Ex-NY explorer to search island for White Bird wreck
Dr James A Nydegger of Baltimore plans a foot journey on Newfoundland to probe the island’s tablelands for traces of the White Bird and Nungesser and Coll’s missing Atlantic westward flight. He will traverse inland by Grand Cedary river with guides to cover uncharted terrain and hopes to locate the wreck.
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Baltimore
James’ A
Egger
Newfoundland
Nungesser
Coll
Atlantic
Bremen
Nydegger
Guggenheim Foundation
Grand Cedary
France
America
Salvation Comes At A Price In A Revival Tale
A revival meeting induces Sam Gregory to join a church with promises of salvation. He discovers salvation requires ongoing sacrifice including money, temper, and love expressed through action. He pays a lifelong debt of devotion and restraint, realizing salvation is not free. (c. 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) Mussolini is "dear chief" to intimate Fascists and "your excellence" to those less close.
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Hwy
Sam Gregory
Cloyd's
Sam
Church
Western Newspaper Union
Mussolini
Cuba
Jesse W. Lazear
Made Fuel Pipe From Kelp By Yankee Ingenuity
East Harpswell Maine Carroll Merriam found his lobster boat stripped after a night raid. With copper pipe unavailable he connected a home radio battery to the motor and fashioned a fuel line from kelp to bridge the severed pipe. He wrapped the kelp stem with friction tape to run his boat and meet a shore dinner order.
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East Harpswell
Maine
Carroll Merriam
Merriam
Seal Ledges
Africa to Camden Buck displays wild animal collection
Julius L Buck, hunter and trainer, brings a blue wild cat said to be unique to a white observer and a gorilla from Amelia to Hast Camden. The collection also includes a gherzi and a gerbrazza monkey, captured in central Africa, and a tiny pygmy mouse he prizes highly.
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Jersey
Camden
N. J
Amelia
Jules L. Buck
Africa
Hast Camden
Central Africa
Buck Menage
Wise Readings Quote on Reading Depth Across Books
A Bacon quotation distinguishes how books should be read. Some works are tasted or swallowed, others chewed and digested, with reading varying from partial to full and diligent engagement. It emphasizes weighing, considering, and critical engagement with texts.
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Bacon
Stopping It A Guide To Brief Talking From Grove Patterson
A short moral note from Grove Patterson in the Mobile Register extols ending remarks promptly. It compares talk to a brook that keeps flowing and asserts better to stop in the middle of a word than speak too long. Short speeches are forgiven quickly, while long ones linger in memory.
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Grove Patterson
Mobile Register
Arthurian Legend and Church Cliff as National Monument
The Cornwall coast near Tintagel may become a national monument if Rev A Brussard Barnes grants plats prove valid this year. The 50 acre cliff known as Church Cliff overlooks legends of Arthur Pendragon and the birthplace of a famed king while nearby sites recall Slaughter Bridge and Pendragon lineage.
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Penzance
England
Cornwall
Church Cliff
A. Brussard Barnes
Tintagel
Arthur Pendragon
Knights of the Round Table
Britain
Arthur
Uther
Nennius
Tintagel Castle and Arthur Legend Draw Tourists to Cornwall
The article discusses Tintagel and nearby sites as historic Arthurian connections, noting the ruined castle on Tintagel island once linked to King Arthur. It explains Norman and later ownership, church land, and rising land values due to tourism, with a possible church sale to private buyers risking cliff preservation.
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Tintagel
Camelford
Slaughterbridge
Cornwall
England
Penzance
Newquay
Perranporth
Redruth
Camborne
Arthur Pendragon
King Arthur
Hower
Geoffrey of Monmouth
de Hornacot
Hornacot
North Hamerton
Bossinney
Isle of Tintagel
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cornwall
Churchcliff
A. Blissard Barnes
Newest in Pajamas The Oldest Typewriters Had Capitals Only
A humorous historical note explains that early typewriters produced only capital letters. The piece contrasts vintage machines with modern keyboards and suggests novelty in typographic limitations.
State tax cuts eyed by Kansas auditor estimates
Kansas state auditor W J French forecasts a 26 percent drop in the direct property tax levy for state purposes, with total state bills to be met at 5 442 070 34 this year from 7 377 121 in 1927. Soldier bonus levy also trims from 2 392 500 to 2 145 500, while overall appropriations run 9 104 733 91.
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Topeka
W. J. French
State Tax Commission
Kansas
Painting by late Lindsborg artist hung in McPherson court
A 10 by 6 foot oil on canvas titled The Justainis Court is now displayed over the judge’s bench in the McPherson court room after Alpha Malm completed and presented the unfinished work begun by her late father G N Malm to the county.
Tragic death noted of 18 year old Tom Lewis
Independence reports Tom Lewis son of Major and Mrs Bob Lewis died by self inflicted gunshot while despondent over health. He had just graduated and was named by Louise Brooks as best looking senior. In Smith Center newlyweds Frank and Mrs Starr survived a honeymoon crash after a wasp caused a driver reaction near Lyons.
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Independence
Tom Lewis
Bob Lewis
Louise Brooks
Smith Center
Frank Starr
Lyons
Starr
Fatal injuries claim several youths and locals
Pratt a nine year old Wilford Ives of St John fainted at the sight of blood from a cut arm and died after skull fracture surgery. Great Bend plans an airport project with a two plane hangar. Topeka Delbert Kuehne sixteen died from spine injuries after diving into Shankenmen Creek without using arms. Wichita hotel owner and Lions Club official Howard W Simpson aged forty six died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Pratt
Wilford Ives
St. John
Topeka
Shankenmen Creek
Delbert Kuehne
Wichita
Howard ‘W. Simpson
Lions Club International
Tola votes against city manager form in special election
In a special election at Tola 1,465 votes were cast with a 255 vote majority opposed to adopting the city manager form of government. Charles F.
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Tola
Charles F
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Big Creek
Kansas State Teachers’ College
the Star
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Roswell
N. M
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Sterling
Doris Steel
Great Bend
Country Club
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