Artificial Throat Restores Voice Of Atlanta Man
Nix Methvin of Atlanta, after five years of silence due to removed vocal cords from influenza and cancer, regained speech via an artificial larynx demonstrated by a Toledo doctor. He proposed, married Eva Bagwell, and fathered two children during silence while working as a traveling salesman. Methvin learned to modulate a rubber tube device that fits his throat, enabling spoken dialogue with customers who previously relied on his handwriting. He values saving breath and time, noting much speech is unnecessary for his sales.
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Atlanta
Nix Methvin
Methvin
Toledo
Ohio
Eva Bagwell
Lawrencevill
Georgia
Flashes of Life from Across the Nation
A collage of brief items: Gloria Swanson’s marquis bound for New York with a young count, Metcalf in Los Angeles ill over a divorce suit, cyclist Mellen C. Plummer in Portland aiming to race any 40-year-old coast to coast, flatfish shoes in New York, Mayor Mackey’s liquor stance in Philadelphia, New York public school word list omits Cat, Chicago Evanston high school dig yields $1000 in gold, and the sphinx moth name origin noted.
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Los Angeles
Madge Bellamy
Logan F. Metcalf
Portland
Mellen C. Plummer
New York
Will Seek Cause Of Fatal Plane Wreck
Chief Pilot J J Harrigan and Chief Engineer W A Mankey of B F Mahoney Aircraft depart for Kent Texas to investigate a Ryan monoplane wreck that killed Edward G Knapp D M Lawson and Frank L Drew. Knapp was delivering the plane to Ypsilanti and Lawson was a Ryan Aircraft school alumnus. Drew was a Texas oil salesman.
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Associated Press
San Diego
J. J. Harrigan
W. A. Mankey
B. F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation
Kent
Tex
Edward G. Knapp
D. M. Lawson
Frank L. Drew
Knapp
Ryan Field
Ypsilanti
Lawson
Ryan Aircraft School
Drew
Texas Oil
Mexico train wreck claims four lives in Hidalgo incident
Mexico City April 11. Four were killed and two gravely hurt when a northbound Mexico City Laredo passenger train struck a southbound freight at Nepala Hidalgo. All dead and the gravely injured were crew members. The mixed passenger list showed few serious injuries among travellers, mostly minor.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico City-Laredo
Nepala
State of Hidalgo
Mexico
Sixteen Die In Paris Race Train Collision
A crowded race train bound for Enghien collided with another train near Gare Du Nord. Sixteen people were killed and more than 30 injured, with many feared mortally. All victims are reported as French.
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Associated Press
Paris
Enghien
Gare du Nord
Urge Schools and Nurseries for Kiddies
In Cleveland on April 12 Miss Josephine McLatchy of Ohio State University education bureau predicts early childhood education will expand to nursery schools for 2 to 6 year olds. She cautions against strict classroom discipline and regimented desks, proposing modernized teaching approaches.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Josephine McLatchy
Bureau of Education
Ohio State University
International Kindergarten Union
Black man dies in electric chair for wife killing
In Huntsville Texas on April 12 1926 Wil Fisher a Black man was executed by electric chair for the November 1926 killing of his wife Rosa in Houston. He prayed aloud as the lethal current began and before the switch was thrown ministers Wilson and Spivey said Fisher claimed the killing was accidental while accepting his fate.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Texas
A&s
Willie Fisher
Rosa
Houston
Clegg de Wald
C. W. Wilson
Earl Spivey
Wilson
Fisher
British girl dies from cattle disease in London
Phyllia Turffe an 18 year old shop girl dies at her home in London from actinomycosis a disease previously known to affect cattle Doctors believe the germ entered through a finger cut and may have been spread by hay or grass carrying the infection.
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International News Service
London
Phyllia Turffe
Kindergarten Expert Endorses Learning By Doing For Children
A kindergarten expert advocates letting children pursue their own interests to learn through hands on activities. The approach emphasizes engagement and practical exploration to foster development and curiosity in early education.
World’s queerest church built from seal skin sails Arctic
A missionary reports discovering the world’s queerest church on Blacklead Island in Cumberland Sound. Constructed entirely of seal skin, it rests on whalebone girders. No other building material was available, so skins were sewn together and stretched over whalebone supports.
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Arctic
Blacklead Island
Cumberland Sound
Old Corn Removal Demonstration At Local Stores
Clerks demonstrate the BND-O-CORN product claiming it removes stubborn corns and callouses quickly. The event invites hundreds to learn a remedy that promises reliable results, with mail order for distant buyers via Rend-O-Corn Laboratory in Chicago. Fox Drug Company facilitating the display.
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Gerfield Blvd
Chicago
Belgium Royal Military Band to Tour Eastern U S Cuba
The Royal Military Band of Belgium plans a summer tour of the eastern United States Canada and Cuba. Led by Lieutenant Prevost, chef d orchestre and Royal Conservatory professor, the band members teach at the conservatory and belong to the Regiment des Guides. The unit, famed for its wartime distinction, includes Prince Charles as a member.
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International News Service
Brussels
America
Belgium
Royal Military Band
United States
Canada
Cuba
Prevost
Royal Conservatory of Music
Dicity
Regiment Des Guides
Prince Charles
Igor Strawinsky
Thompson's digestion aid sparks curious claims
The text extols Thompson's as a digestion aid that supposedly enhances natural digestion. It claims Thompson's digests four or five times its weight in starchy foods and attributes this to a marvelous quality, implying improved mental alertness and bodily function.
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Thompson
Thompson's
Standing makes back and legs ache at silk mills
A New York woman describes relief from backache after using Sloan's Liniment. A company doctor notes workers exposed to strain or damp and cold often suffer muscular soreness and report Sloan's gives quick relief.
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Crys LY
Straits Silk Mills
Trenton
New York
Sloan
Sloan's
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