Markers honor Maj Wesley Powell explorer of the Colorado
A 1969 dedication at Tri Copa Point honors Maj Wesley Powell, first to descend the Colorado River, with a grand canyon monument and bronze tablet. The ceremony links Powell to Wesleyan University and his science program, noting his later leadership of the Bureau of American Ethnology and his influence on U S exploration.
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Grand Canyon Discovery Historic Feat Spurred America First
The article recalls Powell's exploration making the Grand Canyon accessible and inspiring a national park creation. It notes Don Garcia Lopez de Cineos as the first white explorer about 1540, long before English settlers reached the Atlantic. It emphasizes the canyon’s remoteness and later exploration by roamers moving west after the Louisiana Purchase era.
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Merry Persian Monarch and a Storm of Odd Tales
A fragmentary column recounts a Persian tale of a shah in the eighteenth century using a water slide feat involving wives to amuse guests. It switches to a modern indignation about a woman railing at a local professional man over a bulky parcel claimed to contain her dog.
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Persia
Evolution of Numerals Through History
A note on numeral development traces how modern digits emerged from straight line figures. Early forms used single vertical and horizontal lines to denote quantities, with quick refinements by scribes to simplify motion in drawing, leading to the four modern digits.
Palmettos Use Self-Protection Against Fire
The article describes palmettos rolling and weaving cloth like asbestos to shield themselves. They grow toward sun then retreat underground when danger nears, sending roots deep and forming shoots after fires. Neighbors include pines and frequent fires blacken ground, but new green growth returns quickly from protected underground parts.
Transformation of Saul to Paul in Acts and His Conversion
The passage sketches Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus from the Acts narrative. It details his persecution of Christians, the radiant vision, the voice identifying Jesus, and his immediate submission to follow Christ, aiming to attain the resurrection and mature in spiritual growth.
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The Other Fellow and Industry’s Social Purpose
The era of industry as wealth alone is over. Every thoughtful person now recognizes industry must advance social well being as well as wealth. The new standard includes the other fellow, who has risen above the horizon and must be considered in all plans and problems.
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A. Haye Andalusti
Mississippi
Hayes
United States
Provisional Decisions in Facing Intellectual Questions
A fragment discusses bracing oneself to face intellectual questions and the need for provisional decisions when decisive answers are unavailable. It mentions Head Bishop Gore and Bellet in Goft as contextual references.
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Gore
Goft
Radio Antenna for Home or Office Hints on Use
Harris Hogers of Hyattsville Maryland describes a six stage six hundred foot wire aerial to receive wireless messages. The device claims to work when hung in a well or placed in a home or office and can capture transmissions from the United States and Europe.
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Hyattsville
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Europe
Beauty from Japan enters Atlantic beauty contest
Weitness Miura, daughter of a prominent Japanese family, figures among entrants in the Atlantic beauty tournament to be staged in September.
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Worth Knowing Hazards and Odd Facts From a Past Era
A column of curious notes covers social remarks, voting duty, theater tears, dances, and moral reflections. It mentions iron ore in France totaling 4.8 billion tons, corncob substitutes for hard rules, warnings against rad listeners, and a note about George Washington being inaugurated as U S president in New York on April 90, 1789.
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Gibraltar
George Washington
United States
New York
President Coolidge Chooses Horse For Outdoor Ride
The president selected a horse dubbed CHOSEN BY COOLIDGE A as his mount after deciding to pursue horseback riding as his main outdoor exercise. The choice reflects his shift to equestrian activity as a regular routine.
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President Coolidge
Electronic Inventor 4. J Tomadelli Breaks New Ground
J Tomadelli, aged forty six, claims an invention may revolutionize lighting worldwide. He is recovering after an accident near Spring Lake New Jersey. A separate hospital case reports a man from Manasquan with a splizing tool removed from his arm after an industrial accident at a sash mill.
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ItnHan Electrical
Spring Lake N. J
Manasquan
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