Flight Narrative Traces Spectacular Paris to Rabat Air Route
A National Geographic bulletin recounts Marshal Petain and Premier Pain investigated air routes from Toulouse to Rabat. Lieut. J. Parker Van Zandt describes the Mediterranean crossings, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Alicante, Tangier, and Rabat with vivid terrain, heat, and dust and reflections on early air travel.
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Washington
Marshal Petain
France
Morocco
Premier Pain
Jeve
Europe
National Geographic Society
Society
J. Parker van Zandt
U. S.army Air Service
Thia
Toulouse
Mediterranean
Garonne
Pyrenees
Carcassonne
Beebe Seeks Deep Sea Fish Heads Up Lights Study
Naturalist William Beebe proposes studying a luminous deep sea fish to enable brighter light without extra cost. He explains the fish emits cold light and could illuminate scenes like Broadway with efficiency.
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New York
Broadway
William Beebe
Mr. Beebe
Oil Prayers and Books Bring Wealth Tale at Chicago
A.G. Kocaly, once a poor teacher, pursued chemistry at the University of Chicago from 1917 to 1923. He struck oil in Texas after investing in land with a gas well and, within a year, increased income to $100,000. He pledged one fifth of earnings to churches and humanity and to continue teaching. He credits prayer with aligning science and religion and says spiritual laws transcend material things.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
A. G. Kocaly
Texas
Churches and Humanity
Mexia
Koenig
Mrs Coolidge Refuses Autograph on Flag Quilt
Mrs Coolidge in Swampscott Mass declines signing a large flag quilt sent for auction deeming it misuse of the emblem She signs a plain white quilt instead and returns the other piece unread.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
White Court
Ten Persons Living in One Room in Dublin
Dublin city commissioners have finished 248 new working class homes and will allot them by family size. They report 21 families with at least 12 members, 400 with 11, and 76 with 10. Many other Dublin families live in single room tenements.
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Dublin
Brain to brain sound waves teased by Milan professor
Prof Ferdinando Cazzamali of Milan reports radio like brain signals from one person heard by another under hypnosis and nervous states. He notes messages ranged from wireless like signals to musical tones and stops when minds return to calm. Researchers see potential for brain to brain transmission under stress.
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Ferdinando Carramali
University of Milan
Revue de Metaphysique
le Matin
Cazzamali
Signore Maggi
Carramall
American-Chinese Use Bears' Feet as Charms
Olympia authorities report a Chinese American practitioner using bear feet as charms for healing. The case involves alleged possession and sale of talismans claimed to have curative powers. Police investigate potential violations of wildlife and health codes.
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Glenn RR. Bach
Federal Bureau of the Biological Survey
Washington
D. C
Brain
Olympia
Wash
Nevada man sentenced to death by gas for matricide
John H. Randolph, convicted of murdering his 73 year old mother in Reno, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by lethal gas. Standolph battered his mother to death with his fists and becomes the third Nevadan to receive the death penalty by gas, with two earlier cases awaiting appeal.
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Renn
Nev
John H. Randolph
Standolph
Nevada
France's postwar garden cities rise from ruins
The article highlights French reconstruction by American architects and the Northern Railway Co, noting 11,000 newly built homes and cities like Deliverance and Lens. It praises brick from railway ashes, ventilated sleeping stations, and modern amenities in workers’ homes, with emphasis on planning, economy, and integration of shops and green spaces.
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New York
France
de Bigos
Julius Claresce Levi
American Institute of Architects
Architectural League
Europe
Levi
Stars and Stripes
M. Dautry
Northern Railway Company
al. Dantry
Ita
Aisne
Mfethods
Four Horsemen
Deliverance
New England Antiquarian Vol Uncovered in Worcester
A rare 17th century volume by John Josselyn titled New England's Rarities Discovered has been found in the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester. The book, printed in London, describes early New England life, birds, beasts, plants, and native remedies from Josselyn's 1638 observations, including notes on Boston, White Mountains, bears, and Indigenous peoples.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
American Antiquarian Society
John Josselyn
Kent
England
St. Paul’s Churchyard
London
Thomas Josse Ixyn
Black Point
Massachusetts
Scarborow
Boston
Bryan's Widow Plans to Donor Electric Horse Mount
In Mismal Florida Mrs. Bryan holds a mechanical electric horse bought by the late William Jennings Bryan from a New York firm after a demonstration to President Coolidge last July. The device, delivered to the Bryan home after his death, may be given to a civic organization per Mrs. Bryan's decision.
War Veteran Receives $6000 Estate Reward
San Francisco reports Serpgt. John A. Weaver, World War veteran, earns $4000 from the estate of Mrs. Mary KE. Duras as thanks for a kindness 20 years prior. A bank letter and a court trustee arrangement led to the full residue being paid after recovery from disability.
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San Francisco
Serpgt
John A. Weaver
Mary KE. Duras
San Freetisca
Mergent Weaver
Water Power Development Steadily on the Increase
The Department of the Interior through the Geological Survey released a 1925 report on U S water power. Total installed capacity of 100 horsepower or more reached about 10 043 000 HP in March 1925, up roughly 10 from 1924. New York leads in developed water power followed by California Washington North Carolina and Maine. The report notes undeveloped potential in five states and faster growth in the Middle Atlantic and related regions.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
United States
New York
California
North Carolina
Maine
North Cafolina
District of Columbia Fines U S for Smoke Nuisance
The District of Columbia government pursued action in police court against the federal government for violating the smoke law. Fines of $18 each were imposed in three cases against Robert S. Regur, chief clerk of the Post Office, as a representative of the federal government.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Idee MccMahon
Robert S. Regur
Post Office Department
Regur
Federal Governaicne
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Atlantic
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Sally
Rabnat-el-Fath
Bu Regreg
Residency
Scargeseo
Sous
John Philip Sousa
Fire Hills Indian Reserve
Regina
Canada
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Khee Too-CheKay-Wee-Oklinow
Chief Choo
Republic
Beauty
Josselyn
White Mountains
Joscelyn
Bryan
Woods
Mabe
Otman
Department of Interior
York
Lantic
South Atlantic
Central States
U. S
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