Lynn marks three hundredth anniversary with regional participation
Lynn Massachusetts celebrates its 300th founding anniversary from June 30 to July 4 with eight old New England settlements and King’s Lynn England sending delegates. Historical notes recall Edmund Ingalls and Francis Ingalls as early settlers, Saugus iron works craft, and Lynn’s enduring shoe and leather industries employing thousands across over 100 factories.
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Lyon
Mass
United States
Lynn
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Saugus
Nanhant
Lynnfield
Swamparott
Cliftondale
Wakefield
Reading
King’s Lynn
England
Townshend
Edmund Ingalls
Francis
Edmund
Greater Lynn
America
Francis Ingalls
Philip Kirtland
Edmund Bridges
Jem
Peabody
Danvers
Lynn Public Library
Joseph Jenks
North Shore
Mfe
Old River Man Invents Barge Steering Device
Samuel M. Carlisle of Louisville introduces a river barge steering device for tow chains. The crosswise propeller system, motor driven by a chain, allows the barge bow to steer right or left from the towing steamboat. Carlisle, a river pilot of 35 years on the Ohio and Kentucky rivers, says the device eliminates extra boats when maneuvering around bridge piers.
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Louisville
Samuel M. Carlisle
Carlisle
Ohio
Kentucky
Blind lawmaker studies old Texas claim
Austin June 2 Rep. Olan R. Van Zandt, Texas only blind lawmaker, weighs a 94 year old claim against the state. Three heirs of Galveston landowner Thomas F. McKinney seek 16 942 dollars as unpaid part of 150 000 advanced in 1835. McKinney received partial payment in 1844 via land grant. no further effort to collect ran after 1873 until Albert Burleson urged action.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Olan R. van Zandt
Thomas F. McKinney
Galveston
Mexico
McKinney
Yeing Republic
Albert 8. Burleson
House
Rival Ives Drama Intensifies in Morgan Household
Nan Carroll Morgan hovers between loyalty and jealousy as Iris Morgan returns to claim John Curtis Morgan. Iris pleads, is hospitalized, and Nan contemplates her role while a courthouse case looms, leaving the trio tangled in a tense domestic crisis.
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John Curtis Mor
Nan Carroll L
Morgan
Bert Crawford
Crawford
Iris
Nan
Iite Curtis
Rival “Ives
Iris Morgan
John Curtis Morgan
Nan Carroll Mora
Irie
Husband
Dr. Black
Nan Carroll
Jack
John
Seekers of Souvenirs Raze Cliff Dwellings
Phoenix researchers report vandalism at the Tonto cliff dwellings after the area was declared a national monument. With 300 daily visitors, souvenir hunting has damaged walls floors and ceilings of the 5000 year old site discovered 57 years ago by a prospector.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Miami
Globe
Boy Wins Foreign Trip Through Study
Kansas City report notes Richard L. Sutton Jr. earns a nine month study trip to Tanganyika East Africa and Cambodia French Indo China following in his father Dr Richard L Sutton's medical footsteps. The 21 year old joined Yale at 15 and earned a master's in anatomy. he was among eight Michigan medical students honored this year.
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Tanganyika
East Africa
Cambodia
French Indo-China
Richard L. Sutton
Kansas City
Sutton
University of Michigan Medical School
Yale
Michigan
Kindergarten Band Astonishes Adults in Lowell Concert
In Lowell on June 26 a group of kindergartners aged under five performed at the State Normal school using drums tambourines triangles and cymbals. The children conducted themselves with a remarkable sense of rhythm guided by two peer performers a boy and a girl, not a teacher.
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Lowell
Mass
State Normal School
Endeavor meeting will hear Borah and other speakers
Kansas City June 26 Senator William E B Borah of Idaho will speak at the International Christian Endeavor gathering in July along with Rev Daniel A Poling of New York and James Kelly of Glasgow Canada’s W A McTaggart Toronto and other leaders. Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt Fred Ramsey Sr A E Corp and Frederick A Wallis are listed as speakers or hosts for the event.
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Kansas City
William EB. Borah
Idaho
International Christian Endeavor
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Scotland
James Kelly
Glaegow
Sunday School Association
Eur
India
Theropean Christian Endeavor Union
Canada
W. A. McTaggart
Toronto
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Fred Ramsey
Young Men's Christian Association
Sr. A. E. Corp
North Carolina
China
Frederick A. Wallis
Slip coaches on the Cornish Riviera Express near Paddington
The Cornish Riviera Express runs with slip coaches that detach for passengers en route to Plymouth without the main train stopping. A mechanical device releases the detached section while the main train continues to Plymouth, making this a rare operational feature in rail travel.
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London
Paddington
Plymouth
Gall Stone Colic At Home Treatment Advertisement
An advertisement from Write Home Drugs Co. offers at home treatment for liver and gall bladder troubles. It claims a recognized specialist prescription and literature with 28 years of results, sold under a money guarantee. Clip this out now. Address: 810-40 Masonic Temple Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Masonic Temple
Minneapolis
Minn
Three to be arraigned in felonious assault case
Bill Asbury Richard son and two brothers from Tazewell county face arraignment for a preliminary hearing on charges of felonious assault against W. E. Thompson, a Thompson's valley mill owner. Thompson was injured when struck by a rock on his property and is now hospitalized in Bluefield with facial paralysis developing after the incident.
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Bill
Rossbury
Brothers
Richardson
Tazewell County
W. E. Thompson
Thompson's Valley
Thompson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Asbury Brothers
Tazewell
Bill Asbury
N. Clarence Smith
Commonwealth
Asbury
Thom
Liberty Hill
Robey Aabury
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Nan Carroll Morgan
Estelle
John Curtle Morgan
Tris
Jack Morgan
Iria
John Curtin Morgan
Nam Carroll
Ness
IY Na
Patee Wee
Richards
Pune
Edward Clank
Patsy Ruth Miller
Lawrence Gray
John M. Stahl
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Paramount
Lucky Names
Page Neel
A. KR
Meloturil
Robert Shirer
A. B. Gilardl
CLIFF
Detsy Ruth Miller and
Raymond Keame
The
Colonial Theatre
Richard L. Sutton Jr
Pop
Itica
Toiley
Malden
Endeavor
Borah
Martin Johnson African Expedition Corporation
Daniel E. Pomeroy
Pres
Mrs
Martin Joh
Matinee
Africa
Johnson
Poel
Les
Fabrice
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