California Trip Through Taos and the Grand Canyon
A long travel diary from Luella and Frank recounting a Taos Pass ascent at 9025 ft, visits to Taos Pueblo and Santa Fe, and a Grand Canyon excursion with notes on road hazards, weather, and Indian dances. The journey proceeds via Albuquerque, Flagstaff, and Needles, ending with Los Angeles and reflections on friends, lodging, and local sights.
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Taos Pass
Taos City
Taos
Toose
Rio Grande
Cimarron
Santa Fe
Ford
Albuquerque
Labajada
Labahada
Belen
Socorro
Navajo Lodge
Backbone
America
Quemada
New Mexico
Springerville
Arizona
St. John
Ariz
Holbrook
Dad
Leupp
Flagstaff
Luella
Grand Canyon
el Tovar
Ley
California
Canyon
Seligman
Touriss
Needles
Calif
Ludlow
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Aziz
Dysart
Iowa
Henry Eckhart
Bigelow
Cranston
Hugh Lawrence
Long Beach
V R Additional Locals
Mrs. Hazel Williams and her son Wilbur left Tuesday for Tulsa Oklahoma to spend the winter with her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers and daughter Vivian began their journey Tuesday evening to Pomona California to stay the winter with Mr Rogers parents who funded the trip as a Christmas gift to the young folks.
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E. D. Darling
Cle
Elida
Larson
Iowa City
Sam. Larson
Loretta Heneman
Walter
Moosejaw
Saskatchewan
Canada
Sutherland
Ethel Larson
Thompson
Cecil Rhodes
Wharton School of ‘Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
F. H. Rhodes
James
Susan White
Yale University
Susan
Miss Allen
Boston
Gardston
Harry Brown
Mason City
A. H. Davidson
Mrs. Brown
Hazel Williams
Wilbur
Tulsa
Okla
Earl Rogers
Vivian
Pomona
Cal
Mr. Roger
New Patented Food Prep Process for Instant Meat Milk Molded Cakes
A newly patented method combines chopped meat with milk and flour into a paste. The paste is molded, heated to shrink and form a skin, then dropped from molds into cans. The cans are sterilized and sealed for storage.
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Nouge
Governess Wanted for Ten-Year-Old Girl
Unique ad from the Boston Transcript seeks a English paper governess for a ten year old girl who has lost a leg. Preference given to a lady in a similar position seeking sympathy and understanding.
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Boston Transcript
Romans Use Taximeter in Ancient Royal Auction Find
A finding shows a vehicle with distance and time measuring apparatus existed before Christ. The item was among Commodius of Rome's possessions and, after Pertinax became emperor in 192 B C, was listed in the auctioned personal effects of the late ruler.
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Commodius
Rome
Pertinax
Public holidays around the world noted in Nationa survey
The piece ranks Turkey and Scotland on holidays. It lists Turkey with 26 official holidays and Scotland with five, alongside Italy 23, Germany 20, France 18, Great Britain 16, Japan 15, Portugal eight. The author remarks on the disparity and contrasts countries in a cynical tone.
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V. RB. Nationa
Nordays
Turkey
Scotland
Thrifty
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
Japan
Portugal
V. R
Singing Structure of Jaipure Echoes Across Niches
Report describes a mysterious singing sound heard near Jaipure in India. Air currents sweep the surface and caves of a leading building, with porous stone amplifying the effect. The source remains hard to locate, puzzling visitors.
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Jaipure
India
Foundations of our solar system by Copernicus Kepler and Newton
The astronomer Copernicus (1473 1543) stated that the sun is fixed and that Earth and other planets orbit it. Kepler (1571 1630) showed planets move in ellipses not circles. He deduced three laws of planetary motion. Newton (1642 1727) proved gravity explains these motions as a single universal law.
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Copernicus
Kepler
Isaac Newton
Snap Judgment Says Aim for Constant Effort to Be Right
A brief aphorism warns that snap judgments are unreliable. The note stresses continuous effort to understand problems and to hit the mark, arguing that quick conclusions generally miss.
Christmas program and basket social at two area schools
A Christmas program and Box Sociable will be held at Olen Anderson School District No. 2 High Lake Two on Friday evening December 22. All are invited. Sylvia Berge teacher. A basket social at Wecker School on December 22 at 8 p m featuring a Christmas program and social. Wilma Gronstal teacher.
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Olen Anderson School
High Lake Two
Sylvia Berge
Wecker School
Wilma Gronstal
For Sale A Used Portable Remington
Classified item from Vindicator & Republican notes a portable Remington in fine condition offered at a very low price. Item appears in short classified listing.
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Remington
Vindicator & Republican
Insurance notice and contact references in local ad
Fragmentary classified ad lists insurance offerings for Fire Lightning Tornado Farm Property Life and Health coverage. Mentions Mrs L E Matthews and W M Turner with phone 376 and seeks inquiries for various policies including automobile and burglary.
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L. E. Matthews
Orkmen’s
W. M. Turner
Experienced chicken pickers wanted in Spencer Iowa
Dés Moines Creamery Co. Branch issues help wanted notice seeking experienced chicken pickers in Spencer Iowa. Contact phone 852 for application.
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Dés Moines Creamery Co
Spencer Iowa
Rent A Lock And Pleasant Modern Home Ad
Classified ad fragment lists rental and sale items including a Rhodes president quote a 9 percent rate for rent a lock. Details mention Rose Island Red cockerels dressed geese ducks and chickens for Christmas with prices 22 cents per pound and contact names and phone numbers for Estherville and others. Also a help wanted notice seeking a girl for general house work with no washing and a phone contact.
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John Graff
Estherville
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Ralston
L. A
Emery
S. D
Andrew Smith
A. C. Brown
Radditional Locals
Rhode Island
Jeana ‘Tleson
Merry Christmas
G. W. Robinson
Estherville Drug Co
Kiddies Books
Algers
Xmas Toys
Horse and Cart
Consolidated
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