Locarno treaty heirs peace as Europe looks abroad
Locarno agreements promise border respect and no aggression between Germany and France with Britain and Italy pledging support for attacked nations. Optimism spreads that the pact, linked to the League of Nations, may steer Europe away from war and mark a shift away from US leadership.
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Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Locarno
Europe
United States of Europe
Briand
Berlin
League of Nations
United States
We Are Out for Air Leadership
The Morning Post in London argues Germany expands civil aviation despite Versailles limits. It cites Germany with 19 000 miles of air routes, 62 lines total, and plans toward a commercial aviation union on a rising capital base.
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Germany
America
Detroit News
Morning Post
London
Great Britain
British Empire
U Ihn
Then
Union
French Translator Galland Who Brought Arabian Nights to West
Antoine Galland born 1646 rose from humble origins to become attache in Constantinople and translator of The Thousand and One Nights. He traveled to Bagdad and studied Haroun Al Rashid era tales, starting Mille et une Nuits in 1704, securing lasting fame as a premier orientalist.
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Antoine Galland
Galland
Constantinople
Bagdad
Haroun al Rashid
When Barnum Was Mayor in Bridgeport
Harvey W. Root uncovers forgotten episodes from P. T. Barnum’s mayoral term in Bridgeport. An article in McClure's Magazine recounts Barnum’s farewell address to the common council and his provocative remark about stealing only by the city.
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P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Colin
Barnum
Harvey W. Root
McClure
Moonlight Polarization Boosts Plant Growth
The article explains that plants use light to grow and that different species prefer different light types. Moonlight is polarized and travels in one direction, benefiting crops like cucumbers in experimental forms. Researchers caution that the full potential of polarized moonlight remains unknown.
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Moonight
Earth Slows Slightly but Day Length Spurs Debate
Smithsonian publication notes Earth’s rotation is decelerating at about one thousandth of a second per century. The change would yield a minute every six million years and suggests ancient days could have been three or four hours long.
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Smithsonian Institution
How Fish Is Made Lamp The Calachan Candlefish
The calachan or candlefish found on the Pacific coast from Oregon upward is dried for use as a lamp by Alaskan Indians. The 12 to 15 inch fish has very oily flesh. After drying, a strip of rush pith or inner material is used to light it.
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Pacific
Oregon
More per Cow Rather than More Cows Says U S Bureau Chief
Dr. C W Larson head of the U S Bureau of Dairying urges greater milk output per cow over increasing herd size. He cites U S averages and potential to raise to 8000 pounds yearly with 75 dollars per cow net over feed costs, stressing cow testing and herd records.
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U.S
Underwood & Underwood
Chicago
C. W. Larson
United States Bureau of Dairying
Temple of Diana One of World's Wonders
Ancient Ephesus in Asia Minor housed the Diana temple once hailed as a seven wonders of the world. Built by Asiatic states over about 220 years, it featured 127 marble columns and spanned 425 by 225 feet. The second temple survived Paul's era, was burned by Goths in 256 A D, and ruins were excavated in 1869 with columns moved to the British Museum.
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Diana of
Ephesus
Asia Minor
Paul
Asia
Pliny
Diana
B. C
Alexander of
Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Herostratus
St. Paul
Demetrius
J. T. Wood
England
British Museum
London
Officials Ordered European Dress in New Turkish Republic
Constantinople reports the council of commissars decreed all officials must wear European dress and hats, with priests allowed turbans only when uncovered in government offices. Dervish convents and religious orders are to be closed and suppressed.
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Constantinople
Council of Commissars
Pocket-sized accumulator could drive car ten days
A. F. Joffe of the Academy of Science reports a tiny energy accumulator charged with immense power. He claims the device, small enough for a waistcoat pocket, could drive a powerful motor car for ten days and may revolutionize industry if scaled up.
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Leningrad
A. F. Joffe
Academy of Science
Joffre
Hands Out 25000 for Rare Stamps
New York reports a wave of purchases ahead of the October 1926 international stamp exhibition. Edward Stern of the Economist Stamp Co. bought the W. S. White revenue stamp collection, valued at about 25000, renowned for unperforated pairs and inverted Washington heads.
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New York
Edward Stern
Economist Stamp Company
United States Revenue
W. 8. White
America
Washington
Stern
Probate Notice in the Estate of Benjamin B Marshall
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County probate notice states Mabel Mil petitions for administration of Benjamin B Marshall's estate. A hearing is set for 9:00 A.M. in the county court at the courthouse in Lincoln County. Denney and Raney are attorneys for the estate.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Benjamin B. Marshall
Mabel M Il
O’elock
Airbury
J. Nutzeman
Stan County
Jud Denney
Raney
Attys
Sestan
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