U S Leads in Canal Tonnage Driven by Competition
Four nations carried 80 percent of about 11.6 million tons through the Panama Canal in the year ended June 30, 1921. American vessels topped with 5,168,000 tons setting a new record, while Britain, Japan, and Norway followed, with Denmark, Holland, Spain, Sweden, France, and Peru also rising in share. Gov. Morrow credits fierce competition and rapid routes for shifts in tonnage, noting canal tolls and revenue impacts.
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J J Morrow
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Holland
Spain
Sweden
France
Peru
United States
South American
Far East
America
Europe
Gov Morrow
Panama Railroad
Ine
Sea Otter Numbers Rise in Alaska Waters
Yakutat Alaska residents note sea otters returning in large numbers across kelp beds near the Aleutians. Officials may allow a brief open season to aid natives and trappers who suffered losses. Otters are described as six feet long with a glossy ebony coat, and a mother clutches a pup while at sea. Each native may trap two otters annually for personal use.
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Yakutat
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Department of Fisheries
Eutreka
Erzberger's Daughter Becomes Nun in Dutch Convent
Maria Erzberger, daughter of the murdered German finance minister Mathias Erzberger, joined the Echt nunnery in southern Holland seeking a cloistered life after her father’s death. She has entered the convent as a nun.
Meanest Man on Earth Found in Iowa Mount Vernon
An automobile driver near Mount Vernon Iowa sparked a bizarre incident when a passing truck driver helped start the stalled vehicle. The engine backfired injuring the rescuer’s arm and forcing him to walk into Mount Vernon for medical aid.
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Mount Vernon
Tombs of Ethiopian Kings Unearthed by Harvard Boston Expedition
A ten year joint Egyptian expedition by Harvard University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts reports finding tombs of 26 Ethiopian generations at Napata and Nuri. The discoveries include pyramids of 20 kings and 25 queens from 660 to 250 B C and the tombs of Tirhaqa. Findings span 2000 years of history with inscriptions and artifacts enabling a new chronology of Ethiopian rulers and arts.
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Maxis
Ethiopia
Hardward University
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
George A. Reisner
Harvard
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Ethiopa
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Gebel Barkol
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Sudan
Dongola
Nuri
Nile
Tirhaqa
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Tke Tirhaya
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Napsta
Bible Printed In 1634 Owned By Cleveland Man
Cleveland, Ohio resident Arthur Lowers shows a Bible printed in 1634. The leaf bears “Printed by Robert Barker, printer to his majesty,” with later notes and unreadable will on the fly leaf. The volume, with old English type and scattered engravings, includes an early nineteenth century family record and has long been in Lowers’ family.
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Robert Barker
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Lost Sacramental Silver Recovered in London Ontario
A 32 year missing sacral silver set including flagon chalices paten and slivers presented to Huron college by Bishop Hellmuth in 1864 is found in a unused bank vault amid 19th century chapel alterations. The set had vanished during renovations and was long believed stolen by workers.
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Canada
Huron College
Hellmuth
Banks
Giant Air Lighthouse Near Dijon Completed
The most powerful lighthouse ever built has been completed for the Dijon air station. It took over two years to construct and uses two groups of ramps to project a beam of 2,000,000,000 candle power visible up to about 200 miles. The steel girder structure rests on concrete piles and will be relocated to Mount Africa near Dijon to guide eastern and southern European airways.
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Dijon
Mount Africa
Great Airways
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Elijahs Bold Message and Gods Providence to Elisha
Lesson focuses on Elijah delivering a pivotal message to Ahab and God guiding him through drought. It details Elijah’s stand before the king, the brook Cherith shelter, ravens feeding him, and the move to Zarephath with the widow who feeds Elijah and her family. The study emphasizes God’s continual provision and calls readers to trust and serve.
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Elijah
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Diod
Witjah
Drouth
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Eljah
Mves
Zarephath
Palestine
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Jordan
Zaréphath
Hymn verse on God as shelter and eternal home
The text renders a hymn of praise to God from Isaac Watts. It invokes God as our help in ages past and our hope for years to come, asking for protection through life and death and for an eternal home beyond.
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Saac Watts
New Year Gifts and the Priceless Gems of Love
A New Year meditation on love beyond price. Riches fail to buy devotion and family bonds, while true loyalty and affection between lovers, parents and children endure beyond wealth. Poetic reflections frame love as the ultimate treasure over money. The piece closes with verses attributed to Lan dburgh Wilson.
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Laura Jean Libbey
Fa Frood
Indies
Afriehian
The Best Resolution from a Lofty New Year Thought
A humorous note quotes Shakespeare about truth and self guiding a pledge to be clean and lofty in thinking. The line asserts that if one cannot be true to oneself, they cannot be true to others.
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Shakespeare
Time versus fundamental life goals in New Year reflections
A reflective meditation argues time is secondary to enduring values and duties. It contrasts sloth and responsibility, warns against reckless use of time, and links daily life to perpetual moral progress through religion and virtue. The piece stresses faithful living over rapid but empty achievement.
New Year’s Message Urges Renewed Effort and Hope
Dr James I. Vance of Springfield urges readers to begin the new year with renewed resolve. He counsels turning defeat into forward effort, insisting the page of tomorrow is white and clean and that success comes to those who try.
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James I. Vance
Springfield
Mail Carriers Few Train For Weight Loss During Holidays
Very few mail carriers must take courses in physical training to reduce excess weight, especially during the holiday season.
Lost Year Turned to Hopeful Outlook
A poem evokes moving past sorrow and embracing joy in the new year. James Whitcomb Riley urges folding away fears and shedding tears to greet the months ahead with gladness and resilience.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Origin of New Year Revels Traced to Teutons and Scandinavians
Boisterous New Year customs are linked to Teutonic and Scandinavian tribes. A famed Teuton hero hosted lavish orgies with guests feasting on bacon and drinking large amounts of beer and mead. Mead’s exact composition is uncertain, but it was a thick sweet beverage resembling ancient Greek wines.
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