Dog days and honor for man's best friend in Missouri legend
The article recalls famed dog tributes from Sergeant Major Jiggs to Balto and Balto’s return to the Cleveland Zoo. It then recounts Senator West of Missouri and the Old Drum case, noting myths about the killing of Drum and the 1870 Missouri Supreme Court appeal ending in Drum's favor.
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Jiggs
United States Marine Corps
Stubby
A. E.F
Red Cross
Washington
Rufus
Wescott Beck
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Balto
Nome
Cleveland Zoo
George G. West
Missouri
Old Drum
Houn
West
Will C. Ferrill
Rocky Mountain Herald
Denver
Cole
Mr. Ferrill
East
Jesse James
Leonidas Hornsby
Charles Burden
Hornsby
Drum
Supreme Court of Missouri
Hornsby Place
Johnston County
Uncle Lon
Charley
Hornsbys
Tennessee
North Carolina
Court of Common Pleas
Burden
Circuit Court
Hound
Ian Hornsby
Crittenden & Cockrell
Phillips & West
Eliott & Blodgett
Col
Thomas T. Crittenden
Colonel Cockrell
United States
Blodgett
North Missouri Railroad
Elliott
Phillips
John F. Phillips
Kansas City
Foster P. Wright
Crittenden
Cockrell
Uncle Charley
Brinkley Hornsby
Piedmont Plain falls along fall line in Atlantic coast region
The Piedmont Plain marks the rugged inner edge of the Atlantic coastal plain between the Appalachian Highlands and the softer coastal plain. It is defined by older hard rock and dramatic escarpments, with many rivers plunging at cataracts along the fall line. The width varies from New York to about 800 miles in North Carolina, narrowing in New England.
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Piedmont Plain
United States
Atlantic Coast Plain
Appalachian Highland
Low Coastal Plain
Piedmont
New England
New York
North Carolina
Relieving Body Tension through French Gymnastics
French gymnastics aim to make the body flexible and release habits of muscular tension. Relaxing exercises progress by isolating one body part, then the whole body, removing tension from joints and muscles.
Early Christian Basilica at Ravenna Noted for Circular Tower
The Citizen of St Apolinaris in Ravenna Italy is among the most important surviving early Christian basilicas. Begun in 534 it features a singular circular tower reaching about 120 feet in height.
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St. Apolinaris
Ravenna
Italy
Army Calls Differ The Revel of France and U S
The text notes different calls for France and the United States, while Germany and England have distinct calls that align with our revelille. This highlights varied wartime signaling practices across nations.
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France
United States
Germany
England
Kansas Sees Record Road Building and Prison Shifts
Kansas reports 309,421 miles of highway built since July 1926 with costs over 4.5 million dollars and bridges at 1.15 million. Construction now covers 486.8 miles more, with 6.24 million anticipated this year. Lansing prison population rises in Wyandotte and other counties while investigators clear the wardens of misconduct. A farmer dies in a tractor fire. a youth plans a murder, and local obituaries, paintings, and a university auditorium dedication are noted.
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opeka—Iansas
State Highway Commission
Kansas
Topeka
Decatur
Grant
Haskell
Wallace
Lansing
Cheyenne
Comanche
Gray
Gretley
Rush
Trego
Wichita
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Montgomery
Cowley
Leavenworth
Reno
Lyon
Butler
Douglas
Cherokee
Atchison
Bourbon
Dickinson
Crawford
Barton
Brown
Fanklin
Johnson
Labette
Summer
Saline
Riley
Miami
Harvey
Geary
Minnesota cuts auto death rate in 1926 rise in registrations noted
Minnesota joined eleven states with fewer auto fatalities in 1926, 319 deaths down from 359 in 1925, a drop of 11.1 percent. National totals rose to 18,121 from 17,226. Experts attribute this to wider highways, safer highways, and better danger marking plus stricter laws and education.
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Minnesota
National Safety Council
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Wyoming
United States
State Highway Department
CG. M. Babcock
Minnesota Railroad Commission
Highway progress turns roughly a nation toward better roads
The article notes dramatic highway improvements over a decade with coast to coast car travel becoming feasible and forecasts paved roads to key points within ten years. It highlights a national highway program, annual spending near 1 billion dollars, and calls for careful use of funds on scientifically built highways and durable bridges.
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Kansas City
Good Roads Items an
More than 1,000,000 persons are employed in the United States in road building. The cost and need for better highways are highlighted by wear on macadam surfaces and upcoming improvements around Denver. Motorists bear the highway burden via a five cent per gallon gasoline tax in Arkansas.
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United States
Arkansas
From Bad to Worse in Cleveland Health Tale
Mrs. M. Rissincer of Nelson Ave Cleveland describes weight loss after a first and second child. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health and strength enabling her to work again after four bottles. The ad promotes health as wealth and happiness.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fata E. Pinkham
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Norton
W. F. Atkinson
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Ross Marshall
W. H. Marshall
Wilmore
A. C. Ridge
Kiowa County
Eliza Goodrich
Minnie L. Brooks
Henry McGrew
Kas
State Historical Society
Emanuel F. Heisler
Wyandotter County
William E. Connelly
State Historical Building
A. W. Leng
Hays
Bert C. Wells
Salina
Concordia
Albert Tremain
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Amélita Galli-Curci
Braignton Mountain District
Cowlitz County
British South Africa
California
Colorado State Highway Commission
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Pinkham
K-R-O CO
Springfield
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Chamberlain Medicine Company
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