Highway Hewn Out of Solid Rock on California Coast
On the Ventura coast stretch of the new ocean shore highway engineers report a 7.4 mile cut with 1,213,724 cubic yards of rock and earth removed. The costliest section through solid rock cliffs south of Big Sycamore Canyon moved 334,086 cubic yards for 238,871.30 dollars. Work used ropes. crews dangled above Pacific breakers. Two years of grading completed. paving to begin next summer.
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California Coast
Ventura Coast
Ocean Shore
Solid Rock
Big Sycamore Canyon
Rats electrocuted near Toronto power station
A hazardous method used by engineers to control rats near a Toronto area power station. A device on a high tension wire connected to a tin plate on the ground killed many rats in one night. The method highlights a drastic pest control approach observed by the New York World.
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Toronto
Canada
Rat
New York World
Wormseed Oil From Carroll County Goes Global
Wormseed oil from Carroll county Maryland is sold worldwide from South America to Europe and Asia. It treats human hookworm and swine ringworm and is harvested from wormseed plants. about 40 000 pounds are grown annually, valued around 175 000 dollars among 175 farmers. Seed beds are prepared in spring and plants stay until late May.
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Carroll County
Maryland
South America
China
Japan
Baltimore Sun
Eldersburg
Ohio
United States
Carrol County
John P
Henry Klee
Mash found in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary with probe into holiday alcohol
Atlanta December report details a mash cache hidden in a ventilator of the Atlanta federal prison dining hall. Warden Snook leads a probe to identify the prisoner(s) responsible amid a dry Christmas mood for inmates.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal
Mess Hall
William A. Rogers
Kentucky
John K. W. Snook
Snook
Mars Seasons Seen By Lowell Observatory Colonizing Mars
A Boston Transcript dispatch from Flagstaff describes Lowell Observatory astronomers led by Earl Slipher using a 24 inch telescope and the Coblenz radiometer to study Mars. They note seasonal cloud movement and dark markings, measure Martian radiation, and report summer temperatures up to 60 degrees F confirming higher warmth than expected. Research will resume next year with Mars higher in the sky.
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Lowell Observatory
Mars
Earl Slipher
Earth
Bureau of Standards
Coblentz
Cobentz
Cr. O. Lampland
Lampland
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Mara
Near Riot Fails as Soldiers Intercepted in Americus
In Americus Georgia on December 1 a tense confrontationNear riot erupted when soldiers from Fort Benning clashed with local African Americans at Souther Field A soldier James Green slapped a young woman triggering outrage Another soldier James Perry joined in The scene intensified until Patrolman Silver and Ernest Pantone intervened Green fled with Pantone guarding him as Perry fled The incident ended with fines for Green and Perry and no blame assigned to any local African Americans Both soldiers claimed Augusta and Albany as former homes and were assigned to Company K 24th Infantry Fort Benning
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Americus, Ga
Souther Field
Americus
Sliver
James Green
Forsyth Street
Green
James Perry
Silver
Pantone
Augusta
Perry
Albany
24Th Infantry
Fort Benning
Sloan's Liniment touted for quick backache relief
A New York woman shares how Sloan's Liniment relieved her backache within half an hour after checking her medicine cabinet. The ad claims rapid circulation stimulation and easy application without rubbing, with a price of 85 cents at druggists.
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New York
Sloan
Sloan's
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the House of Kuppenheimer Clothes
Los Angeles
Cali
Fornia
Pacific
Vermont
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Thomasville Marble CO
U. S
Rockefeller Foundation
St. Nicholas
Washington
Silpher
Dr. Lapland
Parker
Kirby Planing Mill Company
Santa
State OF
Eckford Advertising Agency
Wynne Claughton
Atlanta, Ga
Fleming Motor Company
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