Early Missionary to Indians Still Alive at Ninety
Spokane May 4 AP A Jesuit priest now ninety is the last surviving missionary to the Coeur d Alene Indians in the Pacific Northwest. Therese Beneway, an Indian woman over 109, helped lay the temple foundation built without nails by Native workers under Father Nicolas Pointe. The 19th century Cataldo mission church, known as the House, remains a center of Indian customs and a Good Friday Corpus procession. Jerome Day of Idaho Falls was named to direct restoration by Bishop Gorman.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Washington
Creur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene
Bites
Joseph M. Cat J
Therese Beneway
Cataldo
Jesuts
Pacific Northwest
Earthe Rock
Inlans
Nicholas Pointe
Jani
Charles Huet
I. Weeden
Beame
Christ
Jerome J. Day
Walthe
Idaho Historical Society
Puaniet J. Gorman
Shar-off Corn Remedy Claims Instant Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Shar-off as a new corn remedy that stops all pain within minutes and softens the corn or callus so it can be removed easily. It contrasts Shar-off with older preparations that irritate skin and require days of treatment, inviting readers to buy it at Leverty Drug or other stores.
Grass fire triggers explosion near Barre Vermont
A grass fire at Websterville three miles from Barre set off a blast that destroyed a small building storing half a ton of dynamite and 150 kegs of powder. Nearby houses and stores were damaged as windows shattered and plaster fell. Firemen from Barre and Graniteville fought the blaze. no serious injuries reported though several people were cut by flying glass.
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Barre
Websterville
Graniteville
Women hospitalized after Worcester street fight
In Worcester Massachusetts Mrs Edna Gesuse and Mrs Annie Generell mother and daughter were taken to City hospital after a forenoon street battle with three neighbors on Bloomingvils road and Franklin street. Eye witnesses say the clash stemmed from a long feud over an under road water pipe removed following a lawsuit. Railroad workers restrained the attackers and prevented fatal injuries.
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Worcester
Mass
Edna Gesuse
Annie Generell
City Hospital
Bloomingvils Road
Franklin Street
Gestse
Knitting Juror Puzzles Officials in London Courts
In London in May a juror’s knitting by a woman provoked debate as anti-feminists oppose the practice. The leading juror, who began knitting in the box, kept attentive, occasionally removing her hat and later passing chocolates to fellow jurors. Women witnesses have also knitted during wartime trials, with no attempts to curb the habit.
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London
Gangsters Shot St Louis Lawyer in Murder Case
Clifford M. Hicks, 28, St Louis attorney, Sunday school superintendent and former minister, was found shot on a country road. Detectives pursue multiple angles amid a possible robbery and professional gunman theory, with ties to fraud cases and a broker linked to stolen bonds.
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ST. Louis
Clifford M. Hicks
Balser
Hicks
Kaiser
Jance
Yellng Law
Mina
Tis
Pelice Gf Firat
Oman
Lim
John Dummeyer
Momma Betts
Fidelity Storage Moving and Packing Company
Hicky
Johns Hopkins Doctor Wins 1927 Medical Medal
Dr. William Henry Welch, Johns Hopkins professor of Medicine, receives the 1927 medal for scientific research in medicine from the Association of American Physicians in Atlantic City. The award honors his 25 contributions to bacteriology and infectious disease, with Dean George M. Kober presenting.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Henr Welch
Johns Hopkins
Association of American Physi
Vnde Py
George M. Kober
Georges Medical Pschool
Spret
Welth
Br. Weleby
Association of Am- Physicians
Maryland
Seatth
Beinlan
Prague
London
Vienna
Kober
Chirence Vi Sane
University of Michor
Veughn
Iess
Quebec Milk Embargo Area Reduced After Talks
Washington May 4 Negotiations to shrink the milk embargo zone against the United States began today between Canadian Health Minister J H King his deputy and US Public Health Service Assistant Surgeon General Pierce. Canada seeks release of all areas except the Montreal district from the embargo area extending west of Montreal and 200 miles east.
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Washington
Queler
United States
Creun
Iby
J. H. King
la. L. Anget
GC. Piercee
Theublic Health Service
Quebec
Montreal
Canada
Stael
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Fordan
W. H. Welch
Lambert Pharmacal Company
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Richmond
Lorna Doone
Della Robbia
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