Spanish Pilot Is Columbus' Rival
A New York reader reports on a Spaniard who wrote a book claiming Alonzo Sanchez discovered America before Columbus. The piece surveys pre Columbian claims by Leif Erikson, Odin era Norse, Danish, Polish, Venetian, and other navigators, noting none knew they found a new continent. It ends by asserting Columbus did not know either.
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New York
America
Columbus
Alonzo Sanchez
Gibraltar
Tost
Atlantis
Welshwuien
An Daverite
Trinity Churchyard
Marques de Dosfuentes
China
Norway
Huelva
Spain
Canaries
Spice Islés
Sanchez
Guanahani
Bahamas
Soale
Olf
Vineland
Leif
Greenland
Thorvald
Thorstein
Gudrid
Gudritt
Thor Gnn
Vinland
Snorro
Frerdis
Eric
Venice
Nicola Zeno
Antonio
Nicola
Sinclair
Earl
Labrador
Zeno
Mexico
Jean Cousin
Brazil
Dieppe
Cousin
Amazon
Colum
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco de Gama
Pinzon
France
John Fiske
Pacific
Joshua
Nash
Plutarch
Lebosus
Africa
Cancer costs and preventability in the United States
Reported costs of cancer in the United States total about 625 million dollars annually with 125000 deaths in New York tied to this disease. Dr Francis Carter Wood of Columbia University estimates that 15000 deaths could be prevented yearly with earlier detection and urges prompt medical consultation when symptoms appear. Cancer is described as increasing with lifespan and improving detection, with X rays and surgery as key treatments though not curative, and its chief causes are cited as irritation rather than heredity or contagion.
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Christian
Joao
Oz Corte Teal
Alvaro Martino Homem
Joao Ramalho
Columbus
Skélp
Skolp
Norway
Greenland
Markland
St. Brendan
County Kerry
Ireland
Virginia
Carolinas
Ohio River
Europe
Newport
Benedict Arnold
Faroe Islands
Leif Ericsson
Iceland
Turkey
Gaul
Sid
Guambjorn
Eric the Red
Donald B. MacMillan
Viking Columbus
Bjarni
New York
Wort
Francis Carter Wood
Institute of Cancer Research
Columbia University
Gorgas Memhorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine
Wood
Dictionary started in 1889 still incomplete
The largest dictionary in the world, housed at the University of Pennsylvania, spans ten volumes with many pamphlets and continues to grow. It contains 20 000 to 40 000 words per volume and over 5 000 000 quotations, totaling 1 200 to 1 300 pages per volume. Sir James Murray began the work in 1889 and did not live to see its completion.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
James Murray
Small Town Recreation Growth in 1920s America
The Play Ground and Recreation Association of America notes rising inquiries from towns of 2300 residents or less about parks playgrounds and recreation facilities. Small towns include parks playgrounds athletic fields community houses picnic grounds and pools funded by public subscription with some success from municipal tax support. Leadership and competent management drive program success.
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Playgrouned and Recreation Association of America
Play- Sround and Recreation Association
Apirica
United States Department of Agriculture
Town Park boosts profits in small Kansas town
Wames Kansas, with a population of 185, financed 12 acres for park land in 1904 via bonds at 2525 dollars and recently added 3 adjoining sites for a tourist camp ground at 2000 dollars. The park features an artificial 444 foot deep lake, a 1% acre boating area, wading pool, 45 foot diameter electric fountain, rest houses, flood stand, dancing pavilion, playgrounds, fountains, dining, steel range, sports fields, and more. Maintained from town funds at about 1300 yearly, with caretaker and janitor salaries for seven months. Revenue comes from entertainment licenses and church, school, welfare funds. The park is widely used.
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Wames
Kans
Park Board
Sires
Church
Value of Paved Streets in the City
The writer argues that a town’s value depends on streets, schools, and churches. Streets should all be paved, as paving increases property values and is an asset equal to schools and churches, urging Sheffield to prioritize paving as the area becomes industrialized.
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Sheffield
Drayton Creates Park Association From 4 Acre Field
Drayton North Dakota with 687 residents raised 8000 dollars via 260 subscribers in five townships to form a nonprofit park association. Each shareholder has one vote and the 4 acre site includes a baseball diamond bleachers picnic benches electric lights and water service. Plans call for more facilities and the group will host special day celebrations bathing boating parades dancing athletics and band concerts.
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Drayton
N. D
Home Town Loyalty Boosts Camp Hill Tallapoosa News
A pledge of local pride is linked to growth and prosperity. Boasting about one’s hometown is praised as adding to population, institutions, and business, strengthening Camp Hill Tallapoosa News and the community’s future.
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Camp Hill
Tallapoosa
Etiquette Advice From 1480 Book On Dining Hands
An excerpt from a 1480 etiquette book outlines proper dining conduct. It prescribes using three fingers to grasp meat and lists don’ts such as not lingering fingers in the dish, not taking overly large pieces, and not wiping fingers on the coat.
Invented Friction Match by John Walker
English chemist John Walker devised the first friction match in 1827, marking a milestone in chemical technology and everyday fire starting.
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John , Walker
Ade
The Kitchen Cabinet and a Grand Punch Menu
A vintage kitchen column lists several punch and dessert ideas, including Fruit Punch, Punch a la Paris, and Ice Cream desserts. It covers preparation steps for fruit blends, cocoa and coffee desserts, Maple Patty, Coffees Mousse, French Pecan Ice Cream, and a Casserole of Oxtails, plus sauteed shrimps and related dishes. Names of drinks, ingredients, and methods appear in instructions for serving two dozen or more guests.
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Paris
Remarkable recovery with Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs Oscar F Borgelin of Forest City Iowa writes of a long illness, recovery after taking five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, returning to housework milking chickens and caring for eight month old baby. She endorses the product and invites letters asking about it.
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Forest City
Iows
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar F. Borgelin
Iowa
Cat hidden in hat births kittens at San An department store
A large crowd gathered outside a San Antonio department store for its opening. The store manager smiled as the crowd pressed in. Inside, a cat slept in a stylish hat, with a litter of kittens born there overnight.
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San An
Shibboleth Diner Exchange Sparks Ribbing on Service
A comic dialogue at the Shibboleth Diner features a waiter taunting a patron with garbled slang about service as the scene hints at a clash over civility and clubbable behavior in a bustling dining room.
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Joseph Conrad
Didrik
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Denmark
Portugal
United States
Comune
Bellonsy
Irmer
S.S
Will Bullé
S. S. Ds
All Good Drug
Eree Hookies Bend
S. 8
Aulanta
SSS Rees
Peta
Haarlem
Gold Meday As
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