SAILING SHIPS IN ANNUAL GRAIN RACE
Thirteen large sailing vessels headed for Australia prepare for the annual grain race. Passat and Pommern set fastest passages last year, while many ships carry outward cargoes this season. Vessels vary from four to three masts, loading wheat at $10 per ton and racing by elapsed time from Australia to the English Channel.
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Sydney
S. W
Australia
Euthey
Passat
Pommern
Parma
Olivebank
Lawhill
Viking
Mosholu
Archibald Russell
Killoran
Penang
Winterhude
Abraham Rydberg
Karpfanger
L’avenir
Erikson
Hamburg-American Line
C. B. Pedersen
Azores
English Channel
Falmouth
Europe
Tests on Fleas as Clew to Longer Human Life
Providence researchers report water fleas may reveal how to extend human life. Experiments with Daphnia show lifespan can be shortened from 29 days to about 5 days by limiting the water area. Professor Banta says if human life could be prolonged similarly, the average life expectancy at age twenty could near one hundred years and reproduction might occur at seventy or eighty.
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Providence
Brown Univer
Eance Krter
Banta
Lester
H. Howard Dunham
Hungarian Peasant Art Decorates Noted Rail Station
A Budapest rail station to be opened features peasant inspired architecture with bright murals reflecting Hungarian costume colors. The design includes quaint houses, vivid color schemes, and statuary carvings as part of the distinctive decor.
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Budapest
Wit and Humio One Liner From The Far West
A traveling conversationalist recalls a Far West encounter with a piano tuner who earns a fair income by tightening barbed wire fences. The joke hinges on adapting skills to local needs in unsettled country.
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West
Towels Brought to Pullman Conductor On Train
A passenger explains to a railroad detective that the towels in his grip are ones he had washed and is about to hand them to the Pullman conductor. The exchange reveals a small train incident or inquiry into passenger conduct.
Prisoner Tells of Government Taking Half-Dollars Former Manufacturer
A prisoner claims government action ruined his business as a visitor consoles him. He says he was a manufacturer of half-dollars and was driven from his field by official interference.
Cheé the Woman Who Turned Men Into Hogs
A Budget tale about Cheé a woman who transformed several men into hogs exploring motive and social satire. Mrs B notes pork could be cheaper and easier to obtain highlighting quirky rural humor and community perspectives.
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Cheé
Clean Hands Teacher Notes James’ Hand Hygiene
A classroom scene notes James’ consistently clean hands and asks how he maintains hygiene. The dialogue shows James credited by classmates and a teacher’s routine of washing dishes every morning.
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James
His Last Word and the Constant Apology
A compact exchange shows a man asserting he always has the final word while a friend counters with a reply about apologizing. The playful dialogue hints at pride and humility in a brief interpersonal moment.
Dirty Dialogues in a Runway Restaurant Exchange
A cheeky exchange in a busy dining room plays on meals being unavailable. The patron and staff humorously cycle through unavailable steak chops and stew, ending with the patron demanding his hat as the running gag repeats.
Radio Guarantee Draws Late-Night Purchases
A salesman hawks a guaranteed radio promising endless sales at any hour while Mrs. Niteout bargains for a product that will bring her husband home before midnight. The exchange appears in Stray Stories Magazine illustrating quirky urban lore.
Patient Requests Temperature Fix From Doctor
A patient pleads with a visiting doctor to restore their feverish or low temperature to a normal level, seeking a remedy that would allow them to function like the physician. The exchange hints at ongoing concern over health and the doctor’s assessment.
Nero May Be Vindicated Experimenter Extinguishes Flame
A reader proposes that Nero may be unjustly censured after an experimenter used a high note to extinguish a candle flame. The correspondent suggests further testing could prove Nero’s innocence.
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Nero
Tom Faces Rejection Over Oil Burner Claim
In a brief, unclear cut from a local page, an individual referred to as Tom is noted for facing a rejection after claiming a special status as an oil burner. The text is fragmentary and lacks verifiable details.
Blarney Stone Attracts Visitors From All Lands
The Blarney Stone and castle draw visitors from around the world. The stone split into three parts and cemented back now requires a backward dive to kiss. The castle traces to 1445 with Cormac McCarthy the Strong, and the town plan once aimed to alter the Awmartin river with grand bridges before abandonment.
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Eoin Mor
Ireland
Conn
McCarthy’s
Cormac McCarthy
the Strong
Jeffreys
Blarney
Awmartin
Measuring Mirth in Maps and Myths Across Lands
A London Tit-Bits writer notes varied world measures from a Burmese mile to pyramidal shadows at sundown and old Dutch habits. The piece playfully contrasts different timing and pacing practices, from rice workers’ signs to canal workers judging distance by pipes smoked.
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London
Egypt
Rhineland
Holland
Names for United States Capital Over Time
The passage traces how the capital was named from The Federal City to City of Washington, District of Columbia and other variants. It notes 1871 charter revocation merging Washington with DC and 1921 recognition of The City of Washington as official capital name via an executive order.
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United States
Federal City
City of Washington
District of Columbia
Territory of Columbia
City of
Washington
Washington, D. C
Georgetown
Congress
Harding
Bishop's Rock and the Scilly Islands lore
The passage describes Bishop's Rock as the first land seen by travelers to England or France, part of the Scilly Islands located 25 miles beyond Land's End. It hints at the Scillies’ link to the romance of Lyonesse and the legendary Land of Lyonnesse, noting their northern reach near the cold seas.
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England
France
Bishop's Rock
Scilly Islands
Land’s End
Lyonnesse
Cates
Scillies
Fefoie
Storm wrecks home and returns deed after mail recovery
MARBLE HILL MO A storm wrecked the farm home of G C Key in Hahn Mo carrying away 9 deeds to the property Two weeks later Key recovered the deed by mail a Brazeau farmer found it Brazeau lies about 50 miles from Hahn
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Marble Hill
G. C. Key
Hahn
Key
Brazeau
Son Thought Dead Turns Up At Home
MASONTOWN PA The identity mystery around a youth buried in a local cemetery ends as fifteen year old Donald Fiore returns home from a two year hitchhiking trip He was thought dead since February 1936 after a fatal accident in Olive Hill Kentucky The boy visited Father Kolb then walked to his father and mother in apparent good health Though a tombstone had been ordered the family now plans to inscribe Donald on the grave marker rather than replace it.
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Masontown
Donald Fiore
Donald
Olive Hill
Francis Kolb
Raymond Fiore
Pop
Mrs. Fiore
Mom
Injured Dog Found After Plane Search Over Fort Des Moines
Butch the dog belonging to Robert Siman a Des Moines flight instructor wandered off after being hit by a car. He spotted the injured animal from a plane at 500 feet and landed in a field to retrieve it then took the dog to a veterinarian by car.
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Butch
Robert Siman
Des Moines Flying Service
Siman
Fort Des Moines Army Post
Simon
Snake hitchhiker snakes ride to downtown Los Angeles
A gopher snake crawled into a car in a suburban canyon and rode to Third and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles where 500 onlookers gathered as Frank Pittman ripped up floorboards to free the snake. A spectator then took the snake home.
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Los Angeles
Third and Broadway
Frank Pittman
Bird Sets Roof Afro With Lighted Cigarette
Newark patrolman cites a sparrow with a lighted cigarette as the apparent cause of a roof fire. The bird allegedly carried the cigarette to its nest under the eaves, sparking the blaze that damaged the roof.
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Bird
Newark
N. J
Martin Heisele
Billfold found on same Nebraska farm after eight years
Charles E. Ericson misplaced his billfold eight years ago while cultivating corn. Earl Thorell, now owner of the same farm, recovered the wallet in a weeded field along with the cash inside. The article notes the recovered money remained intact.
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Loomis
Neb
Charles E. Ericson
Cor
Earl Thorell
Aaron Rer
Blood pressure drug described in Lancet by Dr F Avery Jones
London report notes a new blood pressure raising drug styled 2020 for short. The Lancet describes imidoazol hydrochloride as the full chemical name. Dr Avery Jones of St Bartholomew's Hospital discusses its potential use.
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London
F.avery Jones
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Lone Bantam Hen Trades Retirement For Museum Mount
Elmer Schmidt’s nine year old Bantam hen ended a quiet life in the Schmidt yard after nine years of laying and family duties. On her thirteenth birthday she gained belated fame when newspapers told her tale. After her death neighbor and taxidermist Ernest H Meuser mounted the bird in the Schmidt home showing it poised as if listening for her large flock.
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Elmer Schmidt
Schmidt
Ernest H. Meuser
Valley Water Project seen from drought and surplus
A Weather Bureau report shows Kern County received 9.76 inches of rain year to June 30 while Kennett in Shasta recorded 112.11 inches. The Central Valley Project aims to conserve surplus water in the north and supply supplementary water to the semi arid south, with Bakersfield averaging 5.88 inches annually.
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United States Weather Bureau
Kern County
Kennett
Shasta County
San Joaquin Valleys
Central Valley Water Project
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Weather Bureau
Bakersfield
Valley Group Forms to Oppose Kings River Park Plan
A coalition of prominent Valley men announces intention to organize opposition to the proposed Kings River park and similar Sierra recreational developments. They have set headquarters in Tulare and seek broad community involvement.
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Kings River Canyon National Park
Sierra
Tulare
Heliotrope Described as Herb of Love and Sunward Turn
The heliotrope is called the herb of love and its Grecian derivation means to turn toward the sun. It is noted to have many healing qualities similar to gentian.
Taft Police Chiefs Taft Officers Back Higgins For Sheriff
Taft officers Packy Paquette Jimmy Lane Ellsworth Geary Kenney Ward and Joe Beck praised for serving in Taft Police Department under Chief Bert Higgins. Higgins, senior chief for over a dozen years, cites his experience and leadership as basis to run for Kern County Sheriff, pledging steady judgment.
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Packy, Paquette
Jimmy Lane
Ellsworth Geary
Kenney Ward
Joe Beck
California
Taft
West Side
Bert Higgins
Higgins
Kern County
Counties receive 78263 dollars from gasoline tax fund
Kern county will receive 78 263.01 as its share of the 11 000 000 gasoline tax fund collected by the state from April 1 to June 30. Controller Harry B. Riley announced that counties statewide get 3 762 762 and 7 525 524 goes to the state highway fund.
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Kern County
Harry B. Riley
Hohenzollern Family Name Origin at Zollern Hill
The Hohenzollern name tied to the Zollern hill near Stuttgart, where the family ruled Germany from 1871 to 1918, was linked to their historic seat.
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Hekdetalieen
Germany
Zollern
Stuttgart
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Humio
Tom
Valley Group
Kings River Park
Manuel
Justice OF the Peace
Norfolk
A. L. Renfro
Rosedale
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