Boundaries drift as vast U.S. land lines prove flawed
A National Geographic bulletin notes vast errors in state and territorial boundaries across the United States. It cites the Delaware arc boundary, the Mason and Dixon line, and misaligned lines near Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina, with potential losses of hundreds of square miles for several states.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
Supreme Court
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Great Britain
Lake of the Woods
Mississippi
Canada
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Delaware
Newcastle
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Jeremiah Mason
Charles Dixon
England
Mason and Dixon
Finy
Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Tennessee River
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Quality and Palatability in Meat Subject of Study
A national study on meat quality and palatability has been planned under a five-member committee led by Dean F. B. Munford of Missouri. The project, sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, will run through 29 state agricultural experiment stations including Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and others, examining feeding, breeding, slaughter, cooking and related factors.
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Chicago
Dean F. B. Munford
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
American Society of Annual Production
BE. W. Sheets
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
M. D. Helser
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
H. J. Gramiich
Nebraska Agriculture Experiment Station
Robert Moulton
Partment of Nutrition
Institute of American Meat Packers
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
New Mexico
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
New Hampatire
Head Hunting in Luzon Replaced by Tame Games
Alvin Coombe recalls learning in the Philippines that head hunting tribes abandoned the practice under American official influence. An army officer noted a shift to American sports, with skull collectors losing prestige to home run hunters as the new recreation draws crowds and competition.
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Luzon
New York
Philippines
Alvin Coombe
Luzon Island
School of Recreation
Stork Brings Russian Peasants More Land
In Zarubovo Smolensk province a land surveyor delays allotments as women expect stork visits. Russian land law grants an added share of land for each new family member, with twins or triplets counted the same as single births. This rule partly explains a jump in peasant birth rates after civil war and famine.
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Moscow
Zarubovo
Smolensk
Octopus and Sturgeon Sizable Catches Reported
A 120 pound octopus with a nine foot arm span was killed by Herbert Comode on Alki beach after a thrilling fight in Olympia Washington. A Fraser River fisherman landed a 1200 pound sturgeon that yielded 50 pounds of caviar.
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Olympia
Wash
Alki Beach
Herbert Comode
Fraser River
Needle's Eye Gate in Jerusalem Wall Explained
Pittsburg Kan based Arab guide Job Negeim explains that the biblical needle's eye is a small pedestrian gate within Jerusalem's walls. The gate requires passers by to bow low, used after the larger gate is shut for night protection.
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Jerusalem
Pittsburg
Kan
Job Negeim
Holy Land
Pittsburg State Teachers’ College
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
South Sea Stories Distorted by Rumors From Heine Expedition
Reverend C R Heine of the American Board of Missions travels 2000 miles from Jaluit to Tokyo reporting life in the Marshall Islands under Japanese mandate. He notes natives are industrious and well to do with chiefs owning yachts and possible future planes, while Germans largely left or were deported after World War I.
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Tokyo
Jaluit
South Sea Islands
C. R. Heine
American Board of Missions
Marshall Islands
Mr. Heine
Doctor Heine
South Sea
Heine
Marshall Group
South Seas
Gilbert Islands
Sydney
Old Town Well Reused as Modern Drinking Fountain
Decatur Arkansas residents view the historic town well as a relic of bygone days. It is being converted into a sanitary cooler for a modern drinking fountain with pipes from the waterworks and a coil extending to the bottom of the shaft.
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Decatur
Ark
Tokyo and Yokohama to Build Memorial Hospitals
The American Red Cross funds will finance two large memorial hospitals in Tokyo and Yokohama. About 8.5 million yen will be spent on construction, with Tokyo’s Fraternity Memorial hospital site purchased for 625,000 yen and 2.375 million yen for building and equipment. Yokohama hospital costs 500,000 yen with double that as a reserve. Completion is planned within two years as 100 nurses begin training.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
United States
American Red Cross
Tokyo Fraternity Memorial Hospital
Honjo
Fraternal Memorial Hospital Foundation
American Red Cross Society
Rial Hospital Foundation
Red Cross
Climate and death by own action linked in European study
A German led survey across Europe claims climate ties to self destruction rates. It notes May and June peak in central Europe with MondayTuesday male suicides and Sunday female, and that divorce, religion, and movies influence such acts.
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Berlin
Europe
Eastern
Germany
Reich
Orete
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Duke of Connaught
Stork
Cologne
University of Cologne
Pierce Hall
Harvard
Japan
Smoot
Utah
Weed Smoot
Senate
American Debt-Funding Commission
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