Rhinoceros Men Discover Ancient Habitat at Mapungubwe
Sensational finds near Mapungubwe in the northern Transvaal reveal golden ornaments, beads, copper pieces, and a bone helmet from a vanished rhinoceros worshiping tribe. Police guard the Hill of Mystery as Pretoria researchers study a fortress like hilltop site with possible Egyptian links and a buried forebears theory.
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Cape Town
Transvaal
Mapungubwe
Hill of Mystery
Limpopo
Lotrie
Lorrie
University of Pretoria
Rhodesia
Limpopo Valley
Bandit-Proof Bank Door Demonstrated in St Louis
A bandit-proof bank door for post or pre hours defense is exhibited in St Louis. The device is a bullet-proof chamber large enough for one person with two sliding doors that lock alternately. An employee enters, locks behind, then uses a secret dial to open the banking side. an intruder fails and is trapped inside.
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St. Louis
French Welcome Germans With Spending Money
Fifteen years after the war Paris greets a wave of German visitors who occupy night clubs theaters and cafes. Germans are described as patrons who spend money and influence the city’s social life with German music concerts and a cosmopolitan reception.
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Paris
Reich
This School Fines Its Students Who Flunk
A Wichita school fines students who flunk. Traffic offenders plead before the police court and must attend a two day per week one hour class. After seven lessons an exam is given. failing returns to court and pays a fine, while passing secures release. No cutting is allowed.
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Wichita
Kan
Tourist Rise Signals Rebound in Albuquerque Prosperity
Albuquerque reports tourism almost doubles in the last three months compared with a year ago. Many visitors are en route to Chicago for the Century of Progress exposition, indicating a return to normal prosperity conditions.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Chicago
Braille Books Mailed to Blind Readers in New Orleans
New Orleans provides a mail system for Braille editions allowing blind readers to receive books without traveling to the library. Special handling for fragile editions exists, and readers return books via postmen at no cost. Books include Pearl Buck titles and are popular among the visually impaired.
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New Orleans
Buck
Lead and Zinc Boom in Tristate District
Production of lead and zinc ore around Joplin Missouri has reached peak levels not seen since October 1931. Zinc output runs about 4,400 tons weekly with lead ore around 500 tons, while zinc production has sometimes exceeded 6,000 tons weekly. Zinc concentrates in storage bins have fallen from 24,000 tons to 14,000 tons this year, with 980,000 tons in stock a year ago. lead ore stocks have declined from 14,550 tons in 1983 to 9,350 tons.
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Joplin
Tristate
Words Of Love Come Easy Now From Past And Present Notes
A Boston Globe reflection contrasts old fashioned love letters and the方式 modern dating. It cites Gaskell’s Compendium of Forms from 1880, notes on salutation practices, and how letters once shaped courtship. The piece laments vanished youth rituals and predicts future attic finds of genuine love letters.
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General Pershing
France
United States
Gaskell
Boston Globe
Pointed Question Exchange Between Mother and Child
A mother with a cold fears passing it to her child Bobby. She warns him not to hug her. The boy thinks and asks who she hugged, implying the risk came from someone else. The light exchange highlights a child's practical view of transmission.
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Bobby
Coca-Cola Timepiece Shines in Atlanta Display
A 15 foot tall Coca-Cola clock in Atlantic, Georgia attracts thousands daily. The bright red face is located at Walnut Street where a voiced clock calls out the correct time, day and night, using Kern Bulletin Colors and Sherwin-Williams paint.
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America
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin-Williams
S-W
Sherwin-Williams Co
Canal Road
Cleveland
Ohio
Coca-Cola
Atlanic
Atlanta
Kern Bulletin
Chicken and Auto Grow Old Together
Jamestown, N Y March seventeenth 1916 marks the hatching of an Ancona chicken on J S Soderholm’s farm. The same year he bought a new automobile and recalls the brooder catching fire that destroyed the unit on the hatch day.
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Jamestown
N. Y
J. S. Soderholm
Soderholm
Cow Defends Calf in Fort Klamath Bear Encounter
Ralph Darling’s cow in Fort Klamath Oregon fought off a brown bear that threatened its calf. Darling arrived and shot the intruder, keeping the calf safe and earning the community’s praise for the brave animal.
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Fort Klamath
Ore
Ralph Darling
Darling
Yucca Blossoms Flourish Under Protection Law
In southern California yuc cas burst into yellow bloom and are more abundant than ever due to a state law forbidding blossom picking. Early Spanish explorers called these shrubs candles of the Lord.
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California
Herbs Fuel Medicine Trade in St Louis Market Shift
In a report on American medicinal herbs, St Louis is highlighted as the main national market for roots and plants used in remedies. Commission merchants note thousands of dollars earned by gatherers and diggers, with mandrake or mayapple roots among the most in demand and shipments to England common. Indian itinerant healers also source herbs in St Louis.
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St. Louis
United States
Jimson
England
Eugene Donzelot
Donzelot
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