Rocket science dream of reaching the Moon sparks debate
Smithsonian authorized news notes Prof. Robert H. Goddard of Clark College developing a multi charge rocket for upper air exploration. Maj R. W Schroeder claims 36 020 feet ascent as test pilot. Article discusses propulsion, two nozzles, meteors, and telescope visibility for lunar observation linking Goddard’s ideas to Verne era fantasies.
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Smithsonian Institution
Robert HH
Goddard
Clark College
Jules Verne
Verne
R. W Schroeder
Chienga
McCookfield
Earth
Moon
Prat Goddard
Prof
Luna
Exper
Professor Goddard
Coddard
Isaac Newton
GoIdard
Terra Firma
Crack Drive Distances Compared by Sports Experts
The article compares golf drive distances to other sports feats noting 200 yards as solid, 250 yards as top level, and mentions cricket throws and javelin records. It also includes an anecdote about a Sunday school boy and a milk grown-up plan that backfires.
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Exschinge
Italia Battleship Becomes Coal Carrier Between Cardiff and Genoa
The Pall Mall Gazette reports the old battleship Italia is repurposed as a collier, towed by the Italian government to ship Welsh coal to Italian ports. Launched in 1880 as the largest warship with 100 guns, she now carries 7 000 tons, consuming 2 000 en route.
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Cardiff
Genoa
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Italia
Italy
Notorious Kidd and Duval Entertained by Gentlewomen
Retold ballad lore recalls Captain Kidd and Ande Duval foiling pirates’ ruthlessness by polite hospitality. Mrs Gardiner hosted Kidd aboard Ishind, gifting him a silver clan and a Kidd blanket after a dinner with East Indian confections, while Duval’s bold manners charmed ladies, earning rare rewards and praise in old verse.
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Elizabeth Christophers Hobson
John Lion Gardiner
Gardiner
Kidd
Ible Belle
Aisern
Nate Han Duval
Leverthelass
Reutes
Althoneh
This Car to the Cemetery Sign Sparks Wedding Mixup
A seven passenger car used to help a friend running a bus line carried a bride and groom to a minister for a marriage. En route the narrator realized a windshield placard read This car to the cemetery causing laughter as they reached the parsonage.
Exports from Victoria Rise in 1919 Compared to 1918
British Columbian export values show a total of 37,201,350 to the United States in 1919, up from 52,856,225 in 1918, with a net increase of 15,564,470 across principal items. Details cover virtually all main categories showing gains despite the prior year figures.
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Victoria
British Columbia
United States
Seeking Foe Of Japanese Beetle In United States
The U S department of agriculture sends a specialist to Japan to locate enemies of the Japanese beetle. Those enemies will be released in New Jersey to aid beetle control. The mission may last two to three years as researchers study natural parasites under field conditions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Japan
New Jersey
Famline
Wille
Prisoner Dragged Before Cannibal Island King
A prisoner in a soldier's uniform is brought before the King of the Cannibal Islands. The prime minister notes he is a raw recruit and the king orders him cooked.
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Solier
No Longer. How long could a young couple live on Jeve
A terse dialogue presents a joking exchange about lifelong reliance on Jeve, with one character asking how long a newly married pair could survive and the other replying in a wry, resigned tone.
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Jeve
Mark Twain Tale Echoes at Banquet Navy Officer Recalls Fire Rescue
A naval officer at a New York banquet recounted a Mark Twain like tale from a steamer. Twain supposedly overheard an amazing lie then told of Hankinson rescued from a fourth story fire in Hannibal by a rope tossed up to him.
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New York
Mark Twain
Marl
Llannibal
Tannibal
Hankinson
Hackinson
Had Enough and the Fountain Fizz Fight
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes Chelty drinking at a fountain all day and a druggist refusing more Ice-cream soda. The piece adds a caption about the average man avoiding heroism when unseen and asserts self-esteem rises at the jumping off place.
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Chelty
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Robert H. Moulton
Paris
Woose Umits
Prof Goddard
Knights of the Road
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Yeepur
Soya
Conch
Rochalla
Dav Gentaur Gompant
Spohn
Spoon Medical Company
Goshen
Ind
Jap Beetle
Postum
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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