Deaf bicyclists in Germany adopt aid symbol
Nearly twenty thousand Deaf cyclists in Germany gain a protective mark. The Bicyclists League introduces a metal rear plate showing three black balls in a triangle on a yellow background for identification and safety. Lord Howe Island faces a palm seed industry threat from rats. Rat control shifts to imported San Diego owls after cats fail.
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Germany
Lord Howe Island
Society Islands
Australia
San Diego
California
Road Overseers Now Subject to Jury Service Under New Law
Messrs Sam W. Law Cameron Y A Gredde Rockdale and E L Miller Milano were named by the district Judge as jury commissioners to pick sixteen grand jurors 5360 petit jurors and 100 special veniremen for the September term. Road overseers who previously enjoyed exemption are now required to serve as the 40th Legislature removed that exemption. Many held such commissions and previously avoided service, but now they must serve.
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Sam W. Law
Cameron
Y. A. Gredde
Rockdale
E. L. Miller
Milano
Tuesday Luncheon for Miss Alta Mae Power Hosts
Miss Alta Mae Power, at home for the summer with Rev and Mrs L J Power, is honored at a Tuesday luncheon hosted by Miss Rosa Lee Baskin. The party features a flower-filled living room, music, and a menu of fried chicken, rice, biscuits, cushaw, tomatoes, fruit salad, ice tea, vanilla ice cream, and angel food squares. Attendees include Ruth Kemp, Reba Young, Elizabeth Adams, Maurine Clinton, Lena Bell Baskin, and Clyde Baskin.
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Alta Mae Power
L. J. Power
Rosa Lee Baskin
Merry Makers
A. H. Baskin
Julian Baskin
Ruth Kemp
Reba Young
Elizabeth Adams
Maurine Clinton
Lena Bell Baskin
Clyde Baskin
Bowlegs Oklahoma Named for Two Pre Boom Indian Settlers
Bowlegs Oklahoma a growing oil boom town of 750 residents is named after two pre boom Indian settlers Billy and Lucy Bowlegs Plans are underway to publish a newspaper titled Bowlegged News. The article lists miscellaneous facts including human heart rate changes in recumbent positions and meteor statistics.
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Bowlegs
Okahoma
Billy
Lucy Bowlegs
Treasury Department
Odds and Ends from a Curious Page
A set of brief notes touches on Oxford limits for women students, the origin of goldfish, historic violin labels, a Latin epitaph, Uruguay’s many verse anthem, Virgil’s wish to burn the Aeneid, sparrow population growth, and daily American ice spending.
Egyptians Flog Red Hair Folly Across Ptolemaic Era
Across the Ptolemaic period Egyptians reportedly punished red hair with annual burning of a red-haired maid. This hostile custom highlights ancients’ stigma tied to hair color within their society.
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S. Travis St
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Cameron, Texas
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W. G. Gillis
Cameron National Farm Loan Association
Cotton
R. H. Johnson
Model Bakery
Frank Curda
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Posey’s
Cracer
Posey’s Model Bakery
United States
India
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
Willamette
Oregon
Henry Hoes
J. A. Wallace
First National Bank
Chas
Frank Green
C. N. Green & Brothers
Th Lee
Ee Saa
Oxford University
England
Johannes Robey
Uruguay
Virgil
Erican
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W. B. Levy
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