Moon far outweighs sun in tides say National Geographic
A Washington bulletin summarizes a National Geographic society note explaining the moon is the chief tide maker and the sun, though vastly larger, has a smaller effect due to distance. The piece contrasts gravitational pull and tide generation and notes highest tides occur when sun and moon align.
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National Geographic Society
Earth
Jupiter
Space
Shah Urges Persians to Embrace Modern Fashions
Tehran reports Shah Riza Khan advocates Western styles and women’s public role, noting five Persian magazines on women and rising use of bobbed hair lipstick and rouge. Public theaters and cinemas attract unveiled women, amid cautious social shifts and cross–border tensions with Turkey.
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INS
Persia
Turkey
Riza Khan
Kemal Pasha
Iran
Atest
Woma
Presidential anniversaries mark Andrew Johnson birthday and career
The article traces Andrew Johnson from a Raleigh birth in 1808 to a tailor apprenticeship and early politics in Greenville Tennessee, detailing roles from alderman to senator and his 1868 impeachment trial outcome. It also notes Lorenzo G Peck filing a bankruptcy petition and a brief item on Belgian Congo gold transport via Khattoum Kisumu air route.
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Tennessee
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Buchanan County
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J. B. Jordan
Kilo Motor
Belgian Congo
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Foley's Honey and Tar promotes child health
A local ad urges quick action at the onset of a child's cough or cold with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The notice claims rapid relief and safety for both children and adults, recommending early purchase at G C Kennedy Patents in the Marsh Place building.
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Hold Man to Grand Jury for Forging Check on Father
Courter Special Service Cedar Falls records William Nelson bound to the grand jury on a forged check charge after a hearing before Justice FR Murray. Bond set at 500. he cannot post it. E Petit of Waterloo fined 25 for intoxication at a Waterloo area dance hall. awaiting today’s justice hearing. Richard Belfield posts 150 appeal bond after guilty verdict for illegal possession with 100 fine and costs.
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William Nelson
FR. F. Murray
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R. L. Mason
Lloyd Halleck
W. H. Whitford
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Old Moore's Almanack Predicts Global Upheaval in 1928
Old Moore's Almanack foresees widespread calamities in 1928 including wars between the United States and Japan, four major fires, earthquakes, floods, and a cholera outbreak in India. It also predicts economic turmoil, coal riots in the United States, and a scandal at Geneva, with a royal family member ill in April and a desposed monarch coup in June.
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