Will Tackle Everest Highest Peak Next Summer
Sir Francis Younghusband plans to attempt Everest via Tibet next summer after receiving permission from the Tibetan government. The peak, named for George Everest, stands at about 29,000 feet with Kinchinjunga and K 2 among its closest Himalayan rivals.
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New York
Mount Everest
Francis Younghusband
Tibet
Nepal
India
Mount
Everest
Himalayas
Francis
Forbidden
Lhasa
George Everest
Kinchinjunga
Bride Peak
Duke
Abruzzi
Mount St. Elias
Alaska
K-2
Woman lights 103 candles with ordinary match
A London correspondent reports at Wal sall Staffordshire a woman lit 103 candles using a wooden safety match. She burned her fingers but no other competitor lit half her number of candles.
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London
Walsall
Staffs
DIES POOR, HAS $10 000 TOMB
Samuel Collins seventy five died penniless in a hospital of pneumonia. His body will rest in a Stroudsburg mausoleum he built for his family years ago. He was once a leading art dealer and broker who worked for J. P. Morgan and handled art transactions totaling about five million dollars. A bank book in his room showed 87 cents.
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Newark
N. J
Samuel Collins
Stroudsburg
Familly
Frederick Kerr
Collins
J. P. Morgan
Keer
Have You Seen Anything of a Lost Indian Tribe
Questions arise about the Montauk Indians with reports of drift and disappearance on Long Island. The House Indian Committee chairman introduced a resolution directing the interior secretary to pursue the trail and locate the tribe.
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Washington, D. C
Long Island
Snyder
House Indian Committee
Interior
Sailor’s Forty Year Vigil Keeps Cardiff Dinner Date
In May 1880 a Cardiff wife waited each New Year’s Day for her husband who sailed away after a two month marriage. For forty years she has sat to dinner with an empty plate opposite him, vowing to maintain the vigil until his return.
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London
Cardiff
Berkeley Police System Seen as Modern Crime Prevention
Berkeley police operate as a science driven force with 30 officers for 60 000 residents across nine square miles. Each patrolman drives a multipurpose vehicle, serves as a first aid responder, and communication keeps the entire force within minutes of any location. Crime mapping by offense type and time helps target high risk areas while beggars and alms solicitations have been curtailed.
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California
Crops Lead Value Decline in 1920 Farm Totals
The 1920 farm crop and animal products value totals 19.856 billion, down 5.105 billion from 1919 as crop drops outweighed gains in oranges and sugar beets. Major losses hit corn 1.662 billion, cotton lint and seed 1.3 billion, wheat 854 million, hay and oats, while gains appear in oranges, sugar beets, cabbage, and dairy products. Net crop value falls to 56 percent of all farm product value, a first in long series.
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Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Poul
Spain to Reward Mathers Madrid Inauguration
Most Spanish provinces plan fetes for Mathers day a feature awarding prizes to meritorious youths. Government and local authorities provide funds to promote the movement aiming to encourage large families.
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Spain
Mathers
Madrid
Dipping Proves Best Method to Rid Sheep of Ticks and Lice
Experienced sheep men urge farm use of live stock dips as the practical solution to remove ticks and lice from sheep and lambs. They note lice damage fleece and describe identifying moving specks on skin. Fall dipping after shearing and again for winter are advised with careful adherence to dip directions. Coal tar and powder dips are both effective options.
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New York State, College of Agriculture
Tuberculosis in Indiana cattle linked to purebred herd
After testing 37 cattle on an Indiana farm, reactors slaughtered under federal supervision showed tuberculosis lesions in organs and meat. Inspector R R Newman notes the outbreak is notable since all cattle were purebred and one milk-supplying cow had tuberculosis in the mammary glands. Some stock raisers seek to qualify their herds for accredited status.
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Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
R. R. Newman
Equipment to Breed Swine
Up-to-date gear saves labor and adds pleasure in swine farming. Build cleanable facilities with easily disinfected surfaces. Concrete floors and feeding yards are favored where possible.
Start Flock of Sheep Now for Small Farm Flock Start
The best time to begin sheep farming is when prices are low. With affordable breeding ewes, abundant hay and roughage, and grain waste from stubble, this year favors farmers starting a small flock.
Bedding Stock Heavily Favored For Winter Use
The article argues for heavy bedding in winter to improve animal comfort and cleanliness, conserve valuable fertilizing elements, and protect feet from damp manure and hard concrete floors.
Rheumatism Cure Claimed To Be Blood Purifier
An advertisement argues rheumatism stems from tiny blood born germs and touts S. S. S. as a powerful blood purifier that cleanses the line of infection. It promotes free literature from Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory Atlanta and lists 5.8.8. as available nationwide.
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S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
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la Grippe
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