Illnesses and visits in Woodland community notes
The Woodland column reports Mrs. Tom Willis ill at her parents home and updates on local accidents and recoveries. N Singletary broke a collarbone in a wagon incident. Mr and Mrs John Vanlandingham travel from Florida after a father’s injury. Mrs Bessie Hafle returns home after visiting. Welcomes extended to new residents and returning families. social visits and church attendance noted among local residents and travelers.
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Tom Willis
Mig
ST. Gunner
N. Singletary
John Vanlandingham
Haines City
Fla
Bessie Hafle
Ochlochnee
Belle Dixon
Ethel Standridge
William Wills
Union
A. H. Vanlandingham
Vivian Brown
S. P. Vanlandinghm
Mamie
Lillian Mills
Greenwood
O Conner Urges Private Sale Of Merchant Fleet
T W O Conner chairman of the United States shipping board told a luncheon that US exporters largely caused unprofitable government operation of merchant ships. He cited low 1925 New York to South Africa shipments of US steel versus foreign vessels, and said the board has sold over 1 300 ships since 1921, with 800 sailing under the American flag.
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New York
T. W.o'conner
United States Shipping Board
American Manufacturers’ Expert Association
South Africa
United Steel Corporation
New York City
O’connor
Association
Shipping Board
O’conner
Union Christmas Service at Ochlocknee Baptist Church
Ochlocknee Ga December union Christmas service by Methodist and Baptist churches at Ochlocknee Baptist Church next Sunday night featuring the cantata The Holy Land. A devotional may be given by a pastor with decorations and scenery planned. Misses Sadie May Dekle Flora Walraven lead the committee inviting all with no admission fee.
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UNION
Ochlocknee Baptist Church
Ochlochnee
Baptist
Ochlochnee Baptist Church
the Holy Land
Sadie May Dekle
Flora Walraven
Tomake
Gorham Garrison
Best vessel to resist Arctic ice debated by Coast Guard
Seattle December 17 The question of whether a steel ship can endure Arctic ice enough to replace the Bear is under discussion among Coast Guard men after the Bear finishes its 37th Arctic summer cruise. Congress has appropriated 925000 to fund a twin-propelled steel rival, though skeptics fear metal bending and propeller damage.
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Seattle
Arctic Ocean
Coast Guard
Pacific
San Francisco
Alaskan
Arctic
Greenock
Scotland
Scattered letter reveals threats and shipping panic
A dated case letter to a lawyer requests immediate suit against a rich owner after a boy is struck by an automobile numbered 487 264. The author promises violence with a hammer and hints at buyers flooding in once cargo is ready, signaling volatile shipping enterprise pressures.
Caspian Sea Explored as Asia's Mysterious Inland Ocean
Washington notes a National Geographic bulletin on the Caspian's origins and level shifts, its less salty water than the Black Sea, rich fisheries, and submerged ancient cities. The text outlines terraces, shifting shores, and linking geography near the Ural Mountains to historic exploration efforts.
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Caspian Sea
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Herodotus
B. C
Caspian
Arctic
Black Sea
Volga
Ural
Terek
Dardanelles
Krasnovodsk Bay
California
Great Lakes
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Elburz
Graun
Differences Among Swordfish And Sawfish Families
The swordfish is part of the mackerel family and features a large protruding bony snout that can pierce small boats. The sawfish, in the shark family, has a long flat snout lined with 20 to 25 teeth on each side.
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Jerger
Reytainers
Louis H. Jerger
Marine Fleet
Times
Pooley
AT Water
Kent Radio
James Watt & Bro
the Caspian
Asia’s Sea OF Mystery
Washington
D. C
Bak
Zrouat
Optometrists
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