Steam on the Sixth Avenue Subway Era and Trolley tales
The article recalls steam era transit troubles with coal substitutions causing soot on Harlem wash days, mentions a Sunday bicycle car to Bronx parks, and profiles Robb a punctual Sixth Avenue worker who moved from wiper to engineer amid electrification in 1903. It also notes a pending Sixth Avenue subway, a reverse keyboard accordion by Phil Baker, and a Broadway encounter with a Scottish guard officer.
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Harlem
Bronx Park
Moshulu
Robb
Ara
Sixth Avenue
Battery
Bronx
Phil Baker
Philadelphia
Baker
Explorer Smith Returns With Images From Hainan Expedition
Smith led a land and sea survey to Hainan off southeast China. He gathered hundreds of photographs, maps, and botanical specimens and recorded native life on sound film. He described confrontations with water buffalo and a near shipwreck, plus rare finds such as a Haitian bear and a 14 foot python. He also mapped inland regions for the National Geographic Society and traveled to Kochui in Yunnan, noting slave trade among 25,000 children.
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Smith
Hainan Island
Indo- China
China
Hainan
Canton
Liu Chow
National Geographic Society
American Museum of Natural History
Yunnan
Kochui
Asia
Europe
America
South Seas
Dutch Guiana
New York Shoppers Buoy Clothes Sales in 1929
A New York survey shows style conscious American men buying more clothing and spending more despite the economic downturn. It highlights rising apparel figures in 1929 with stronger consumer demand for fashion items.
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New York
Thrift of Vermonters Is Revealed in Statistics
Washington. Spending habits among Vermont farmers surveyed by the bureau of home economics show thrift as known plus a new virtue generosity. Cash income 650 saves 31. 1000 saves 170. Compared with West livestock raisers, Vermont families spend on pleasure 15 or 49 in higher income brackets, tobacco 13 to 32, reading 4 to 14, with taxes gifts and community welfare higher in nearly all levels.
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Washington
Vermont
Bureau of Home Economics
West
Forest Fire Loss Shrinks in 1937 U S Season
Washington reports the 1937 forest fire control season was highly successful due to favorable weather, stronger protection, more fire towers, and CCC presence. Nine month figures show 767 fires burning 15 132 acres in 1936 versus 346 fires and 1 512 acres burned in 1937.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
CCC
Sanann
Arenes
Prices of 100 Years Ago Shown by Old Accounts
An old Bird-in- Hand store ledger from Upper Merion township reveals whisky at 120 cents per quart a century ago and a top brand at 16 cents. Eight cigars cost 2 cents, or 22 cents for 100 to a heavy smoker. Other entries include 5 cents for a quarter peck of salt and 13 cents for a pound of ham.
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Philadelphia
Upper Merion Township
Segarz
1937 Sees Changes In Map Of World
A National Geographic bulletin outlines 1937 global shifts in power relations due to edicts treaties and force. It notes Brazil’s rise a new corporative state in the West Hemisphere and major changes in Spain India Egypt Palestine Ireland Colombia Panama and League of Nations membership. It cites George VI and Farouk crowned and talks of India’s new federal parliament and Brazil’s centralization.
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National Geographic Society
Brazil
China
India
Bulletin
Spain
Malaga
Bilbao
Santander
Gijon
Valencia
Barcelona
Burgos
Salamanca
George VI
Great Britain
Dominions
Farouk
Egypt
San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
League of Nations
Paraguay
Italy
Q Code Language Draws Radio Hobbyists Into Short Wave
Lawrence Showalter of Shafter explains the Q language to readers, detailing how short wave operators use QRM QRP QSO and QSP to relay messages across distances. He built a 500 watt transmitter and notes amateur radio as a growing international hobby with 47000 licensed operators in the United States. Uplifting technical note on directional antennas and the global reach of radio amid ongoing historical tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Showalter
Shafter
Showalter
San Francisco
Qra Shafter
O. K
China
Russia
Italy
Petaluma
W6kiw
South America
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Australia
South Africa
United States
New Motifs Shaping California State Fair Exhibits
New artistry and motifs are guiding every phase of California State Fair exhibits under construction in Sacramento for the 84th annual exposition. Secretary-Manager Robert Muckler orders a faster organization to complete the fair’s largest program from September 2 to 11. Livestock poultry farm machinery and dairy products form divisions of the exposition and will separately announce plans for the ten day event.
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California
Agricul
Tural
Robert Muckler
Sacramento
Origin of the Domestic Dog
The origin of the domestic dog remains unknown. It is believed to be a composite derivative from wild dogs and possibly extinct species.
Moratorium Term Misread as Payment Cut
The term moratorium signals a delay in payment rather than a reduction of the amount owed. The distinction matters for debtors and creditors as timelines shift without altering principal.
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Fet
Spencer Bentley
Broadway
Pla
Bell Syndicate
WNU
L. L. Stevenson
Explorer
U. S
Palestine
Jerusalem
League of Nations Mandates” Commission
Ireland
Republic of
Eire
Colombia
Panama
Congress
Parliament
All India
Japan
Peiping
Shanghai
Chahar
Suiyuan
Hopei
Shansi
Shantung
Federal Communications Commission
Sen
Illshow
Rea
Dante Ae Eea
Millaneah
Ae Eed
F. Tetas Ee
Chas, W. Rankin
Esa
URISA
ARS
Wasco Hardware
Wasco
Bakersfield Hardware
Bakersfield
Southern California Gas Company
Waar Ruansee
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