Sharks Fight with Fleetwood Trawler Castelnau of Boulogne
Skipper John Wright reports a dramatic encounter as the Castelnu of Boulogne trawler battled thousands of sharks off Kilon dyke between Ireland and Barra Head. The crew of 22 plus one Fleetwood trawlerman faced holes ripped in nets and even lost a cat during the melee.
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Fleetwood
Eng
Ireland
Barra Head
Hebridean
Castelwau
Boulogne
John Wright
Wright
Castelnau
Gridiron Veteran Describes Sharks Onboard Voyage
A veteran recounts an aboard incident with 18 sharks lashing the deck and being drowned head downwards as the ship sailed home. He notes the French skipper offered shark steak and beef, and that shark is valued at four to five francs a pound in France yet appears on English meals.
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France
England
Handicaps as Rewards The Mountains We Climb
In a 1928 essay Thomas Arkle Clark argues handicaps can spur growth rather than hinder success. He cites students overcoming nervous disease deafness blindness and blindness to graduation honors and teaching posts, noting resilience and optimism in the face of limitation as a guiding force.
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Alleghanies
Pacific Coast
Aly
Winois
Kris
Our College of Engineering
Western Newspaper Union
American Woman Reports Inside Constantinople Harem
Dr. Barnette Miller of Wellesley College, first American permitted to study the Seraglio, completed a wide survey begun in 1907. With Turkish colleague Mebrouke Yaner she explored hundreds of rooms, noting a hidden peep hole and a gold lattice window into the women's prayer room, while one sanctum remains sealed.
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Constantinople
Seraglio Palace
Barnette Miller
Wellesley College
Stamboul
Mebrouke Yaner
Constantinople College For Women
Cunuchs
Palaccé
Miller
Mustapha Kemal
Dipping into science country vs city air
The article explains why country air is purer than city air. Foliage absorbs carbonic acid gas and releases oxygen, while people emit carbon dioxide, reducing air purity in urban areas.
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Western
Union
Mead to Study Cannibals in Admiralty Islands
Dr. Margaret Mead of the American Museum of Natural History plans a one year trip to the Admiralty Islands north of New Guinea to study cannibals. Her aim is to observe cannibal children aged two to seven to learn about their development and behaviors.
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Margaret Mead
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Doctor Mead
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Forest conservation drive travels Western Canada
A Canadian Forestry Association tree planting car returned from the West and headed to Peace River after a two month tour along the Canadian National line from Edmonton to Prince Rupert. The mission aimed to educate townspeople and remote communities on forest care and reforestation as fire danger rises with tourism, lumbering, and ranching. George Harcourt of the University of Alberta joined in Brish Columbia, informing 60,000 attendees through 301 meetings and placard distribution at key crossroads and trails.
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Edmonton
Alta
Canadian Forestry Association
Peace River
Canadian National Railways
Prince Rupert
Dominion
Canadian National
Prince’ Rupert
Fraser
Bulkley
Skeena
Brish Columbia
George Harcourt
University of Alberta
Wife Sues Poker Club for Husband Losses
Mrs Gladys Anderson from McGill Nevada sues the McGill club claiming her husband’s poker habit caused loss of income and mental distress. She seeks damages arguing the club is a public nuisance liable for her injuries, appealing a lower court ruling that found no statutory basis for such action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
McGill
White Pine County
Nev
Gladys ‘Anderson
McGil
Self Aiming Plane Gun Invented by Esthonian
Tallinn Estonia inventor Karl Papello claims a mechanism for planes that locates other aircraft by sound and automatically fires a machine gun. The British air ministry reportedly noted the invention and Papello expects government orders. He spent eight months in British military schools and was invited to lecture there last year.
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Tallinn
Esthonia
Karl Papello
Air Ministry
Papella
Fall street dress with green crepe and chiffon velvet
A street outfit features a skirt of plaited green crepe de chine and an overblouse of green cut chiffon velvet. It is paired with a matching green hat bound in gros grain ribbon and a coordinating green handbag.
Indorser Baines Underwood Sentenced for Check Fraud
In Knoxville Tennessee a man unable to write his name signed his mark on the back of a worthless check as indorsement and was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Baines Underwood
Noise Cuts Efficiency Say Navy Researcher Warns
Dr Hiram Percy Maxim lieutenant commander in the United States naval reserve says noise raises 100 percent loss of efficiency for the average worker. He is working on plans for silencing riveters subways and building machinery.
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Hiram Percy Maxim
United States
Nayal Reserve
Ship of the Desert Automobile Designs Described
A giant four story desert ship designed by a German engineer would carry 150 passengers and include two Diesel engines a wireless room deluxe cabins baggage room and a promenade deck.
Your Clothes By Mae Martin
Dont envy some other woman her ability to look attractive on less. Learn her secret through home dyeing and tinting. Diamond Dyes offer true, fadeless colors with easy use, renewing dresses and draperies and making new colors appear over faded ones.
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Mac Martin
Dept
Diamond Dyes
Burlington
Vermont
What Is Your Work Exploring Central Africa
A dialogue on writing and vocation. A novelist is praised for telling a story without pressuring readers to adopt a belief. The exchange centers on the nature of work and the value of storytelling.
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Central Africa
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Alonzo A. Stagg
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Cleveland
Ohio
Perliner
Esthonian
Cunningham
Ship of the Desert
Mae Martin
Transylvania
Clark
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