Blind Deaf Pianist Helen Martin Stars in World First for a Deaf Blind Musician
Miss Helen May Martin, sightless and deaf, gave a piano recital in a Methodist church, reportedly the first by a person with no sight or hearing. She used a foot pedal method to play selections by Mozart Beethove n and others, then wrote a story and handles banking tasks. She bakes, cooks, and even spoke with Helen Keller during a Nebraska visit.
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Cluthe Kan
Dlm
Helen May Martha
Methodist
Miss Martin
Helen May Martin
Mozart
Morrison
Lang
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Kansas State School For the Deaf
Olathe
Kansas
Lincoln
Neb
Helen Keller
Flag Sunk in Battle Finds Home at Berlin Museum
The German cruiser Scharnhorst flag, recovered after Falklands battle, arrived at the Berlin Naval Museum. A Brazilian sailor’s body, lashed to a sea chest with the flag, washed ashore on Brazil’s southeast coast and was found by a Brazilian vessel captain. A German resident funded the flag’s purchase after a private collector provided funds, placing it beside the Gneisenau model and other naval mementos.
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Berlin
Scharnhorst
Falkland
Brazil
Navy Department
Gneisenau
Germany
Bear Cub Born in Park Zoo at Chisholm Minnesota
The Chisholm park zoo reports a new bear cub birth. Superintendent Phillips notes captive cubs often have short lifespans. A past cub died after an attack by male bears, but this time keepers found the cub and removed it from the pen. The cub is being bottle raised.
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Chisholm, Minn
Chisholm Park Zoo
Phillips
Coffin Purchases Before Death In Spokane
Fred W. Miller a Hillyard cabinetmaker believed he had few days left so he bought the coffin that had caught his eye a year earlier and paid cash for all funeral costs including embalming. He died the next day.
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Spokane
Wash
Fred W. Miller
Hillyard
Corn’s Food Value Praised by Commerce Official
Washington reports Dr JOA LeClerc foresees corn supplying cereal calories for over 40 percent of the world’s undernourished. He notes the U S corn crop averages 2.25 to 2.75 billion bushels annually, with most fed to animals, urging more direct human use.
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Washington
United States
Joa LeClerc
Tde
Department of Commerce
America
Dector Letlere
Dector LeClerc
Hungary
Russia
Illinois News Happenings Across State Banks And Dairy Feats
Illinois state banks on May 5 totaled 1,401 with resources at 1.989 billion dollars up from March 10 by 87.49 million. Deposits reached 1.639 billion, up 73.13 million, and capital plus surplus rose 4.68 million. Saint Dulcina DeKol the University of Illinois Holstein set state milk and butterfat records with 24,312.7 pounds milk and 998,307 pounds butterfat. Bloomington hosted the cornerstone ceremony for McBarnes Memorial Hall with Legion leaders present. A Cary Chicago hatchery aims to produce millions of carp and goldfish, while a boys hotel is planned in Chicago by Rotary. Coroner’s jury in Peoria orders bail for Coy Mallett in a murder case. Two Monmouth men die after a freight train crash near Cedar Creek. Four Centralia schoolchildren drown in a boating accident. Road tests report concrete pavement near Springfield. Beards town plans levee and sea wall to guard against fraud.
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Illinois
Andrew Russel
Downstate
Chicago
Saint Dulcina DeKol
University of Ilinois
University
American Legion
McBarnes
Bloomington
MacNider
William B. McCauley
O. E. Carlstrom
Aledo
United Spanish War Veterans
Andrew Cooper
Minneapolis
Minn
World War Veterans
C. E. Wellman
Danville
Minois
United States
Cary
Lewistown
P. W. Vanier
Rotary Club
Peoria
Coy Mallett
Minnie Behms
Mallott
F H. Maurer
Behm
Itnois Federation of Women’s Clubs
John T. Mason
William H. Hart
Harrison Monroe Brown
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Cedar Creek
Abingdon
John Doyne
Monmouth
Richard Hewitt
Washington
L D.rawlings
Cicero
Rockford
Ashton
Lincoln
Chillicothe
Fond du Lac Township
Tazewell County
Illinois State Highway Department
Geneseo
Moline
Capital Construction Company
Des Moines
J. E. Craine
Murphysboro
Janesville
Wis
Jett
Hillsboro
Tnidials
Jude
Sparks
Bancroft
Auburn
Ku Klux Klan
Small
Edwards
Waukegan
Ignatz Potz
James Peterson
Warren County Farm Bureau
Siness Agricultural Association
Fitzmorris
Beardstown
M. R. Livingston
Illinois Retail Dry Goods Association
M. Klein
S. W. Watsen
Kewnanee
C. A. Gille
Decatur
Charlies Hester
Kankakee
Morris Strauss
Corning
Equitable Powder Company
East Alton
O. Hess
Northwestern College
Naperville
Candidate’s sharp reply to a witty voter
A local candidate stumping for the primary meets a future voter who delivers a sharp retort about her father. He asks about her parent, she replies he is burying the dog. She adds the dog barked himself to death barking at candidates, leaving the candidate at a loss.
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Missy
Naming Babies Law in Norway Curbing Ridiculous Names
A new law in Norway bans ridiculous baby names and requires children to carry names from an official list of 13 000 items. The statute targets prevent odd or offensive names and enforces naming standards for newborns.
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Norway
Of Course He Didn't: Rural Minister vs Postman
A rural minister suspects a postman reads letters and tells others. He writes a postcard to a doctor friend saying he will reveal more only if the postman reads it. The postman delivers the card and angrily declares that the minister is a liar for reading mail.
Justifiable Confrontation in a Tombstone Stud Game
In Tombstone Arizona a western dealer asserts the rule among locals that any stranger who gets too far ahead in a stud game will be shot on the spot. The Easterner remarks on strict adherence to the game’s conventions as the exchange unfolds.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Aamer Tean Lerzion Weekly
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