Prizes of Game of Map Hunting Puzzles News
A National Geographic bulletin discusses map based word puzzles linking geography and languages. It explores Peking meaning north capital, Nanking south capital, and notes Arabic Bir wells, Beersheba, Jebel Gebal names, and river word origins.
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Washington Royal
Peking
Nanyuan
Peiyuan
Nanking
China
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Europe
Russia
Africa
Arabia
Bir
Bir Garrab
Egypt
Bir Oink
Cyrenaica
Bir-el-Melosah
Damascus-Bagdad
Beersheba
Sheba
Cupid in Trouble in London as Weddings Postponed
Cupid faces trouble as hunting mishaps trigger three postponed weddings after parties suffer injuries from falls from horses.
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Cupid
London
Weigh Old Mother Earth in New Tests at Washington
Washington researchers pursue earth weighing with the torsion balance in a deep underground lab. Dr. Paul R. Heyl has spent three years measuring gravity and the earth’s weight, aiming to refine the 6.66 Newtonian constant while noting the long timeline of calculations and upcoming observations.
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Washington
Earth
Paul R. Heyl
Bureau of Standards
Doctor Heyl
Doctor Heyi
Mountain Sinking Bellinzona State of Alarm
Mountain Arbina in Switzerland is reported to be sinking about six inches in a year. Authorities fear a collapse toward the valley as safety measures are prepared. The note mentions a 7,501 foot deep well in Athas field, California.
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Bellinzona
Switzerland
Arbina
Athas Fleld
California
Paris
Couturiers
Filmy Gowns for Evening and Summer Afternoon Fashions
Julia Bottomley surveys Paris influenced fashion, detailing filmy fabrics like georgette and chiffon, low backs, V necks, and ribboned embellishments. She notes nipped waists, ripple skirts, and lace accents on gowns in coral and rose tones, with beadwork, embroidery, and metallic trims.
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Belen
Bellans
Forc‘gall
Vicars Chen
Toledo
Ohio
Buffalo
Ruby Brandon
The
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapide
Mich
Heian
Ielisiiain
Florida East Coast Railway
St. Johns River
St. Augustine
Fla
Duval County
Florida
Abraham
Sarah
Jacob
Esau
Dirs
Elijah
Jezebel
Jebel
Jeb
Gebal-al-Tarik
Gibraltar
Giadalquiyer
Spain
Granafia
Guadalsjart
Mexico
India
Ganges
Ceylon
England
Singapore
Biggaipur
Kiang
West
Chicago
Julia Bottomley
Western Newsguier Union
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