Study in Summer Work in Winter
The article notes a busy season in fall for trained help, with many taking spring courses at Dakota Business College in Fargo ND to avoid idling over summer. It mentions Standard Oil employing DBC graduates and lists names, then cites John D Rockefeller donating to educational institutions and a shift in attitude toward tainted money.
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Dakota Business College
Fargo
N. D
Standard Oil Co
L_ Thompson
R. Payer
W. Husen
Cots
Lane
Jane College
John D. Rockefeller
Tiree
Dogs Used as Smugglers Across Rio Grande
A dog carried four bottles of tequila across the Rio Grande from Juarez to El Paso during nightly smuggling runs. Mexican river guards shot the dog as it swam with the contraband, a pattern customs officers had observed for months with signal lights and gangs on both sides.
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Rio Grande River
Menia
United States
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Juarez
Alwys
FOUND NEW GOLD LAND IN COLOMBIA DISCOVERED
J. Priest reports a new gold region in Colombia after traveling from Santa Marta to Cartagna and up the Magdalen river, then overland through mountains. He claims vast, undeveloped fields await proper machinery and transit facilities to move ore to market.
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Colombia
J. ¥. Priest
New York
Santa Marta
Mr. Priest
C. L. Logue
Cartagna
Priest
Peace Hath Its Sorrows and Rifles For Recruits At Chicago Depot
A wartime charity social ends as veterans return, while the Marine Corps depot in Chicago prepares to issue refurbished rifles once used in France. Recruits who never fought will receive the same rifles carried by marines at Belleau Wood Soissons St Mihiel Champagne and the Argonne.
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United States
France
Belleau Wood
Soissons
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Argonne
Marine Corps
Chicago
Reading on the Wrong Page Leads to a Laugh
A seven year old girl pretends to read from Chatterbox and, when told the page lacks dolls, confesses she was reading the wrong page and turns to the correct one with a grin.
Fine Results From Simple Dyes Demonstration in London
A Knox Guild of Design and Crafts event in London showcased dyeing with common plant dyes and soot. Woolen staffs dyed with privet bracken gorse and chimney soot yielded rich colors including an old gold tint.
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London
Knox Guild of Design and Crafts
Soap Bubbles Intact A Year Reveals Molecule Visible
Franklin Institute reports Sir James Dewar experiments showing soap bubbles can remain intact over days to a year. The window of stability exposes a multi layer molecular structure, with estimates of around one hundred layers and a single layer visible as two black spots. The bubble’s strength allows it to support water droplets far above its weight before rupture.
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Philadlphia
Franklin Institute
United States
Winstein
Alze
James Dewar
S. Pullerian
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Fraoklin Institute
Scientista
James
Indian Cliff Paintings Offered for Protection in Texas
UT anthropology professor J B Pearce says the Concho river cliffs near Paint Rock hold extensive red and black Indian paintings across a half mile. The works, owned by Sims of Paint Rock, would be copied for a Smithsonian report as part of research on early tribes.
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Austin
Tex
J.B. Pearce
Segoviate
University of Texas
Sims
Paint Rock
Concho River
Pearce
Smithsonian Institution
Old Letter Settles Case in Delaware Chancery
In Wilmington Delaware Chancellor Curtis ordered Samuel M Harvey of West Chester Pennsylvania paid 14500 from Jesse Chandler estate. Harvey’s wife, one of 38 legatees sued, will get a half share. Harvey had agreed to buy 11 acres in Christiana Hundred for 20000. Chandler died before closing. The farm sold for 34500. legatees argued all must be divided, Harvey argued only 20000. The court upheld Harvey’s claim.
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Wilmington
Del
Jesse Chandler
Court of Chancery
Curtis
Samuel M Harvey
West Chester
Harvey
Christiana Hundred
Chandler
Peculiar Grebe Baffles Kentucky Town Exhibit
Mrs. Roberts near Rowland found a peculiar grebe to the area a bird resembling a duck yet unable to walk or fly. The creature was carried by heavy winds and favored water over land. N. W. Fowle exhibited the bird in Stanford and it was later bought by Sam Gentry.
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Stanford
Roberts
Rowland
N. W. Fowle
Sam Gentry
Wanted All He Could Get
A Kokomo Indiana reporter recalls a summer flight where an elderly passenger demanded aerobatics, insisting he wanted “all you can give me” and declaring, “That’s the way I like to die.” The tale contrasts tame hops with daring loops and Immelmann turns.
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Kokomo
Ind
Immelman
Indianapolis News
Vast Riches in Old Mines Rediscovered in Tah River District
The article recounts the rediscovery of a rich gold ledge on the Upper Sabnon river in Tah. Two partners found it, a wattle miner worked it, it collapsed, and a Spokane police officer held a secret for 70 years. Now the ledge is said to be four to six feet wide with a rich quartz streak showing gold.
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Sir Ridert
King Solomon's
le Jost
Sabnon River
Spokane
Nile
Eurich
Somehody
Fine Home for Young Singers at Libby Castle
Rockefeller places 50 Pilist choristers in a fine house and grounds on Washington Heights New York noted as Libby Castle. The medieval Norman and Spanish style mansion, built 25 years ago, offers music training and strong academics for boys aged ten to seventeen from across the United States with room for physical training on the surrounding grounds.
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Washington Heights
New York City
Mey
New York Times
Libby Castle
Lost at a railway station seeks a colored woman
An elderly Black man at a Canada bound station asks a passerby for help. He explains he is not lost but searching for a colored woman he has never seen, mentioning his desire to find a relative and noting he has been moving back and forth for a long time without success.
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Canada
Columbia
Los
Hugh
Indy
Savannah News
Turtle Eggs as Novelty at Guantanamo Bay
Marines at Guantanamo Bay report boiled turtle eggs found after capturing two 200 pound turtles. Each turtle yielded over 100 eggs with soft shells. The eggs are compared in size and content to eight hen eggs and are boiled hard with shells peeled.
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United States
Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Aba
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