Pilots Clash In Air Trade Race Between France And England
Le Bourget reports a bridge like contest between Marianne and John Bull on the Paris London air route. Delage of Air Union set a 1 hour 29 minute record with 25 passengers, while Wilcoxson and Rogers push for quicker times as fog and limited visibility challenge the pilots.
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LE Bourget
Marianne
John Bull
France
England
Wilcoxson
Airways
Rogers
Vondon
Paris
Ts Delage
London
Abbeville
Cape Gris Nez
Dover
Delage
Channel
Dungeness
Missing Casey eludes Meyer in hunt for loan repay
Kansas City toy maker C A Meyer borrowed $1000 from an insurance agent named Casey to start a toy factory. The factory thrived but Casey vanished when Meyer tried to repay. For five years Meyer chased many Tom Caseys, but none matched. He learned a similar Casey lived in Evanston, but he had moved.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Casey
Casey
C. A. Meyer
Kansas City
Meyer
Caseys
Evanston
Mr. Casey
Two Texans in Fatal Slaying Case Revealed by Boots Clue
Texarkana report describes how two hunters returning home during a winter Sunday avoided church scrutiny by hiding boots in their car. The clue sparked a misunderstanding leading to the slaying of M. W. Patterson by his nephew Horace Adcock who filed a petition.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
M. W. Patterson
Horace Adcock
Paris Billboards Show Napoleon IV and III Naval Gilded
The report describes sensational stage images with graves transforming into bayonets, two Napoleon shows on Paris billboards, Napoleon IV at Porte St. Martin and Na souen III at Theatre Edouard Vil. The company begins presenting many acts in French, including Les Amours de Jean Pierre and Le Revolt de Tai-Pau with an Oriental setting.
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Napoleon
Paris
Napoleon IV
Old Porte St. Martin
Nasouen III
Edouard Vil
Jean Pierre
Two Precautions Against Influenza For Daily Health
A newspaper advisees readers to reduce flu risk by protecting the nose and throat with Mister and maintaining overall health. It recommends daily use each morning and night, plus Najol to support the system during epidemics, describing their benefits and safety.
Night at the Theaters Highlights and Film Listings
Movietone News and Vitaphone vaudeville showcase, with The Fair presenting What a Night starring Bebe Daniels. The Mission features Submarine with Jack Holt. Deandi Freedom of the Press stars Lilian Murry and Elmer Wright, plus the Zippity Zip company. NATO Marty Young leading His Youngsters.
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Bebe Daniels
Jack Holt
Movietone News
Vitaphone Vaudeville
Deandi
Freedom of the Press
Lillian Murry
Elmer Wright
NATO
Marty Young
Trial of Adcock delayed over fatal Patterson shooting
Adcock testified his uncle offered to retrieve and return his boots after a dispute over replacements. He said Patterson had previously promised to pay or replace them. In a later confrontation in south Miller county near Bloomburg Texas, Adcock claimed Patterson raised a pistol and he fired, hitting a kidney area. Patterson died the following day. The trial was postponed until March 18 by the state's motion.
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Adcock
Patterson
Miller County
Bloomburg
Tex
Remarkable six-headed cabbage plant reported
A cabbage plant reportedly produced six heads stacked in a vertical sequence, illustrating an extraordinary agricultural oddity.
Nujol and Mistol Promise Twofold Flu Guard
An advertisement extols Nujol as a harmless daily system aid and pairs it with Mistol as a double safeguard against colds and influenza. It urges taking the combination morning and night to resist flu, stating both products are sold at all druggists and warning readers not to delay.
Death convict escapes prison in New Mexico
Newton Bridgance a 28 year old life term prisoner escaped from the New Mexico state penitentiary on New Year's Day. He climbed a water pipe and scaled the wall while prisoners exercised in the yard. Bridgance was convicted of murder in Colfax County.
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United Areas
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Newton Bridgance
Bridgance
Colfax
Grand Junction seeks name change plan from Rotary Club
The Rotary Club of Grand Junction Colorado has started a campaign to rename the city. Leaders argue the current name misleads outsiders who think the town exists only as a railroad junction, ignoring its origin at the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers.
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Grand Junction
International News Service
Colo
Rotary Club of
Colorado
Gunnison
Fame Will Display Magic to Scientists
John Armstrong Chaloner heads to New York to show scientists a claimed magic act turning his snow white hair brown by gazing at a walnut wardrobe panel. He offers 1000 dollars to anyone who explains it, claiming the walnut dye enters his eye and scalp and colors his hair for hours.
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Associated Press
Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chaloner
New York
Chaloner
Wiliam Rand
Dr. Chaloner
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Wm. Demarest
Kings of Harmony
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Amarillo
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