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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Other imperial gems went for as little as $290, paid for a garnet necklace with bracelets to match, on which bidding started at $25. Total sales reached $402,800. A single 48-carat oval diamond brought $57,000. The major "Crown Jewels" of the Tsars (TIME, Dec. 27) still remain, of course, in Russia, guarded day and night by soldiers in tight uniforms buttoning up the back and without cuffs or pockets...
Besides a great abundance of snow and ice Connecticut has very little to offer in the winter time. From henceforth, however, it will have even less, for Barnum's elephants, giraffes, monkeys--in fact his entire flora and fauna--are migrating to Florida, there to remain until time for the great spring trek...
...work is being continued in elaborately constructed buildings under the supervision of teachers who are better trained and fitted for their positions than ever in the history of the nation. In this case, at any rate, expansion has not resulted in degradation, and the American public may remain contented that its investments in elementary schooling are bringing valuable returns...
...quest of these, adventurers, Australians. Chinamen, and Malays have performed exploits comparable only to those of the pioneers in our West. But with changes in styles, birds are no longer worth hunting, and while the boats of the bird hunters continue to rot on the strand, New Guinea will remain in its present state of mystery and oblivion...
...infancy, and that its future development will take place in Europe as well as in America. "There are but few foreign made films shown today in Europe," he said, "nearly all of them are filmed in the United States. For many years I think this condition will remain unchanged Europeans are not yet prepared to produce their films. America will continue to lead the way, and the test of the world will follow...