Around the World By Air in 18 Days and 14 Hours
Arthur Brisbane notes H. R. Ekins completed a 24 720 mile air circumnavigation in 18 days 14 hours 56 minutes, comparing it with Nelly Bly's historic journey. The piece blends travel progress, fashion talk, and reflections on wartime policy, gender roles, and international tensions. It mentions Mrs. Butler urging anti drink driving campaigns and constitutional limits on foreign troop deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Ekins
Nelly Bly
Jules Verne
Family Moves by Train but Father Rides Horse
Sheldon D. Smith of Alturas California completed a 450 mile horseback ride from Alturas to San Francisco in 11 days at about 35 miles per day. On the last day he rode 65 miles to reach his goal while sending the family by train, explaining he did not want to part with his horse.
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San Francisco
Sheldon D. Smith
Alturas
Calif
Smith
Hazardous Occupation Pasadena Budget Insurance Quote
Insurance companies warn that painting white lines in Pasadena streets is among the most hazardous jobs. They charge the city 2.89 dollars to insure a worker for four months, compared with 1.82 dollars for a policeman.
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Pasadena
Calif
Tropical Headlight-Fish Reaches Boston Waters
A twenty-pound, three foot tropical headlight fish with its own lighting system was trawled by the Ebb at 140 fathoms off Georges Bank and brought to Boston. An eyeless head features a short arm and long tentacles with a glowing bulb at the tentacle tip. Fisheries officials were surprised by its northern appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Georges Bank
Bureau of Fisheries
First Girl Born in Four Generations in Atlantic City
Dale Thompson, granddaughter of former Mayor Joseph Thompson, becomes the first girl born on the pat ernal line in four generations. The family record spans 78 years and two branches of brothers and sons in the Thompson line. Charles and his wife had two sons before Dale arrived, breaking the cycle.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dale Thompson
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
William
John
Charles
Joseph
Dale
The Kid Began to Suspect Someone in the Ring
At the end of the second round the Battling Kid was badly bruised and staggered to his corner. His manager urged him to keep fighting and claimed the opponent had not touched him. After the fifth round the boxer needed help to his corner and warned of a beating by the referee’s officiating.
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Franco
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Bilbao
Valencia
Caballero
Republic
Azana Republic
Bribery condemned as grave sin in Magoon quote
A quotation from Magoon declares bribery the deepest dye of wickedness and asserts it merits severe punishment, framing the act as an especially clear moral transgression.
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Eiven
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Western Newspaper Union
Emmons Avenue
Sheepshead Bay
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
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Rockaway Inlet
Times Square
L’rison Reform Board
New York
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Will Yolen
Bell Syndicate
WNY
Black Mesa
Rainbow Bridge Monument
Charles del Norte Winning
Rainbow Bridge
Monument Valley
Ansel F. Hall
National Park Service
Painted Desert
Big House
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New York University
School of Commerce
Kayenta
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Charles Amsden
Southwestern Museum of
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Arizona Cliffs
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Toledo
Granco
L. L. Stevenson
U.S
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Bayer Aspiin
Bayer Aspirin
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