Regulated Public Lands Under early American rule
The text outlines historic actions on public lands from the Articles of Confederation era through early 19th century policy. It notes resolutions on surveying and disposal to pay Revolutionary War debts, early large land sales, a June 14 17 decree restricting settlement, the March 3 1807 act penalizing settlement and authorizing removal, with exceptions for prior settlers and temporary occupancy, plus later preemption rights and varying conditions.
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Congress
Preserving quake dead Names sealed on Mount Koya
Hidejiro Nagata, former Tokyo mayor, perfected a method to preserve 104,619 victims of the September 1 1928 earthquake. Names sealed in special paper, 100 per sheet, rolled into scrolls bound with silk, stored in crystal containers and lead casings with carborundum. Mount Koya in central Japan, a sacred Buddhist site, restricts women from the summit.
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Hidejiro Nagata
Tokyo
Mount
Koya
Japan
Knot Hole in the Fence Explains Height Evidence
A lawyer cross examining a witness asks how a five foot four man could see beyond a 14 foot fence. The witness replies there was a knot hole in the fence, providing a clever explanation. The Kansas City Star piece uses humor to highlight courtroom logic.
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Kansas City Star
Mexican sugar stake game described by traveler
A traveler from Southern California describes a Mexican gambling game where players place sugar lumps on a table and the lump a fly lands on determines the winner. The observer notes the game is charmingly restful though the money handling is tiring.
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D. BH. Talmadge J
Portland Oregonian
German newspapers lead world in long-running daily titles
Germany remains the leader in continuously published daily newspapers with nine titles still in existence. The Magdeburgische Zeitung, founded in 1026, is the oldest. Germany also has more daily papers and a larger total count of titles than the United States.
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Germany
Magdeburgische Zeitung
United States
Hartford Courant
Daylight Saving Time Debate Cited by Edinburgh Dispatch
A correspondent in the Edinburgh Dispatch argues daylight saving time is not a recent institution. He cites Isaiah 38 8 to claim the sun dial can move backward ten degrees, implying biblical precedent for time adjustments.
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Edinburgh Dispatch
Ahaz
King of Portugal Asked Rossini to Hear His Singing
Diplomatic composer Bom Luiz invited the famed Italian Ros sini as a guest and asked to sing for the great composer. Rossini, noting the king’s weak voice, replied to a courtier with a witty, puzzling remark about the performance.
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Bom Luiz
Portugal
Rossini
Bock
Roger Bacon and the Allometal Airship Idea
The piece traces Roger Bacon as an early thinker on aerostation and metal airships, noting his proposals for a large copper hull vessel filled with rarefied air or hydrogen, and engines to move and lift the craft. It links his concepts to a lineage up to Zeppelin.
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Roger Bacon
United
Department of Commerce
Kircher
Bacon
Albertus de Saxonia
Mendoza
Lana
Gourdin
Delcourt
Monge
Giffard
Spiess
Bausset
Schwartz
Zeppelin
Old Customs Dear to Hearts of Britishers
An old London custom honored by the archbishop at Lambeth Place distributes thirty half crowns weekly to thirty parish poor. Historically, Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays offered bread, broth, and five shillings in halfpennies. The Bay Players revival echoes Elizabethan pageantry once favored at Sulters Hall.
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Lambeth Place
London
Bay Players
Sulters’ Hall
Wus
Queenlizabeth
Sulters
John Sulter
Brother Salter
London Mail
Fight at First Sight The culids of the fresh water carp family
The culids of the fresh water carp family are described as fierce fighters difficult to pair and keep semi natural. They mate in rapid cycles, care for their offspring, and guard their young in pits dug in sand or shingle. After hatching the female moves fry to new pits, forming wriggling masses of black jelly until they swim.
Followed Flag's Example ey Only, you wes de only man ob de nntive comp'ny what come out of fie battie alike
A Vancouver Province excerpt portrays a Civil War era soldier voice recalling near death during battle. The speaker, Mistab Johnsing, describes bullets, cannons, and gas, noting coolness under fire, and mentions seeing the grand flag sing while referencing a rabbit's foot and superstition.
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Flag
Vancouver
Napoleon the Third meeting with Wilhelm I after Sedan
D Auvergne notes in his book Napoleon the Third a vivid scene of the defeated emperor meeting Wilhelm I of Prussia after Sedan. The old king clasped his hand and spoke of fortunes of war while guiding him to an inner room to discuss the battle and war’s origins. The chivalrous king told his wife he cheered him up.
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Sedan
Napoleon
Mr. D'Auvergne
Wilhelm I
Prussia
Wilheim
Hohenzollern
London News
Odd Topic of Diseverion Noted in Rosebery Dinner Conversation
The late Karl Rosebery was seen in deep dinner talk with his partner and ignored others. In the smoking room the host teased him about undivided attention to the lady, to which Rosebery replied they were discussing what Zam at Seal Vike to be Goad.
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Karl Rosebery
Lord Rosebery
Passion Play Tour 1930 Offers Grand Europe Preview
A local railway and tourist agent plans a 60 day motor tour for groups of ten to twenty five from Chicago to Europe. The journey includes the Passion Play at Oberammergau with extensive stops in England Flanders the Netherlands Rhine country Bavaria Switzerland Austria Italy and the Riviera. The cost and schedule emphasize motor travel with ships from Montreal and a guided two month tour from June to August. A detailed day by day program and trip guide are available from Charles W Jacobs Jacobs Tours.
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C. W. Jacobs
Oberuimergau
England
Flanders
Netherlands
Rhine Country
Bavaria
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
The
Riviera
France
Jacobs
Travel Guild Bureau
Henge
Pint Company
Europe
Ares
Chicago
Pout
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Shakespeare Coutry
Oxford
Thames Valley
Windsor
Stoke Poges
London
Ostend
Belgium
Fiat
Brughes
Ghent
Brussels
Waterloo
Antwerp
Holland
Delft
Rotterdam
Gague
Scheveningen
Leyden
Haarlem
Amsterdam
Bouse-hoat
Isle of Marken
Edam
Monnekedam
Germany
Cologne
Bonn
Drachenfels
Rhine Vank
Coblenz
Bingen
Mayence
Worms
Manheim Heidelberge
Black Forest
Baden Baden
Freiberg
Basle
Qlten
Berne
Thun
Interlaken
Lauterbrennen
Kleine Scheidege
Grindelwald
Hake Brienz
Bronig Pass
Lucerne
Zug
Zurich
St. Gallen
Lindau
Lake Constance
Wangen
Memmingen
Munich
Murnau
Oberammergau
Partenkirchen
Mittenwald
Innsbruck
Matvei
Steinach
Brenner Pass
Dolomites
Cortina
Treviso
Venice
Apennines
Florence
Padua
Ferrara
Bologna
Siena
Perniga
Assisi
Orvieto
Rome
Mediterranean
Leghorn
Pisa
Genoa
Monte Carlo
Grand Crniche
Nice
Des Alpes
Grasse
Gorges
Mescala
Grenoble
Lyons
Macon
Joigny
Fontainbleau
Paris
Versailles
Malmaison
St. Cloud
Britann
Cherbourg
Bavarian
Mountain Village
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MSN
Grand Cafe
Eebsey
W.C. Kootnsan
Tony
St. Lawrence River
Mr. Jacobs
Charles W. Jacobs
Mer. Jacobs
Chas G Lowery CO. Inc
Harry de Haan
Rock Valley
Iowa
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