Summer Colors Now Are Worn by Oceans
National Geographic bulletin from Washington explains how oceans display colors from blue to olive green and yellow, affected by salinity, temperature, light, and particles. It notes blue water in open oceans, greenish shallow bays, and color variations in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, plus historic yellow-tinted Atlantic plumes and the dark Saguenay waters sculpted by light and depth.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Globe
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Red Sea
Yellow Sea
Antarctic
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
South Pele
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Equator
Arctic
China
Cape Florida
Cape Hatteras
South Seas
Saguenay
St. Lawrence
California
Santa Cruz Bay
Dixie Court Rules Wife Must Obey Husband In Marriage Case
The Alabama court of appeals upheld the husband's right to object to his wife using cosmetics and adventitious aids to beauty. It also ruled the husband may fix the children’s domicile against the mother’s wishes, interpreting the word obey in the marriage contract as a duty.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Cardington to be world’s greatest airport site
The cabinet plans an imperial airship service with Cardington Bedfordshire chosen as home of airship research and experiments. The vast shed can house two airships, notes the ill fated R-3S5 built there and its sister 8-37 partly completed, with nearby gas works and palatial offices.
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London
Imperial Airship Service
Cardington
Bedfordshire
Hull
Veteran Lives at Grant's First Camp in Springfield
Israel F. Pearce, last survivor of the Twenty first Illinois regiment from the camp near General Grant's tree, preserves the site near Springfield. Each sunrise he raises a flag from a 30 foot pole and lowers it at sundown. He recalls Grant's orders written beneath the tree and the regiment's first day march from Camp Yates on July 3 1861. Pearce describes camp routines, guard duties, and the early hardships before moving to Fort Henry Fort Donelson and Vicksburg and finally marching with Sherman to the sea. He witnessed the grand review in Washington at war’s end.
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Springfield
Jacksonville
Israel F. Pearce
Grant
Sherman
Pearce
Regi
Twenty-first Illinois Infantry
Yates
Fourthy-nine blood transfusions set record in Pa patient
Charles Donnelly of Locust Gap Pa has undergone forty nine blood transfusions in two years at Jefferson hospital where he suffers from anemia. He received the first operation in September 1922 and has had a transfusion about every two weeks since, with his brothers Frank John Joseph and Thomas repeatedly volunteering blood. He says his strength is failing and he needs more blood, with offers from students as well.
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Philadelphia
Charles Donnelly
Locust Gap
Jefferson Hospital
Donnelly
Frank
John
Joseph
Thomas
Fries tops Republican field for constable in Davenport
Campaign costs for H Earl Fries show twenty five cents in his expense account. He won the Republican nomination for constable against seven candidates and announced the itemized spending included an ice cream cone a bottle of soda water and a package of cigarettes.
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Davenport
Iowa
H. Earl Fries
Constable Hero
Stripes Rule Midsummer Daytime Dress by Julia Bottomley
Stripes dominate this midsummer fashion trend with wash silks and fine chiffons echoing Arabia and Roman influences. The piece highlights striped crepes, satiny silks, and washable fabrics for blouses and dresses, praising self trim, plaiting, shirring, and bold blazer stripes for daywear.
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Arabia
Outing Cookery From The Kitchen Cabinet 1824
An old fashioned guide to outdoor dining with vacuum bottles thermos use and simple drinks. Recipes include chocolate syrup lemonades cocoa with mint orange, pine sap syrup, and Butterscotch and maple sauces. It also covers Egg Club Sandwich Brambles Tongue Salad and a gin ger drink.
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Dixie
Max Sasanoff
Christ
Atlanta
President Coolidge
Brazil
Municipal Theater
Sao Paulo
Grandmamma
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Henry van Dyke
Dana
Ruskin
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