Great Iceland fete marks Althing thousandth birthday
In Reykjavik on June 26 the Althing celebrated its thousandth anniversary with three days of ceremonies. Royal observers from King Christian to Crown Princes Olav and Gustav Adolf attended. Tens of thousands of Icelanders and foreign visitors filled Thingvellir and Reykjavik with tents, processions, cantatas, speeches, concerts, a banquet, and wrestling displays.
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Olav
Norway
Gustav Adolf
Sweden
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Logberg
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Tryggvi Thorhallsson
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Tcelandic
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
Advert reads that Kruschen Salts cure fat by fixing body functions. It claims loss of fat in three weeks with daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water, plus diet and exercise. Benefits touted include more energy, clearer skin, brighter eyes, and a youthful feel, with a money back guarantee at Fox Drug Co. and City Drug Stores.
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Fox Drug Co
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Icelandic Festival Schedule At Logbergs Features Pageants And Concerts
In the afternoon Icelandic Canadians will be welcomed at Logbergs with greetings from Icelanders in Canada. A pageant of old Icelandic parliamentary proceedings, a concert of modern music, and athletics follow. Saturday sees the Althing formally closed, a concert, gymnastic display, national choir, historical pageants, and a closing address by the Premier at Logberg.
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Logbers
Canada
Logberg
Amarillo Commission Urges Paving Petitions Fast
Amarillo's city commission is eager to act on paving and to consider paying petitions. Mayor Col. E. O. Thompson urged property owners who want paving to file petitions promptly. Petition blanks are available at the city office.
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Amarillo
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E. O. Thompson
W C T U Head Sends Prohibition Queries to Candidates
United Press reports Mrs Claude de Van Watts president of the Texas WCTU sent out questions to Congress candidates and state and local hopefuls. She vows anti prohibition candidates must lose and urges votes on Eighteenth Amendment enforcement and Volstead Act support. Also asks if candidates are total abstainers and notes Alma Ford travels to Lubbock after niece Beatrice Gamblin’s death.
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United Press
Austin
Congress
Claude de van Watts
Texas Women's Christian Temperance Union
Alma Ford
Lubbock
Beatrice Gamblin
Petition Rules for Free Engineering Service Fees
The office of FE. N. Stanley, city engineer, provides free service. Paying petitions are granted only if they contain signatures from 50 percent of the property owners.
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FE. N. Stanley
Passport Quest Reveals Actress’s Witty Reply
An American movie actress applies for a passport and the clerk asks if she is single. She quips with a humorous answer, “Occasionally,” reflecting a lighthearted moment reported in Tit-Bits.
Boy 17 Strays From Home On Coaster Wagon
A Tacoma patrolman found Bunny Rooser wandering the streets on a coaster wagon late at night. He had strayed from his South Prairie home, about 25 miles away, claiming he pulled the wagon uphill and coasted down. He returned home later in the family car.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Bunny Rooser
South Prairie
Bunny
Woman falls from garage while watching church graduation
Emma Schmidtke, 61, who lived near Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, climbed to a garage roof to glimpse the church school graduation. She slipped and fell, dying the next day after years of crippled life.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Emma Schmidtke
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
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