Mexico City built on mud recalls shiplike streets
An article argues Mexico City rests on a mud bed beneath a city of shiplike buildings. It details the National Theatre and Legislative Palace sinking despite steel girders and cement, notes deep foundations and costly fixes, and suggests political agitation may signal stability rather than danger.
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Mexico City
National Theatre
Oliver Madox Feuter
New York Evening Post
Cortez
Mexico
Plaza Mayor
Calle Bucarelli
Pres. Madero
Altho
School of Mines
York
Diaz
Senate
Congress
Tam
Woman scientist claims a woman wrote the Bible in ancient times
Parisian lecturer Mme Celine Renooz argues a female author hid the origin of the Old Testament. She links Myriam or Hathor to the Sepher written in Sinai and stored in the ark, a sacred record of life and morality. She cites Daud and a hidden temple as examples of women’s power in early Israel.
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Mme
Celine Renooz
Paris
Sorbonne University
Egypt
Myriam
Hathor
Mary
Hebraic
Canaan
Mi. Sinia
Israel
Daud
Jerusalem
Gladstone the Axman and His Hawarden Prized Hobby
Gladstone enjoyed quiet hours at Hawarden breaking trees with his ax for mental rest. He worked with sleeves rolled up until cordwood, consulting friends on estate tasks. He was photographed with his favorite ax and received many gifts of axes, amassing over 30 in his collection.
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Gladstone
Hawarden
Fulmars: A Key North Atlantic Petrel Farther South
More than 100 petrel species exist with fulmars among the most notable. Sailors call them mollnymwks, a corruption of mat emuck, and flocks follow ships attracted to whale ship refuse. The fulmar ranges from 45 to 53 degrees north, on the American and European sides respectively.
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North Atlantic
Georgia Mother Baby Custody Battle Captivates Atlanta Court
A dramatic custody fight in Fulton County Superior Court centers on Louise Madeline and Mary Elizabeth, two babies born May 1920 at Grady Hospital. The Garners claim baby Louise Madeline was swapped at birth with Mrs. Pittman’s infant, while Pittman insists Louise Madeline is her child. The case draws extensive public attention as jurors consider hospital tagging faults and parental proof. Mary Elizabeth died nine months after birth, intensifying the dispute and shaping the trial’s emotional stakes.
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Atlanta. Ga
Solomon
Mark Twain
Wilson
Georgia
Atlanta
Lewise Madeline
Mary Elizabeth
Louise Madeline
Solomons
George L. Bell
Fulton County Superior Court
Bell
John C. Garner
Oak Street
Daniel L. Pittman
Haygood Avenue
Baby Louise
Madéline
John
Garner
Atlanta Street Railway Company
West End
Centreverey
Grady Hospital
Garners
Fpittman's
Mary Hlizabeth
Pittmann
Fat
William E. Arnaud
James W. Austin
Pittmans
Arnaud
Pitllmans
Austin
Big Hawk Entangled Near Blue Hill
A chicken hawk with a 66 inch wingspan was found in the woods near Blue Hill when caught in a wild grapevine. After a brief struggle, the bird was captured and is being shown to friends by Samuel Ruch of Sunbury.
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Sunbury
Blue Hill
Samuel Ruch
High cost of living linked to fewer marriages in Baltimore
Former Judge Jacob M. Moses argues that rising living costs curb marriage, urging couples to pool income and that women should propose when finances strain unions. He cites wage data across industries and cities, noting Baltimore’s costs outpace jobs, risking continued demographic decline.
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Baltimore
Jacob M. Moses
Juvennile Court
Moses
H. C
Moes
National Industrial Conference Board
New York City
New York State Industrial Commission
New York
Ong
Ineana
Albig
East Coast fisheries firm holds strong standing, Maine port growth noted
Port overview centers on East Coast Fisheries and East Coast Products, tied to Col. Goethals as president. The Maine port Rockland and Portland area plants expand drying curing smoking and canning of codfish with related byproducts. Historic note traces Gulf of Maine dominance and colonial settlement.
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Portsmouth
Col. Goethals
East Coast Fisheries Company
Theast Coast Products Company
North America
Boston
Rockland
Maine
Jersey
Channel Islands
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Silk Stockings for Sausages in Germany
Germany produces sausage casings from silk woven as a seamless stocking and coated with a substance resembling dope used on airplane linen. The silk casing adds lividity and elasticity as meat is stuffed inside, then dried and smoked to seal the skin to the meat.
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Germany
Popular Science Monthly
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Wonton
Mindy
R. H. Platt
United States
Sir Walter Raleigh
England
Westland
Zealand
Flanders
John Smith
Lord Bacon
Gulf of Maine
Goa
New England
John Mason
Ferdinando Gorges
London
Gorges
State University
Atlantic Coast
Dunkelberg
5Th and
Jefferson Streets
John B. Rogers
Cindy
Waterloo Theatre
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Waterloo
Welock
Wang & Miller
Wang & Miller Boys’ Shoes
Hanks
Plete Assort
Ordi
Waterloo, Iowa
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