Ant Palaces to Export mass ant production from Bedford
Mrs. Ary Briant a 63 year old Bedford barmaid will operate Britain's odd export the mass production of performing ants. Under a 170000 dollar contract with America Briant will produce ant palaces weekly and earn about 42500 dollars yearly. Her three sons will join as production expands. The ants are kept in glass framed soil with a queen and 1000 workers fed monthly.
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Ary Briant
Royal Counties Theatre
Bedford
Atlantic
Britain
America
Mrs. Briant
Briants
Secreta
Briants Ant Palaces, Ltd
Briant
Eric
Alan
Gordon
Bomn
Portland boy's firecracker sinks bass in lake
A twelve year old, Bill Tedger of Portland Maine, tossed a lighted two inch firecracker into a local lake. It disappeared with a muffled “noom” and a bass surfaced with the cracker remains in its mouth.
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Bill Tedger
Portland
Maine
Coal Beside the Sea in Catherine Hill Bay
A nine foot seam of unbroken coal rests above the beach at the rocky cliff foot. The two mile waterfront track from Wallarah Colliery to the loading jetty lies buried under coal dust. After the miners strike the surplus coal remains untouched as locals already possess coal.
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Wallarah
Catherine Hill Bay
New B flat trumpet debut by Sydney Symphony principal
John Robertson, principal trumpeter of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, used the first B flat trumpet made in France and airmailed to Australia. The £45 instrument lets audiences hear Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in its original form, though its lips training limits its play time. Robertson notes he has never heard a perfect performance on the instrument.
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John Robertson
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Australia
France
Robertson
Rob Robertson
Frobertson
Sydney
Robin Nest Disrupts Sunday Service at Saints Church
A robin perched on a nest with four eggs disrupted Sunday services at St. Saints Church. The bird sat on the nest on the lectern while lessons were read from a pocket Bible on the chancel, and listeners were urged not to disturb the bird.
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Ringefeld
Suffolk
Saints
Denver man shot by wife in domestic dispute
Private Sam Fowler was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the lip after his wife fired a revolver at him during a dispute over her cooking. Fowler’s condition was described as critical.
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Denver
pUter
Sam Fowler
Novel immersion milk cooler for small farms designed in London
A London firm introduces a new immersion milk cooler for small farms that needs no water and cools milk to 45 to 50 F via a thermostat setting. The refrigerating unit is one third horsepower, with a half horsepower option. A stainless immersion coil is mounted in a cage, suspended and adjustable, lifting the cooler 21 inches from the ground when raised, enabling a capacity of about 20 wells of milk.
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London
Clergyman Proposes Modern Version of Marriage Vows
In Worcester Massachusetts Universalist minister Ren Gordon McKeeman suggests replacing the traditional vow So long as ye both shall live with So long as ye both shall love if the couple agrees. He believes the shift aligns with contemporary views while preserving the commitment of marriage.
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Gordon BR
McKeeman
Universalist
Worcester
Massachusetts
False Alarm Call Tarnishes Juvenile Court Visit
A 10 year old prank call to Birmingham 999 claimed a boy had fallen and broken his arm and said I am 92 years old. The operator doubted the report and the case went to Juvenile Court where the caller was fined for making an emergency call.
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Birmingham
The
Tor
Rescue of Four Cats From Tree In Adlington
Police and fire brigade helped rescue four cats marooned in a tree for three days. A fireman cut the branch they clung to as a blanket was spread below. The branch fell slowly and the cats leapt clear unharmed.
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Adlington
Lanen
Police
Fre Bricsce
Cat
Dave
Missing collie found after seven days in foxhole
At Wembden near Bri Somerset a collie that had been missing for seven days was found in a foxhole with what appears to be a writer of Ins.
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Wembden
Bri
Water
Somerset
Dairy cows may get milk boost from new drug
Dentists of the Dairy announce a new tablet called L Thyroxine that reportedly increases milk yield. Tests on cows show an average rise of nearly 5 pints per day per animal.
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Tee
Tretihite Roding Treland
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