Eighty Two Miles of Free Exhibits at Century of Progress
Crowds at the Century of Progress view the General Exhibits area with 82 miles of free displays. Visitors enter for a 50 cent gate fee and explore marvels across the fairgrounds as Lief Eriksen Drive hosts the event.
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Lief Eriksen
The Giraffe Lesson for Isabel the Hare
Mrs Hare teaches Isabel and the young hares a lesson on perspective comparing their view to a giraffe's wider sight. The tale follows their curiosity as they grapple with a concept of seeing beyond immediate surroundings and imagining possible growth.
Advice From Mother Hare Describes Ears Eyes Alarm
A narrator recounts Mother Hare advising vigilance against danger. She explains how eyes placed wide apart let animals see around corners and spot pursuers. The message urges constant watchfulness when cruel hunters and hunting dogs threaten, teaching the hares to hurry to safety.
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Mother Hare
Blind Boy Tills His Garden Patch
In a one room cabin near Adams Run outside Charleston a blind Black man in his early twenties tills a small garden patch with unshod feet. He avoids shoes to keep his sense of ground, accepts clothing from the Red Cross but declines shoes, and travels to a distribution point to obtain seed funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Charleston
S. C
Adams Run
Stone Blind
Red Cross
Azile Brown Tyler
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Piccard Twins Set for Stratosphere Flight at Century of Progress
Jean Piccard examines the gondola for a record stratosphere hop as thousands gather at Bonnier Field during the Chicago World’s Fair event at the Century of Progress.
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Piccard Twins
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Bonnier Field
Norfolk plovers hatch and emerge ready to run fast
Young Norfolk plovers leave the shell helpless but soon run on the ground. They are sand colored with black lines for camouflage and rely on the broken wing trick by the mother if threatened by a stoat or weasel.
Meaning of Horse Power and Measurement Concepts
The article explains horse power as a unit for mechanical energy and defines afe horse power as lifting 33,000 pounds one foot. It distinguishes indicated, brake, and practical horsepower with reference to engine power and test results from Path Finder Magazine.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Living Ex Presidents All Former Leaders Alive at Once
The largest number of living former presidents occurred from March 1861 after Buchanan’s retirement to January 1862 after Tyler’s death, when Van Buren Tyler Fillmore Pierce and Buchanan were all alive. The country was without a living ex president twice, first between Johnson’s death July 31 1875 and Grant’s retirement March 4 1877, and again from Cleveland’s death June 24 1908 to Roosevelt’s term end March 4 1909.
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Buchanan
Tyler
van Buren
Filmore
Pierce
Johnson
Grant
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Delicious Lemon Meringue Pie and Napoleon Torte Recipe Notes
A 193% Western Newspaper Union baking feature lists recipes for Deep Lemon Pie with cornstarch and lemon, Napoleon Torte with butter and citrus peel, a Cider Frappe, and Raspberry Tartlets with pistachios. It shares stepwise methods and serving tips for each dessert.
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Western Newspaper Union
Officer in World War Meets Man He Buried
In Salt Lake City Harold S. Jennings recalls meeting Grant H. Wirick 15 years after helping bury him in Bordeaux during World War I. Wirick, then ill with influenza, lay beside another casualty from the same artillery school, causing a funeral mix up later corrected.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Harold S. Jennings
France
Jennings
Bordeaux
Grant H. Wirick
Wirick
Inventions and Estimates from Around the World
Reports note China consuming over 100 billion cigarettes yearly and a French invention turning violin tones into bass viola. A London bakery counts loaves with a photoelectric cell. Sweden develops tubular spring chairs. Italy experiments with directed short radio waves for wireless telephony. Alaska estimates 600000 reindeer from a Siberian herd 40 years back. An inventor combines a shoe horn brush and bottle opener in one compact device. A French attachment converts violin tones to bass viola. An adjustable magnetic gauge measures strain on rails and bridges.
Puzzles and Riddles From a Historical Page
A garbled child quiz of puns and playful questions asks what a chipmunk is and why an empty purse stays the same. It features wordplay on islands horses and age jokes, delivering light humor and misheard spellings.
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