ teachers expected in Omaha. Ak-Sar-Ben Carnival attendance up. various local incidents include electrocution, tetanus case, and an insurance figure’s death.
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Albion
State Forestry Association
Omaha
HuAird
Hallowe
Monroe
Omaha Retail Grocers’ Association
Kenneth Widle
Nance County
Roy Bunnell
North Platte
W. Leroy Davis
Lincoln
Nebraska League of Women Voters
Organiz Action
Aurora
Orville Meyers
Preston
Ommaha
Institutions of Higher Learning
Hastings
Cates
Adams County
Teachers’ Association
Grand Island
Henry Reimers
Pierce
Fred Koehler
State Tax Commission
William F. Weigel
France
A. S. Douthitt
Cushing
Grand Lodge of Nebraska
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
York
Richardson County
Barada
E. H. Barbour
The
State University
Blue Valley
H. C. M. Burgess
Nebraska
College View
Lancaster County
Rt. J. Barr
Brown County
Ainsworth
K. C. Knudson
State Banking Department
American State Bank
Pioneer State Bank
Guarantee Fund Commission
Alpha Home
Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
Mission Association of Lincoln
Lauretta J. Schreiner
E. W. Peter
Ansley
Dan Swangon
Nebraska Baptist Convention
Peoria
W. H. Rasmusser
Norfolk
Epworth League of
Centenary M. E. Church
Beatrice
Columbus
Pawnee
Platte County
Naomi Moxon
Alliance Jeweler
Wi C. Brooks
Alliance Aviation Company
Brooks
I. R. Clayton
Gage County
I. J. Stratton
Andrew G. Wolfenbarger
Frank Bachman
Ralston
Fierce Milling Company
James F
Mackeynolds
Bellevue
Walter S. Jackson
Farmers’ National Bank
Valentiné
Presbytery ‘of
Kearney
First Presbyterian Church of
Synod of Nebraska
Fenton
Teachers urged to attend Nebraska convention in Omaha
State Superintendent John M. Matzen calls teachers from all districts to Omaha for the annual Nebraska Teachers Association convention October 30 to November 3. He cites progress in education and the need to extend professional service to the community, with topics including equitable school tax distribution for sparse districts.
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State Teachers Association
John M. Matzen
Omaha
Matzen
English Cottage As Popular Style For Modern Homes
The article lauds a Quaint English Cottage style with modern arrangements for comfort. Architect William A. Radford offers free guidance via mail to readers. the design features three bedrooms, a practical hall, a well placed kitchen, and adaptable interior wood tones with Jacobean furniture, brick and timbered stucco exterior, and tasteful draperies.
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America
Ancient Greeks Played Ball? New relief hints at ball games
A newly found sculptured relief from Athens reported by the London Times suggests ancient Greeks played ball games beyond handball, indicating a wider set of athletic activities in classical times.
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Athens
London Times
Victorian House Design With Ivy Dressed Stucco Exterior
The design describes a 39 by 43 foot house with ivy and shrubs to enhance the exterior. A warm brick color and brown timber accents suit the gables, with a recessed porch leading to a living room 17 by 14 featuring a fireplace and multiple windows. A side vestibule leads to a lavatory and hall connections.
Too Much Rush These Days
A reflective remark contrasts the pace of modern life with a century of rapid change. The speaker notes that in the last ten years, history has been made in ways difficult to sort within fifty past years.
He'd Prove the Reverse
A fragment shows a mother scolding Mary for fighting with boys while Mary insists on proving a point about Jimmy Park's nose. The line captures a domestic quarrel echoing a broader social mischief between gendered expectations.
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Mary
Sean
Jimmy Park
Londor
Sleep Postures Across Animals and Humans
The article surveys how humans and various animals sleep in different positions. It notes fatigue, stand sleeping in humans, and birds resting with heads turned back while many species have unique stances. It also mentions owls, parrots, bats, ducks sleeping afloat, and predators like foxes, wolves curling up. It states some fish and reptiles allegedly never sleep.
Sawdust Process Sought as Novel Cattle Feed
Chemists test converting sawdust into cattle food as a new feed option. The project explores chemical processing to enhance digestibility and nutrition for livestock.
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Mongolia
Peking
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Fossil Beds Fund
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Salus Barraza
Pancho Villa
Barraza
Villa
California
Cornhusker News
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Ill
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Sparta
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