Curious Town Names Across America Spark Local Color
The article roams from Lindy Nebraska to Muleshoe Texas and Punkin Center Kansas, noting towns with vivid names. It cites editor Gene Howe defending Muleshoe, explains origins like T B in Maryland, America Indiana, and many playful or peculiar appellations across states, including jokes about New York and New Jersey place names.
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Ray Walters
Bloomfield
Neb
Lindy
Howe Creek
Nebraska
Ann
Lindy, Neb
Muleshoe
Texas
Gene Howe
Amarillo
Globe
Ed Howe
Atchison
Kan
Mule
Roseborough
Rose Hills
Rosemonts
Rosewilles
Kansas
Jumbo
Gray County
Cimarron
Fowler
America—America
Ind
America
Liberty Township
Wabash County
Wabash
Lagro
Marion
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad
Big Four
Lafontaine
Houston
Post- Dispatch
New York Times
New Jersey
Ancient insect carving found in French Magdalenian cave
An insect carved from bison bone, one of the oldest representations, has been recovered from a cave near Brothiers in the commune of Ieaaquieu Avantes France. Comte Begouen and his son first discovered the site, noting the rare insect motif in Magdalenian era art and its puzzling origin given the cold climate.
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I ieeaquieu-Avantes
France
Comte Begouen
All Ages The Baby’s Urge to Shop Grows Quickly
Arkansas Gazette notes that modern babies show a strong consumer impulse early, with preferences for buying toys and supplies emerging as they grow. The piece highlights early shopping behavior and parental observation of impulse in toddlers.
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Arkansas_ Gazette
Distinction in Payment Elevates Honest Man in Chinatoyga
A Washington Star quotation from Hi Ho of Chinatoyga argues that repaying debts earns esteem as an honest man, while true honor requires a subtler duty of being worthy of respect beyond mere repayment.
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Hi Ho
Chinatoyga
Washington Star
Name From Russia Muscovite Glass History
Muscovite or muscovite reads as mica once used in Russian windows instead of glass. The term derives from Russia and the material supplied historical building trades and nomenclature.
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Russia
State Patrol May Remove Billboards Without Notice
Assistant Attorney General Roland Boynton ruled highway patrolmen may remove billboards on state highways without prior notice to owners. He suggested owners be given a deadline to remove signs, after which the state may destroy those in the right of way. Farmers may rent space yet signs must stay 500 feet from hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Highway Commission
Roland Boynton
Commission
Supreme Court
El Paso Pair Aid Tuberculosis Victim Wife
El Paso Texas sends goodwill to Mr and Mrs C B Stahl as they head home Coffeyville Kansas. Stahl 28 was arrested after a masked entry at a grocery store seeking money to return home. Mrs Stahl dying physicians say to go to her parents home. Robey sent $135 for their fares Sunday. Officials accepted Stahl story and filed no charges as friends helped pay obligations.
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el Paso
Tex
C. B. Stahl
Coffeyville
Kas
Stahl
Planes Over Pastures Urged To Aid Cattle Weights
The Live Stock Exchange received a letter from W K Waugh president of the Security State Bank of Eskridge urging the exchange to contact aviation officials and request flight paths high above cattle pastures in Kansas to ease nervousness and improve weight gains.
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Kansas
Live Stock Exchange
W. K. Waugh
Security State Bank of
Tragedy after auto train collision near Cannonball highway
Wilbur Wagner 21 and Walter Wagner 20, cousins, were killed when their auto struck a Missouri Pacific train at a grade crossing two miles west of here. Their companion Thello Green suffered a fractured collar bone and other injuries but is expected to recover, hospital staff said.
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Wilbur Wagner
Walter Wagner
Thello Green
Missouri ‘Pacific
Here
Cannonball Highway
Green
Kansas Botanist Returns With 4000 Year Old Wheat Samples
Prof L E Melchers of Kansas State Agricultural College arrives in New York after eighteen months of exploration for the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture Cairo. He presents mummified wheat samples believed to be at least four thousand years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
L. E. Melchers
Kansas State Agricultural College
America
Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture
Cairo
Fire from spray burns man on feet in Kansas
A. B. Sidener, after spraying bindweed, had his shoes ignite from sodium chloride in the spray. He escaped severe burns on feet and ankles. A bolt of lightning killed Fleet McCaslin, 32, and three of four horses he was driving near Erie Kansas. McCaslin was survived by a widow.
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Fowler
A. B. Sidéner
Parsons
Fleet McCaslin
Erie
Kas
McCaslin
Dodge City Wheat Traffic Overloads City Streets
J H Umbach of Ford county is detained in Albuquerque as Dodge City faces heavy wheat truck congestion. Extra policemen direct traffic near elevators while about 40 percent of this year's crop is expected to be marketed in two weeks.
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Dodge City
J. H. Umbach
Ford County
Albuquerque
N. M
Cimarron
McPherson well shifts to strong oil flow near Shell lease
The Ritz No. drilled by the McPherson 681 and Gas Development Company on a Shell Petroleum lease ten miles east and two miles south of McPherson recently began flowing at better than 200 barrels per hour.
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McPherson
Ritz No
McPherson 681 and Gas Development Company
Shell Petroleum
Time Temple proposed for Washington by Horological Institute
The Horological Institute of America proposed in Washington a 1 million dollar Time Temple as a national horology education center. A 30-watch Packard estate exhibit valued at 30000 anchors plans, including 53 jeweled pieces and an astronomical watch valued at 7000 with calendar, sunrise and sunset data and starry dial. The institute seeks funds and an endowment to expand and support its research role.
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Washington
Horological Institute of America
National Academy of Sciences
National Educational Center
James Ward Packard
National Research Council
Gold Key Mystery Ties to New Vice Chamberlain Post
London reports that J H Hayes a labor member for Edgehill Liverpool and former London police sergeant is set to become Vice Chamberlain of the royal household He is to carry a mysterious gold key said to open a palace possibly Buckingham Windsor or St James Its exact purpose remains unknown and the role includes preparing the daily parliamentary report and aiding the Lord Chamberlain amid debates on stage licensing
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London
Royal Household
J. H. Hayes
Edgehill
Liverpool
House of Commons
Mr. Hayes
Buckingham
Windsor
St. James
Hill as Bondsman Fails to Post Bond For Wild Bill in Pueblo
William Wild Bill Hill of Boone may face Prohibition charges in Pueblo while officials deem him an honest man. Hill bonded bail but a bondsman failed to appear, leaving him free without bond. He reportedly waited at the county jail for funds to be raised, setting a local law precedent.
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Pueblo
Colo
William
Wild Bill
Hill
Boone
Pueblo City
Gill
Bill
Emperor of Japan credited with new fungi discovery
Yoshitoshi Enomoi of the Tokugawa Institute of Biology says the emperor of Japan collected a new species and a new variety of mycetozoa during a Zushi visit last summer. The finding marks a notable contribution to fungal science attributed to imperial specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Yoshitoshi Enomoi
Tokugawa Institute of Biology
Zushi
Fires Rumor Prompt Calls To Relocate Firefighting Efforts
Quincy firemen answered a grass fire behind headquarters after a telephone voice ordered residents to evacuate to their backyards. The blaze was quickly extinguished with prompt local action.
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Quincy
Mass
Pierce Mansion Planned as Hillsdale Shrine
Hillsborough plans establish the Pierce mansion as a historical shrine. Built in 1804 as the birthplace of Franklin Pierce the only New Hampshire native to become U S president a council chamber room remains preserved as it was over a century ago.
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Hillsborough
N. Y
Pierce
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
United States
Warning From Upstairs Voice From Upstairs
Vancouver Province reports a humorous dialogue about a broken watch and a missing time announcement between Barbara Jim and an upstairs voice.
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Barbara
Jim
Vancouver Province
Red Cross Ink Ad Promotes Liquid Blue Fountain Pen Ink
An advertisement extols Red Cross Liquid Blue fountain pen ink as wonderful for writing and bluing. It invites readers to consider who is free, quoting Horace on self governance.
Dr Caldwell's Three Rules for Constipation Relief
Dr Caldwell advocates natural treatment for constipation using a mild vegetable compound. He warns against drastic purges and promotes Syrup Pepsin as a safe remedy for various stomach and health issues. A free trial bottle is offered by mail to Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
Monticello
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Saspamco
Smith Asphalt Manufacturing Company
Smithville
Smith Brothers
Sugar Land
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New York State
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Java
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Union
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Liberty
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Modeltown
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Elmo Scott Watson
Miles Punkin Center
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