Volunteers Aid Weather Bureau Observers Tally Nation’s Climate Records
A Washington symposium spotlighted unpaid cooperative weather observers who maintain daily records at nearly 5,000 sites. Their data feed monthly bulletins, climate statistics, and long-running records dating to the early 19th century, with origins tracing to Smithsonian efforts and state services later unified under the Weather Bureau.
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Washington
American Meteorological Soery
United States Weather Bureau
Corps of Co-Operative Observers
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Signal Service
Weather Bureau
Hinrichs
Iowa
Big State
The
Town
Maryland
Couple Weds After 65 Year Courtship in England
Charles Blanchford aged 87 and Grace Rollands aged 85 wed after a 65 year courtship. Minister Cane Norman Pares officiated and led the couple from the altar to a serenade outside the church.
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Norsell
England
Charles Blanchford
Grace Rollands
Cane Norman Pares
Exports Straw Hats Thrive in Tuton Factories
Straw hats are worn in England mainly by schoolboys and a few bookmakers but the Tuton factories are thriving in the export trade, mostly for the United States.
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Luton
Nginand
England
Tuton
United States
Hikers Force Railroad to Go Out of Business
San Francisco hikers, aided by an auto road, pushed the aging Tamalpais railroad toward closure. Four trails to the summit attract hundreds every Sunday, from laborers to bankers, as tolls on the road lose business amid a rising hiking craze.
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Tanpais and Muir
Tamalpais
Bay
San Francisco
Mill Valley
International Phone Book Planned by Danish Company
Annuska Tele phoniqua International, a Copenhagen based stock company, plans an international telephone directory. The directory would include 60 000 to 100 000 lines of residents across Europe Atlantic North and South America and possibly Asia, reflecting rising demand for transcontinental service.
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Washington
Annuska Telephoniqua International
Copenhagen
Iewi
Europe
Atview
South Ameren
Asia
Betty Crocker Cooking School on the Air
Betty Crocker hosts a 26 week home economics course broadcast twice weekly for 15 minutes each session. Listeners learn quick meals, labor saving steps, leftovers, budgeting and housekeeping tips from stations near Cent. Stand Time on Wednesdays and Fridays. Washburn Crosby Company promotes practical home service via its flour brand.
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Washburn Crosby Company
Millers of Gold
Gold Medal Flour and a Surgeon Pencil Tale
A fragment from a Springfield Union piece notes a man in eighty dresse s and references a surgeon pencil used to mark skin before operations. The sketch includes a pencil’s price marking and its claimed uses on metals and porcelain. The excerpt also mentions Doris at an art exhibit and Uncle Eben’s pacifist quips from a Washington Star item.
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Springfield Union
Diamond Dyes Proclaim Easy True Dye Quality
True dyes are easiest to use with Diamond Dyes for dresses, drapes, and lingerie. Re dyed fabrics show no spots or streaks with dust rich, even, bright colors that hold through wear and washing. Diamond Dyes are claimed as the highest quality, 80 easy to use, famous for 50 years with 15 cent packages.
Diamond Dyes Highest Quality for 50 Years
A snippet notes Diamond Dyes marks of long standing quality and a 50 year milestone. It cites Plutarch and a humorous remark about calling a spade a spade, with a reference to a 1900 year old phrase about Macedonians and the grave.
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a cure for obesity promising dramatic fat loss. It claims taking a spoonful in hot water daily will reduce fat in weeks, boost energy, improve skin and eyes, with a money back guarantee if results are not felt. It emphasizes rapid, life changing benefits and urges purchase from a local druggist.
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Bureau
Uch
William Merle
England
George Washington
Hfe
America
Large Size Needed Clerk Toorlbrush What Sie
Fragmented OCR text mentions a large size tool or brush for a clerk task. It includes unclear dialect phrases about family and shopping. No clear names, dates, places, or events emerge to anchor a factual news card.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
David K. Estes Bruce
James Monroe
United Anta
Waslington
Cleveland
Western Reserve Historical Sociery
Ife
Dogo
Perence Smock
Eustis
Pla
National Congress
Florence
Nots
Tapas
Marty County
SY Pritorg
Tenuta
Nikore Reae
Wong
Famous Cooking School
Betty Crocker
WOC
Geneva
Mills, Nc
Minneapolis, Minn
Erpyr, G. M.L
Doris
Much
Jeff
Uncle Eben
Uncle Juben
Washington Stu
Plutarch
Gulden Book Magazine
Iticura
Emoluen
Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation
Malden, Mass
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