1930 Year of National Anniversaries and Birthdays
The piece highlights 1930 as rich in historic anniversaries from the Massachusetts Bay Colony centennial to Revolutionary War milestones. It notes forthcoming observances, including local pageants, and recounts pivotal events at Kings Mountain, Camden, and Yorktown, plus Webster Hayne debates and notable births and figures born in 1780 and 1880.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts
New
America
Cowes
England
John Winthrop
Salem
Charlestown
Winthrop
Shawmut
Boston
Savannah
Sir Henry Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
Charleston
Benjamin Lincoln
Lincoln
Clinton
Cornwallis
Washington
Baron de Kalb
Congress
Horatio Gates
Saratoga
Gates
Camden
de Kalb
Benedict Arnold
West Point
New England
Andre
Arnold
Morristown
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
Ferguson
Sevier
Shelby
Campbell
King’s Mountain
Whinnesborough
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Nathanael Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Yorktown
Andrew Jackson
Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina
Senate
Daniel Webster
Webster
Hayne
Magdeburg
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Frederick William Augustus Steuben
Atlantic
George Washington
Francis Scott Key
Paul Hamilton Hayne
James G. Blaine
Plumed Knight
Oliver Otis Howard
Emilly Dickinson
Fingerprint screening tightens federal hiring processes
The Civil Service Commission expands fingerprinting to pre screen applicants for federal positions especially law enforcement. Central and local checks cross reference with the Department of Justice register, reducing fraud and crime linked hires and improving post office security during peak periods.
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Washington
United States ‘Civil Service Commission
Uncle Sam
New York City
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Federal Civil Service
Commission
Department of Justice
Bureau of Prohibition
Prohibition Force
Civil Service Commissioner
Commissioner's Office
Department of Justice's
Lights Sixth of New York Sixth of New York
A column recalls a past contest asking working girls to plan budgets for weekly incomes of 15 to 85 dollars. Stockings emerge as major expenses, with budgets varying from twelve to thirty pairs annually. Other snippets cover a booted salesman's Texas shtick, a lawyer’s rail journey prank, and theater district panhandlers at intermission.
Youths’ Names Erased From U S Highest Peak
Six Portersville youths Leonard Longly Rex Williams Rudolph Lumley Carter Saunders Worth Ramey and Irval Carter painted their names on Mount Whitney the United States highest peak. A Sequoia National Park ranger ordered them to obliterate the graffiti and two deputized friends whitewashed the names after a costly climb.
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Portersville
Calif
United States
Leonard Longly
Rex Williams
Rudolph Lumley
Carter Saunders
Worth Ramey
Irval Carter
Mount Whitney
Uncle Sam
Forest
Mount Whitney's Heights
Sequoia National Park
Big Toe Signal of Brain Power Says Specialist
London reports a medical expert claims the big toe alone reveals brain health. A gentle stroke of the foot would make the toe rise if the brain is healthy. a downward curl suggests brain issues. Other toes are irrelevant to the test.
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London
Giant Whale-Mouthed Shark Landed Near San Francisco
A 3000 pound 17 foot whale-mouthed shark, believed first of its kind in the district, was hauled ashore at Point Reyes by an automobile truck after a fisherman hooked it with a live guardian bait. The creature is noted for a whale-like jaw and is described as peaceful.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
Point Reyes Beach
Two Colors in Film Explain Color Photography
The article explains that color cinema uses only two base colors green and orange. It states that color cameras capture primarily green and orange tones and that other hues are variations of these two.
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New York
Broken Heart Kills After Death of Wife
Mr and Mrs Thomas Carroll long married shared life troubles. Mrs Carroll aged seventy four fell from a chair and died from injuries. Soon after, their son reported the death of his father whose heartache over the loss of his wife is thought to have caused his demise.
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London
Thomas Carroll
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