German Suggestion on Preliminary Disarmament Discussion Approved
Geneva reports that a German proposal for a preliminary international disarmament talk before the February World Disarmament Conference gains general approval in League of Nations circles. Four main issues remain: Franco Italian naval disarmament differences, private manufacture controls, civil aviation publicity, and trained reserves limits.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
League
London
Krupps
Sehneid
United State
United States
Americas
England
Turkey
Japan
Ward Minstrels on Radio Program
Montgomery Ward & Co presents the Soits of Progress Minstrels in a daytime radio series from NBC studios starting July 15. Cast includes Al Cameron Pete Bentsema Chuck Haynes Ray Ferris and Gene Arnold with J Oliver Riehl directing the orchestra providing the musical setting for the revival of old time black face minstrels.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
NBC
Soitgs of Progress Minstrels
al Cameron
Pete Bentsema
Chuck Haynes
Ray Ferris
Gene Arnold
J. Oliver Riehl
Mysterious Disappearance of Geraldine Foster Deepens
Police chief Thatcher Colt and reporter narrator trace Geraldine Foster’s vanishing from Washington Square after a quarrel with Dr. Humphrey Maskell. A key, a suspicious note, and a coat with Geraldine’s purse surface, while Maskell flees town. Colt follows leads, while a nurse Lizzie Clark recalls two bottle-bearing women leaving Maskell’s office on Christmas Eve.
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Geraldine Foster
Humphrey Maskell
Betty Canfield
Thatcher Colt
Harry Armstrong
Betty
Geraldine
Bruce
Colt
Maskell
Bureau of Crime Prevention
Captain Laird
Henry
Laird
Burke
Doctor Maskell
Fosters
Police College
Washington Square
Lizzie Clark
Fifth Avenue
Jizzie T
Checkles
Bureau of Missing Persons
Alice Corbett
Smith College
Northampton
Massachusetts
Mysterious disappearances echo in college and city
Thatcher Colt hears a laconic note from a daughter claiming to go home and a cascade of missing women. Laird, the Commissioner, and others discuss Alice Corbett Frances St John Smith Dorothy Arnold and Mrs. Mc Dowell Rogers, linking vanished beauties to danger signals and a pending continuation tomorrow.
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Thatcher Colt
Alice Corbett
Laird
Frances St. John Smith
Frances
Dorothy Arnold
McDowell Rogers
Barrington Manor
Louisville
Kentucky
Eelsie Siegel
Geraldine Foster
Maronites Largest of Lebanon's Many Cults
Lebanon hosts seven confessions from a 1868 population. Maronites lead with 214,212 adherents and 448 emigrants in the United States still paying Lebanese taxes. The faith traces to the fourth century with Aramaic liturgy and papal recognition via a Lebanese patriarch.
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Lebanon
Asia
United States
Araumaic
Tebanese
Much Sunken Treasure May Soon Be Salvaged
Deep water salvage hurdles are being overcome aided by a Kiel firm’s diving apparatus resembling a submarine conning tower. The steel trunk with glass windows carries measuring and respiratory gear plus a telephone and buoyant tanks for balance control. Descent is water-influenced and ascent is air-assisted, enabling dives to 800 feet for treasure sites within reach of the surface.
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Kiel Frm
First Colonial Surgeon of Philadelphia and Early Medical Milestones
The first surgeon in Philadelphia is thought to be John Goodson of London, who arrived with William Penn aboard the Welcome to serve the Society of Free Traders. Griffith Owen, a Welshman, performed Philadelphia’s first amputation aboard the same voyage. Dr. Thomas Bond, cofounder of Pennsylvania Hospital with Franklin, led the hospital’s early achievements including the first lithotomy in America and the first clinic, preceding the 1765 founding of the College of Philadelphia now the University of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
John Goodson
London
Society of Free Traders
William Penn
Welcome
Penn
Griffith Owen
Thomas Bond
Franklin
Pennsylvania Hospital
America
Medical School
The
College of Philadelphia
Unversity of Pennsylvania
Detroit News
The Sugar House Workhouse of Charleston
The old Sugar House in Charleston South Carolina served as a workhouse for fugitive slaves and punished enslaved and free Black people. A five member citizen commission oversaw it with a master keeper, under city ordinances setting care, lodging and lash rates. The building at Logan and Magazine streets was destroyed in the 1861 fire.
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Sugar House
Charleston
S. C
Logan and
Magazine Streets
Recalling Early Days of Chartist Movement
A 1792 copy of Tom Paine's Rights of Man found in a thatch recalls Chartist beginnings. The piece highlights harsh working conditions, prison terms for rebels, and Chartism's push for universal suffrage, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, and abolition of property qualifications. It notes Chartism as a major force among English and Scottish workers amid 18th century tensions over slavery.
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Tom Paine
Cumberland
England
Legend of Keho Lake Echoes and the Dead
An article recounts Utelodian beliefs that Keho lake was sacred home to the dead before white arrival in Colorado. Legends say mists from the lake formed the Milky Way and echoes along the shore were answers from departed relatives in the afterlife, as noted by the Detroit News.
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Colorado
Keho Lake
Happy Noting Grounds
Detroit News
Living Lamps and Luminous Creatures in lore and nature
The text surveys luminous life from fishes with over two dozen light emitting organs to fungi on Western European birds, luminous tree frogs and various glow insects. It cites Living Lamps by Chirk and The Arc turus Adventure by William Reede detailing lantern fishes and other deep water species.
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Chirk
William Reede
Clark
Europe
Coureurs des Bois in Early Canadian History
The coureurs des bois or voyageurs roamed vast forests during the French regime. They hunted fur bearing animals and traded with Indigenous peoples, drawing adventurous spirits away from farming and fueling pioneer development in New Canada.
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Canada
New Canada
Train telephony via telegraph lines enables moving trains to talk
The article describes using parallel telegraph wires along railways to broadcast conversations from a moving train. The voice enters a standard telephone, is modulated into high frequency currents on the lines, and reassembled at pickup stations for further transmission.
Swimming speeds of fishes and fast swimmers noted
The article states medium sized freshwater fish reach about seven miles per hour with possible bounds near three times that rate. Observations are needed to study variations by species and conditions. It notes swordfish speeds and mentions the dolphin and carp as fast swimmers per the Fisheries Bureau.
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Om Ammons
Bureau of Fisheries
Trinity Church tract history in New Amsterdam land deeds
The Trinity church tract, about 62 acres, was called the Kings farm and other names. Van Twiller sold it in 1636 to Roelot Jans, passing to Anneke by her husband’s will. In 1670 eight children signed a transport to Col. Francis Lovelace, and Trinity church was incorporated May 6, 1708 with Queen Anne presenting the land to the church.
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Trinity Church
van Twiller
New Amsterdam
Roelot Jans
Anneke
Cornelius Bovardus
Francis Lovelace
New York
Trinidad Land of Birds and Colorful Traditions
On the island of Trinidad called the Land of Humming Birds delicate iridescent birds swarm among roses and jasmine. The population is a mix of Hindus and East Indian descendants with men in turbans and flowing robes and women adorned with gold rings and silver bracelets reflecting a rich cultural blend.
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Trinidad
West Indies
He Was Right But Wrong in Sunday School Answer
A prominent Episcopalian recalls a boy named James who attended Sunday school briefly. After missing weeks, he returned and answered the teacher’s question about the current Sunday with the wrong holiday: the first Sunday after the Fourth of July.
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James
There's a Difference Says Uncle Eden on Time
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eden claiming clocks always say the same thing, but he compares a cheapskate thief to a man who repeats the same act.
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Uncle Eden
Washington Star
Fine Feathers It’s Not the Clothes That Make the Wola
A feature on Wola or a fashion profile examines personal style over outward attire. The piece emphasizes expression, individuality, and confidence shaping a memorable presence beyond garments.
Rickenbacker predicts 100 mph air speed for future racers
Col Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI ace and aircraft official, says the Schneider Cup races at Cowes England will produce a 100 mile per hour air speed record. He warns racing aircraft require large funding and that public benefit justifies shared funding for faster planes.
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New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Cowes
England
Rickenbacker
Garry Oon
Rickenbacker Predicts Bigger Cheaper Aircraft Engines
Rickenbacker said there is a growing need for larger and cheaper aircraft engines and forecast engines with 24 36 and 48 cylinders may soon be developed for aircraft.
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Rickenbacker
Infancy of the umbrella met with sharp jokes and mockery
The article recalls two centuries ago a man who carried an umbrella faced laughter and ridicule, seen as a mollycoddle. It notes how social norms made such a practical item a bold, unfamiliar choice.
Swedish lumber firm preserves forest with long term reforestation
A Swedish lumber company has harvested timber from a forest tract for nearly 300 years and maintains it roughly in its original state through ongoing reforestation efforts.
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GenauDge
Thatcher Cold
Gilbert Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Felise Morgan
Doris
Headquarters
Center Street
Lake
Coureurs Des Bois
of Birds
Wansis City
BE. Iw. Brannigan
Dirmaonigan
Ricken Taeger
Society of Attome Five Engineers
Indianapolis Zoo
Wiker Henry R. D. Waghorn
Tad Cathone
General Electric
Isy
Iowa
Southern Utilities
Washington, Iowa
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