Tennessee River Survey Resumed
The War Department and Army engineers resume a Tennessee river basin survey to prove how to make the river navigable year round. The study seeks dams reservoirs and power uses to open commerce, attract industry, and support national defense, with focus on the French Broad and other tributaries across several states.
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Washington
War Department
Corps of Engineers
Tennessee River
French Broad River
North Carolina Geological Survey
Tennessee
Tennessee Basin
North Carolina
Piedmont
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Clinch
Powell Rivers
Blue Ridge
Barber Charles Jaschke Dies Royal Barber to King Edward
London obit for Charles Jaschke royal barber who shaped King Edward's beard and served monarchs and notable figures for decades. He came from Bohemia with ten dollars, earned royal favor, met the king daily, and his Regent Street shop was nicknamed the House of Lords.
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London
England
Charles Jaschke
Edward
Europe
Bohemia
Regent Street
Charles
Jaschke
Derby
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
Balmoral
Prince of Wales
India
Spain
Duke of York
Ramsay
Patricia
House of Lords
New York Public Library Sees Stable Use Despite Media Draw
New York City library officials report steady reader activity at Manhattan branches with no drop due to radio film or cars. They note a seven year stagnation in funding for new circulating books has reduced stock by about 20 thousand. Despite wear and loss from over nine million yearly borrowers, demand remains strong.
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New York
Manhattan
Public Library
David A. Boody
Brooklyn Library
Jed
California Brides Favor Age Eighteen in 1924
A state vital statistics survey shows California brides in 1924 totaled 65,076 with 6,226 aged eighteen and 127 at sixteen. Sacramento reports the statistics compiled by L. B. Rosa, director of the bureau of vital statistics.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Children Born Fearless Says Columbia Scientists
Scientists at Columbia University report that children are born without fear until after age three. They argue fear arises from learned associations and parental instruction, not an innate instinct, and warn that teaching fear can harm a child’s development.
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New York
Columbia University
Record of early marriages and repeated brides in historical notice
The report notes brides married young with ages as low as thirteen and fourteen and others claiming ages of seventy-one and sixty-nine. It states that thirty-four women claimed fifty years old and highlights that fourteen thousand six hundred sixty-eight was the number of second marriages for Hymen.
Coal Vein 525 Feet Thick Found North of Vancouver
A vein of coal 525 feet thick in continuous formation was reported by A. McDougall. The find is at Pat Creek, 170 miles north of Vancouver on the Pacific Great Eastern railway, near Pavilion station. The area measures about three and a half miles by two and a half miles and has been located by drilling. Shipments hoped for next fall.
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Vancouver
B. C
A. ©. McDougall
Pat Creek
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Pavilion Station
McDougall
Beautiful but Turbulent Yunnan near tall Tibet borders
A National Geographic Society bulletin describes Talifu in Yunnan as an ideal setting with a 30 mile lake, snow capped mountains, and fertile plains. It notes turbulent times due to revolutions and bandit raids while detailing trade routes, poppy cultivation, and a forthcoming railroad link toward India.
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Washington
Tali-ful
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Tali-fu
Yunnan-fu
Yunnan
Burma
French Indo- China
Tali
Texas
Yunnan Province
China
Tali Lake
Hsia- Kuan
Gary
Indiana
Chicago
Hsia-Kuan
Bulent
India
Lashio
Tall
Yangtze River
Joseph F. Rock
United States
Varied Uses of Weather Forecasts Highlight Daily Life
The article outlines practical applications of weather forecasts from diverse readers. A teacher uses wind direction for an open air recital audience placement, fox hunter trainers plan for fog or dew, a Georgia candy maker uses humidity data to prevent candy sweating, Nebraska quarry workers time blasts, and a New York pastor uses forecasts to conserve coal by regulating church heating.
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Washington
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Fox Hounds
Candy Company
Nebraska
Lincoln
Canton
N. Y
Longfellow's Hesperus myth debunked by 1879 gale tale
Boston reports clarify that the schooner Hesperus did not sink in Norman's Woe. A December 17 1879 gale caused a bowsprit break in Boston harbor after a collision with the ship William Badger. Longfellow likely misread period notices, shaping his famed ballad.
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Boston
Longfellow
Norman
Hesperus
William Badger
Survey of Philippine coasts and waters to be completed
The United States coast and geodetic survey aims to finish mapping all Philippine coasts and adjacent waters within a few years. Commander W B Parker says areas yet uncharted include Palawan west coast and Sulu sea to Borneo. Aerial photos will accompany the surveys with Army air forces assisting.
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Manila
P. L
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Philippine Islands
W. B. Parker
Division of
Hydrography and Topography
Washington
Parker
BE. Lester Jones
Philippines
Philip
Palawan
Sulu Sea
Borneo
Sulu Archipelago
Mindanao
Luzon
Bashi Channel
Formosa
Cape Engano
Casiguran Bay
Air Forces
Army
Marksman Wastes Shots but Fails to Shoot Seals
In Dublin the fisheries minister disclosed in the Dail that a Bisley marksman was hired to shoot seals near the Suir estuary for three months. He fired 1,000 pounds worth of ammunition and could not confirm a single seal killed. The report contrasts this with a new US Army .75 mm gun that travels farther than the WWI French weapon.
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Dublin
Dail
Hear
Suir
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Tennessee River Survey
French Broad River District
Congress
Engineer Corps
Barber
Edward Will
Great Britain
Bertha Green
Greenville
D. C
Grand Central Palace
NEW York Public Library
Thomas Blackburn
Los Angeles
Augusta
Betty Hartung
Dorothy Whalen
Philippine
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