North Adventure Calls Vancouver Youth to Mineral North
Vancouver youths are lured north by explorers who tout rich mineral wealth in the Ominecas Ingenikas Peace River country and Great Bear district. They claim dry cold is tolerable with science and pioneer spirit, urging a shift from bond to North consciousness across British Columbia and beyond.
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Vancouver
B. C
Stewart
Portland Canal
Alaska
British Columbia
Great Bear Lake
St. Johns
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian
Northwest Territories
North America
Peace River
Americas
Great Bear Country
Tut Ankh Amun Shrines Restored At Cairo Museum
Four gilt shrines housing Tut Ankh Amun tomb sarcophagus have been placed in Cairo’s Antiquities museum. The innermost shrine is re erected for viewing, measuring 9 feet 6 inches by 5 feet, with gold leaf exterior and sacred figures in gold. A caricature of Akhenaten, found at Tell el Amarna, shows the king with beard and whiskers, suggesting possible decline before his obscure later life.
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Cairo Museum
Cairo
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Antiquities Museum
Tut
Akhenaten
Tell el-Amara
Thebes
Bandits Who Dynamite Fish Raid Northern Waters Cleaned Out
Hammerfest, Norway faces a government push to remove fishing bandits who raid banks off the north coast with dynamite. The coast guard and police plan a campaign to protect an industry on which more than 90 percent of residents depend. Dynamite fishing has been illegal since 1911 but continues.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Coast Guard
Four Flying Ratings Earned By Major Kepner
Maj William E B Kepner a World War balloonist and Distinguished Service Cross recipient is assigned to Wright Field after graduating from Kelly Field Air Corps Advanced Flying School He will join a select group of air corps officers with four flying ratings as airship pilot balloon observer and airplane observer plus qualification as pilot of rigid semi rigid and nonrigid airships Kepner has won national and international balloon races.
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U. S. Army Air Man
San Antonio
Texas
William EB. Kepner
Wright Field
Dayton
Air Corps Advanced
Kelly Field
Kepner
Air Corps
Major Kepner
Subterranean Water Lake Thought Found in Nebraska
Dr. A G Lugn University of Nebraska geologist estimates a vast underground reservoir in the south central Nebraska formed by glacial sands and gravels. Platte river waters seep underground toward southern border rivers, explaining Platte dryness in summer.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Platte
Lighted probe to dive 3000 feet for rare sea life
San Francisco scientists prepare a six month voyage aboard the Zaca to the Gala pagos and Tres Marias off Mexico. Dr Barton W Everman leads a lighted bulb device that attracts and traps curious fish and crustaceans for study. The expedition aims to bring back preserved specimens and live creatures, plus insects birds and mammals from remote tropical islands.
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San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Templeton Crocker
Zaca
Galapagos
Tres Marias
Mexico
Barton W. Everman
California Academy of Sciences
Everman
MAY LIVE IN JUNGLE Fawcett Faction Hints at Survival
British consul general in Sao Paulo says a definite crew exists about Fawcett and his son John after seven years missing in Brazil. Jungle trapper Stephen Rattin reports speaking with a man claiming to be Fawcett at an Indian encampment about six weeks from Sao Paulo.
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Col
P. H. Fawcett
Sao Paulo
Fawcett
John
Stephen Rattin
Lloyd George Tries His Hand at Psalm Writing
British wartime premier Lloyd George translated six verses of Thy Kingdom Come O God into Welsh during a Criccieth stay. The metrical version will be sung at Welsh church festivals and Histeddfodau, showcasing the veteran Liberal leader as psalm writer.
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Lloyd George
London
Criccieth
Wales
Turkey and Persia Adopt English for Official Tongue
The governments of Turkey and Persia will use English for all official communication replacing French in diplomacy. Turkey seeks English orientalists as teachers and plans to bring 8,000 to 3,500 instructors from Britain and the United States. English instruction will extend to schools and may include translations of the Koran, replacing Persian in formal study.
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Turkey
Persia
London
England
Great Britain
United States
Riza Khan
Jiu Jitsu Course Opened for Girls at Kalamazoo YWCA
The first jiu jitsu course believed offered to women is now available in Kalamazoo Michigan. Women and girls twelve or older may enroll at the YWCA with only self defense holds taught.
Bow Wow Meaning Here I Am Dentist Bulldog Feeds Crown
Louisburg North Carolina tale of Dr A H Flemings bulldog Jack who relieved his dentist by strolling into the office and sitting in the chair after a crown fell out. The canine kept his owners amused with a timely dental visit and a missing gold crown.
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Louisburg
N. C
Jack
A. H. Fleming
Call of Abram Leaves Home for A Great Adventure
Biblical study outlines Abram’s call in Genesis 12 1 9 focusing on separation from country kindred and father’s house. It notes a seven fold divine promise including nation blessing name greatness and Redeemer to come and details Abram’s obedient departure to Canaan as example of faith.
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Abram
Noah
Shinar
Ishmael
Christ
James
Canaan
Quotes on wisdom and fault finding from Trench Coleridge and Macmillan
A compact collection of lines on merit common sense wisdom and fault finding. Trench Coleridge and Macmillan offer brief aphorisms about speech, knowledge, discipline, and character in everyday life.
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Coleridge
Resources and civilization in Europe and beyond
The piece argues prosperity hinges on management of resources rather than abundance. It contrasts Romania's resource riches with poverty, and Switzerland, Holland, and Denmark’s high well being despite fewer resources. It cites Greece, Indian history, and notes Morgan on care leading to moderated, widespread well being.
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Europe
Romania
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
United States
Greece
A. H. Morgan
Antioch (College
Chinese Leaders Split on Educational Plans
The article notes China faces schooling and sport diffusion issues with basketball tennis and football growing slowly among youths through mission schools and YMCA programs. It calls for strengthening critical thinking to separate myths from modern beliefs amid a government push both to revive folklore and to curb superstition.
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China
Japan
Mission Schools
Social Education Department
Ministry of Education
Umbrella Borrower Wife Visitor Departure
A brief incomprehensible clipping notes a visit departing past an umbrella stand and mocks a humorous division among families as an unsatisfactory arithmetic.
Vermitage Joke Calls and the Waiting Mam
A garbled fragment notes a man laughing at a telephone joke and the expectation to hang up. It also imply a patient person may triumph if starvation does not intervene first.
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Londons
Bank of England
P. Fitzwater
D. D
Bisurely Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Trench
Macmillian
Dr. Jayne
Philadelphia
Jaynes Vermitage
Rinso
U.s.department of Agriculture
Automatic Canning Devices, Inc
W. Randolph Street
Chicago, UL
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Ill
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