Weather Notes Show Favorable Growth and Wet Soils in Ohio
The weather bureau reports a week ending Sunday with overall favorable vegetation growth in Ohio but recurring cool spells. Farm work faced delays due to frequent showers and wet fields. wheat and corn show varied progress with pest damage noted in Van Wert county. Fruit and berry crops develop well though peaches face regional issues near Lake Erie. Athens county had high rainfall while Wooster recorded the week's heaviest precipitation.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
van Wert
Lake Eyre
Athens County
Wooster
Amesville
Ruth in a Rush staged by Athens high junior class
Despite hot weather the Athens high school junior class presented the three act comedy Ruth in a Rush in Ewing hall. The cast under Coach Clark Williams delivered a smooth, confident performance with standout depictions by Gilberta Hill and Tena Hottel supported by Kenneth Wilcox William Moser and Earl Hickman among others.
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Ewing Hall
Ruth
Athens High School
Clark Williams
Gilberta Hill
Ruth MacDonald Moore
Tena Hottel
Juliet Raymond
Betty Jones
Eloper
Dorothy Dailey
Sadie Sodastrom
Marion Sprague
Kenneth Wilcox
Miss Hill
William Moser
Phillip Grant
Polite Yeggs Dynamite Safer in Sawyerville Creek Heist
In Staunton Illinois polite thieves removed a safe from an Illinois Traction System station at Sawyerville and carried it to a nearby creek where it was dynamited. The safe was found floating with $9 inside.
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Staunton
Ill
Yeggs
Illinois Traction System
Sawyerville
Prison libraries ban books for short-term inmates
An English justice note states that while all prisons have libraries, inmates serving short terms are not permitted to borrow books from them. The policy affects access to reading material during confinement and raises questions about inmate welfare and rehabilitation efforts.
Kin of Landru Seek to Change Their Name
Kin of the French killer Landru request the right to adopt the name Remy the surname of Madame Landru s maid. There are four children two boys and a girl with the eldest married living near Paris where Madame Remy runs a bakery. The case follows Landru s execution and related publicity.
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Landru
Paris
Bluebeard
Remy
Madame Landru
Madame Remy
Proposed Aerial Orient Ex airline vows rapid India London link
A London report says a new venture named Aerial Orient Ex plans a direct air link between India and London within fifty hours. The proposal outlines fast service and cross continental flights to boost travel.
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India
London
Aerial Orient
Singing of Husband Wins Divorce for Wife in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri Mrs Camilla Hyskel aged 26 obtained a divorce from Fred Hyskell after testifying he preferred singing and dancing to everything else. The judge granted the divorce saying the request was granted.
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Kansas City
Camilla Hyskel
Fred Hyskell
May Day Moving Sets New Chicago Record
May Days over housing shortage push 3 000 daily requests for gas, telephone, and coal changes as Chicago eyes new homes. The surge, 60 percent above 1921, is blamed on the "own your own home" movement per J S Wakierfield of the Chicago Real Estate Board.
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Chicago
Gastlight and Coke Company
J. S. Wakierfield
Chicago Real Estate Board
Hog dives from second story window stuns passerby in Charleston
In Charleston on May 25 a 260 pound hog jumped through a second story window and landed at the feet of Clark Martin, a special officer, while a herd awaited slaughter. The hog struck Martin, who was knocked onto his back but remained unharmed aside from the surprise.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clark Martin
Porter on Dining Car Grows Rich From Tips
William Taylor Johnson of Chicago earned tips during twenty years on a cafe club car of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad. His wealth is reported at $100,000, with a thirty six acre farm at Anoka Minnesota where he uses modern scientific farming methods. He continues to serve on the dining car while managing his farm.
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Chicago
William Taylor Johnson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Johnson
Anoka
Minn
Minneapois
Boston Population to Reach 6 Million by 1870
Boston will be a city of six million population in 1870, according to W. J. McDonald.
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Boston
W. J. McDonald
Real Estate Man Predicts Rapid Boston Suburban Growth
A real estate man cites city growth and expansion, noting the current city population of about 748000. He argues that closely attached suburbs will eventually join Boston and believes more than thirty cities and towns will be incorporated.
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Boston
McDonald
Big Mass Meeting Of Meigs Cream Producers
A call to dairy farmers to attend a May meeting at 10:00 A M in Meigs County Court House. The session will discuss cooperative marketing to raise prices for butter fat, contrasting 80 cents per pound with 40 cents offered locally.
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Meigs Cream Producers
Meigs County Court House
Lifeboat Plan Aims for 150 Passengers at Sea Rescue
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution outlines a motor lifeboat designed for 150 people. It will include searchlights a line throwing gun and a rescue net for victims to jump to safety.
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The
Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain
Costumes of the 1922 Summer Girl Highlight Wardrobe
In this 1922 summer fashion feature three outfits are shown. A yellow linen daytime dress, a sweater and sports skirt with Roman striped ratine and V-neck sweater, and a red accented ensemble with white flannel skirt, tailored blouse, red sleeveless jacket, and red felt hat.
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Ling
Memorial pair face off at Washingtonew Lincoln memorial
Two memorials to The Father of His Country and The Great Emancipator stand across a Washington Lincoln memorial site slated for May 80 dedication. The Lincoln statue weighs 175 tons and dominates the feature. Peggy Thomas calls her outfit Garter Girl in a New York Latin Quarter revel.
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Washingtonew
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Peggy Thomas
Peggy
New York
Berlin Woman Barricaded Jewels Missing After Voyage
Mme. Bronislava Lamprech von Petschenko of Berlin arrived in the United States and intended to aid Russian intellectuals in exile in Berlin. At New York port she learned $200,000 worth of jewels she brought aboard had vanished.
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Mme
Bronislava Lamprech von Petschenko
Berlin
Russia
New York
Moonshine Prices Jump After Prohibition Crackdown In Indiana
Indianapolis reports moonshine prices rose after federal agents targeted Clinton, Indiana, the rumored chief source. Still demand stays steady as white mule, previously five dollars a gallon, now trades at about twelve fifty with forecasts of higher per quart prices as enforcement continues.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Seutlers
Prohibition
Clinton
Ind
B. Bootlerger
Harmony Hill and Local News Roundup
Harmony Hill residents and visitors are seen at local events including Rev Rowland and John A Walker visiting Foster home. A Little Hocking boat show attendance, school activites, and farm work are noted alongside local sports and farming updates from Athens and Parkersburg.
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Rev. Rowland
Alanchester
John A. Walker
Red Bush
T. J. Foster
R. R. Hueston
Little Hocking
Carrie Thorpe
Parkersburg
H. Noland
Will Dingman
Athens
Larmony Hill
Dutton
Hockingport
John
Guyaville
R. M. Patterson
Sheery
Taylor Devore
J. C. Coggeshall
McGirr
Training Boys as Air Line Pilots in London May 24
In London on May 24 the British passenger airline industry outlines a four to five year program to recruit 15 year old apprentices for future roles as pilots or ground engineers. Training begins at Croydon repairs shops with eventual hands on flying experience on routes, aiming for Air Ministry pilot certificates and about 2500 dollars yearly.
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London
Noware
Samuel Instone
Paris
Croydon
Air Ministry
Heenkre
Bengal Origin of the Term Bungalow
The word bungalow is an Anglo Indian term from a Hindu word meaning Bengali or of Bengal and describes a thatched hut or cottage used in colonial India.
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Bengal
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