Ocean Colors and the Blue, Green, and Red of Seas
Washington reports from the National Geographic Society describe how seas take on hues from water purity, salinity, and suspended matter. Notable examples include the deep blue Mediterranean and sapphire Caribbean, olive greens near the poles, and yellowish tints in the Yellow Sea from river sediments.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Red Sea
Yellow Sea
Antarctic
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
South Pole
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Equator
Arctic
China
Cape Florida
Cape Hatteras
South Seas
Saguenay
St. Lawrence
California
Santa Cruz Bay
Dixie Court Upholds Husband Obedience Duty in Marriage
In Montgomery Alabama the Alabama Court of Appeals interpreted the word obey in marriage vows as binding. The ruling upheld a husband’s right to object to his wife using beauty aids and to fix the family domicile over the mother’s wishes.
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Montgomery
Alabama Court of Appeals
Cardington to be world’s greatest airport by airship plan
The cabinet decides to create an imperial airship service and appoint Cardington in Bedfordshire as the home of airship research and experiments. The site hosted the ill fated R-88 and the nearly complete R-87 in a vast shed that can house two airships, with nearby gas works and offices.
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London
Imperial Airship Service
Cardington
Bedfordshire
Hull
Veteran guard of Grant’s first camp preserves historic site
Israel B. Pearce, a Grant era veteran living eight miles west of Springfield, tends the original camp ground and the famed tree where Grant wrote orders. He raises a daily flag from a 30 foot pole and recounts the first day’s march of the Twenty first Illinois Infantry from Camp Yates to its initial tents and hardships.
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Springfield
Jacksonville
Israel B. Pearce
Grant
Sherman
Pearce
Regi
Twenty-first Clinois Infantry
Yates
Carcer
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Vicksburg
Walnut
Carolinas
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Record of 49 Blood Transfusions in Two Years
Charles Donnelly of Locust Gap Pa has undergone 49 blood transfusions in two years at Jefferson Hospital for severe anemia. He began in September 1922 and has received a transfusion roughly every two weeks. His brothers Frank John Joseph and Thomas donate blood during periodic hospital visits, with several students offering to donate as well.
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Philadelphia
Charles Donnelly
Locust Gap
Jefferson Hospital
Dennelly
Frank
John
Joseph
Thomas
Donnelly
Fries Wins Republican Nomination for Constable in Davenport
H Hat Fries reports campaign costs totaling twenty five cents in Davenport Iowa. His itemized list shows expenses for an ice cream cone bottle of soda water and a package of cigarettes.
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Davenport
Iowa
H. Hatt Fries
Brave as She's Pretty Miss Leona Davis Saves Man in Canal
Miss Leona Davis of Washington dived into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal fully clothed to rescue G. W. Cave, a prominent insurance man, who had sunk twice. She struck him to render him unconscious to save him, then spent 200 minutes giving first aid until he revived.
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Leona Davis
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
G. W. Cave
Miss Davis
Cave
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Fie
Max Sasanoff
Christ
President Coolidge
Dixie
Post Office
New York
Chicago
Long Island
Maywood Aviation Field
Cheyenne
Wyo
Brazil
Municipal Theater
Sao Paulo
Adee
Alvin A. Adee
Hughes
Mr. Adee
OF Davis
William McMillan Adamis
Julia” McDonald Davis
John, W. Davis
John W. Davis
Davis
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