Indians Bet on Farming Despite Oil Boon in Glacier Park
The Indian department notes Blackfeet in Montana cling to farming despite promised wealth from an oil lease in a 8000 acre Two Medicine valley tract near Cub Bank. Officials caution wealth could fund modern farming, not drunken spending, as a four year agricultural education program shapes their plans for future riches.
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Glacier National Park
Oklahoma
Two Medicine Valley
Glacier Naonal Park
Cub Bank
Mont
California Netining Company
Indian Department Oficials
Wintergreen Oil Poisoning Warns Public Welfare
Oil of wintergreen is extremely poisonous when ingested even in small amounts. Drs. Wetzel and Nourse note deaths from under two fluid ounces and explain the drug’s effects persist because it is not readily broken down in the body. The Journal of the American Medical Association urges restricting access to protect children and uninformed adults.
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Wetzel
J.B. Nourse
Journal of the American Medical Association
Maps From Planes Aid Alaska Exploration Effort
The New York Evening Post notes that three amphibian planes and a team of aviators, photographers, and mechanics from San Diego will map Alaska this season. They will fly over the uncharted region between Point Barrow and Nome, aiding surveys beyond traditional overland routes.
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Alaska
San Diego
Point
Barrow
Nome
New York Evening Post
Unbreakable Cellon Substitutes Glass in Automobiles
Substitutes for glass include Cellon, patented in Germany by Doctor EHichengruen and promoted by a leading explosives manufacturer. The material, used in telephones, switchboards, and windows for cars, airplanes, and dirigibles, is fireproof, bendable, and an excellent insulator, resistant to water and many solvents.
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Germany
Ehichengruen
Constantinople Census Shows Diverse Population
The official census of Constantinople tallies 101,265 people with Turks 682,501. Greeks 181,188. foreign alliance Greeks 68,606. Armenian groups 27,867 with 1,208 Protestant Armenians and 3,512 Latin Catholics. Catholics 783 Greeks. Hungarians 46. Chaldeans 564. Assyrians 46.
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Constantinople Polyglot
Tal Minke
Consantinople
Flyer claims speed of six miles per minute in 302 mph hover
The article describes a 2,200 pound Curtiss racer achieving an unofficial world speed of six miles per minute after surpassing 302.3 miles per hour. Lieut. Alford Williams denies beating the rate by 66 mph, citing momentum gained from a 4,000 foot dive. The craft, 22 by 19 feet 14 inches, featured thin wing radiators, a 75 gallon per minute water flow, and a duraluminum propeller.
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Hows
Alford Willians
United States’ Navy
Williams
Pitot
Weintor
Printing firm worker features in bold street comment
A woman employed at a local printing firm becomes the focus after a crude street remark about a girl prompts community reaction and calls for respect in public discourse.
Light on Ancient Vanity Boxes Found in Korean Grave
Two face powder boxes dating to the Han dynasty were unearthed in a grave near Phengyang in northeast Korea. The three graves at the site yielded relicts that may illuminate Han era civilization. The most interesting box contained smaller compartments and a fat cup of unknown use, while the vanity cases still held white powder centuries later.
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China
Korea
Phengyang
Peking National University
Lunar Landscape Rendered in LY Tlustration Vision
A LY Tlustration writer describes a Moon landscape versus Earth view. Without atmosphere distances appear shortened and the sky is black while reflected Earth light remains strong. Idealistic depictions show cratered terrain, blasted by high explosive impact and sharp peaks under a sunlit but stark sky.
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Paris
Scientists Test Hat Heat With Fahrenheit Readings
Scientists in Paris conducted experiments to measure hat temperatures at 97 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest was the derby at 98.6 degrees, with felt hats at 86 and stiff straw at 79. The panama fared best, staying 20 degrees cooler under the hat than outside, at 7 percent efficiency.
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K Rent Ware
Paris
Tha Pename
Irate wife questions husband over business confer ence details
An irate wife demands information on her husband Wally T's whereabouts and the scope of a business conference. She questions whether a box or grandet and rents were involved, insisting on clarity during the shopping tour.
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Wally
Atenog
Aged Persons Rise in U S Population Says Dublin
Dr Dublin notes 5,600,000 Americans are aged sixty five or older with New York state housing 500,500 seniors and New York City over 200,000. The share of aged people climbs to 10 percent from 3 percent in 1890, driven by mortality decline and past immigration. Two thirds support themselves. one sixth rely on aid. another sixth are helped by family or friends.
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United States
New York City
Haa
New York State
Louis. T. Nublin
Doctor Dublin
Dector Dublin
Guthrie Sets Third World Record in Microscope Photography
Robert G. Guthrie, chief metallurgist at a Chicago gas company, breaks the world record for photography under high power microscopy by magnifying a steel sample 15,600 diameters. His apparatus can separate and photograph structures as small as 1/1200,000 of an inch, with exposures lasting up to ninety minutes.
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Chicago
Robert G. Guthrie
Serosa
Guthrie
On His Own Time in LA A Producer and Cameraman Row
In Los Angeles a film producer orders his cameraman to shoot a scene during the day. The man delays. the wife answers the phone and reports her husband is in danger at home with a revolver. The producer demands the man do the shot in his own time, at night, if he must.
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Los Angeles
Tandon
Jim
Dye
Liy
Sthms
No Mercy for Rabbita Rabbits Bounty Drives Aim to Curb Pests
The Colorado legislature allows county commissioners to set a bounty per rabbit killed as crop losses mount. Boys pocket change for ears, while community drives lure thousands to drive rabbits into V shaped wire traps. Last winter some 500,050 rabbits were dispatched in what reads like a Popular Mechanics feature.
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Colorado
Hoys
Finnish Teachers Protest Salary Parity with State Workers
Finnish teachers campaign actively for higher pay, seeking equal levels with other state employees such as train conductors, railway telegraph operators, foremen, station watchmen, and track watchmen. The report notes organized pressure from teachers and mentions the union leaders J Plae aor and Eel slagfors.
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Finland
Lenokr
J. Plaeaor
United States
Eelslagfors
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