New Homestead Land Open for Veterans in Lake County
July 4 report notes open entry for qualified World War service men at $4 per acre in Lake County Oregon. Land lies 4500 feet high between Lakes Summer and Albert near Paisley, distant from Southern Pacific Kirk and Klamath Falls stations. Tillable land with low rainfall, suitable for hay and grazing. A school without pupils serves the French settlement at Lowville, NY.
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Ashington
Lake Coun
Lakes Summer
Albert
Paisley
Southern Pacific
Kirk
Klamath Falla
Betty learns kitchen help from her mother in recipe tasks
A shy Erie girl named Betty gradually assists in the kitchen. She oils pans, helps bake cakes, and eventually frosts. A sardine sandwich filling task is outlined, with Betty mashing sardines and sieving egg yolks. The piece emphasizes growth in character through homemaking chores.
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Erie
Fintle Betty
Betty
Tre
Weather men plan to make ocean safe for transatlantic fliers
An eight nation weather conference in Paris rallied to protect transatlantic aviators from deadly weather. Dr Charles Frederick Marvin of the U S Weather Bureau proposed centralized reports and forecasts to give pilots full meteorological information along the entire route. General Delcambre of France supported the plan, noting pilots often lack meteorology knowledge and risk hindering official weather services. Delegations from Germany, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Portugal attended.
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Paris
trans-Atlantic
Chas
Frederick Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
Cen
General Delcambre
Weather Bureau
Martin
Germany
England
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Plan for Prehistoric City Excavation Near Cortez
An expedition led by Dr. Paul Martin state archeologist plans an extensive dig on a windswept plain near Cortez Colorado northwest of Mesa Verde. The team expects to uncover a large kiva and surrounding streets and burials that reveal a pre Mesa Verde people and potential links to Pueblo Bonito or Aztec origins. The dig follows Martin's Yucatan work on Chichen Itza and aims to trace tableters and artifacts to shed light on an ancient American Indian race.
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West
Dexnver
Paul &. Martin
Denver
Cortez
Colorado
Mesa Verde
Martin
Yucatan
Dr. Martin
Chichen Itza
More Than Half of 1928 Westeran University Class Choose Teaching
In Delaware Ohio July 6 the 1928 Westeran University graduates reveal teaching as the major life work for 37 percent of the class. Religious work accounts for 17 percent, ministry 5 percent, and missionary service 3 percent. Business is also listed among vocations.
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Delaware, O
Ohio Westeran University
Vocation, Law and Medicine Shifts Percentages Listed
A fragment notes changes across sectors: a fifteen percent rise in vocation, seven percent in law, and five and a half percent in medicine. No further context or dates are provided.
Toa ds in Canada and mocking bird antics in Texas
Colorado Springs professor R J Gilmore gathers spade foot toads for shipment to Saskatchewan to release them and destroy larvae of mosquitoes. Marshall reports a crowd watching a mocking bird appear intoxicated after eating wild cherries, acting like a drunk human.
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Canada
Colorado Springs
Colo
R. J. Gilmore
Colorado College
Saskatchewan
Marshall
Tex
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