U S Gold Supply Guarded in Deep New York Vaults
The United States holds 5.015 billion in gold, about 42 percent of world reserves, with half in New York and the rest in federal vaults and the Denver mint. The New York Federal Reserve vaults sit eighty feet below the surface, protected by thick walls, complex locks, and a central elevator system. Guards, steel fortifications, and triple-lock gates secure shelves of bar gold and millions in coins and sovereigns stored as backing for paper currency.
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New York
United States
France
Washington
Federal Reserve
Denver Mint
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Ranch foreman tallies 980 rattlesnakes slain
Holland Mayes, foreman at the L. C. Clark ranch in San Angelo Texas, has kept a record of 980 rattlesnakes killed after a rattlesnake bite he suffered twenty nine years ago.
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San Angelo
Texas
Holland Mayes
L. C. Clark Ranch
Corporations Increase Air Travel Among Executives
A United Air Lines compilation shows 477 of 784 large corporations report executives and representatives using airplanes regularly. Eight hundred eighty eight firms said air travel need is increasing, with an average of four men per firm using planes on company business.
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Air Transportation
Chicago
United Air Lines
Middle West
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Washington Farmers Report Monstrosities
In South Bend Washington R L Robertson grew aerial potatoes on vines more than a foot high and four vines produced fully formed potatoes. C W Van Tuyl raised a five sectioned corn ear shaped like a pyramid with four small ears around the main ear.
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South Bend
Wash
R. L. Robertson
C. W. van Tuyl
Police Find Litter of Kittens in Mail Box
Indianapolis officers Cooney and Welsh investigated a mailbox after hearing discord. Inside they found a litter of kittens. They noted the mother cat attempted travel and licked her young, though she forgot the stamps.
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Indianapolis
Cooney
Welsh
Nebraska Man Claims First Plane Invention
G A Hughes of Havelock Nebraska asserts he originated powered flight with 62 model planes and a patent filed in 1899 for a boxlike craft with a 9 foot wing spread He demonstrated a model at a 1898 fair in Wray Colorado and challenges modern manufacturers to show any major aviation advancement not based on his work.
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Havelock
Neb
G. A. Hughes
Hughes
Wray
Colo
Returns After 32 Years, Drops Dead at His Home
Berlin. Konrad Link fifty five recently returned to Oberhilbersheim after thirty-two years away, but died of heart failure caused by emotional strain before explaining to his sister Maria. She heard a faint noise at her window the night before and found him dead the next morning.
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Berlin
Konrad Link
Oberhilbersheim
Maria Link
Women Film Censors Memphis Board Take Control
Women now preside on Memphis city film censor board by a two to one margin, marking a historic shift after years of male control in the local movie censorship panel.
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Memphis
Mail Order Quack Is Still Busy
Washington reports that despite fraud orders by the Post Office department many mail order con men persist. Inspectors expose bogus cures and gimmicks from zinc devices to cancer necklaces while sales continue through other channels, with large advertising spend signaling ongoing profits.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Lincoln Frow Presented to Museum in Peru Indiana
A frow a historic clapboard making tool once owned by Thomas Lincoln father of Abraham Lincoln was donated to the Miami County Historical Society museum in Peru Indiana by F W Troutman. Thomas Lincoln used the frow in building a Coles County Illinois log cabin where he died in 1851. Neighbor John King borrowed the front piece and failed to return it, passing it to his son who then gave it to Troutman.
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Peru
Ind
Thomas Lincoln
President Lincoln
Miami County Historical Society Museum
F. W. Troutman
Coles County
Illinois
John King
Troutman
Paul in Jerusalem Faces Arrest and Defense
Lesson centers on Paul’s arrival in Jerusalem and the vow to prove compliance with the law. A mob attacks him, Roman guards rescue him, and Paul speaks to the crowd in Greek. He defends his call to the Gentiles, before the Sanhedrin, and is reassured by the Lord while a conspiracy to kill him unfolds.
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Paul
Jerusalem
Christ
Tarsus
Gamaliel
Fathers
Jesus
Damascus
Damasus
Ananias
The Divine Presence in Fellowship With God
The passage affirms a religious man’s assured fellowship with God. It describes religion as a bond of love and grace from God and invites those who know salvation to testify to its strength and comfort for the human heart.
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God
Chain of Blessing Promise Prayer Performance
A compact reflection on the threefold chain of blessing linking promise prayer and performance. The text argues that without the middle link of promise and prayer the final blessing cannot be rightly anticipated.
Astrologers versus science cited by Yale astronomer
Dr Dirk Brouwer of Yale University criticizes astrology as old as science and discusses how astrologers select limited events and generalize. He argues horoscopes lack factual astronomical basis and any proven link to human life.
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Dirk Brouwer
Yale University
Kepler
Brouwer
Book Thief Returns Stolen Volumes With Note
Muskogee public library staff found 69 volumes stolen in 1929 and 1930 piled at the outside return box. A letter with the books claimed the author had forsaken sin and sought forgiveness, saying the thief burned other boxes before receiving the light.
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Muskogee Public Library
Kansas City Star
Wooden shoes gain popularity among rural Italians
The demand for an economical long wearing foot covering rises as rural Italian peasants turn to wooden soled shoes or clogs. The trend marks a shift to cheaper footwear among the poorer classes, a practice more common among northern European groups.
Grave Digging Interlude as Engine Fails in Mud
A man named Mr. Binks labors with a spade in the mud beside his ear when a stranger asks if he is stuck. He replies cheerfully that he is not stuck but digging a grave for his engine. The scene combines whimsy with a note of mechanical misfortune.
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Mr. Binks
Grandstand Hideaway
Conversation reveals Mr Rukker avoids baseball gatherings to escape bill collectors and seeking a quiet retreat away from debt actions.
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Klukker
Mr. Rukker
Rukker
Tennis Triumph Sparks Parental Quip Victory Line
A light exchange frames a tennis match as a proud, playful remark from a parent about their daughter’s skill with a fly-swatter, joking that the win reflects her practice in the sport.
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