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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1927
Page
8
Washington reports 862 forest tree species in the revised Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States issued by the U S Forest Service. Including hybrids, total forms reach 1,177, with 182 species noted for commercially useful timber or other products.
Leipsig artisan Gerhard Mittelstadt of Frieberg Saxony builds a miniature copy of the Voelkerschlachtdenkmal from 28732 burnt matches. The original granite memorial near Leipzig stands about 300 feet high and marks Napoleon's defeat in 1813. The replica is about seventeen and a half inches tall.
In Dapitan Mindanao Philippines Moros inhabit primitive nest like houses built on poles over Illgan bay. Homes have a water surrounding bathroom below. weather is warm and cooking rare. Residents live mainly on fish with occasional rice and coconuts from shore visits.
Miss Elly Carey English scientist chose a British freighter from London to New Mexico to avoid a liner's monotony. In grease stained overalls she oiling a valve in the stoke hole when discovered, saying a woman should do something rather than look pretty. She said she paid passage and persuaded the captain to let her work in the stoke hole.
Dr. Donald H. Menzel of Lick Observatory won the New York Academy of Sciences prize for a paper on The Source of Solar Energy. He argues that sun and star energy comes from matter changing to energy, not from burning or meteors, and cites Jeans theory and atomic structure to support a long lived star age. He notes the theory is not flawless.
South Hadley Mass. Mrs Sydney Greenbie an English professor and travel writer says she chose her career to suit her children. She notes that her work gives freedom to be with her youngsters who have become the college mascots. She and her husband researched sea captain traditions for Gold of Ophir while traveling the Atlantic coast with their babies.
In London a proposal to replace all 100 Westminster fireplaces with steam radiators met cold reception. Fire lighters kept busy all winter tending the historic fires in members and committee rooms. Statesmen say open fires inspire and country constituents would not feel at home in steam heated rooms.
A research worker studying vast archives in the Simaneas castle dungeon near Valladolid reports discovery of a document claimed as an Italian copy of Pontius Pilate's sentence on Christ. The inscription is said to be in Hebrew Greek and Latin.
Paris women learn ordering perfumes by number cuts cost compared with stores in Paris and America. The numbers are guarded secrets known to manufacturers and elite clients, making them hard for average shoppers to learn. Dressmakers and shops say much of perfume price is in the fancy bottles.
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