Manchuria a Land Where Empires Meet and Trade Grows
Prepared by the National Geographic Society this overview portrays Manchuria as a vast needlepoint of empires Russia Japan and China. It highlights Harbin Mukden and Dairen as key hubs linked by two great rail systems. It notes the soy bean boom its economic role in beans and oil and the region as a population mosaic of Chinese Koreans Japanese and Russians.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
Moesist
China
Russia
Toras
New York
Pennsylvania
Manchuria
New Jersey
Japan
Ching
Great Wall
Amur
Mongolia
Sneeside
Japanese
Korea
Batesian
Sea of Japan
Ortemontie
Port Arthur
Dairen
Tun- Hing
Harbin
Manishia
Sungari
Peiping
Tokyo
Mukden
Tehbal Manchuria
Chosen
Great Britain
Peipinng
Genghis Khan
Trans-Siberian Railway
Chicago
Boston
Mekden
North
New England
Lisotung Peninsula
United States
Tsitsikhar
Kirin
Lisotung
Shing-King
Shantung
Tat Provizicée
Little Journeys in Americana Superstitions and Fears
An excerpted summary of Ojibway and Siouan beliefs reveals pervasive fear of spirits in nature. Legends describe restless wraiths, cave dwellers, and impish beings. nights scare tribes like Mohawks and Otoes with darkness and omens. The piece contrasts widespread superstition with a claim that southern Africans are less superstitious.
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Tepee
Lester B
Colby
Coconut wireless and backstage quips from showbiz gossip
A tongue in cheek look at how South Sea news travels via coconut wireless and how housewives gossip over breakfast. A Hollywood rehearsal yields a quip about infusing expression, followed by Rupert Hughes remarking that prices could move audiences to tears.
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South Sea Isles
Fleet Street
Coconut Wireless
Market Place
Hollywood
Rupert Hughes
Rocket Plane to Be Tried by Fritz von Opel
Fritz von Opel, the German inventor of rocket automobile and rocket motorcycle, plans tests at Griesheim Germany with a special rocket plane. He predicts higher speed than current planes and expects success on this new development.
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Fritz von Opel
Griesheim
Germany
Oakland School Observatory Anchors Public Education
Oakland's Chabot Observatory on Leona Heights stands as a unique municipal facility linked with the Weather Bureau and a college. It offers free public viewing with a large telescope and educates schoolchildren and visiting tourists on weather climate and the stars. In Beltry Pennsylvania, farmer Francis McClure saved his son David by killing a charging bull with a rifle, preventing gore.
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Oakland
Calif
Chabot Observatory
Leona Heights
United States Weather Bureau
The
College
United States
Francis McClure
Beltry
David
Vast Ocean Water Volume Questioned and a Light Plant Claim
The piece notes no exact ocean volume, estimating about 324 million cubic statute miles, greatly exceeding land. It then shifts to a boast about an electric light plant, praising the owner for starting small and growing large, with a quip about not growing the plant from a bulb.
Calif students study ancient Pacific shorelines at UC
Two UC graduate students examine the Pacific coast as it appeared around ten million years ago. The text notes uncertainty about whether reading improves literary genius and questions the moral tone of a remark about mean behavior.
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University of California
Pacific Ocean
Quotable Deputy and Millionaire in Little Towns
A deputy marshal meets a flirtatious line in a small community as tales of a local millionaire swirl. The dialogue hints at social dynamics and gendered perceptions in a tight knit setting.
Soy Beans Food Product From Vienna Doctor
A new process by Dr. L. Berezeller of Vienna turns soy beans into a meal for Immon food. The patented method makes the oriental bean palatable and preservable, with potential use in bakeries confectioneries cannery sausage making and health foods. Suitable for diabetic dietary preparations.
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L. Berezeller
Vienna
Austria
Co Fioneries
Psychic broadcast trial in New York sparks doubt
A Spokane Spokesman-Review snippet notes a psychic man using ordinary radio equipment in a broadcast experiment. Results disappoint him as many recipients lack anything to tune in with. The piece adds a remark about true friendship between women being doubtful to most men.
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New York
Spokane
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Sungyu
Americana
Postum Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michl
POST
Ptah
Milionaire
Iticura
Malden
Mass
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