davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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and DR.. Jaggar himself, in a commu
nication to the society in 1924, de-
scribed IN detail how Japan's greatest
volcanic eruption, that of Sakura jima
was definitely predicted and it's raw
ages minimized.
The society's volcanic studies
reached their climax in the expedi-
tions to Mount Katmai, which made
the most thorough survey ever accom-
plished Of the after effects of an erup-
ton, and discovered the now famous
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" >"
one of the foremost wonders of the
world.
Scenically the region is unique. In
years to come 1t will be a national
park as distinctive as Yellowstone, but
disclosing by it's steaming assures and
kissing Yumaroles far earlier stage in
our worlds geology than Yellowstone's
geysers.
Scientifically the region was a gold
mine. It was estimated to be emitting
more gases from the earth's interior
than all the craters and all the fuma-
roles in all the rest of the world.
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canoes. They realized they were not
haphazard occurrences. Moreover.
they afford laboratory demonstrations
of how the earth continued in making
after this early ball of fire mist had
been surfaced by a protective crust.
The crust was essential to support life
on our globe, but life-giving forces of
the seething interior had to break
through to sustain this life.
Therefore, when the United States
Congress voted 100000 to aid the
West Indies victims the National
Geogra phic Society sent an expedition
on the supply ship, both to help give
immediate relief and to ameliorate the
suffering from future casualties by
finding means to issue forewarnings.
Among the members of this expedi-
ton was Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, today
an outstanding authority of world note
on volcanic and earthquake phe-
nomena.
AS in the case of glaciers, the Ma
tional Geographic Society gave an i'm
petus to investigation of volcanoes
then almost a virgin field of study
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The Indian made good his story.
The explorers found a city of hanging
gardens that outnumbered the ter
races of Babylon. 1t was the largest
and most important ruin discovered in
South America since the days of the
Spanish conquest.
The ruins disclosed block after block
of close-built stone houses. miles of
narrow streets and long granite stair
cases interspersed with fountains. On
every suburban slope there were ter
race gardens.
The city was divided into wards. or
clan groups. Each ward had single
entrance gate, which could be barred
at will by huge, rock-carved locks. 1t
had a civic center, a sacred plaza with
beautiful temple, and the utensils
and ornaments betokened artistry and
skill.
No doubt the matrons of this
metropolis Machu Picchu, bewailed
certain ''fiapper" fashions of the young
Inca generationS-those freakish pins,
for example, with hummingbirds
carved on their heads, and those new
tangled" earrings, with disks on the
outer side of the ear lobe, perforated
so tiny feathers might be stuck in
them.
The city farmers of Machu Picchu
were cultivating their specialized veg
etable crops, slowly carving the gran
lite steps of their wonder-valley home,
gossiping by their fountains and fash
ioning trinkets for their gods and their
women while our European ancestors
lived by the chase and dressed in
skins.
In the face of all these finds, the In
dian guide became more insistent that
he should name his own price for
pointing the way. He was allowed to
do so. and it was duly paid-50 cents
a day.
x v X X
TT is just 35 years since the National
Geographic Society sent out it's first
eXpedition-an expedition which eX-
plored the region of Mount ST. Elias.
in Alaska.
To the general public Alaska was a
frozen country, and it's popular nick
name was Stewards Ice Box" The
National Geographic Society was a
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pioneer in stimulating national inter
est in its development-an interest
that has transformed it into priced
domain, new West for agriculture
and a recognized mineral treasure
house.
The explorers of 1890 found pay
dirt" They studied the glaciers which
had narrowed our continent after vol
canoes ploughed it-a beginning of tbs
the science of glaciology. They burst
upon valleys which We're veritable
paradises of flowers, and thus set a
slow fuse to help explode the myth
that still is not entirely demolished
the myth that the Far North is wholly
a frozen North. They took notes on
the Takutat Indians and observed mi
RACES which in Alaska's Far West lasE
Spring helped smash Maj Martins
plane and delayed the American
round-the-world flight.
1t was mirage, incidentally, tha
Peary suspected was a land he tents.-
lively named Crocker. 1t was the same
mirage that Macmillan pursued on his
last trip over ice from Cape Hubbard.
Macmillan saw it as land so clearly
that he even picked a landing place
along it's mountainous shores.
In 1925 we know the North is hos
pitable and comely, in parts, but the
following description from a glacier
region was rather astounding 80 years
ago:
Our camp was in little valley
amid irregular hills of debris left by
the former ice Invasion, each of which
was rounded dome of flowers. The
desolate ice fields were completely
shut out from view by the rank vege-
tation. On the slope above us dark
spruce trees, loaded with streamers of
moss and seemingly many centuries
old, formed a background for the floral
decoration with which the ground was
everywhere covered. Flowering plants
and ferns We're massed in such dense
luxuriance that the streams were lost
in gorgeous banks of bloom"
A little later, when they camped for
35 days above the line of perpetual
snow, Drawing extreme cold and dodg-
ing avalanches, this experience seemed
like a mirage of memory.
The scene of the society's expe.
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zeadsr Of The Naliona1
Geographic Soe4etY~
e Expeditions % StudY>
NouM1Katmai ALASKA

Mount Katman itself is the world's s
largest active volcano. When it
literally blew off its top the
cloudlesS Sahara sky was overcast,
and the United States experienced the
cold, damp Summer of 1912, which
weather observers at the time could
not account for. The dust from the
explosion circled the earth.
Had the eruption occurred in New
York city, not soul would have sur
vived on Manhattan. The thunderous
noise-probably the second loudest
sound ever heard on our planet-would
have reverberated across the Central
States, and the peopA of ST. Louis
would have had the illusion of a pom
derous artillery duel.
The sulphur fumes would have pol
luted the air of all the territory east
of the Rocky Mountains.
The society's expeditions spent five
seasons studying the effects of the
eruption and recording what happened
when the vast, ash-blanketed area, a
newborn bit of Mother Earth's sur,
face, gradually formed drainage sys
TEN, revegetated and conformed to en-
vironing physical conditions.
Here was the geography of action
indeed-an unfolding picture of geog
raphy in the making.
Over in the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes was a panorama of physics
and chemistry. Rolling clouds of va,
por arose in never ending streams and
went billowing down the valley with
mile-long trails behind them.
On closer inspection this vapor was
seen to pour from vents. Sometimes
it was six times as hot as ordinary
steam, and over some of the vents the
explorers cooked their bacon and eggs
They had to be careful, however, not
to get one so hot 1t would melt their
frying pan. Nearby they had natural
refrigerators-great snow banks and
ice cakes.
They came upon falling mountain
| that is rattling and rumbling as it dis
integrates; a lake where one may
regulate his bath, hot, cold or medium
by swimming a few strokes, and
streams of trout that will bite at al
most any bait.
All these phenomena and the eX
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'Jhen ah explorer. now 8 Un1ted States
Senator HIRAM BIN CHAM

Exploration in All Parts of Globe Has
Brought Great Results, While Much Scientific
Information Has Been Obtained by Repre-
sentatives of This ganization-Unique Fea-
ture Is Share That Million Members Have in
Aiding Wide Activities-Coing Back Through
the Centuries to Civiliz atoms of the Past.
Voyages to the Polar Regions of the Earth
Evening star., 1925-08-30

THE scene of the Mexican expedi-
tons work is Cuicuilco, south of
Mexico City, at a mighty mound, some
400 feet thick and more than so feet
high, which some ancient monarch
forced his subjects to erect centuries
before Tut-ankh- Amen was buried be-
side the Nile.
Recently Dr.. Byron Cummings in
charge of this project, reported star
Ting evidences of a civilization there
whose history was venerable when the
Pharaohs started their slaves to work
building the pyramids.
Already there have been found
skeleton remains of Americans of 4, 900
years or more ago, specimens of their
emblems and idols and pieces of their
earthenware.
These explorations have pushed
back the horizons of American history
many centuries beyond the former 1892
dead line. The relation of these abort
gines to Old World ancients is impor-
tant to all ancient history study, and
on this point Dr.. Neil NJ. Judd recently
made this important announcement:
There absolutely is no chance of
tracing any relationship between our
country's prehistoric tribes and those
of the Old World. Tut.ankh-Amen and
his fellow Egyptians represent a high
stage of cultural development along
the desert borders Of the Nile. The
ancient Bonitans surpassed all their
contemporaries in the desert regions
of our South America, but the prehis.
toric peoples of America and Egypt
had nothing in common
Both the Chaco Canyon and Cui-
cuilco expeditions still are in the naid.
That which unearthed the ruins OF the
all-but-forgotten Inca civilization and
traced the origin of two of the worlds
major crops-Indian corn and the
Irish" potato-went out in 1912, led
by DR.. Hiram Bingham, now United
States Senator from Connecticut.
one day an Indian guide gave DIR.
Bingham a slight clue regarding what
he thought might be ancient ruins set
: on an almost impregnable rib of the
Andes The expeditions leader en-
gagged the Indian to try to lead his
party to these ruins, which commission
the guide undertook on condition he
be permitted to name his own prfce-
Evening star., 1925-08-30

"H HE Macmillan expedition, one
of several present-day National
Geographic Society's eXpedi- |
tions, is the latest of a series
irh h9
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
A FEW SUGGESTIONS

The Rumford news gatherer re-
Iates that one Kelley, who by reason
of intoxication has been in jail SO
much the past summer that he mas
been unable to acquire tan, walked
into the municipal court, Wednesday
and struck the judge thrice, first ad-
dressing the court as follows: your
Honor. YOU have kept me in jail all
summer, now put me in for the WIN
ter"
To some it might seem fitting IL
the county commissioners CONSTITUTE
ed themselves a reception committee
to greet Kelley on his return to the
iail and in a neatly worded address
to present him with a saw-buck ana
several cords of hickory knots; that
he should be encouraged with assur-
ance that iron rations would be serv-
ed with enough of raw potato to in
sure freedom from scurvy.
If, after a winter of wholesome
work and nutritious but not luxur-
ious fare, it be found that Kelley in
sisted upon living in Jail a way
should be had to sequestrate him
alongside work and freedom from
enticing temptation for an indefinite
period, not to be fixed by Kelley or
by Kelley's attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
PALERMO

NORTH-The Ladies Aid met at
the M. E. Church September 18th,
and in spite Of the rain was we'll at
tended. A delicious baked bean
supper was served by Hattie Young.
The Ladies Aid will meet at the
NJ. E. Church again September 30th
and will be entertained by Mrs.
Lizzie Brown.
Elmer Bachelor and daughter Ruth
OF Portland accompanied by friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin of White Plains,
New York, were callers at Nettie
Bachelors, recently.
Mrs. Campbell, who has been
visiting at Nettie Bachelors. has re-
turned to her home in Brooklyn,
New York.
Mrs. Clara Barbour of Randolph.
is visiting her cousin. Nettie Bach
elor, and other friends in this vi
cinity.
We hope that the people of the
church and Sunday School will make
an effort to attend the meeting of the
Sunday School Convention which
will be held at South China, Sat-
urday, September 26th.
Rev. +. r. Champlin Is still hold
ing services at the M. E. Church
Sunday afternoon at $50. Everyone
cordially invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
HAPPINESS AND HEALTHY.
MINDEDNESS"

Bates College is to have unusual
facilities for developing the athletic
prowess of the Bates students. but
DR.. Gray, took occasion in his adj
dress to the incoming students to
point out the kind of athleticism of
which he approves. Neither physical
giants nor pale-faced highbrows are
the. products to be sought.
One may assume that he would
not approve methods which would
overtrain few for the delight of the
many, rather that he would wish all
to partake of athletics to the develop
nent of healthy -mindedness" that
he would not wish to see the train
ed students go out with such a de-
velopment that when subjected to
the. changed conditions Of everyday
life to the neglect of intensive train
ing, they succumb, their bodies hav-
Ing been improperly fitted during the
college course.
He assumes that the happiness we
all seek is reached by the way of
healthy mindedness; that: Nothing
is surer indication of the possession
of Observation-Disclosures than the
ability to get fun out of hard work"
Isn't he right?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
EVIDENCE SUPPORTS MRS.
LANSDoWNE

The evidence so far presented at
the Naval Court of Inquiry held at
Lakehurst suggests that Mrs. Lans-
downe's statement that Commander
Lansdowne felt that the bureaus
order to make the fight was a little
bit too severe at this time" was not
altogether unwarranted.
It is not at all likely that the
brave commander of the Shenandoah
would stress the dangers that lay IN
the path, especially as he knew the
bureau was as well advised OF the
situation as was he, himself. II
does appear that he raised questions
and suggested delay ostensibiy on
other than grounds of danger IN
flight. that these objections were
not approved; that there was a de-
sire to have the airship in the mid
West at certain dates as an attrac-
ton at fairs, not unnatural desire Oh
the mart of a bureau dependent upon
popular support.
To decide whether the department
in ordering this flight risked the
Shenandoah beyond reason one pet
ter wait for fuller details. AT TINS
writing it appears, however. tna'
Mrs. Lansdowne should mot NC
criticised for exaggerated statement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
KENT'S HILL

The Kent's Hill SQUAD -.
three scrimmages this veal - had
start in on Monday with ,au WI
preparation for the first Of ia sss
ionship games which comes ~, s,,alsaup.
Maine Central Institute on Sun u.
October 3rd. a'ufdas,
In this first scrimmapa a..
team lined up as follows: e.. mn
l., E.; Lee, L. T.; Dean. l. a. sas ,aa
Ter, Center, Perkins, r. C. III.
r. T.; Barry, r. E.; Trumbnl,' a =
B.; Black, r. H. B.; Nusspickls : \
and Knight, quarter back. y
The team suffered sethao. /,
Saturday when MADAM. ~ ~
promising quarterback, susta,,. aaa
broken collar bone. He vii, ~
for the season. y WI
AS an experiment Captain IN.
Lee was shifted frem end IN ~. asa
Lee has been putting on weirhs s y
ing the summer and there Il W. ~.
of heavy linemen so this arranrs,s ~
may become permanent. 'a'
Promising substitutes. WIZ
making bids for regular position. ~
Davis and Hanscom, guards =. =.
Eoveitt, Cousens and Hilton. hact sAa
Horne, last years tackle. has =,
yet reported, but he is expected y Y
two weeks. Also Tapley, FORM.
Bangor star, is home Ill with II.
grippe. Most of the men viii M \.
to play, however, in the opsrs \.
game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
FLAX In MAINE

One who has been experimenting
with the growing of fax in Maine
declares that Washington county is
an ideal place for this. Seed fax is
grown as a breaking crop on the
prairies Of the western States. nearly
two million acres having been in
cultivation for a number Of years.
1t is also grown extensively in India
with cheap labor and in the Argen-
tine.
10 the West 1t IL harvested with a
header for the seed. the broken
stalks going to the manufacture Of
paper and upholstery tow. Formerly
tne harvesting Of the fax to be used
as pore was accompanied by a lot of
nara work in pulling. Now machines
nave been made that cut it and
separate the seeds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
WHAT OF THEIR CAREERS?

If we are to have a unified aviation
department all under one head can 1t
be self containing, or must it be used
in CO. operation with the army and
navy?
If it is to stand by itself what
sort of a career will it offer to the
young MANI? The period for which
he may successfully fly is COMPARE
lively brief; when he ceases to be
young another takes over the duties.
In process of time, and no very
long time at that, there would &C
cumlate a surplusage of has-beens
and, If they should prove@as con-
tentious as are those now wrangling
over the pros and cons. universal
peace would be a DINNER vision than
at present.
Under existing conditions youth
trained in the army and navy can be
trained to aviation when it appears
they are fitted for it. Their useful
careers are not cut short when
beard replaces down on their cheeks;
they are yet capable of efficient SER
vice,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
y, bv David Cory

Now let me think a minute or
three. How did we end the last
story? Oh, yes, now l remember.
Uncle Lucky and Little Jack Rabbit
were making a call on Old Mr.. Dog.
They had just arrived in the Lucky
mobile. So they had. To be sure,
and he had risen from the doorstep
to say howdy.
did YOU like my Cross Word Puz-
zIe in the Bunnybridge Bugle" one
asked. with a wistful look in his Dig
brown eyes and wiggle waggle Oh
his tail.
Eyes, indeed" answered the bunny
hoy. cuddling up close to the OLD DOG.
I'm so glad you put mothers halae
on the top line"
"Got anything special to do?" ask
ed kind Uncle Lucky.
mo, nothing at ALL" answered Old
Mr.. Dog sadly. you see. I'm getting
old ands gray, and sleep four hours
every day. At night / often bay the
moon, or listen to the treetoads
tune"
Jump into the Luckymobile. Well
all go for a ride" suggested the kind
old gentleman rabbit. put on your
straw hat, for the sun is hot"
IT took the old dog but few min
utes to get his hat and coat. Then
jumping up on the back seat. he
smiled at Uncle Lucky, who gave the
horn a squeeze or two or three, ana
away they went like two sixty!
Mighty fast clip. Little Reader. I'm
glad there was no traffic cop about
to hand the nice old gentleman bum
Have you met the editor of the
Lawn "a 4
rabbit, as they neared Rabbitville,
"He was tickled to death to publish
your Cross Word Puzzle
Maybe he'll give old Mr.. Dog
dollar if we stop in to see him. sus-
gested the little bunny boy. In a
few minutes dear Uncle Lucky drew
ND before the office of the Bugle.
On the sidewalk stood Reddy Comb,
the little rooster newsboy. will you
kindly show us the way to the
editor?" asked nice Uncle Lucky,
politely lifting his precious old we'd
ding stovepipe hat. Goodness me,
that little roster was so tlckled that
he crowed right out-loud.
"Cock- doodle do.
I'll show the way to you.
If Mr.. Dog had on his muzzle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
69-Year Old Tutor
Attends School Yet

Pittsburgh, Sept 2i-(AP)-Mrs.
Grace C. .Haworth, 50, Is firm be-
lever in the adage, tits never too
late to learn" She attended the re-
cent session of the Harvard Summer
School, being the oldest of the $500
students enrolled. Having completed
the course in secondary education
she now feels better equipped to per-
form her duties as teacher in a pub
lie school here, position she has
filled acceptably 40 years.
Summing up her views of the col
lege life she saw, Mrs. Haworth said:
'Its a fine school but / don't ap-
prove Of the young women smoking
on the campus. These modern stu
dents have too much money to spend
and not enough work to keep them
busy"
Mrs. Haworth plans to retire from
classroom work next year. She thinks
she will turn to welfare work, she
said
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
Girl Gained I Pounds
Nine Years an Invalid

That's just what McCoy's Cod Iive
Oil Compound Tablets did for the
Babcock Girl-and Is doing as much
for tens of thousands of thin, under.
weight, weak and discouraged people
all over America.
These sugar coated, pleasant to take
tablets should be given to children In.
stead of the vile stomach upsetting Oh
itself-tfIey surely do help the fraiL
delicate little ones and 60 tablets cost
but 60 cents at Coughlin's Drug store,
Sections Drug store or any druggist
anywhere in America.
Read this letter if you have child
that needs to gain health and
strength.
my little girl was stricken with
infantile paralysis when she was
months old and was an invalid for
years-when I saw an ad in the paper
that McCoy's Cod Liver Oh Com
pound Tablets would build up wasted
tissues. l bought box and she gained
very slowly at first and after taking
eight boxes, she gained seven pounds
Thanks to McCoy's Cod Liver OH
Compound Tablets. after trying al
most everything else on the market
She is on the road to recovery and
goes to school every day." Mrs. l
Babcock. Appleton, Wis.
limitations of McCoy's may be ~.
fered but be sure and ask for Me-
Coy's, the original and genuine adj
after thirty days treatment you are
not delighted with results-get your
money back.