Modern Warfare and Public Scare Echo Across Cities
Reports describe fear and profiteering as foreigners sell helmets and sandbags in Shanghai while damage from a Lerma River flood near Guadalajara leaves several injured. Other items note a Roosevelt cotton subsidy, a Baltimore treasure case, the death of cartoonist Frederick Burr Opper, former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and a deadly Albany air disaster. Also covered: a large twin convention in Fort Wayne, a California drop in auto fatalities, and radium deposits near Red Rock canyon.
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Shanghai
Lever
Lerma
Guadalajara
Mexico
Roosevelt
Henry Grob
Baltimore
Frederick Burr Opper
New Rochelle
New York
Alphonse
Gaston
United States Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Southhampton
Albany
William F. Strum
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Shafter Safetball Tops Bakersfield For Ninth Win
Shafter safetball pushed its winning streak to nine with a 16 to 13 victory over a Bakersfield team Tuesday night. Heath started for Shafter as the game, played in Bakersfield, featured a flurry of hits described as plentiful.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Heath
Card of Thanks for Mr and Mrs Luders Be reavement
The Luders and Meuser families express sincere thanks to many friends for their kindness during the recent bereavement.
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Fred Luders
E. Meuser
Liner Burns Much Oil At High Speed
An ocean liner traveling at twenty five knots consumes about 700 tons of fuel oil each day. The ship maintains high speed, raising fuel usage and operational costs while emphasizing energy intensity of transoceanic travel.
Medieval English Cathedrals Highlight Finest Gothic Heritage
The article surveys England’s great cathedrals Canterbury York Minster Durham Winchester Salisbury as masterpieces of early English Gothic architecture. It notes Canterbury’s historic site St. Augustine’s church murder Becket’s 1170, York Minster as the largest medieval church, Durham on an eminence, Winchester as the longest Gothic building, and Salisbury for its pure form and tallest spire completed 1220 to 1260.
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England
Europe
New York Herald Tribune
Canterbury
Church of
Kent
St. Augustine
Thomas A Becket
York Minster
York
Durham Cathedral
Old
Winchester Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
Crocus from Kashmir and the tale of Saffron Walden
A Montreal Star writer recalls the crocus as spring’s first gem. The flower, said to come from Kashmir, was allegedly stolen by an English pilgrim who hid a bulb in a hollow staff. Walden Essex gained fame as saffron land from that bulb.
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Montreal Star
England
Edward III
Kashmir
Trajah
Walden
Essex
Medea
Aeson
Freakish Whalemen Dip Oil From Whale Head
A curious account details whalers dipping oil from a sperm whale by bucket. The report notes widespread superstition as a superstition in Hungary and a snake in Lafayette Als climbed a light post and fed on insects around a glow.
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Lafayette
Als
Insects on Stage Draw Crowds in London Play
London acclaim centers on a play featuring insect characters. Readers note diverse oddities include frog growth to 28 inches from Pacific coast farms and 18 000 names on a Europe automobile map. A Greenwich Village map is carved on a flagpole base in Washington Square. A British officer has 25 000 matchboxes in global collection. A farmer pawns and redeems a gold tooth in Hielbron. The Findlay gas well blaze in 1886 altered winter to summer nearby.
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Greenwich Village
Washington Square
New York City
Church services and healing meetings announced by Pastor Edwards
E. T. Edwards, pastor, lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning service at 11 a.m. and evening service at 8 p.m. Tuesday service at 8 p.m. Young People's meeting on Thursday at 8 p.m. Divine healing services and a special message are planned for Saturday at 8 p.m.
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E. T. Edwards
Pastor Alfred Funck Leads Multilingual Church Services
At 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, German and English classes follow, then a 10:30 a.m. sermon on The Purpose of Our Life from Galatians 1 1 5. Evening German service at 7 30 p.m. English service on the first Sunday each month.
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Alfred Funck
Shafter Nine Pounds Bakersfield Crew 15-2
Shafter softball nine routed Bakersfield 15 to 2 as ace pitcher Walt Kirschenmann allowed four hits. Gaede led at the plate with three hits including a circuit homer, and Taylor added a seventh inning homer. Seven runs crossed in the sixth inning on hits by Lachenmaier Gaede Trent Taylor and Kirschenmann.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Walt Kirschenmann
Gaede
Taylor
Lachenmaier
Trent
Kirschenmann
Brittenbach
Heath
Neufeld
Combs
Hoffman
Ortman
Shaw
Toschi
Lewy
Sorcer
Ware
Spray
Kuhn
Stop and Go Flaring Red Writing Paper Preferred by Turkish Businessmen
A collection of curious notes covers diverse themes from Turkish business preferences to a Chicago washerwoman’s charitable bequest of 20000 dollars upon death. Also mentioned are pharmacy sales, reptiles dining laws in Kansas, Paris gas lamps still standing after a century, a Birmingham Alabama electric bulb in long use, a British insurer wary of sunny days, and monkeys trained to harvest coconuts in Kalantan British Malaya with one ape collecting a thousand nuts daily.
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Kalantan
British Malaya
Shafter Owl Run Extends Winning Streak To Eight
Shafter's softball team won their eighth straight as they edged Bakersfield 9 to 8 Friday night. Pitching limited the visitors to two hits until the fifth inning when Kirschennann relieved Sapp. Key hitters included Heath Campbell Trent Nikkel and Sapp with Combs and Kirschennmann contributing as substitutes.
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Shafter
Sapp
Kirschenmann
Walt
Lachenmaier
Gaede
Heath
Campbell
Trent
Nikkel
Taylor
Combs
Bakersfield
Dutton
Perry
Becker
Graves
Suydam
Pice
Mears
J. Becker
Scientists claim new electrifying soap and revived ancient insects
Soviet scientists announce revival of insects buried 3000 years. Baby under six months show no color interest. Rats on calcium rich diets live longer. Plant varieties grown by radium stimulation demonstrated. Salt spray test checks stainless steel rust resistance. Photo of live nerves captured without light. Woman physician creates device using body generated electricity for imaging.
Monterey the Capital of California’s Early Era
Monterey California stood as the territory’s most enterprising city and its early capital, a vital military, commercial, and financial hub. It hosted the first American newspaper on the coast and the convention that framed California’s first constitution, before San Francisco rose to prominence.
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Monterey
California
Colton Hall
San Francisco
Taipan Defined as Substitute Manager in Foreign Firms
The term taipan derives from Chinese usage meaning substitute acting manager or head of a foreign business run by a native Chinese. It describes the role as a stand in leader managing operations for overseas firms.
Reminisce Word Highlighted in Webster Editions
A note on the word reminisce as a perfectly good term meaning to narrate or tell, cited in both the first and second editions of Webster's dictionary. The entry underscores reminiscence as a valid verb and noun form in traditional lexicography.
Ear as Imperfect Microphone in Human Hearing
A scientist explains the ear as an imperfect microphone that adds harmonics to sounds. Physicists note it is hard to prevent any sound-detecting device from altering the original signal.
This and That Facts Mixed From Various Topics
A jumble of trivia notes covers topics from golf course acreage to barometer invention in 1643 by an Italian student. Other items claim Haiti’s main crop value, coffee dust, lion mating habits, and a Hawaii myaab bird trainability.
King of the Pines Sugar Pine Described
The sugar pine, called king of all pines, reaches great height with smooth cream colored wood. A rare species native to California and Oregon, it grows only in select sites where rich postglacial soils and altitude favor it.
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California
Oregon
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