Azores Harbor Witnessed Historic Transatlantic Feats
The NC-4’s 1919 transatlantic hop to Horta, Azores, is recalled alongside Lindbergh’s 1933 stop. The port, a key transoceanic cable hub on Fayal Island, hosts multiple nations’ ships and crews. The Yankee Clipper later covered 2800 miles from Baltimore while NC-4 flew from Newfoundland, highlighting time-distance contrasts.
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Horta
Azores Islands
Newfoundland
Albert C. Reid
Azores
Ponta Delgado
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lisbon
North Atlantic
Nordmeer
Mercury
Pickaback
Brandenburg
de Vaisseau
Paris
Atlantic
Baltimore
Maryland
Fayal Island
North America
Europe
South Africa
Bolivia’s Tin Wealth Shapes World Interest and Trade
Bolivia dominates world tin output ranking third, with two thirds to nine tenths of exports tin driven by Britain smelters. The landlocked nation relies on minerals, its main export, and faces sea access loss from Chile. Layered geography marks vast eastern lowlands and Gran Chaco frontier amid regional tensions.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Bolivia
South America
United States
Wantlist
New World
Federated Malay States
Netherlands Indies
Asia
Great Britain
Americas
China
Texas
Lone Star
Chile
la Paz
Lake Titicaca
Gran Chaco
Serious Mien Required to Cure Hysteria
Western Newspaper Union report recounts James Smith leading the Black Boys frontier group in 1763 to oppose whiskey and arms trafficking by colonial rivals, the 1765 Fort Loudon clash, and Henry Weston Smith the Deadwood preacher slain by Sioux in 1876, plus the 1862 Andrews train robbery and capture.
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Ames Smith
England
Young Smith
Smith
Conococheague Valley
His Majesty’s Army
America
Black Watch
Fort Loudon
Barr
Ft. Loudon
Bunker Hill
James Smith
Sky
Deadwood
Black Hills
South Dakota
Henry Weston Smith
Crook City
Marietta
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Big Shanty
James J. Andrews
Flemingsburg
W. A. Fuller
Andrews
Western and Atlantic
Fuller
Western Newspaper Union
Understanding Hysteria In Medical Context
Dr James W Barton discusses hysteria in an Up patient at a large hospital. A psychiatrist identifies the episode as a simulated crisis for attention and notes four criteria to confirm hysteria with no organic cause. Treatment involves serious examination, explanation, and removing the patient from triggering surroundings.
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James W. Barton
S. Barton Hall
Liverpool
Hall
Patients Should Tell Story
A physician treats nervous or anxious patients by listening to their life story when no organic illness is found. By giving time and understanding, the doctor guides relief through rest, change of scene, or gentler remedies rather than direct admonition or specialist referral.
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Western Newspaper Union
Summer Patterns for Childrens Dresses and Accessories
The Patterns 1773 offers a soft afternoon dress with full sleeves and paneled skirt in chiffon georgette or voile, plus a light summer outfit for toddlers including bonnet pinafore and play suit. Sizes range for the child and the yardage and trimming requirements are listed with ordering details from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in Chicago.
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Rcrac
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Favorite Recipe of the Week
A vintage recipe card outlines a lemon Kool-Aid flavored dessert or custard base. It lists sugar water corn starch eggs salt butter lemon juice and Kool-Aid with steps to boil thicken and fold in beaten egg whites for a final dish.
Quick Answers to Old Time Knowledge Questions
A concise list covers topics from gunfire order the flash or report, immigrant versus emigrant, Abraham’s plains location, and definitions like prestidigitator. It notes Mollie Pitcher, ambergris origin from sperm whale, Hanging Gardens attribution to Nebuchadnezzar, a robot umpire by John Oram of Dallas, and German silver as an alloy of copper zinc and nickel.
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Plains of Abraham
Mollie Pitcher
Babylon
Monmouth
King Nebuchadnezzar
John Oram
Dallas
Texas
Quick World Quiz Answers Snapshot
The Answers list defines core facts: 1 The flash and sound speed. 2 immigration movement with entry and exit. 3 Quebec. 4 a juggler or magician. 5 Balance. 6 the wife of a Revolutionary soldier who took her husband’s surname or rights.
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Quebec
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Dr. Barton
Today’s Health Column
Franklin G. Ebaugh
Denver
Newell
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Lea el Maken
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