Mysteries of the Deep Guarded by Neptune
The piece surveys famed maritime vanishings and ghost ships. It compares the lost Danish training ship Kobenhavn with the Baychimo haunting Arctic waters and the Governor Parr’s vanished cargo, ending with the enduring Mary Celeste mystery from 1872 and its baffling abandonment.
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Neptune
Washington
Australia
Kobenhayn
Montevide
Austra Man
National Geographic Society
South Atlantic
Tristan da Cunha
Brazil
Good Hope
Kobenhavn
Arthur Conan Doyle
New York Harbor
Genoa
Benjamin S. Briggs
Bull Dog Ends Life by Opening Gas Jet
In Murphysboro Illinois Cupie a pet bulldog owned by B L Chapman killed itself by turning on a gas jet. Left alone in the Chapman home the dog became unconscious and filled the house with fumes. Fire department inhalator crew tried for an hour to revive it.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Cupie
B. L. Chapman
Chapman
Even Most Careful Are Accident Victims
Hartford insurance records show how accidents strike even the careful. Examples include deer hunting mishaps, boating injuries, skater slips, bicycle crashes, and a golfer stung by a bee that still made a hole in one, illustrating diverse, sometimes odd, accident outcomes.
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Hartford
Conn
Visual Signal Device for Radio Beacons Aids Pilots
Washington engineers W. E. Jackson and L. M. Harding of the Commerce Department's aeronautics branch developed a visual signal apparatus. The instrument displays radio beacon guidance via two needles, a vertical indicator for course deviation and a horizontal gauge for signal volume.
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Washington
W. E. Jackson
L. M.harding
Commerce Department
Aeronautics
Rex Martin
Martin
Plan to Scale Mount Foraker in Alaska Hazardous Feat
A party led by C B Houston of Cambridge Mass will attempt to scale ice covered Mount Foraker in McKinley National Park Alaska. They carry a short wave radio to stay in touch with the Fairbanks air base and obtained permission from Arno B Camerer director of the national park service who noted such hazardous feats require approval.
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Washington
Fairbanks
C. 8. Houston
Cambridge
Mass
Mount Foraker
McKinley National Park
Alaska
Interior Department
Arno B. Camerer
National Park Service
Alaska Party Prepares for Foraker Ascent Possibly First
The article notes a party prepared and qualified to attempt Mount Foraker 17,000 feet high, a summit not yet conquered. It cites Mount McKinley’s 1932 Lindsey-Lick expedition as the latest ascent, claimed to be the first to reach both summit peaks.
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Foraker
Mount McKinley
Perkins Institution track team adapts blind athlete events
In Watertown Massachusetts Matthew De Martino, track coach at Perkins Institution for the Blind, outlines a system enabling blind boys to sprint, high jump, and throw the shot. A wire along the track with a ring and finish line rope guides runners, while the blind athletes rely on the worn rope to sense the finish.
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Watertown
Mass
Matthew de Martino
Perkins Institution For the Blind
de Martino
Cat Travels 27 Miles on Kentucky Trail in Night
Big Laurel Virginia to Dunham Kentucky this night a cat named Puss accompanied Finley Adams on a 27 mile move. The cat rode along as the family retired at 11 o clock in the evening and was found next morning on the porch of the abandoned Big Laurel house watching a mouse hole.
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Big Laurel
Finley Adams
Dunham
Kentucky
Adams
Monkey Mountain Throngs View Rhesus Monkeys at World’s Fair
Adults and children alike enjoy watching the antics around a miniature mountain in Frank Buck's wild animal exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago. The mountain is home to nearly 250 rhesus monkeys attracting large crowds.
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Frank Buck
Chicago
Real Life Black Beauty Vic Retired to Methuen Farm
Vic, once a companion to Mrs. A. L. Pease of Haverhill, now spends her final days at the Methuen Vacation farm. The 36 year old horse served her mistress for many years before being pensioned from work.
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Methuen
Mass
Vic
Vic Long
A. L. Pease
Haverhill
Silver replaces Gold in Rose Gold divorce tale
Mrs. Rose Gold chose to restore her maiden name after divorcing her husband. She explained she now values Silver more than Gold, reflecting her father's name and personal sentiment in the decision.
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St. Louis
Rose Gold
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University of North Carolina
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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Willard L. Thorp
United States Senate
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League
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Norma Shearer
Dolores del Rio
Miss Shearer
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Louisiana Women’s Committee
Long and
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George Westfeldt
Hilda Phelps Hammond
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Joseph Friend
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