$10,000 Paid for Madagascan Elephant Bird Egg
Time Magazine reports the sale of a huge Madagascan egg from the extinct elephant bird Aepyornis Titan to a San Francisco collector Milton Ray Smith. The egg, found by a Tandroy herdsman in Madagascar, weighs about six pounds now but likely weighed twenty four pounds at laying, and was bought for five head of cattle and later resold for ten thousand dollars.
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Time Magazine
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Arate Iat
San Francisco
Madagasar
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Gobi
Roy Chapman Andrews
Couple Rebuy Old Horse That Carried Them to Altar
The Rice couple, who wed in 1918, repurchased the faithful horse that once pulled their garbage wagon and helped them reach their wedding. Mrs. Rice, visiting kin in Lubbock, identified the horse as Dan. The horse is now retired to a Fort Worth area farm.
Great Rivers Worldwide Floods Across Continents
A National Geographic overview notes floods from the Mississippi to Siberian Lena reflect recurring global floods since ancient Mesopotamia. It highlights Hwang Ho in China, Yangtze impacts in 1911, Nile and Indus flood patterns, and European floods along the Po and Seine, plus Arctic river behavior and Siberian Lena.
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Siberia
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National Geographic Society
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India
Himalayas
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Social Security Speakers Available for District Meetings
Nat Rogan announces the Social Security Division will supply speakers to explain SS-2 and SS-2a forms. About one million forms will reach district taxpayers. de puties will discuss Old Age benefits and unemployment insurance taxes. Written requests should be sent to the Los Angeles collector with organization details and anticipated attendance.
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Internal Revenue
Southern
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Social Security Division
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Rogan
Los Angeles
Maple Grammar School Plans New Building and Cafeteria
Plans for a new building and cafeteria at Maple grammar school are due for completion within 30 days. The project is estimated at $60,000 and a bond issue of $65,000 was approved by district electors on April 9.
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Maple Grammar School
GAPE OUTLOOK GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA GRAPES
Growers report June 1 shows little change from a month ago in California grape conditions. Most vineyards enter summer with good crop prospects. First tonnage forecasts will be issued after July 1, the state department of agriculture said.
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California
State Department of Agriculture
Card of Thanks for Fire Recovery Donations
The Massey family and neighbors thank friends for the generous donations to restore homes destroyed by fire. Expressions of gratitude come from A. L. Massey and family Ay J Allen and family Mrs. Elizabeth Wise and son Woodrow Hollan and family.
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A. L. Massey
Ay J Allen
Elizabeth Wise
Woodrow Hollan
List of American Republics
The passage enumerates the American republics including the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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Mexico
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
el Salvador
Colombia
Venezuela
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay
Body Like a Machine Gives Insight into Function
The passage compares the body to a machine with automatic valves and regulation. It notes how these components vary in action to produce endless changes in bodily processes.
Natural Bridge Near Lexington Virginia
Natural Bridge, described as the seventh natural wonder, lies near Lexington, famed for Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute nicknamed The West Point of the South.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
West Point
Catacombs Found Beneath Honolulu Cave System Revealed
Honolulu officials Fred J. Ohrt and C. W. Wentworth report a vast subterranean network beneath the city extending to Diamond Head. Natural caves and river beds host eyeless fish pools and occasional skeletons, with evidence of ancient habitation and use for refuge or taboo burial. Was formed about 20,000 years ago by slow water action.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Fred J. Ohrt
Honolulu Water Bureau
C. W. Wentworth
Rome
Paris
Diamond Head
Wentworth
Claims of Compass Origin Across Cultures
A claim arises that inventors from Arabs Etruscans Finns and Italians have all been named as originators of the compass. The discussion notes multiple attributions across historical texts and regions without settling a single source of origin.
Determining the P or Personality Quotient by Action Answers
The subject’s personality quotient is gauged by responses to about 200 questions focusing on what he does rather than what he knows about things and people.
Shafter Beats Delano in Wild Softball Rally
The Shafter softball team defeated Delano 11 to 5 on the local diamond after a noisy fourth inning. Delano led 1 0 until Shafter exploded with five runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth as Billy Lachenmaier pitched the full game and held on.
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Shafter
Delano
Lynch
Billy Lachenmaier
Doll Children Learning Block Normal Says Psychologists
Psychologists say some children cannot learn from books and this difficulty is normal. Experts note varied learning styles and emphasize individualized education plans and supportive home environments.
Pulpwood Editor by Harold B. Hersey review
The book serves as a guide for budding writers, especially in pulp magazines. Hersey explains the differences between novice and expert pulp writers with candor and vivid examples. He draws on decades editing and publishing across detective adventure western and romance pulp genres.
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Pulpwood
Hersey
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