Tacna Arica controversy and regional geography explored
The National Geographic Society outlines Tacna and Arica as Chilean proximity with historic nitrate trade, irrigation, and potato origins. It notes Tacna as a Bolivian corridor to the sea, Arica as a declining port, and recalls the 1883 nitrate war framing the dispute.
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Washington
D.C
Tacna
Arica
National Geographic Society
Chile
Massachusetts
Andes
la Paz
Bolivia
Valparaiso
Alsace-Lorraine
Peru
Washington Chapel Receives Lees Family Choir Pew
The Society of Lees of Virginia presents Washington Memorial Chapel with an oak hand carved choir pew and endowment for the chapel choir. The pew features kneeling continental soldiers on its ends and the Lee coat of arms on the back with an inscription listing Lees who served in the Revolutionary War including Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee and Light Horse Harry Lee.
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Valley Forge
Society of Lees of Virginia
Washington Memorial Chapel
Lee
Lees
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Lighthorse
Harry Lee
America Eats Up Its Income Analysis
A New York summary notes Americans allocate large income shares to food and retail purchases. It cites Christine Frederick’s budget survey showing 27 percent on food, 35 to 40 percent for many families, and a 1924 national income around 68 billion with nearly half spent at retail stores. It details calories, dining venues rise, candy and tobacco spending, and per capita items from diamonds to coffins.
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New York
America
Christine Frederick
Applecroft House
Greenlawn
L. I
Frederick
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Paul H. Nystrom
Retail Research Association
Alonzo B. Taylor
United Kingdom
Italy
United States
International
New Plant Races Sought to Reduce World Food Losses
A New York Botanical Garden report calls for joint medicine and botany research to create new plant races immune to diseases. It notes wheat rust and corn rot cause huge losses, argues resistant crops could lower costs and food prices, and cites urban medical centers as potential research hubs. Cleveland is noted as using the city manager plan of government.
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New York
New York Botanical Garden
Robert A. Harper
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Botanical Garden
Illinois
Cleveland
City Manager
Cleveland Walcutt
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Oil and Gas Back Pressure Is Tested
Interior engineers report on back pressure experiments by Swigart and Bopp to extend oil well life by conserving gas. They note pressures above five to ten pounds can slow gas loss and may prolong production if neighbors also hold pressure, but warn against indiscriminate use and advocate careful field testing and accurate gauging. Copies available from the Department of the Interior.
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Washington
Department of the Interior Engineers
T. H W. Swigart
C. R. Bopp
Bureau of Mines
Beasts of Prey Attacks Prompt Mountain School Fear
In Wenatchee Washington students in mountain districts now carry rifles after multiple wild animal attacks. A cougar killed Jimmy Fehrhaber, twelve or thirteen? shot by his hunter. Verne Smith aged thirteen fought a lynx and escaped with his dog. Arthur Parsib sixteen killed a rabid coyote as wildlife retreats to lower elevations after a harsh winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
Jimmy Fehrhaber
Verne Smith
Arthur Parsib
Eyesight neglect found in U S schoolchildren report
The Eye Sight Conservation Council cites a Public Health Service test of 12 000 children from six to sixteen in Maryland New Jersey New York South Carolina and Delaware showing 87 percent with defective vision less than standard in both eyes. Only 28 percent of older children needing glasses wear them.
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New York
United States Public Health Service
Eye Sight Conservation Council of America
Taliaferro Clark
Public Health Service
Selwyn D. Collins
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Frederick County
Maryland
New Castle County
Delaware
Nassau County
Cecil County
Eye Sight Conservation Council
Collins
Washington Recovers Rare Gift Collection for Nation
The State department saved a trove of East Asian goodwill items from wartime quarters. Swords from Japan and Siam and a Chinese wall stone join Korea relics and embroidered textiles, with officials valuing the collection in the millions if sold. Congress may fund care for these artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Japan
Siam
Great Wall
China
Korea
Commodore Perry
Congress
American visa quotas nearly exhausted for Swedes
The lure of the gold en west remains strong in Sweden as U S consulates report visa applications have exhausted the quotas for the rest of the immigration year, signaling heavy interest from Swedish applicants.
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Stockholm
Fox Farm Reports $60,000 Year’s Business in Delta County
Delta Silver Fox farm in Escanaba reports sixty thousand dollars in yearly business. Thirty pairs of silver foxes sold at an average price of two thousand dollars each.
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Escanaba
Mich
Delta Silver Fox Farm
Wnenr
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Tacna-Arica
Sama
Moquega
Tarapaca
Washington Chapel
Pickles and
Lewis Abbanate
Canton
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
White House
Department of the Interior
Eye Sight Board
Fox Farm Pays
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