Summer colors now are worn by oceans
Washington bulletin from National Geographic describes how seas display blue and varied hues. It notes Mediterranean and Caribbean blues, Red Sea in henna shades, Yellow Sea beige, and Antarctic olive greens, with explanations about salinity, light, and organic content shaping ocean colors.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Red Sea
Yellow Sea
Antarctic
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
D. C
National Geographic Society
South Pole
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Equator
Arctic
China
Cape Florida
Cape Hatteras
South Seas
Saguenay
St. Lawrence
California
Santa Cruz Bay
Dixie Court Rules Wife Owes Obedience and Objection to Stylist
In Montgomery Alabama the state court of appeals upheld the husband's right to object to his wife using adventitious aids to beauty and to fix the family domicile for children against the mother's wishes. The opinion interprets the marriage vow as requiring obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Radio helps the deaf but does not cure it
Washington reports that radio brightens life for the hard of hearing and accelerates aid advancement, yet cures are untrue. Josephine Timberlake explains whether radios aid hearing, noting bone conduction and variability by ear condition. loud speakers proved disruptive, ear phones work better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Josephine Timberlake
Volta Bureau
Alexander Graham Bell
England Consumes 20 Million Gallons Ice Cream
The report states Great Britain consumed 20 000 000 gallons of ice cream last year. It claims the quantity equals all New York state residents plus two thirds of Pennsylvania residents, according to British manufacturers.
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England
London
Great Britain
New York State
Pennsylvania
His Majesty
Indian maidens eligible to marry in Choctaw Chickasaw lands
In Oklahoma, several hundred Chickasaw and Choctaw women who were minors when allotments were made reached their eighteenth birthday on March 4 1924 by an act of Congress. Many live in Pushmataha and McCurtain counties with lands in Jefferson Carter and Stephens counties where oil fields attract interest. Some have already profited from oil incomes.
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Waurika
Okla
Oklahoma
Congress
Muskogee
Pushmataha
McCurtain
Jefferson
Carter
Stephens
Youngest Exploring Party Sets Sail for Arctic Journey
Led by a twenty three year old and including several under twenty one, a likely the youngest and smallest expedition departs Erith England for Arctic regions aboard the Beltai a 60 foot fishing smack. The navigating officer Lieutenant Hewson R N R tests a sextant aboard.
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Erith
England
Arctic
Hewson
Rh. N. R
Britain Announces High Income Tax Payers Totals
The treasury released figures showing 137 income tax payers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland earned more than 300000 dollars in 1122 28, and the 187 top earners averaged nearly 1 000 000 dollars each.
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London
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Treasury
John J Abel reports potent pituitary tartrate drug
Baltimore \"news\" notes Dr John J Abel of Johns Hopkins reports a highly potent pituitary tartrate drug extracted from cattle pituitary glands. A tiny amount, one part in 18 750 000 000, is said to suffice for obstetric use and diabetes insipidus, with the drug’s pure principle aiding measurement and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John J. Abel
Medical School of
Johns Hopkins University
New York
San Francisco
Abel
Asir of the Arabian Peninsula a Little Known Ally
A National Geographic Washington bulletin describes Asir as a million-strong, sparsely bounded realm allied with the Allies in World War I. It notes hazy borders, a nomadic society with camel-hair headdress, a capital Sabiyah of round clay huts, and a coastal lowland beneath rugged mountains and valleys.
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Washingon
France
England
Asir
Washington
National Geographic Society
Red Sea
Hedjaz
Yemen
Nedj
Arabian Peninsulas
Montenegro
Ali
Mecca
India
Sabiyah
Ohio Town Has Mayor and Cop but No Population
Lindentree Ohio a sparsely inhabited village with 48 homes awaits occupants after its sale by C A Kolp to be rented rent free for up to a year. The town includes a school house garage public square store and a town pump and is home to only the mayor the town marshal his deputy and one family.
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Canton
Ohio
Lindentree
C. A. Kolp
Carroll County
Carrollton
Kolp
Deer Learn Quickly at Glacier National Park
The Bureau of National Parks says Glacier National Park deer quickly learn to exploit protection from the U S government. About 150 white tailed deer left remote Rocky Mountain areas and linger near park administration buildings all winter, relying on daily rations from forest rangers.
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Washington
Bureau of National Parks
Glacier National Park
Uncle Sam
Park Administration
Rocky Mountain
Forest Rangers
Swindled by Gypsies Cost Trenton Couple Life Savings
Mr and Mrs Lesco Chubak of Trenton New Jersey reported to state police they were swindled by gypsies in Mahanoy City and lost over $3000. A fortune teller allegedly predicted death for Chubak and insanity for his wife unless money was paid. The couple surrendered their life savings in hopes of propitiating the fates.
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Mahanoy City
Pat
Lesco Chubak
Trenton
N. J
Mathematical Hen Attracts Attention In Carthage
J. S. Tindell of Kendricktown displays a mathematical hen that lays eggs with numerals. He recently brought to a newspaper office an egg marked with the number 2 on the larger end. Earlier he found several numeraled eggs and the eggs are being drained and exhibited.
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Carthage
Tindell
Kendricktown
Kimball Woman Learns of Brothers Catch Monstrous Sturgeon
Mrs. F. E. Reynolds of Kimball was told her brothers Harry and Ote Willits of New Boston Illinois captured a black sturgeon 50 feet long weighing 107 pounds on the Mississippi River near Muscatine 20 miles below.
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Kimball
F. E. Reynolds
Harry
Ote Willits
New Boston
Ill
Muskatine
Mississippi River
Isle of Cannibals and Frankincense
A National Geographic bulletin describes Socotra, an isolated island off Africa’s northeast, known as the Isle of Frankincense. It notes ancient trade, a sultan under British protection, a largely pastoral society, and unique customs and language amid desert and coastal scenery.
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Washington, D. C
Socotra
Africa
National Geographic Society
Jesus
Socotrans
Crete
Porto Rico
Hadibha
Tamarida
Tamiur
Araab
Island
Hadibo
Back Yard Giant Fish Feeds 112 at Illinois Fry
In Pana Illinois George Swiney entertained 112 friends with meat from a single 100 pound fish he caught in a pond on his own back lot. The fish, carried to the yard by the Kaskaskia river during high water, defied Florida tarpon ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
George Swiney
Findlay
Kaskaskia
Swiney
Florida
Superstitious Over Volcanic Eruptions
Hilo Hawaii science and tradition clash over Halemaumau activity at Kilauea. Roy Finch offers a vent blockage theory while Hawaiians recall Princess Kapiolani’s 1824 Christian conversion and a century of Pele’s wrath awaiting vengeance.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Halemaumau
Kilauea
Roy Finch
Volcano Observatory
Kapiolani
Pele
Huhu
Keonaate
Kaplani
Protesting Move Targets Idle Mozambique Land Concessions
The high commissioner of Mozambique announces plans to annul land concessions in the Portuguese province after long idleness by concessionaires. A large number of cases are involved as authorities push cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Mozambique
East Africa
Singular Spider Web Painting Now in Berlin Dealer Hands
A 6 by 4 inch painting on a spiderweb, preserved between glass plates for dual viewing, portrays a happy family scene. It is considered among the most singular works of art in existence and is now owned by a Berlin dealer.
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Berlin
Elk at Okano van Threaten Farm Lands Near Wenatchee
In Wenatchee Washington elk known for fence climbing and raiding haystacks return as hunger rises. Organized groups have driven the herds back with blank shells but they again threaten nearby farms near Okano van.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Farue
Okanovan
Largest Republican family found in West Virginia
Huntington deputy marshal reports what is claimed as the largest Republican family in the state. The head is Samuel Spalding, 81, living in Wayne County, father of 22 children. The oldest is 57 and the youngest just passed its first birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
E. E. Burkirk
Samuel Spalding
Wayne County
Brooklyn Child Survives Four-Story Fall
Katherine De Marco, aged three, fell from a fourth floor fire escape in Brooklyn but landed on grass and suffered only shock. Her mother Rosa De Marco became hysterical and was treated by an ambulance surgeon.
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New York
Katherine de Marco
Brooklyn
Rosa de Marco
Water Snake Fatal to Picnic Party at Gray's Lake
A harmless water snake caused the drowning of three people at Gray's Lake north of Los Angeles. Frank Balsz, 27, his wife Rita, and sister Agnes Balsz, members of a picnic party, died after women rowers panicked when a snake surfaced. Frank tried to aid them but all perished.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gray’s Lake
Here
Frank Balsz
Rita Balsz
Agnes Balsz
Frank
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