City Commission Proceedings on Power Contract and District Conference
A June 12 1940 Lake Superior District Power Co communication on electric energy contract renewal was received and filed. An invitation to send delegates to the 12th Congressional District Conference on Social Legislation in Caspian Michigan on June 23 1940 was placed on file. The commission adjourned after motions carried.
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Lake Superior District Power Company
Kuivinen
Cavender
Caspian
Michigan
Wakefield
Lost Alaska trapper rescued by CCC enrollees in Mt McKinley Park
Donald Harper, only in flour sacks and old boots, crossed the McKinley River by swim and endured three days wandering Alaska with no map or compass. After surviving a harrowing trek, he reached Wonder Lake CCC side camp. his partners hoped to contact him as snow began to fall.
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Seattle
Far North
CCC
Mt. McKinley National Park
Alaska
National Park Service
Interior Department
Donald Harper
Civilization
Harper
National Park
Minenumina Lake
Fairbanks
McKinley River
Wonderlake
Radiolarians: Tiny Seashell Builders Carve Earth's Land
Radiolarians, minute marine creatures, glow phosphorescently and build flint houses. Some form vast sea deposits that become dry land, shaping islands like Nicobar and other regions. Names include wicker pitcher and king's crown shapes. fossils create thick beds below sea floors.
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Yorkshire
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Oliver G Pike
London
Tropics
Nicobar Islands
Jokes by Postcards Irk Cleveland Court Bailiff
An unknown person floods Cleveland with joke postcards for Court Bailiff Harry T. Shannon. Cards claim a Lake Erie boat ride a St Patrick’s luncheon postponement and rename Main Street Bridge as Shannon Bridge. The piece ends with a quip about the cost of living and marriage.
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Cleveland
Harry T. Shannon
Lake Erie
Main Street
Shannon Bridge
Cross country trip leads to old friends reunion
In a desert stop, Jack Bellamy plans a California scheme with Daphne Martens. Mr. Bellamy encounters Daphne's father Isaac Martens' memory and learns Daphne is his old friend’s daughter, sparking reconciliation as the two couples reunite over pie and shared history.
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Bellamy
Harvard
John Bellamy II
Jones
Jack
California
Jack Bellamy
Daphne
John Bellamy
John Bellamy Sr
Desert
Mr. Bellamy
Daphne Martens
Martens
Canada
Isaac
Los Angeles
Miss Martens
Martin
Isaac Marten
Dorothy
Lizzy
Arnhem Land Ruined City and its Dragon in Australia
A Sydney correspondent describes Arnhem Land's Ruined City a red sandstone outcrop near the Roper River that resembles an ancient metropolis with walls towers streets and temples. The site is taboo to locals and houses a legendary dragon in a pool at the southern end, the rain bull feared by native legends.
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Australia
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Roper River
Gulf of Carpentaria
Sydney
New York Times
Benedict Monument to Music Opens in Providence Park
The Benedict Monument to Music in Roger Williams Park Providence reflects a marble Greek style memorial funded by William Curtis Benedict who died in 1915. The bequest exceeded $100,000 and was added to, creating a notable national memorial illustrating and teaching music.
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Benedict
Southlake
Roger Williams Park
Providence
R. I
William Curtis Benedict
United States
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City Commission
City of
Reserve
W. P. A. Fund
Colberg
Trebilcock
Wilson
John Gugliemetti
Fink
Anno Simonson
Connelly
Arthur Cavender
Ignatz Mankoski
Isaac Maki
Hillville
Chester A. Rydeski
Ele Electric Fund
Electric Penala
The
Wakefield News
Wakefield, Michigan
Cleveland Court
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNN Service
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