Arctic Expedition Promises Big Scientific Value
The MacMillan Arctic Expedition, backed by the National Geographic Society with Navy cooperation, aims to map a million square mile unknown region between Alaska and Perry's North Pole landmark. Data from explorers and Navy flights could aid navigators and farmers, with potential for a new continent and valuable future weather and wireless insights.
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Japan
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Odd Stuff in Stomachs Becomes Museum Curio
Hospitals across the United States display a strange collection of swallowed objects saved from human bodies. Items range from needles and coins to razor blades and buttons, some weighing nearly four pounds, illustrating the peculiar habit of people who swallow foreign objects.
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Ada Patterson
Popular Science Monthly
Michigan
Ipr
Dodge Brothers Cars Emphasize Continuous Improvement
The advertisement touts Dodge Brothers as increasingly dependable over a decade. It credits a world wide reputation from early models and progressive refinements over ten years, stressing no drastic policy shifts but ongoing improvements in comfort and appearance.
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Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Dodge Brothers
Mechanical camera new to Hollywood films
Hollywood reports a motor driven camera now used in film production. The device attaches a small motor to the camera to insure constant speed with a button press starting and stopping the shot. It frees the photographer to focus on lighting and composition.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Co
Dramatic Picture Colony
Police dogs descend from German shepherds, not wolves
Scientists say police dogs are directly descended from peaceful German shepherds. They note there have been no wolves in France since 1838, making the idea that police dogs are part wolf absurd.
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France
Berlin court protects against broadcasting by radio
Berlin judges rule that broadcasting a writer's poems and other literary works falls under the same copyright protections as print publication. Noted authors Gerhart Hauptmann and Hugo von Hoffmannsthal sued a Berlin radio company over airing their works.
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Berlin
Mall
Gerhart Hauptmann
Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
Germany
Court actions restrain broadcasts and set precedents
A court issued a preliminary injunction to stop a radio firm from broadcasting Hauptmann works without permission or royalties. Hoffmann case actions remained pending and would set a precedent. The court sustained Hoffmann at the trial level.
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Hauptmann
Hoffmanns
Hoffmannathal
Cardui Brings Woman New Health After Severe Sides Pain
Columbus woman Mrs George Hunter describes months of dreadful side pains and severe weight loss. After using Cardui her condition improved rapidly, she gained ten pounds and her side pain ceased. She urges other suffering women to try Cardui.
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Columbus
George
Hunter
London children welcome squirrels from America
Grey Squirrels imported from the United States have adapted to the climate in London as far as 25 miles north of the city. They frequent Regent's Park and other forests, taking food from children's hands and becoming popular despite unfamiliar peanuts not being common.
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London
United States
British Isles
Regent's Park
America
Scotch Town Appoints Guardian for War Memorial
Elgin Scotland February 10 By Mall the town council hired a cracker to tend the war memorial for two shillings sixpence daily. Duties include removing withered flowers and leaves arranging wreaths prohibiting car parking preventing people from standing on the steps and keeping the area clean and neat.
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Elgin
Scotland
Mall
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