Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews Plans Five-Year Gobi Expedition
Discoverer Roy Chapman Andrews, head of the American Museum of Natural History expedition, sails for Mongolia to recruit scientists for a five-year search in the Gobi desert for early human origins. The 15 member team includes Granger Berkey Chapin and others, aiming to locate the true birthplace of man.
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New York
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Garden of Eden
Mr. Andrews
Walter Granger
Charles P. Berkey
James P. Chapin
J. J. Robert
N. ©. Nelson
Ralph Chaney
J. B. Shackleford
S. Bayard Colgate
Andrews
Exhibits Show How Uncle Sam Aids Farmers Nationwide
The article highlights Department of Agriculture educational exhibits that reached millions, including life size and miniature models, animated displays, and visual belts. It explains show methods like rubber cow models and daylight film to teach better farming practices and efficient uses of skim milk and hay marketing.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
Game Farm
Character and reputation in public life from a 19th century viewpoint
The piece argues that character defines reputation as good or bad and should mainly be good. It uses a balance metaphor to favor weighing the good and notes the social value of virtuous character. A brief note mentions rapid cutting of armor plate and plant stimulation experiments with high heat and color photography.
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R. Clyde Winebarger
The
Democrat
Studebaker
French Laws Encourage Heads of Large Families
Paris enacts measures aiding large families with tax relief and cheaper housing. Older boys in families of five gain one year less military service, plus reduced railroad fares and family size scholarships. Government provides birth premiums, confinement aid, and salaries tied to family size. medals for mothers of large families also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Shannon River Tale Links Ireland Romance to Industry
Washington dispatch notes a National Geographic bulletin describing a major project to harness the Shannon in the Irish Free State. It details the river’s length of 240 miles, an eight mile wide mouth, a 150 foot drop, and its navigability to Limerick and beyond, tying folklore and holy wells to the industrial plan.
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Washington
Shannon
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Loncest
Irich Free State
New
Irish Free State
Culleagh Mountains
Loop Head
Kerry Head
Fergus
Limerick
Ireland
America
Lough Allen
Wales
England
Lough Allen and Shannon River History and Fishing Heritage
Irish waterways connect Lough Allen to Dublin and the Grand and Royal canals to Belfast. The Shannon’s basin covers 4 544 square miles. The piece covers Ireland’s divide between east and west, Viking and Norman history, and the famed salmon and trout fishing from Limerick to Carrick on Shannon and Athlone.
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Dublin
Belfast
Island
Ireland
Limerick
Athlone
Lough Ree
Brian Boru
Edward Bruce
Hugh O’neill
Cromwell
Carrick
on-Shannon
Killaloe
Castleconnel
Sister Presents Rainey Trophy Collection to Memphis
Memphis receives the hunting trophies of the late Paul Rainey including hundreds of specimens from many countries. Mrs Grace Rainey Rogers, Rainey’s sister and heir, presents the trophies to the city and announces Tippah Lodge in Mississippi as an 11 000 acre estate set aside for a fox hunting association in memory of her brother.
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Memphis
Tenn
Paul Rainey
Grace Rainey Rogers
For Sale Two Fresh Jersey Milch Cows and Nine Pigs
Spencer Hampton of Rho North Carolina offers two fresh dairy cows and nine Duroc and Poland China pigs for sale. Post marked June 12 in Rural area.
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Durham
Poland
Spencer Hampton
Rho
N. C
Sale of City Property for Taxes in Blowing Rock
Tax collector D W Wooten announces sale at Boone court house door on July 7 1924 at 11 a m to satisfy 1923 taxes and costs for listed properties and individuals including A S Abernethy T H Coffey and others. The notice is dated June 12 1924.
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Boone
E. N. Hahn
J. F. Moore
I. D. W. Wooten
Blowing Rock
Court House
North Carolina
A. S. Abernethy
T. H. Coffey
Dr. Brooks
J. M. Foster
Bar
Wade Harris
Lentz Bros. & Co
Ed Mellon
George Ransom
Admr
Esther Ranigom Aidtyceyss
Elizabeth Anderson
Ila Alexander
W. E. Simpson
Dr. Rutledge
D. W. Wooten
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Uncle Sam
George F. Shepherd
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Watertown
N. Y
New York State
Rys
N. A. Cobb
United States Department of Agriculture
Kan
Iola
Chanute
W. L. Markham
Markham
District Court
Memphis Rainey
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
North Wilkesboro
Wilkes Motor Company
Studebaker Automobiles
South Bend
Indiana
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