Western Australia in Spotlight and Gold Boom Revival
Western Australia draws attention with a 2 to 1 referendum push toward secession, while a renewed gold boom stirs activity in Kalgoorlie and other mines. The region's vast deserts, wheat fields, sheep and cattle, and growing exports shape its developing economy and distant ties to Canberra.
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Washington
Western Australia
Commonwealth
National Geographic Society
Kalgoorlie
Coolgardie
Nimberley
Golden Mile
San Francisco
Dawson
Iormer
Sleaver
Kalfoorlie
Weater
Australia
Berlin Drug Store Celebrates 275 Years in Old City
Berlin’s oldest drug store, the Einhorn Apotheke, marked its 275th anniversary. Historic customers include Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, novelist Theodor Fontane, and poet Wilhelm Slashe. The shop’s façade and show window preserve a century of remedies like Devil's Dirt and Dragon Blood.
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Berlin
Europe
Dismarck
Theodore Fontane
Wilhelm Slashe
Einhorn Apotheke
Old City
Trapper Finds cliff dwelling linking Indians to Asia
Fat Clausen known as The Lone Wolf of the Barrens discovered a rock chamber 75 feet below a cliff crest in Dead Man's valley Edmonton. The room shows human workmanship and may support a theory that Mongols reached North America 20 000 years ago via the Arctic route, says Prof. E. A. Corbett.
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Edmonton
Alta
Dead Man's Valley
Fat Clausen
Lone Wolf
Clausen
Lertog Straits
Mackenzie River District
Ruins Reported Beneath Dead Sea Surface by Flyers
An I A E officer over Abukir and an Amman Marine officer report ruins beneath the Dead Sea. Two groups of columns, red granite fragments, and a carved head of Alexander the Great were recovered by divers. A calm sea allowed clear viewing, sparking speculation on biblical destructions.
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San Francisco
Abukir
Bay
San Francisco Chronicle
Omar Toussein
Alexander the Great
Amman
Deag Sea
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Fate of France in Saar Watts on Vote in 1935
Brief note from Paris hints at a French wager on the Saar vote set for 1935 with outcomes depending on events two years hence. The fragment mentions PFrard and a wager but lacks clear detail.
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France
Saar Watts
Paris
Pfrard
King of Marbles Aaron Huytash Celebrates National Title
Aaron Huytash of Surantoy, PI, crowned king of marbles after winning the national marbles championship at Singer Stadium in Ocean City New Jersey.
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Aaron Huytash
Surantoy
Singer
Ocean City
N. J
Saar Plebiscite Looms Over Coal Rich Saar Valley
France weighs loss of Saar trade and industrial gains as 1935 plebiscite may make the 780 square mile territory German or remain under League jurisdiction. Saarbrucken, a rail hub, faces rising Nazism amid public calls to safeguard French interests in a region vital to economy and autarky.
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Saar Valley
League of Nation
France
Saar
Europe
Autarky
Nazia
Saarbrucken
Trapper, 83, Says He Has No Future
Ortonville area trapper Henry Rodenbough, 83, with 72 years in the trade, says trapping has no future for him yet plans to work on and off into his hundreds. He recalls starting at age eleven and trapping martens, mink, gray fox and muskrats while noting the tough realities and long trapping days.
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Trapper
Ortonville
Bmich
Henry Modenbough
Oakland County
Rodenbough
Radenbough
Tenacious teen nets 129-pound tarpon in Sarasota
In Sarasota Florida a fourteen year old boy from Colounists Ohio named Robert Prundage caught the heaviest tarpon of the annual tournament. He landed a 129 pound fish after gaffing it from the water. The achievement marks a standout in local fishing events.
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Bey
Sarasota, Fla
Robert Prundage
Colounists
Ohio
Sheep Do Well on Alfalfa Pastures
W G Koommilads of the University of Illinois reports alfalfa pastures yielded high returns for 99 000 sheep and lambs. An acre produced 24. an acre for experiments, with seven ewes and twelve lambs per acre for 100 days and lambs gaining enough weight to equal 480 pounds per acre. Alfalfa acreage has tripled in 14 years to 283 600 acres.
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W. G Koommilads
Wushandry
University of Yinals
College of Agriculture
The
Agricultural College
Illinois
Soybean Interference Reduces Corn Yield in Mixed Plantings
Ohio experiment results by N L Borst show soybeans consistently lower corn yield when grown together. Thick silage corn with in-row soybeans adds little total yield though protein content of silage rises. For hogging down, intercropping is preferable to silage aims, with drilled rows giving better outcomes than hill plantings.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
N. L. Borst
Lorst
Hilts
Soap Making on Farms Revival On Farm Waste Use
Last year showed a revival of soap making on farms as USDA extension reports. Farm housewives in several states were encouraged by home demonstration agents to use farm waste to reduce cash outlay and revive this old household art.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Illinoia
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Colorado
Wyoming
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin
Safflower Cultivation Grows in U S Wheat Belt
The article notes safflower thrives in the spring wheat region of Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Montana with USDA advocates arguing demand could replace some wheat acreage. It is not meant to replace flax but to supplement it amid normal flax production.
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Egypt
India
United States
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Saga
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Population Rises to 32 212 000 in 1935
United States Department of Agriculture annual estimate shows farm population at 32 212 000 on January 1, 1935, up from 31 241 000 in 1932, the largest gain since 1990. The 1923–33 period saw growth to a peak, surpassing the 32,076,000 level reached in 1910.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Roses Cover Up Sins in Sentimental Sermon
A four woman writer delivers a short sermon on how roses disguise wrongdoing. The piece cites a kidnapped girl who paid a ransom of 9000, a terrorized father, and a gang that spared kindness with roses to mask crimes. It argues roses enable social parasites to escape accountability.
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Swat
Ell Syndicata
WNU
Sorority Frosh He Is All the World to Me Advice
A brief letter prompts guidance on romance and exploration. The writer seeks counsel on balancing affection with curiosity about the wider world, with a line referencing Montreal as a locale. The piece conveys youthful longing and a search for wise direction.
Would Prove Heredity Wise That Newn Thing
A fragment from Seston Evenlog Transcript hints at a witty exchange about heredity linking “mother a cat” and a threat turned by a clever comeback. The text reads as a quirky dialogue line with urban or period voice.
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Seston
Elevator fears as passenger questions drop from skyscraper
A nervous passenger asks what happens if the elevator plunges to the bottom while near the roof of a tall building. The elevator girl reacts with shock and calls him by an unfamiliar name, sounding distressed.
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Ciosa
Jose
Jabi
Poem Fragments Prompt Editor Says Spring Is Like Apring
Fragmentary dialogue shows a poet asking to ske a poem about spring and an editor replying with remarks about the verse. The exchange hints at playful misspellings and a focus on spring imagery.
Dialogue on race and voices from a radio test
A comic exchange depicts a radio testing scenario where a white interviewer asks a Black man if he hears voices without identifying speakers. The man replies affirmatively and asks when it happens, and the interviewer quips about radio interference.
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WLSA
Oser
Two-Hearted Discovery Report Sparks Curiosity
A quirky News Item notes an old fow was found to have two hearts, a claim echoed in Sounds like the bridge partner remark from last week in Smith's Weekly.
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Smith
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