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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1927)
They A re Last o f the Mashpee Tribe Scenes in the Flooded Mississippi Valley Princesses Mlnowanln and Maunanata and Mantaslkaun, medicine man, are ihe last survivors of the Mashpee tribe of Indians. They are seen above as i hey took part in ceremonies at Indian Hock, near Mlddleboro, Mass. Unspillable Liquid Container Above, a street In Illekman, Ky., where the water from the Mississippi river was eight feet deep. Below, u group of refugees, women and children, encamped on the higher ground, safe from the Hoods, but without shelter. Northern A rm y Fleeing Before Cantonese '¿a 1 \4 \ V L /I In connection with a series of International standardization tests ol' electromotive force the United States bureau of standards In Washington has devised a unique unspillable container in which to transport the delicate '■ells on their trips across the oceans. The arrangement consists of two boxes, ■ne Inside the other and mounted by a swivel device so that, regardless of ihe position of the outer box, the cell is always right side up. Detroit Murder Case This photograph, Just received from China, shows a scene during the retreat of the Northern army before the Cantonese. The boat, loaded with men, guns and equipment. Is being piloted across the Yangtse rl>er. Scene of Chicago Explosion That Killed Eight .. „ . , ... , ■ ----------- 1— ■■-, l •■emu, uiMi ,\irs. » » e n r Newell who Is likely to Iw called as a witness ut the trial o f Doctor Loot harged with the murder of his wife. Mrs. Loomis was clubl>ed to deati I ebruary. N a m e d for Englithman Bight «lend and »cores Injured was the toll of a terrific explosion and fire that turned a row of one-story brick store* nt 8410-20 West Harrison street. Chicago, Into a seething furnace shortly before three a. m. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. Sclf-RcMraint For want of self restraint many men are »ngageil all their lives In fighting with dltfirnltles of their own making, and rendering succens Imposai ble by their own crossgrnlned uugentleness ; whilst others. It may be much less gifted, make their way easily ami stem lily, and achieve success by aim pie p. «Mence, equanimity, and self coo tmi Lakes’ Short Linea Developed Steam Engine M ongoose Fierce Fighter The town of Amherst, Mass., was 1 he mongoose is a small animal found named by Governor Pownall, when It chiefly in India. It feeds upon rats, was incorporated In 1730, in honor of uilee. and other vermin, and Is the do Lord Amherst, who in that year had termlned enemy of reptiles. The mon taken Ticonderoga from the French, goose fearlessly attacks the largest and later served as commander in snakes, and displays great sgllity In ■ hlef of the armies in America and as avoiding their fangs. The mongoose governor of Virginia, lie did not k"ls them by biting them through the found Amherst college, which Is named hack of the neck. ■«Imply for the town. Thomas Newcomen, a locksmith ol lake Mu|>erlor has a shore line In the United States of 1.W3 miles; In Dartmouth. In l*evonshlre, Kngland Canntla. i»lo miles; l^tke Michigan, en may fairly be said to have i>een the Swells Foretell Storm Wigs Official Insignia Mrely within the United States. sh«*re first to put the steam engine to prac Whenever tropical hurricanes are English barristers and Judges adopt likely to be about, the navigator keep> line, l.:kv* ndles; Lake Huron, wtthtn tlcal use The steam engine for which the United States, !W1 miles; In Can he took out a patent In i *00 remained ed wigs ss part of their ceremonial a lookout for #n increase In the swell ostarne during the Seventeenth cen »«.vs Nature Magaslne They often ada. 1.4*3 miles; Laka Brie United the type In use for pumping water oat States. 40* miles; Onada. 327 mile*; of the Cornlah mines till toward the > ury. The custom is an ancient one. give the first warning of one of thee, Bake Ontario, United States, 803 end of the century, when Watt added .Vlgs were worn by the Egyptians as storm«, as the storm waves traxe t royal and officiai bea dii resa. the rondK.ne. tulles, Canada, 433 miles, | much faster than the storm Itself.