Helium and Hetch Hetchy Fights Shape National Debate
A column by Earl Godwin argues helium policy, its military and civilian uses, and the need for careful export control after the Hindenburg disaster. It links helium’s value to dirigibles, national security, and potential war implications while critiquing San Francisco’s handling of Hetch Hetchy power and a proposed federal firearms registry to curb crime.
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Earl Godwin
Ashington
Taday
Supreme Court
United States
Hindenburg
Earth
United States of America
New Orleans
Germany
Bureau of Mines
United States Bureau of Mines
Amarilla
Texas
Secs
Macon
Yosemite River
Power Trust
Brothers
Nefet-Hetchy
Yosemite
Congress
Hetel-Hetchy Valley
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
San Francizco
San Francisco
Woodrow Wilson
Ecity
Electric Light Company
Courage From Aquarius Saves Irish Woman In War Time
Anna Nolan of Hoyle County Roscommon Ireland recalls fleeing a drunken husband with a newborn baby in danger during the early World War era. She says courage came from the stars under Aquarius and army discipline kept the attacker from harm. the husband later died in France.
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Anna Nolan
Loog
Island City
Anna
Hoyle
County Roscommun
Ireland
England
Irish Sea
Rexervists
Calars
Alna
Allobe
Auni Anna
Boyle
Eld Orly
Anns
Anda
Rman Hersel
Nolan
France
Dress Norms In Early Colonies Reflect Conscience And Economy
A Indiana polis News writer notes Pilgrims and Puritans avoided extravagance in dress for conscience and thrift. Colonial lists show settlers supplied with multiple garments and accessories, laws in 1034 banned silver and silk, and fashions evolved as wealth grew, with Cavaliers favoring elaborate styles and Puritans keeping hair modest.
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Indianapolis News
Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Court
Virginia
London
Col
Iwan Lewin
Ancient plaster used in buildings through ages
The text notes plaster's long history from ancient use to Greek and Roman decorative effects. It cites King John recognizing its fire resistant qualities after the London fire, and mentions sanitary laws requiring lathed and plastered habitable rooms. It also claims plaster insulates against cold and dust.
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John
England
London
Watch Gallant Crusader Against the Blarijugna Weed
In a regional dispatch from New York, Lemuel F. Parton profiles widow Al Hichmond Wright who continues her late husband Hamilton Wright’s narcotics crusade. She urges united action against marijuana, detailing early campaigns, international efforts, and the drug’s spread from Mexico to several U.S. states, while recalling Wright’s wartime anti narcotics work and ongoing global responsibility.
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New York
Hamilton Wright
al Hichmond
Wright
National Congress of Parents
New Mexico
Stile Marcolics Commission
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Texas
Richmond
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
League of Notions
Elizabeth Washburn
William Drew Washburn
France
Paris
Yun- Tan
Shensi
China
Eilen la Molte
Mexico
Mazatlan
Expokiyn
Andrew Tluerta
Queens
Birs. Wright
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Filet Chair Set With an Initial Pattern 1333
Instructions for crochet chair back and arm rests with an alphabet set of initials. Pattern 1333 includes charts for initials 3% by 4 inches, material list, stitch illustrations, and directions to add a personal touch to a chair set. Send 13 cents for pattern The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Baking Cookies From a Historic Recipe Fragment
A faded OCR fragment describes a cookie recipe: mix butter and sugar, beat in eggs one by one, add flour gradually, fold in chopped dates and nuts, then flavor. Shape into a rot, refrigerate overnight, and bake in a moderate oven to cut into thin layers the next day.
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Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Estely
Firsien
Iies
Cummings
G-man
Hoover
New York State
State National Guard
Uncle Sam
Bente Sisietn New
Paper Union
Spirit From the Stars ™ By
Floyd GinnoNs
Mer
iNusband
Baby
Lemuel F. Parton
Atlantis
Leo Frobenius
Innis
Africa
Egypt
Tripoli
Turkey
Reeiype Dane
Gaynor Mole Star
Aaty
Ecu
Spd
Betton
Jase Ler
Agitrika
Jower Bowsls
Peth
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