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...those devoted to archaeology. Three separate archaeological expeditions have been financed by the City of Gothenburg to gather original material for this exhibit. The work began in 1915. One expedition under Dr. Giorg Sarauw, director of the archaeological section of the Gothenburg Museum has combed the Swedish west coast and gathered more than 20,000 objects. Among these is a well preserved skeleton believed to belong to the neolithic period and to be not less than 5000 years old, found near Kungsbacka, a small ancient village near Gothenburg. Another is the tomb of a woman, at least 2000 years...
...most encouraging bids were for the Pacific Coast-to-Orient trade. Two lines, the Pacific Mail and the Admiral Line (in which Robert Dollar is interested), each bid to buy its own route and that operated by the other. There were also several bids for the South American trade, and others for East Indian and Mediterranean routes. The United American Lines (of which W. A. Harriman is Chairman) are understood to be making overtures for the purchase of five of the Board's large Atlantic passenger liners: the Leviathan, George Washington, America, President Buchanan, President Roosevelt...
...action was recently brought against the Yugo-Slavian Government by Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the late Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria and wife of Prince Otto Windischgratz, over the island of Lacroma, near Ragusa on the Dalmatian coast...
...object of this flattery, to misquote one of his speeches, was born with a funnel in his mouth. A deplorable circumstance which his father had in vain tried to remedy. And then came the storm which blew Henry out to the Pacific coast, drinking as he went. Of course he fell in love with the "whitest girl in the world", and, taking her heart in his hand, he dragged her after him to the dregs of a Chinese city--6, 560 miles! There "midst horrid shapes, and shrieks and sights unholy" the battle for purity took place a veritable wrestling...
...tourists will then proceed to the coast by way of Seattle, Wash., and Tacoma, Ore., to the Mount Rainier National Park, and from there they will visit Portland, Oregon, and spend two or three days in the Crater Lake Park. A trip south to San Francisco, Cal., and vicinity will include short visits to Mount Tamalpais, the Muir Woods, and the Golden Gate Park...