Remarkable animal life at extreme Tibetan plateau heights
Major R W Hingston described to Royal Geographical Society findings from the 1924 Manas expedition about life at 20 000 feet and above on Everest massif. Spiders found at 27 000 feet, grasshoppers at 15 106 feet, butterflies at 21 000 feet, and birds and mammals adapted to extreme wind.
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London
Fel
R. Wot C. Hingston
Royal Cengraphcal Society
Major Hingston Wagle
Maun
Hingston
Everest
Hine- Ston
Free State Rail Lines Merge Under Tribunal rulings
Dublin February 9 The Free State railways have unified under a special railway tribunal as an alternative to nationalization. More than 30 lines with independent staffs have merged into the Great Southern railway with 21052 miles of track. Headquarters remain Belfast. Free State authority extends only over Dublin to the border. The tribunal has ordered a 12.35 percent fare reduction.
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Dublin
Free State
Great Southern Railway
Belfast
Northern Tre-land
Ister
Scientists Keep Alive Rancors Of World War
German universities report still ignoring scientists after World War I. From 1922 to 1924, 474 international scientific congresses occurred, with Germans missing or limited in most.France and Italy largely barred them. some Allied nations restricted participation.
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Goettingen
German Universities Association
France
Itsium
Wells The Heals Tell Truth Anour Covga In Seattle
Fragmented report notes in Seattle Washington on February 4 about mountain life and the dangers of cougars in the Olympic Cascades. A Wenatchee incident recalls a large cat following a boy to his father’s door. the elder killed it. A leading elder cites a senile cougar attack 22 years ago that injured a child.
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Seattle
Wash
Ipdia
Olympic Mountains
Sear
Wenatchee
Washkington
Jamashers
Gherg
Couvar
Radio Programs for Tuesday February 10 featured many city listings
A dense OCR radio schedule lists stations WSH to KFOX with varied programs. Entries include concerts, talk segments, travel talks, and child features across cities like Chicago New York Boston and Detroit, along with times and program names. The fragmentary list highlights orchestras, memories contests and live performances across multiple networks.
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Stadio Digest
Associated Press
WSH
Atarta Duutmal
Meltuly Aeidsts
Dixla Etrlug Hice
Heanmont
Bl—Hoston
Statontans
Wgh—Homato
Anusics
WGN
Chicago
Mituie
Stramin Bet
Suze
Mythods
Orel Hester
Daddess
View
Iwetureé
Cetcert
WEK
Lurage
Ernant
Grount
Martek
Wade Vile
Bywecileden
Wacad
Chevelind
Bederlepugitt
Perroit News Orchestra
Sproat
Hanselyn Ben
Reta Ae
Carl and
Alex Bo
Waco
Ainmapee St. Paul
Ook Roylotw
OK Went
Fae
Tedway
Everendy
Goodrich
Wonme
Newark
Orchestria
RGU
Oakland
Orchestra St
Linwaftan Farmung Iehigie
Siptithy
Chong
Taik
Comeert
Rausie
Urepenian
Sagaland
Krro—Star Prawa
Pind
Phinist
KFOX
Seattle
Nazareth Pastor Resigns In Wartime Health Break
Cedar Falls Nazareth United Danish Lutheran church pastor Rev N M Andreasen resigns May 1 to take several months off for nervous condition from overwork. He came in 1918 after Racine posting and has led congregational activities and served as president of the national United Lutheran church of America. Congregation to discuss successor February 16.
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Cedar Fails
N. M. Andreasen
Nazareth United Danish Lutheran Church
Racine
Wis
Andreasen
National United Lutheran Church of America
Edwards Edith Adame resident news rep for Waterloo Waterloo Evening Courier
A noisy clipped column lists Edith Adame as Porte City Bulletin Airs resident news representative for La Porte County in the Waterloo Evening Courier. The fragment references a literary circle meeting at Doane House with Mrs Ke T Take and others, noting refreshments, committee duties, and social gathering details amid scattered names and places.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls City
Porte City
Edith Adame
la Porte Cty
Waterloo Evening Courier
Revival of the old polka charms rural Cumberland crowd
In York, England, Bebe William Smith of Wwaurire Tiall led a revival attempt to reintroduce the old polka at the Mury port Farm daiwa. He joined a fellow farmer, once noted crack dancers, as they revived the rural Cumberland dances the waltz and Mancere with vigor while fox trotter fans applauded.
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Yypert
England
William Smith
Wwaurire Tiall
Muryport
Cumberland
Foreign born White population in United States tops lists
A speech cites that foreign born Whites in the United States have risen, with Germany and Russia mentioned among regions contributing to the population. The speaker, identified as the supreme commander of the Maccabees, delivers an address noting shifts in immigrant groups over the last 25 years and the impact on the country’s demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linhy
Russia
Treland
Island Amon
United States
Modern progress drives new school building boom
Hedford Indiana report notes old red schoolhouses fade as modern, safer, better equipped facilities rise. A 1924 survey cites over 225 million dollars spent replacing antiquated structures, with contracts and space efficiency shaping plans for finer, cheaper schools and communities becoming centers of wisdom.
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Hedford
Ind
Red School
Lovers of Animals Unite to Abolish Cruel Traps
Washington February 9 a three year drive to end steel traps and other non killing devices for fur bearing animals was announced led by the American Humane Association with Minnie Maddern Fiske aiding. Commander Edward Breck will direct the campaign citing 100 million trapped yearly and that less than ten percent supply fur. urging public conscience to abolish non killing traps.
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Washington, D. C
American Humane Association
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Edward Breck
Naval Reserves
Humane Education Society of
Washington
Breck
America
Immigrants from Avery Land Seek Hollywood
Immigrants passing through Ellis Island want to reach Hollywood and seek screen careers, says James McPherson, chief inspector. He notes daily questions from newcomers about distance to Hollywood and how to break into movies, regardless of origin, drawn by stories of wealth and fame in film.
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Hollywood
Cal
Thea Imation Picture Studio
James McPherson
Ellis Island
New York
United States
McPherson
Poland
Manila attorney tests memory of pupils with long name
In Tarac high school Manila lawyer Col J S Wolfson offered 50 cents to any pupil who could memorize his 12 word 106 letter full name in 115 minutes. After 15 minutes 23 of 33 memorized it perfectly showing remarkable Filipino pupils memory. Wolfson, a New Orleans native, served in the volunteer army during the insurrection.
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Manila
Cel
J. S. Wolfson
Tarlac
Tarac
Col. Wolfson
Farlac Au
Seach
Egger
Col
Wolf
Chional Wolfson
New Orleans
Swedish engineers test charcoal gas for autos and trains
Swedish engineers report on using charcoal gas as a fuel for automobiles, ships and railway locomotives. They cite cost advantages, estimating a 50 percent reduction in railway fuel expenses versus steam engines. Experiments rely on a German patent and a small producer unit mounted on motorcars with plans for trials on Swedish railways and cars by a major truck maker.
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New York
Horton
Norway
American Chemical Society
Cliff House Struck by Prohibition Raid On Pacific Coast
San Francisco February 9 The Cliff House perched on cliffs beside the Golden Gate, long a famed California resort, fell to the Volstead regime after a prohibition raid. The proprietor posted a sign on the door reading.
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San Francisco
Cal
Golden Gate
California
Sunset at Cliff House Draws Presidents and Laughing Seals
From the Cliff House porch, famous figures like Grant Hayes Harrison and Roosevelt are said to have watched the sunset over the ocean. Reported seals near Seal Rocks 300 feet offshore were described as huge and obese like aldermen. Visitors afterward would have only doughnuts to eat and coffee to drink.
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Cliff House
Grant
Hayes
Harrison
Afe Kingley
Hoosevelt
Golden Gate
Teeth Now Appeal To Be Getting Pebbler
Dentists warn of weaker teeth as the Commerce Department reports a 25 percent rise in dental goods production over two years. The 1923 census valued dental goods production at over $32 million, reflecting growing demand for oral care.
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Washington
TD. C
Department of Commerce
Epsom Salts Taste Like Pleasant Lemonade
A vintage ad extols tasteless Epsom Salts and Epsonade Salts as a superior laxative for constipation and biliousness. It claims no griping, mild bowel action, and universal use by doctors and nurses, priced cheaply at drug stores with American Epsom Association backing.
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American Epsom Association
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Claims Autacid Pillions
An old advertisement urging readers to accept genuine Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the original physician prescribed laxative and antacid for 50 years. It promotes 25 cent bottles and 50 cent bottles with directions, and labels the product as an autacid and corrective sold in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
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