British Plan A Sunbeam 250 MPH Car to Challenge US Speed
London reports Francis Coatalen plans a two engine Sunbeam car with side by side front engines and a spear shaped body to reach 250 miles per hour. The project uses steam cooling and a propeller shaft transmission and aims for a spring readiness with Major Segrave or K Lee Guinness as driver to meet Frank Lockhart’s challenge.
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International News Service
London
United States
Great Britain
Francis Coatalen
Major Segrave
Britain
Coatalen
Sunbeam
England
Frank Lockhart
K. Lee Guiness
British Fire Damage Costs Britain Six Million A Year
Charles Hendry president of the Insurance Institute says Britain faces about 60 million dollars in fire loss annually. He notes fire accident and marine premiums from twenty five leading insurers total 5 billion dollars over ten years with net profits at only four percent, indicating narrow margins in the British insurance business.
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International News Service
London
Britain
Charles Hendry
The
Insurance Institute
Hendry
Strife Rocks St Pauls Cathedral Over Sermon Denunciation
A protest by Canon Bullock-Webster during Dr. Barnes's sermon at St Pauls Cathedral sparks mass walkouts as debates over High Church and Low Church factions flare in the Church of England. Barnes argues science and religion can align through evolution as divine method.
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Associated Press
London
Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
England
George Russell Bullock- Webster
St. Michael Royal Church
Cathedral Church of
Ely
E. W. Barnes
Birmingham
Archbishop of Canterbury
Barnes
Dean Inge
Canon Bullock-Webster
High Church
Dr. Barnes
High
Church of England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
George Russell Bullock-Webster
California Fig Syrup promoted for children’s cleansing
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to relieve constipation in children and upset stomachs. It claims the syrup is gentle, tasty, and effective within hours, and warns to demand the genuine product made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Scots Forsake Whisky And Now Drink Beer
Glasgow reports a shift away from whisky toward beer as Scotsmen abandon their national drink. Officials note fewer drunks requiring police attention, a gain claimed by dry advocates, while wets blame high whisky taxes for pushing drinkers to beer and other liquors.
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Glasgow
Giant fish trapped in nets weighs 430 pounds
In a single locality the crew hauled the same net and found a massive fish still entangled. The creature weighed about 430 pounds and was estimated to be several centuries old.
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Boston
Morning Star
New Management at 201 Buchanan Overhauls Service Years
New management at 201 Buchanan proposes a complete service years experience program focusing on high rent savings across all models with Vulcanizing.
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Buchanan
U S Opens War on Black Hills Beetle
Denver reports the U S Forest Service has mobilized ten crews of three men to fell infested yellow pine trees in the Colorado National Forest. The beetle threatens millions of feet of timber across about 200000 acres, with 6000 to 100 trees expected to be removed in the fall campaign.
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U. S
Black Hills
International News Service
Denver
Colo
Sam
Colorado National Forest
Forest Service
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