Explosive Phase at Kilauea Halemaumau in 1924
Hawaiian Volcano Research notes detail Kilauea activity in 1924 with 82 earthquakes in 24 hours on April 22 and continual shocks. Ground subsidence, new lagoons, and road damage followed, then a explosive eruption from May 11 to 24 with dust clouds and boulder ejecta. The year ended with ongoing avalanches, earthquakes, and one fatality near the Halemaumau pit.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Hawaii
L. W. Denis- Norton
Hawaiian Volcano Research Association
Puna
Halemaumau
Halemaumau Pit
Kau
Halemanmau Pit
Kavu
Hilo
Vanity Ruling Passion of German Crook in Prison Attire
Bernard Pulkowsky, a convict, escaped from prison to buy proper clothes before a new charge and returned to court in sartorial splendor. He asked for leave to shop, refused, fled with a courteous note claiming decency would not permit prison dress, then appeared at the proper time.
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Berlin
Bernard Pulkowsky
Pulkowsky
Bandit Plies Trade While Studying to Become Cop
Detectives say George A. Mollet twenty four was a payroll bandit before earning his diploma from the Los Angeles police training school. After receiving the badge he allegedly robbed romantic couples parked along a shaded Hollywood highway. Mollet was booked at the city jail as a robbery suspect.
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Los Angeles
Cal
George A. Mollet
Hollywood
Mollet
Hollywood Hills
Letter on Way for 37 Years
Haakon Bader of Tacoma Washington received a letter mailed from his Norwegian birthplace in 1888 after 87 years of wandering through five nations. The missive from his late father bore photos of his parents and expressed love and good wishes. The letter traveled from Kengero to Cardiff to Buenos Aires and into Danish consular files before finally being found and sent to Bader at his Tacoma address.
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Tacoma
Wash
Haakon Bader
Norway
Bader
Kengero
Cardiff
Wales
Buenos Aires
Alaska
Baker
War Vet and Picture Bride Wed in Bermuda
War veteran John Alexizakes of Billings Montana and his Greece born picture bride Theodora Giataganas were forced to marry abroad after U.S. authorities blocked a union on American soil. They sailed to Hamilton Bermuda where officials arranged the ceremony before returning to Billings. Theodora had entered Canada seeking the marriage, triggering deportation concerns.
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Bermuda
New York
John Alexizakes
Billings
Mont
Theodora Giataganas
Greece
United States
Hamilton
Theodora
Amar
States
Hills Island
Alexizakes
Ancient Sumerians' Creation Tale Surfaces From Tablets
Translation of six Sumerian tablets, dating to around 2000 B C, portrays mankind's first days. The gods Anu Enki and Makl shape cereal and livestock, enabling irrigation, granaries, laws, and civilization as abundance returns in the Mountain of Heaven and Earth myth.
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Philadelphia
Edward Chiera
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor Chiera
Heaven
Earth
Olympus
Kurdistan
Caucasus Range
Anu
Enki
Makl
Abodes of Dead Are Rich in Oil Oil cemetery sites fuel growing drilling
In Ponca City and surrounding regions cemetery land is linked with oil finds. Indian and tribal plots on high ground draw lease offers and have produced profitable wells while preserving burials. Notable cases include Bartlesville Markham lease and Ponca City tribal lands yielding substantial royalties.
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Ponca City
Okla
George L. Miller
101
Colonel Miller
Prairie View
Tonkawa Field
Riverview
New Alcorn Pool
Tonkawa
Township 252
Tannehill
Rainbow Bend Pool
Cowley County
Kans
John Markham
Bartlesville
Markham
America
Mid-Continent
BE. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Washunga
William EK
Hardy
Kaw Cemetery
Cushing
John R. Hadley
Tulsa
Drumright
Hadley
Indiana
Schoolyard
Washington
Fate of Famous Spy of Czar Nicholas Solved
Berlin reports the fate of Eugene Asen, a noted czarist spy and alleged agent provocateur. Once pursued by Russian émigré groups, he died in Berlin in 1918 after years in disguise as Kerl Neumayer and later imprisonment in Germany.
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Nicholas
Eugene Asew
Berlin
Russia
Valdimir Burzew
Association of Emigrants
London
Asen
West End
Kerl Neumayer
Near East
Europe
Brest-Litovsk
Little Autoist Lets Cop Push His Car To Station
Kenneth Sallon six years old was found napping behind a pushmobile on a sidewalk with no lights or license. Police officer Sweeney pushed the stubborn toy car a mile and a half to the Simpson Street station while the boy rode along exhausted. Unable to recall his address, the child was taken to the Children's Society until his father arrived hours later.
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New York
Kenneth Sallon
Sweeney
Sweeny
Simpson Street
Kenneth
Children’s Society
Scarcity of Pearls Pushes Prices Higher Worldwide
A serious shortage of high quality pearls is reported with experts noting supplies are dwindling globally. Prices for top pearls have doubled in recent years while demand remains strong, as Paris shifts toward diamonds and London clings to pearls due to scarcity.
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London
Paris
Pearl Trade and Smuggling Tactics Highlighted
The article notes that diamonds are plentiful with money, but the finest pearls require global search and time. It states Americans push pearl prices and buy mainly in England. It mentions strict custom controls limiting pearl smuggling into the United States despite high taxes.
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England
United States
London prison farm seeds new habitat bean experiment
Superintendent F. Amrine at the London prison farm has received a shipment of hahto seed from the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington. The seed is planted in an experiment that will interest farmers and agriculturists nationwide. Habitat bean, a Chinese variety used in soups and chop suey, is being tested under local conditions.
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London
Ohio
F. Amrine
Here
Federal Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Tacoma, Wash
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Japan
Presidente Sarmiento
J. Irizar
Hudson
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