$140,000 Rural Hospital Planned in Farmington Maine
New York June 19 Feizington Maine population 3200 will receive about 14000 from the Commonwealth fund toward a modern fifty bed hospital. Farmington will contribute a third of the cost and operate the facility. The fund will cover the remainder and supply plans and specs. The project aims to serve a wide rural area, improving public health and medical practice in the region.
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New York
Feizington
Maine
Rangeles Lake
Commonwealth Fund
East 87Th Brice
United States
Cormilirions
Farmington
Farmville
Virginia
Glasgow
Kentucky
Witke
Farmington Institution
Franklin County
New England
Fittler
On Cormonteaith
Board of Fire
Gilvan Onnual Hospitals
Alen
Urule
Ial
Coulure
prie- _ly & rehabilitaure
Free Methodists Ban Auto Rides on Sunday
A Free Methodist resolution adopted to enforce Sabbath observance bans secular reading and entertainment on Sunday. It protests desecration by riding streetcars trains or cars for pleasure and urges abstention from such activities. The statement condemns other pleasures and urges strict adherence to worship and rest.
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Free Methodists
Associated Press
Noth America
Ene de Salta
Easy Way to Clean and Whiten Marble
A fragmented notice discusses methods to clean and whiten marble surfaces. It mentions horst wives and various seemingly jumbled terms, with no clear user instructions or outcomes. The readable portion hints at cleaning advice but lacks concrete steps or sources.
Coolidge Party Adopts Wild West Attire
Rapid City June 19 Associated Press reports President Coolidge’s party is adopting wild west outfits for the trip. The entourage including most of the secret service and even a portion of the newspaper crew at the game lodge have donned ten gallon hats checked shirts boots and broad brims once seen only in films.
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Rapid City
Associated Press
High School Girl Identifies Man Who Attacked Her
In Independence Kansas a high school girl, Miss Margaret Akers, identified Ira Kennedy of Wichita as one of three men who attacked her and Miss Julia Mooney in Coffeyville on March 17. The incident sparked a race riot, a jail assault, and a National Guard deployment before order was restored.
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Independence
Kans
Associated Press
Ira Kennedy
Wichita
Margaret Akers
Misa Julia Mooney
Coffeyville
Fou
Miss Akers
Kennedy
Miss Mooney
Kansas
Hoover Tells of Life in Few Words
New Orleans report by Associated Press recounts Herbert Hoover’s life from orphaned seven to college graduate and world prominence. He details hardships from odd jobs to laundry work, marriage, and a wartime tour in China including Boxer rebellion episodes and nursing by Mrs Hoover.
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Hoover
New Orleans
Associated Press
Lfe
Herbert Homer
China
Tientsen
United States Marine Band
Danbury Sues Power Company Over Street Paving Bill
Danbury seeks 17000 dollars plus interest from the Danbury and Bethel Street Railway, now Danbury Power and Transportation, claiming funds spent paving Main River and Elm streets. The city councilors argue the bill is valid. the company contests legality. The case is reserved for the Supreme Court of Es tom for direct decision.
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Danbury
Clalm
Supreme Court
Power Company
J Moss [Ves
Thin City
Tooth Removed From Woman's Lung in Philadelphia
Davis of Galveston Texas arrived by fast train and was taken to Jefferson Hospital where a tooth was removed from her lung by bronchoscope. The tooth, likely from recent dental work in Galveston, caused pain and prompted X ray discovery.
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Philadelphia
BAS Sovieted
Weat
Mia
Davis
Galveston
Texas
Lushett
Jackson Clinic
Jefferson Hospital
Philedelphia
Births drop and deaths rise in 1926 state survey
Commerce department statistics for 1926 show declines in births and mixed death rates across 28 states. There were 1,597,903 births and 961,752 deaths, a birth rate of 20.7 per 1,000 and a death rate of 12.1 per 1,000. Florida posted the highest birth rate and death rate, while Montana had the lowest birth and death rates. Infant mortality rose overall, with Delaware highest and Oregon lowest. Portland led cities in good infant records, and Richmond, Va had the worst city rate.
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Washington
Associate A Press
Commerce Department
Florida
Montana
Delaware
Oregon
Portland
Richmond Ve
Lutherans Seek Unified Education Across Synod
At the 68th Augustana Synod convention in Omaha the plan to raise a 3.5 million endowment for nine colleges and seminaries prompted debate on centralized control. A 1.5 million endowment for Augustana College and Seminary in Rock Island was discussed, with leaders urging a unified educational policy before a broader fund drive. The meeting adjourned to Monday amid lively discussions on the synod’s educational scope.
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Omaha Neb
Associated Press
Augustana College and Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Augustana Synod
Charles E Bengtson Galesburg
Bi C
Lund Escanada Midh
General Board of Education
Synod
Danbury School Budget Shows Modest Rise for Next Year
Special Correspondent reports Danbury public schools will cost 2346 018 to run in the coming year, a touch higher than last year. The plan includes 10,000 for a cafeteria at the new high school, with Mrs Winifred Hart from Bridgeport helping cut costs by about 2000. Regular teacher salaries total 210 765, with 70000 for supplies. The rest covers coal, light, power, insurance, taxes, and similar items, totaling 30 500.
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Danbury
Frank K Watson
Winifred Hart
Bridgeport
Watson
Hall
Man Injured After Dive From 25 Feet At Crescent Park
Martin Mahoney 27 of Boston was critically hurt at Crescent Park when he dove headfirst from a 25 foot height into two feet of water. He remained submerged until rescuers pulled him out, suffering multiple fractured vertebrae. Doctors identified him after reviving him from unconsciousness. He had been on an outing with shipyard workers from the Taunton, Massachusetts area.
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Providence Ro
Associated Press
Martin Mahoney
Myrtle Street
Boston
Rhode Island
Crescent Park
gUbWiban
Theodore C Hascall
Riverside
Oman
Mehhenry
Pore
Quine
Mass
Alan Pole Couch
Mahoney S
Horse trainer Martin Doyle dies in Paris Kentucky
Martin Doyle longtime trainer once ranked among America's best died at his Paris Kentucky home. He operated the Bicter Mary farm for over 25 years where notable horses like Weir Doyles Commer and Martin Doyte achieved numerous victories, with the former winning every race it started and the latter finishing victorious more than fifty times.
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Paris
Associated Press
Martin Doyles
America
Hee Pesterday Jie
Bicter Mary
Here
Doyles
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Lindy
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Victor M. Earle
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