Mammoth Cave Named National Park A Historic Kentucky Landmark
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, famed as a major tourist draw after Niagara Falls, has been designated a national park. The cave shows 150 miles of explored passages, with origins dating back to 1799 and earlier Indigenous use evidenced by artifacts and mummies. The park's creation followed private ownership shifts, saltpeter mining, and a 1926 presidential signing establishing boundaries.
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WNU
Niagara Falls
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
National Park Service
Department of Interior
Green River
Houchin
Cave
Valentine Simmons
Simmons
Charles Scott
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Hyman Gratz
Philadelphia
Mr. Wilkins
Lexington
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Mgr. Gorin
Glasgow
John Croghan
Louisville
Mammoth Cave National Park Association
Bowling Green
Congress
Maurice H. Thatcher
Coolidge
Million Dollar Cattle Contract Scrawled in Pencil
LUBBOCK Texas. Sam C. Arnett Sr. and Tobe Foster of Lubbock bought 12 000 to 13 000 head of cattle for about one million dollars from Red River Cattle of Tucumcari New Mexico through Albert Mitchell. The stock, bred by the ranch, bears its brand. They plan to resell in small lots to restock dry ranges in the area.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas
Sam C. Arnett Sr
Tobe Foster
Red River Cattle Company
Tucumcari
N. M
Albert Mitchell
Arnett and Foster
Coins Replace Stones in a Northeast Philadelphia Well
In Philadelphia the King Well neighborhood sees a pond once stocked with fish and turtles become a coin tossing wish ing well. Clifford A Payton created the pond as a landscape feature but soon the public turned to coins, yielding about eight dollars daily after the initial six dollar haul.
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Philadelphia
Clifford A. Payton
King Well
Payton
Crossword Puzzle Exclamation of Triumph and Tricky Clues
A compact crossword puzzle listing many clues across numbers with short definitions. The item includes classic wordplay prompts from general knowledge like gods, prefixes, and war deities, plus international geography terms and common crossword staples.
Post Office Deficiencies and Possible Reform Plan
The House Post Office Committee, led by Rep. Rees of Kansas, holds a confidential Cleveland post office efficiency report. The study calls for overhauls nationwide, including a $50,000 pilot at Graveland, with estimated $72 million annual savings. Trundle Engineering cites low morale, high absenteeism, obsolete trucks, and costly special deliveries, proposing a six day 40 hour carrier week and modernized equipment.
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House Post Office
Cleveland Post Office
Congressman Rees
Kansas
House Post Office Committee
Cincinnati
Detroit
Buffalo
Congress
Graveland
Trundla Engineering Company
Cleveland Gut
Trundle Company
Underground Activities Quizzing Reveals Cave Study Society
A commerce department employee is questioned by a loyalty investigator about a young lawyer. When asked if he belongs to underground groups, the man confesses to membership in the National Speleological Society, noting its members study caves and underground caverns.
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Commerce Department
National Speleological Society
Prober
Stassen Campaign Funds Show Blue-Chip Backers
The ex-Minnesota governor has spent two years touring the nation with campaign offices in several states. His backers are largely blue-chip businessmen, including Minnesota neighbors, some with progressive ideas and good labor relations. The piece notes broader political context around postwar Berlin and Allied dynamics.
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Stassen
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
U. S
First Aid to the Ailing House Whitman Q&A Summary
Home repair guidance covers painting rusted metal linings on wooden gutters with asphalt and exterior paint, sealing joints with roofing cement and felt, varnish over paint is not advised and requires removal, smoothing a rough basement floor via terrazzo grinding or floor leveling compound, and rebuilding if cracking or leaking.
Patterned Kitchen Apron and Potholder Mitt Set
A tailored kitchen apron can be made in striped, checked or flowered cotton with two rows of bright bias binding. Pot-holders use the same or contrasting material, and a denim mitt trimmed with red appliqued strawberry is shown. Send 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number 6118 to receive patterns. demand is high and orders may take extra time.
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Mecca
New National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Vrland
RST
Mindanao
Massachusetta
Assam
India
Jacob
Ireland
New Guinea
Mediterranean Island
Guido
Puatte
Lal
Solatlen
Jis
Berlin
Alexander Jelisarov
Allied Control Council of
Potsdam
Roosevelt
Elbe
Red Army
Yalta
Henry Wallace
Roger C. Whitman
Sewing Circle
South Wells
Chicago
California
Sunkist
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Dallas Sinatch
SANO
Fleming-Hall Tobacco Co., Inc
N.Y
Paverage
Cork
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