Meteorite Thrills West Virginia Town Visitors
Crowds visit Mrs Meyers home in Rowlesburg to view a 100 pound meteorite that fell nearby. Arley Meyers, the railroad crossing watchman, carried the hot rock home after it cooled. The bullet shaped stone measures 72 inches in circumference and 12 inches long, weighing about 100 pounds and light gray with coke like sections. The piece sparked excitement as it lit the countryside for hours. Separately the article notes frigate birds in the tropics can reach 300 miles per hour.
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International News Service
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Meyers
Arley Meyers
Tropics
Rabbit Show to Be Held at Exposition This Fall
The first American Fur Growers Association standards judged rabbit show will occur at the Tri-State Fair this fall. Jack McLaren and Thomas H Nelson of Texas Local No 10 announced after a conference with fair officials. Local association will run it with half the 600 dollars in premiums from local and national groups and 250 dollars to be raised from supporters. About 1000 rabbits expected and plan for national publicity underway. The growing rabbit industry prompts the event.
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American Fur Growers Association
Tri-State
King George's Doctor Serves Poor Families at Sandringham
The king's resident doctor offers care for two pence per week per family to workers on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. A penny-two-cent coin buys half an hour on a billiard table at a well equipped club with bowling, library, and dinner. The estate provides homes for widows and workers with retirement pensions and benefits.
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International News Service
London
King George's
King’s
Sandringham
Norfolk
Regular Trans Oceanic Television Service Soon
Captain M Hutchinson, manager of the Baird Television Development Company, says a two way trans Atlantic television system will soon be standardized and in commercial use. A Jamaica Long Island plant will broadcast and receive images with London and New York links via land lines.
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M. Hutchinson
Baird Television Development Company
United States
England
Captain Hutchinson
Herbert Pokress
Hutchison
Baird Television Dompany of America
Jamaica
Long Island
Hutchinson
London
New York
Ourffices
London's boot blacks fall on hard times in London streets
London, May 31. Shoe blacks decline on sidewalks as visitors and better polishes and dusters shift demand. The number of shoeblacks has fallen from about 1,500 to far fewer, with many aging workers leaving the trade each week.
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London
International
Son
London Seeks 150000 for American History Chair
A London committee forms to support a New York driven plan from 1926 to raise 150000 dollars. Income funds the professor's salary and a library in American history at the University of London. Lord Loch chairs the British committee.
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International News Service
London
University of London
New York
Lord Loch
Merchant names daughters after cities visited
A wealthy Frankfurt merchant names his daughters Bernina after Bern, Venezia after Venice, and Geneva after Geneva to reflect vacations across Europe. The practice links family names to travels and city memories.
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Frankfort
Germany
Bernina
Berne
Venezia
Venice
Geneva
Purification Medicine Ad Claims Calotabs Benefits
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a supreme system purifier and a path to renewed health. It urges a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks and offers a family package for 35 cents at drugstores.
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Nature
Problem of imagination puzzles Cleveland school expert
Dr Bertha M Luckey heads the local public school psychological clinic in Cleveland says imagination remains undefined after study. She notes education has contributed little to imagination and cites Edison as example of success without college. She argues imagination must be directed to lead to progress.
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Internations News Service
Cleveland
Bertha M. Luckey
Iion
Lockey
Thomas Edison
Girl Scouts Minstrel Show Set at High School Auditorium
Plans are complete for a Girl Scouts minstrel show at the High School auditorium this Friday at 8 15 p m. Mrs Mildred Austill notes 35 girls will perform. Proceeds go to the Girl Scouts permanent camp fund. Admission is 50 cents and 75 cents.
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Girl Scouts
Mildred Austill
Duchess of Bedford Learning to Fly at 62
London May 31 The Duchess of Bedford, aged sixty two, is learning to fly. She says aviation is the most exhilarating sport and has recently acquired a small air craft.
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Duchess OF Bedford
London
Dr Carey’s Kidney Remedy Promises Fast Relief and Guarantee
The ad touts a kidney and bladder treatment called Dr Carey’s Prescription ’77 said to cure kidney troubles with remarkable success over 40 years. It claims a money back guarantee if no improvement in one week and promotes Fox Drug Co. with multiple store locations.
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Fox Drug Co
Zemo Promise of Clear Skin Advertised
Stop worrying about skin troubles. Zemo penetrates to soothe itching and relieve blotches blemishes pimples and other irritations. Use day and night. Available for 35.00 and 1.00.
Duchess Learns to Fly on Woburh Abbey Lawn
Captain Parnard trains a famed civilian pilot Duchess on her husband’s estate ground using the front lawn at Woburh Abbey as the takeoff area. The Duchess says flying has been the thrill of a lifetime with none of the dust and dirt.
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Parnard
Woburh Abbey
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