Sitten Bull honored in poetry contest by Pasque Petals
Elmo Scott Watson notes American Indian Day observes Sitting Bull as poetry contest subject. Aberdeen’s N Herried offers 40 line prize for best Sitting Bull poem to be submitted by December 1. He argues Sitting Bull was a complex figure, more patriot than traitor, with contested myths.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Sitting Bull
Mr. Herried
H&vine
West Point
Custer
Little Ble Horn
Grand River
Four Horns
An & Boy
Jumping Badger
Little Big Horn
Seventh Cavalry
Gall
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Washington
Grant
West Reint
Boots
James McLaughlin
Standing Rock
Charles A. Eastman
Sitting Bulls
Doctor Eastman
South Dakota
Record flight distances eclipse birds in historic note
The report cites Lindberghs nonstop flight of 3 010 miles and Chamberlin Levine distance estimates from 8 000 to 4 000 miles. It mentions Alaska plovers flying 2 400 miles from Aleutians to Hawaii and golden plovers annual migrations from Newfoundland.
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Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Levine Ts
Aleutian
Hawaii
Newfoundland
Vague nautical measure cited across Atlantic corridor
A fragmentary report notes a distance described as 1,700 to 2,200 rifles along a route from Nova Scotia toward the northeastern coast of South America. The text lacks full context, leaving the meaning of the measurement unclear.
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Nova
Inmates Enroll in Penn State Courses at Rockview Prison
Nearly 100 prisoners each year for four years enrolled in courses for inmates at Rockview penitentiary offered by Pennsylvania State College's engineering extension department. Ten courses were given during the year just ended with final exercises held recently.
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Rockview Penitentiary
Engineering Extension Department
Pennsylvania State College
Seventy Students Earn Special Certificates
In School Life, seventy pupils received special certificates marking achievement in classroom work and attendance. The presentation honored the students and recognized dedication to studies.
Two Locomotives Featured at B and O Centenary Pageant
Exhibition at Hunlethorpe Maryland this October showcases one of the latest water-tube boiler locomotives weighing 314 tons alongside the first engine to serve the northwestern states in 1862 now kept as a relic by the Great Northern railroad. Dr A T Anderson and Miss Sarah T Anderson of Spokane attend with descendants of Capt Meriwether Lewis the famous explorer.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Hunlethorpe
Northwestern States
Great Northern Railroad
A. T. Anderson
Sarah T. Anderson
Spokane
Meriwether Lewis
Salvador appoints new minister to Washington
For the first time in seven years Salvador is represented in Washington by Dr Francisco A Lima who arrived to assume duties. Lima previously served as minister to Guatemala and Mexico and in 1922 was confidential agent for the Federal Council of Central America in Washington.
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Salvador
Washington
Francisco A. Lima
Doctor Lima
Guatemala
Mexico
Federal Council of Central America
Tunney Trains Hard for Dempsey Title Fight
The photograph shows Gr and Tunney, heavyweight champion, training for his September 22 bout with Jack Dempsey, former champion, in Chicago. Large crowds watched his stunts at Spec ulator in the newspaper’s notes.
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Shhows Gr
Tunney
Pugilist
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Speculator
Short-Lived Tree Quaking Aspen Widespread North American
The quaking aspen is the most distributed tree in North America per the American Tree Association. It spans from Newfoundland to Alaska and south to New Jersey Kentucky Mexico and California. It grows readily and is short lived, soon giving way to better trees.
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North America
American Tree Association
Newfoundland
Alaska
New Jersey
Kentucky
Mexico
California
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Sitting Hull
OF Barry
Aikun
Oll
China
Henan
Ankuochun
Chang Tso-lin
Chang
Feng Yu Jislang
Kinkajou
Edna Passaupe
A. J. Weber
London
Terrence B. Tully
James V. Metcalf
Unt
England
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