Mighty Eater of Etah Named Akkomidingwa Patriarch
Story profiles Akkomidingwa Old Man of the North a famed Etah hunter now noted as a master eater and community leader. It recounts his humor craftiness and role with Nookapingwa and his kin, along with ties to Doctor Davidoff Koelz and Captain MacMillan.
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Washington
Akkomidingwa
Etah
Maynard Owen Williams
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
National Geographic Society
A. W. Everest
Station 1
Pittsfield
Mass
Anoritok
Nookapingwa
Davidoff
Leo Davidoff
Boston
Koelz
Bernier
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
Nookapinwa
Smith Sound
Captain MacMillan
Geographic
Mound Unearths Peaceful Era of Ohio Builders
In Bainbridge Ohio archeologists halt excavations for winter after finding a major tomb in the Step mound. They recover four princes with pearls inlay clusters, a fabric piece, a canopy imprint, tortoise shell carvings, and a tusk necklace. No weapons were found, supporting a peaceful, art focused mound culture.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Bainbridge
Ohio Archeological and Historical Society
Columbus
H. C. Shetrone
Sherrone
Miss Ginger, Spy of Civil War Days, Dead in New York
Virginia B. Moon known as Miss Ginger, a Confederate spy and actress, died in a Greenwich Village apartment friendless and alone at eighty one. An elderly artist friend found the body. Miss Moon had a history of wartime exploits and letters recounting dispatches and arrests. Her ashes were sent to Memphis after cremation. she later worked in Hollywood films and moved to New York a year ago.
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New York
Virginia B. Moon
Greenwich Village
W. J. Baer
Miss Moon
Martha Sawyers
Memphis
Tenn
Sawyers
Southland
Baer
Mnes
Cincinnati
Cr. Kemper
General Grant
Oliver Jones
Virginia Warner
Jefferson Davis
Hollywood
Cricket The Size Of A Pin Sings Across The Pacific
A tiny cricket born in Japan sang its way to Seattle in a bamboo cage fashioned as a cottage. The inch long insect arrived on the Arizona Maru as the first shipment for a new coast industry. It will be sold in shops nationwide.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Ocean
United States
Great Crystal Chandelier Found in St Pauls Chapel Attic
A crystal chandelier that hung in St Pauls chapel from 1766 to 1838 has been found in the chapel attic after 87 years. Plans aim to restore the church in New York City to its colonial appearance with the chandelier back in use and the 24 smaller chandeliers sought for reuse in the restoration.
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New York
St. Paul’s Chapel
New York City
George Washington
Al wind that pute on airs
An unusual local saying notes an effect of wind on radio or air currents, reflecting a regional linguistic quirk. It captures a playful or puzzling phrasing seen in a short column about weather or speech patterns.
Plan to Harness Tide for Power in Fundy Bay
The Bay of Fundy tide project near Eastport would generate 500 000 to 750 000 electrical horsepower using two V shaped inlets Passamaquoddy bay and Cobscock bay with a sea wall sluice gates and a separating wall. Dexter P Cooper American financier sponsors the plan with estimated cost 75 million dollars and a five year construction horizon.
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St. John
N. B
New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
Eastport
Dexter P. Cooper
Cooper
Maine
International Joint Waterways Commission
St. Croix River
Crown Lands Office
Fredericton
New England
Boston
Mass
Nova Scotia
Moncton
Chignecto Bay
Grand Banks of
Newfoundland
Canada
Fundy
Passamaquoddy Bay
Cobscock Bay
Must Prove Age to Drive in New York Youths face birth record rule
New York drivers under twenty one must file birth certificates with license applications starting September 1, state motor vehicle bureau head Commissioner Charles A Hartnett announced. The rule tightens proof of age for prospective drivers aged eighteen to twenty one.
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New York
Charles A. Hartnett
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
New York Eyes Crackdown on Faulty Driver Schools
William M. Arnstein, executive assistant to Commissioner Hartnett, explained a new order to curb automobile schools that fraudulently issue licenses. He cited a case of a boy under seventeen obtaining a driver's license and warned youths aged sixteen or seventeen can pose as twenty-one to avoid birth certificates.
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William M. Arnstein
Hartnett
Mr. Arnstein
New York
Mental giants ahead say Dr J Shaw Bolton
Dr J Shaw Bolton told the Medico Psychological association that future generations will be intellectual giants. He argued current minds are underused and humanity remains in an infantile stage despite vast mental potential.
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London
J. Shaw Bolton
Medico-Psychological Association
Bowdoin Repairs After Ice Damage During Polar Expedition
The Bowdoin flagship of the MacMillan polar expedition damaged her propeller in early ice and heavy seas. She sailed to Hopewell Labrador to shift cargo, raise the stern, and have a new propeller installed.
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Bowdoin
Hopewell
Labrador
Early Man Traces Found in Gobi Desert by Andrews Team
Roy Chapman Andrews and the third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History report two skull types pre mammal in rock nodules and traces of human habitation suggesting a bridge from ape to early pottery culture. They also recovered 40 dinosaur eggs of proto ceratops type with implications for links to American giants.
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Gobi Desert
Peking
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Andrews
Europe
Asia
Queen Mary Startles Fashion with Jewelled Hat Ornaments
London society notes Queen Mary announces a new fashion by wearing small real jewels in her hat. The trend has spread among society women at recent racing meetings, with jeweled brooch shaped ornaments becoming popular.
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London
Queen Mary
Wisdom on Impossible Things Quoted by Harkwell
A brief quotation from Harkwell cautions against wasting effort on things deemed impossible, suggesting wisdom lies in recognizing limits and focusing on feasible aims. The note frames a pragmatic approach to ambition and problem solving.
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MacMillan
Society
Gulp Road
Montgomery County
Valley Forge
Aubrey Addison
Japan
George C. Snyder
Andrew
Harkwell
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