Ambassador Bridge to be world largest suspension span
Detroit and Windsor officials celebrate first contact with Canadian soil as the Ambassador Bridge rises toward completion next year. The project will span about 7,400 feet with a 1,851 foot main span, carry five traffic lanes and an eight foot sidewalk, and require thousands of tons of steel and cable.
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Ambassador
Detroit River
Canada
Ambassador Bridge
Ontario
Windsor
Sandwich
Ford
Riverside
la Salle
Tecumseh
Walkerville
Ont
United States
Philadelphia-Camden
Hudison River
Upper Manhattan
Palisades
Jersey Shore
Edgar Jadwin
United States War Department
Two Alligators Make Home Under Downtown Store
In Oklahoma City two alligators settled beneath Oscar Grace’s downtown cleaning shop for a year causing floor holes and crevice digging as he tries to coax them back into a glass tank. Grace reports badly scratched arms and a nervous tension from the rasping of their backs on the floor.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oscar Grace
Grace
Rabbi's Flock Strays to Radio in Tours France
Rabbi AL Sommer of Tours sees parishioners vanish from services and proposes wireless prayers. He writes a bold article advocating radio religion in a Jewish religious journal as he plans to deliver prayers remotely to revive attendance and faith.
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Tours
France
AL. Sommer
M. Sommer
Welcome Son Reunited After 40 Years Across the Sea
Mrs. Mary Ann Kernan Moonan of New Orleans has not seen her son George A Moonan since he was seven. Dublin barrister Moonan travels to Ireland to meet his eighty two year old mother after years of mail rearing and distant ties. He plans to accompany her on the voyage back to her homeland.
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New Orleans
Athinte
Mary Ann ‘Kernan Moonan
George A. Moonan
Dublin
Ireland
Moonan
Moenar
T P
Old
Sea Salt Plant Yields Six Billion Tons a Year
A description of the Caspian Sea evaporation process near the Gulf of Kara-Bonginz, where Glauber’s salt crystallizes in winter as salts like sodium sulphate stay in solution. Crystals settle, wash ashore, and are carried by wind to distant shores, yielding billions of tons annually.
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Leningrad
Caspian Sea
Gulf of
Kara-Bonginz
Caspian
Gulf
Glauber
Navy Plane Scoops Up Gold in Nicaragua Mine
Navy Marines report a forced landing in Nicaragua near La Paz Nine. Captain Howard piloted an amphibian plane that scooped up gold bearing earth. Corporal Cole recovered about $100 in gold flakes. Rescue by another plane brought the aviators safely to Managua with the gold as evidence.
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Washington
Navy Department
Nicaragua
Howard
Marine Corps
la Paz
Cole
Managua
Mount Baker summit plaque by international expedition
The Chicago Geographical Society expedition to the Mountains of the Moon planted the flag on Mount Baker on August 26. The climb faced heavy snow storms and extreme hardship for the American British and Explorers' Club team as they reached the summit and descended.
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Fort Portal
Uganda
Africa
Chicago Geographical Society
Mountains of the
Moon
Explorers’ Club
Mount Baker
Bees Hold Business Section Two Hours
Westwood New Jersey companies shut during a two hour bee swarm at the principal corner of Westwood and Center avenues. Dr F C Young fled his car to a taxi as stores closed and the swarm tried to enter Waller department store. An anonymous local expert brought a hive netting and smokepot to calm and remove the insects.
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Westwood
N. J
Center Avenues
F. C. Young
Waller Department
Drama of Blood and Truth in a Chicago Prison Cell
Jack Waring is accused after Mona Gale’s death, but Jim Boyd confesses his own past crimes and implicates none. A father and son are finally reunited before a grim justice, ending with Boyd facing eternity and Jack planning to forgive.
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Jack Waring
Chicago
Mona Gale
Sylvia
Jim Boyd
Boyd
Tom Hardy
Hardy
Ruth Boyd
New York
Jack
Tom
Mona
Jim
Mr Waring
Mr. Waring
Philip Waring
Clean Up for Hog Cholera Hazard on Farms
Hog cholera remains a constant risk to non immune hogs. Do not bring susceptible hogs onto the farm while sick hogs remain. Wait three months after removing sick hogs, unless premises are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Special care needed in cold weather as infection lasts longer in winter. Telegraph Want Ads Bring Results.
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A G Houck
US Department of Agrculture
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