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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Travelers who have had occasion to ride both divisions may have noticed a marked difference in the service and equipment on such trains as the Twentieth Century, Wolverine, North Shore; that when they are on the Boston section of these trains sometimes there are no magazines in the Club Car, terminal stops (Buffalo, Albany) are unusually long, sleeping cars are not up-to-date, washrooms are inconveniently small and many other evidences that the world-famous luxury of the same New York-Chicago trains is not upheld for the New England patronage...
...Jose. Costa Rica's capital in the coffee-growing highlands. From there, the expedition has radiated into the surrounding country on field trips of varying length, which the courtesy of landowners has made possible. Early in October interesting collections were made in Pejivalle in Cartago Province, an upland, jungle section on the Atlantic slope. Two weeks at Santiago de Cartago gave opportunity for many finds from the lower portions of the volcano. Turrialba, and the deeply-forested canon of the Rio Reventazon...
...raging inferno. Bright, sporadic flashes of newspaper photographers' powder charges lent a Fourth of July twist to a typical New England winter night. By 1.05, half a dozen hardy firemen drew a cheer from the throng when they struggled on the lean-to roof behind the central section of the doomed building carrying with them hoses and axes to attack the fire from close range...
Perhaps Shrewd Friend Minturn was not so shrewd-nor TIME either. Section 163 of the Postal Laws and Regulations of 1924 reads: "Postage stamps, or special delivery stamps, whether affixed to envelopes or not, shall not be redeemed for the public nor exchanged for other postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, or postal cards. . . ." And Postmaster Shamus O'Brien might well keep in mind the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1909 (now in title 18, section 331 of the United States Code) prescribing quite a penalty for postmasters who induce purchases for the purpose of increasing their...
...laboratory work continues): English 62 (a few meetings for presentation of reports): Geography 14 some conferences): History of Religions 4 (occasional meetings): Meteorology 3 (no lectures, but laboratory work and one meeting a week to continue): Mineralogy 8 (laboratory work continues): Paleontology 1 (one laboratory section at least): Philosophy A, B. 1a (no lectures, sections to continue): Zoology 5, 17 (laboratory work continues). Research, thesis, and seminary courses are not included in the above list...