Illinois Faces Rampant Auto Crashes and Social Tensions
A sliced montage of early 20th century Illinois news notes reports 800000 auto accidents state wide last year about 1000 daily. Other items cover rabies deaths in Meadow Branch Jersey County, a student named Apple appointed ROTC colonel at University of Abneis, trials of eighth graders, a bomb at Grand Crossing Masente temple, and political divisiveness over prohibition and unemployment. The piece weaves crime, education, labor, and civic issues through Peoria and Springfield.
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Peoria O
Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Abneis
Knights of Columbus organized at Savanna May 26
The Knights of Columbus of Savanna and vicinity organized a council on May 26. A report notes community events from medical gas treatments in city offices to a juvenile arson case and regional museum planning.
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Knights of Columbus of
Savanna and Vicinity
Health Department
Municipal Contagious Diseases Hospital
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Hermin N. Bundesen
Chicago
Will Investigate Waterway Project
Washington. Herbert Hoover says the St. Lawrence waterway commission will study the project in economic and national terms over coming months. The goal is to open Great Lakes ports to ocean shipping and develop hydro power, with history tracing actions from 1892 through 1924 and broad support from U S and Canadian governments.
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James P. Hornaday
Washington
Herbert Hoover
St. Lawrence Waterway
United States
Cnnada
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Congress
United States—army —Engineers
Panama Canal
International Joint Commission
Canada
Great Lakes
Ontario
Coolidge
St. Lawrence River
Ape Laughs: Scientist Observes Siamang in Jungle Cage
Dr Emil Carthaus, a zoologist and explorer, recounts witnessing a siamang laugh from a steel cage in an Indian jungle. He notes apes laugh only in rare cases while captive siamangs appear melancholic and distressed, and disputes claims that cats or dogs can laugh.
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Leipzig
Emil Carthaus
Carthaus
Doctor Carthaus
Here's a Chance, Girls Ide Nef! Seeks Wife in 66 Years
In 1912 Ide Nef! began growing a heavy beard and luxuriant hair, showing a striking transformation. He recently arrived in Miami after pedaling a bicycle across the country on an 87,000 mile journey, still seeking the one woman he will marry.
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Ide Nef
Miami
Workmen Unearth Marble Steps of Roman Theater in Philippopolis
Workmen excavating foundations in Djumnoia square Philippopolis Bulgaria uncovered four meter deep stairs of massive marble once part of a Roman amphitheater. The discovery amid a city rich in ancient remnants includes a historic wall on a hill overlooking the city named for Philipp of Macedon.
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Philippopolis
Bulgaria
Djumnoia
Romeo
Rome
Philp of
Macedon
Alaska Trappers Return on Palatial Steamers
Alaska trappers from Tatoma, Washington, are returning home aboard palatial steamers after a season along Interior rivers. They once left last fall in pursuit of fur, storing traps for winter. In typical years they bring down fur valued at three to four thousand dollars, and now head home for a well earned rest.
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Kent Truntop Hagler
Paris
Armisstice
Etmer Fo lHagter
Albrabaia
Lincoln University
Springfleh
Tatoma, Wash
Alaska
Northland
Golden Buddha Idol Sells For Half Million In Shanghai
A tiny gold Buddha relic, wrapped in silk, is offered in a Shanghai curio shop on Kiangse Road. Experts estimate its value at 500000 dollars based on a similar piece sold in Osaka. The artifact dates back 1800 years and was once buried with royalty by a Korean prime minister.
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Victoria
B. C
Kiangse Road
Shanghai
Orient
Osaka
Japan
Shanghai Agug
Korea
Buddha
Yu Sam Jal
Shanghai Curio
China
rare Johns Hopkins heel graft using own leg flesh
Baltimore reports that Dr. William F. Reinhoff performed a landmark plastic surgery on Eric Hamilton to restore his heel after an elevator crush. The procedure removed diseased heel tissue then used a full-length graft from Hamilton's other calf to form a new heel, with recovery requiring weeks in a fixed position and potential later separation to leave only a scar.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
William F. Reinhoff
Eric Hamilton
Reinhoff
Hamilton
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Gadesburg
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