Lady Flint the 1000 Egg Laying Champion
A white leghorn hen named Lady Flint on a Flint Michigan farm has laid over a thousand eggs in her first year and entered a fifth year of production. Owner FE G Kilbourn past the annual culling, hoping to prove hens can remain profitable beyond three years. She produced about 500 eggs across four years with no full records for two years. Poultry experts see her as proof that longer-lived layers could cut costs and boost industry efficiency. Maid of Flint granddaughter Lady Flint line produced 242 eggs in the Georgia egg-laying contest.
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United Press
Flint
Mich
Lady Flint
White Leghorn
FE. G. Kilbourn
Maid of Flint
Georgia
France weighs 60 kmh speed limit for cars
Paris January reports rising road deaths with a million cars on French roads. Authorities urge a national speed limit of 60 kilometres an hour about 40 mph. M Auscher notes daily deaths exceed five. England shows higher total deaths but similar car numbers. France requires exams for licenses versus England’s laxer process.
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United Press
Paris
France
M. Auscher
National Union of Touring Associations
England
Roman numeral checks puzzle Paris wallets
A Paris joker writes checks in Roman numerals causing banks and merchants trouble. A sample reads Pay to the order of John Doe CXLIV francs. Banks honor them but recipients are shuffled between offices, taking at least an hour to process.
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United Press
Paris
Drunkenness blamed for fatal Bucharest express wreck
Railroad inspectors report drunken engine crew caused the Bucharest-Temesvar express crash near Turnu Severin Romania killing fourteen and injuring about forty. The express struck a derailed local train at Prunisoru and both trains weered into flames as passengers were trapped. Most victims were Rumanians.
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Associated Press
Turnuseverinu
Romania
Bucharest
Wit Explains Roman Numerals Valid in France Through Century
A wit told the paying teller that Roman numbers remained the only French system until the tenth century and were as valid as the common Arabian numerals now used universally.
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France
No More Gas In Stomach and Bowels
An advertisement promotes Baalmann’s Gas Tablets claiming permanent relief from gas in the stomach and bowels. It describes benefits including reduced abdominal pain, eased nerves and heart palpitations, improved breathing, less drowsiness after meals, and relief from cold tingling limbs. The genuine yellow packaged tablets are sold at drug stores for $1.
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Baalman
Baalmann
Runaway Building Halts Train Narrowly in Red Wing
A railway wreck was narrowly averted when an engineer stopped a train a few feet from a runaway building halted on the tracks in Red Wing Minnesota. The building reportedly got loose from workers moving it to another location and was cut free on one corner before the train resumed its journey.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Number of Women Bankrupts Tops 1927 Report
The 1927 bankruptcy report shows 435 women insolvencies within the year, many in draperies millinery and dressmaking. Insolvencies total 6170, up 168 from 1926, with farmers 468 leading. drapers haberdashers builders and others also rising.
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London
Jaz
Board of Trade
Sargon Tonic Promises Quick Health Boosts and Vitality
Advertises Sargon tonic as a powerful reforming treatment that quickly revives weak bodies. Claims to aid digestion through liver support, blood oxygen via hemoglobin, and endocrine secretions, improving energy, appetite, and mood with a new approach. Available at Fox Drug Co stores in Amarillo with specific downtown locations.
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Waterbury’s
Waterbury Paerburys
Amarillo
Fox Drug Co
Polk St
4Th
Pierce
N. Fillmore
Tyler
Carolina
G. F. Willis, Inc
Al Smith to Broadcast Tonight at 8 30 Overtime
Alfred E. Smith will address the nation tonight at 8 30 p m over a coast to coast radio hook up The topic remains undisclosed until he faces the microphone Democratic leaders including John J Raskob and Franklin D Roosevelt say they do not know the subject The speech will be broadcast over 50 stations linked with WEAF NBC Stations listed include WFAA Dallas KPRC Houston WOAI San Antonio.
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Associated Press
New York
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Smith
WEAF
National Broadcasting Company
WFAA
Dallas
KPRC
Houston
WOAT
San Antonio
A Horse on Police Wyoming? Driver Ride Sparks City Debate
A wandering horse taken in by Stevens Point police has run up board bills at a cheap stable. Officials weigh options to dispose of the animal and consider what recourse the owner may have if he claims it later.
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United Press
Stevens Point
Wis
Run Downs
Bone Yard
Return of Leather Heels Signals Spring Fashion Shift
Spring fashion brings back leather high-low heels with sturdy support. They replace recently popular covered wooden heels, marking a shift in footwear trends as shops emphasize practical, stylish footwear for the season.
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Boston Harbor
Red Wing
Minn
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I and
O'coats
Haberdashers Boal
Polk Street
Meyer
Apito” i Hotel
OFFEE
AL Smith
Peather
Cae
Ara Mentiste
Hollywood Dress Shoppe
Bennie Solnick
Mer
Woolworth's
Men’s Dept
Copenhagen
St Hl
Buster Brown
Misa
Ney
Ladies’ Dept
Diana
Infants’ Dept
Ray
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