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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
2
Indian names remain for Yosemite landmarks with meanings such as a glistening bear and a shower of crystals. The valley name Alewahnne Yertial was used by Indigenous peoples and translates to a poetic description of wind driven water and crystal spray.
The article notes El Salvador as the smallest mainland country in the Americas and the only one between Canada and Colombia without an Atlantic or Pacific seaboard. It highlights its population density and compares it to Maryland, citing about 1.5 million people and a dense urban region.
The Danse Macabre by Salut Bocas drew on a grotesque poem credited to Henri Cocat Desbhle about midnight skeletons summoned to dance until the cock crow. It notes Washington’s mother Mary Ball was born in Virginia in 1706 on an estate in Hanover County, not in England, to father Jonepts Dall who had four children Josephie Susie Mary and an unnamed fourth.
In Paradise Valley within Banff National Park Canada a formation called The Giant’s Stops The Giants Btepo sits at the center. It features large rectangular stone blocks with Wasisc Brook cascading over them. The scene is framed by political metaphor describing left and right wings in party structures.
A fragmented note describes the dried bud of cloves from a tree near Zanzibar on the east African coast. It notes that the tree will not grow inland or on a nearby island, Mars, and mentions the clove in the dried bud of the tree.
A Bahamas report from Nassau describes the Blaircase at Fort Fincastle rising 70 feet deep and 30 feet wide as a notable feature seen during a morning visit. No further context or dates provided.
A curious account describes Sumatra’s tropteal wildlife with monkeys, orangutans, elephants, tigers, flying foxes, wild dogs, and a mountain antelope. The passage notes a trained monkey harvesting coconuts, and a butterfly that blends with the background to evade predators.
The early pioneers of ballooning used open flames to heat air and lift their craft. They carried fires aloft to keep the envelope warm as balloons rose. Hydrogen was later replaced by helium, while hot air gave way to lighter gases for flight.
The piece describes a South American city nicknamed the Brazilian Venice for its deepened canals to drain low lands. It notes narrow streets and tall houses in the old city to maximize shade, plus a separate explanation of dew forming from vapor condensation due to heat radiation.
The article reports pollination by insects wind and water as well as by birds including hammer birds honey eaters and antbirds and by mammals such as bats and climbing marsupials like the mouse of Western Australia, emphasizing wide pollinator variety.
Mothers lived to see their sons rise to the highest office in the nation. The list includes George Washington John Adams James Madison James Polk James A Garfield Ulysses S Grant William McKinley and Franklin D Roosevelt.
The major oxygen silicon aluminum iron calcium sodium potassium and magnesium form over 88 percent of the Ltho sphere on the rocky crust, extending down to about ten miles. The statement seems to describe the Earth's crust composition and the approximate depth of the crustal layer.
An authority states average apple trees absorb 15 to 20 tons of water per year. Experiments show 40 trees can uptake about 760 tons annually, illustrating higher water use under tested conditions.
A fragmentary Virginia feature hints at a woman shaping a public hoax and feigning innocence. The text references a trail of alleged fabrications, a theater setting, and questioned motives tied to personal gain and reputation.
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