Short Items of Interest From Various Regions
Camels are driven with horses to pull crude plows in Algeria. Lime added to wastes from rubber and other plants helps prevent stream pollution. Dozens of Chinese pile drivers haul heavy weights and drop them in China. Tadpoles fed thy roid produce frogs no larger than files. Mrs. Lilla Y. Wyman of Boston, age eighty, is claimed as the oldest dancing teacher in the country. The U.S. Navy developed an air cooled engine for small airplanes to be flown from ships at sea.
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Algeria
China
Lilla Y. Wyman
Boston
United States Navy
On His Own Lipton Captain Forges Yacht Club Entry
English yachtsman toiled for years to gain Royal Yacht Squadron entry at Cowes He arrives with a pennant bearing M O B Y 8 The club committee asks for meaning and he reveals My Own Blooming Yacht Squadron as the joke and shock.
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Plymouth
Mass
President
Thomas Lipton
Royal Yacht Squadron
Cowes
Jacob Ferdinand
Tanlas
Old Farmer Fumblegate Recall of Shanney’s Restaurant
Farmer Funter laments the loss of Shanney's in New York and recalls a plump red headed waitress who flirted for bigger tips. The exchange hints at nostalgia for a bygone dining spot and its lively staff as reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Tackle Ott
Atlantic City
Farmer Fumblegate
Shanney
New York
Farmer Funter
Adrian
Farmer Fumblegite
Kay Lee
Kansas City Star
Diamond Dyes Color It New With Diamond Dyes
Simple directions make it easy to dye lingerie dresses coats and more with Diamond Dyes. For wool silk cotton or blends, the 16 cent package promises soft delicate shades or permanent colors. Buy Diamond Dyes only and tell your druggist the fabric type.
Ingenious Afghan Embassy Rent Scheme
The article notes a clever financing scheme for Afghan embassies abroad. Each Kabul embassy pays the same rent as its counterpart city, with Colonel Humphrey's mud bungalow costing as much as the London Grosvenor Gardens residence for the Afghan envoy.
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Afghanistan
Kabul
Humphrey
Grosvenor Gardens
London
Lowell Thomas
Asia Magazine
Woodsman Runs Wild in Tokyo Suburb Rampage
A woodsman in a Tokyo suburb suddenly halted his axe attack and fled down a street waving his ox. He killed one person and wounded twelve before police overpowered him.
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Tokyo
The Lesser Half Marries Soon in Curious Exchange
In a brief column the chorus jokes about an upcoming marriage with playful banter over age doubts. The exchange hints at hidden details yet confirms the couple plans wed.
Cut Rates at Bar Ber's Spark Concerns
Prompted by a notice in local chatter, concerns arise over suspected price cuts at Bar Ber's. Community members question affordability and potential impacts on business norms. No official statement available.
Woman Baptist minister becomes first female GB pastor
Miss An dre D Lodwick is ordained at Pisgah Baptist church in Cresswell Quay Pembroke Wales to lead the congregation. At twenty six she is the first woman in Britain to enter the Baptist ministry and her church of 180 members has six deacons. The call followed a ten day mission at the church.
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Great Britain
Andre D. Lodwick
Pisgah Baptist Church
Cresswell Quay
Pembroke
Wales
Miss Lodwick
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Helene Sardeau
Chicago
Taraasad Rorea
Michigan Boulevard
Hoogevelt Road
Eleventh Street
Wabash Avenue
Jackie Ott
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Uncle Sam
Woodeman
Hostetter
Grove’s
Beecham
Mn. A
John Beecham
Tanlac
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