Architects Search World for Good Building Stone
A National Geographic style overview highlights marble and other stones used in famed buildings. It traces marble’s classical role from Athens to the U S Supreme Court, notes types like granite and limestone, and discusses quarry sources and durability in varying climates.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
National Geographic Society
Mt Pentelicus
Athens
Pantheon
New York City
North Carolina
Bedford
Ind
Umestone
Pilgrims Use New Highway To Mecca Jerusalem Route
The Irak Hijjaz route opens direct travel causing Damascus merchants concern over the old Syrian path. Agreements set a sanitary post and passport office at Idha. About 2000 foreign pilgrims have used the road. Mecca pilgrims are barred from carrying cameras to protect sacred rites.
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Mecca
Jerusalem
Irak
Siljaz
Syria
Damascus
Hijjaz
Idha
Fence Posts Show Return of Prosperity
In Escanaba Michigan fence posts reflect farmers economic health as shipments rise in the upper peninsula. Diversification in agriculture and new paper products boost demand for pulpwood with jackpine and spruce used in fine textured waxed papers.
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Escanaba
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Corn Belt
Peninsula
Chicago & North Western Railway
United States Forest Service
Wisconsin
Heads American Bar Association Elects Ransom President
William Lycn Ransom of New York utilities law practice was elected president of the American Bar Association over James M. Beet. Ransom, a former Justice of the New York City Court at age thirty, rises to lead the national legal group.
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William Lycn Ransom
New York
Utiiliies
American Bar Association
James M. Beet
Penonsylvanlia
Congress
Kolleltor Central
United States
Mr. Ransom
City Court
New York City
New Pep Py Wildflower Spotted in Nevada Hills
A new pep py species, larger than the California pep py, has appeared this year near Wonders Prospectors old mining camp in Fallon Ney. Varieties grow along the Lincoln Highway in masses of blue yellow pink and white colors.
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Nevada Hills
Fallon
Ney
Lincoln Highway
Elmer Fowler 15 Harvests Moon Guided Farm Row in Texas
Fifteen year old Elmer Fowler farms 15 acres by the moon with a weather almanac guiding sowing and harvesting. He expects 65 bushels per acre of corn and already harvested 75 bushels of peas from 1.5 acres as his father J A Fowler works out.
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Alukwa
Texas
Elmer Alford Fowler
Elser
Mle
Elmer
J. A. Fowler
Oxford lecturer sails to lecture on American Indian art
A Pawnee and Creek tribal member from Oklahoma travels to England aboard the Normandie to lecture in Oxford on American Indian art and dancing. He is shown in full regalia as part of his lecture props and also in evening attire.
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Blue Eagle
Oklahoma
England
Normandie
Oxford
Potatoes Grow On Tomatoes In Unusual Vines
Burt, a farmer near Alfa in Lumo Texas, reports a strange hybrid crop where tomato roots sprout potatoes and stems bear tomatoes. After planting tomatoes in 1923 and potatoes the next year, he again planted tomatoes this year and found vines bearing both fruits.
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Lumo
Burt
Alfa
Bert
Problem of how best to punish a child
The piece discusses how to punish children to teach right from wrong, weighing explanations versus arbitrary obedience, and whether corporal punishment should be banned. It argues parenting should be guided by affection, respect for mature judgment, and fostering self control and independence while modeling virtuous behavior. Dell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Offcers
Dell Syndicate
WNU Service
Different Ways of Making Rugs
An article discusses rug making, noting motifs and hexagon shapes as practical, with a new color chart to preview designs. Folder 522 from Home Craft Co offers sizes and color schemes, materials, stitches, and tips. Send 10 cents to Home Craft Co Dept Nineteenth and St Louis Ave St Louis Mo for details.
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Ihig Ig
Address Home Craft Co
Dept
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Not Boastful Customer I Suppose You Are Your Own Boss
A terse exchange where a customer questions independence and the barber replies that freedom is tied to being single again. The dialogue suggests themes of autonomy and relationship status shaping professional roles.
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Barber
Plant Improvement Through Hybridization History
Historic note on plant improvement tracing from selection to deliberate hybridizing in Knight England over a century ago. Describes early grafting for woody plants, quality gains from wizards, and key fruits like the Baldwin apple and Bartlett pear. Marks shift from slow selection to conscious hybridization using pollen placement on stigma.
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Knight
England
Little
Tynes
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