Platinum Prospects Grow in South Africa After 1924 Finds
South Africa expands mineral promise beyond diamonds and radium with new platinum discoveries in the Sydenburg district. Geological survey chief Dr. Percy A. Wagner notes large, largely unproven deposits, with deeper ore possible, in the Transvaal norite zone.
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South Africa
Percy A. Wagner
Geological Survey
Pretoria
Africa
Doctor Wagner
Sydenburg
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Wrong Pew Mixups at Conneaut Lake Church Service
A stranger in clerical garb entered the United Presbyterian church at Conneaut Lake Pa and announced the service as open. Pastor J Alvin Hazlett asked questions and learned the visitor was Rev H Doolittle from Erie who had been sent to the wrong church by mistake.
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J. Alvin Hazlett
Conneaut Lake
Erie
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Girl's Dentist Visits End In Cavity Refills Allegations
A Maine Children's Home worker allegedly lured a young girl to the dentist three times by offering ice cream and other treats. The first two visits were pleasant while the third involved a cavity refill with refreshments omitted. The case centers on improper conduct during dental appointments.
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Maine
Maine Children’s Home Society
Americans in Tokyo Outnumber All Other Foreigners
A police census shows 441 Americans in Tokyo, ahead of 226 British and 213 Germans. After the earthquake the Chinese population fell from 3000 to 1935, with 775 students among them.
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Tokyo
Oakhurst Mountain Club Planned for LAPD Family Members
A new club near Yosemite valley will serve Los Angeles police department personnel and their families. Planned facilities include swimming pools tennis courts and a target range in a hurried acres setting.
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High Sierras
Yosemite Valley
Oakhurst Mountain Club
Los Angeles Police Department
Girl for Sale in Beirut Slavery Rumor Surface
A fragment reports a fifteen year old girl was openly offered for sale in Beirut streets weeks ago. The note suggests Syria has no active slave market at present though rumors persist about trafficking and vulnerable youths.
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Syria
Beirut
Land to be sold in Lumpkin County Georgia
The Etowah Milling and Power Company Dan S Walraven and Mrs Anna Hale Bucher defaulted on a loan deed from 1917 and extended to 1928. Anna Bucher as transferee will sell the Lumpkin County real estate lots 526 595 1215 and 17 18 19 240 acres at public auction on the first Tuesday in September 1925 to satisfy the loan balance and accrued interest. The sale is to occur at the Lumpkin County courthouse between legal hours.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Etowah Milling & Power Company
DANS
Walraveien
Joan
Dan
Walraven
S. Warragan
Anna Hale Bueher
Anna Hale Bucher
Dan S. Walraven
Anna Hale Bacher
Anna Hale Tucker
Dan $. Walraven
Court House
Etowah Millings& Power Company
Hale Bucher
Beyowafl Milling & Power Company
We Hale Bucher
Transfe Walraven
Scott Candler
Henley Bidy
Atlanta
Anna Bee
Wildcats Leave Madeline Island In Wisconsin Tradition Dwindles
The Ashland County clerk notes wildcats once strong on Madeline Island are slowly emigrating. For years bounty claimers brought in many carcasses and skins, but by 1924 no carcass or pelt was delivered, signaling a sharp decline in the trade.
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Madeline Island
Wisconsin
Ashland
Bells Gathered From Baltic Provinces In Russia 1915
A visitor recalls the “Cemetery of the Bells” near a large Russian city where iron, bronze, and silver bells rescued from Baltic congregations in 1915 end up in Russia. The bells date 1650 to 19th century with inscriptions in German Swedish Dutch Latin, depicting saints kings ships and landscapes. One Latin line notes Sweden’s Charles XII gifting to Baltic subjects Stockholm 170%. The piece laments postwar problems reflected by abandoned bells once pride of villages.
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Russia
Baltic
Charles XII of
Sweden
Stockholm
Cynical Friend Quips On Domestic Tension
Dialogue fragment shows a character named Short-Yes addressing Lehigh and a cynical friend noting that violence isn’t frequent when she begins throwing things. The excerpt hints at a domestic tension scene and interpersonal dynamics.
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Mr. Short
Lehigh
Cigar Box Hobby Sparks Harsh Reactions in Hotel
A hotel cigar stand clerk destroys an empty cigar box by scratching the revenue stamp and smashing the cover, prompting a voiced lament from a customer who recalls his boyhood passion for collecting cigar boxes and says the act hurts him. The Detroit News reports the incident and the crowd reaction.
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Detroit News
Ivy’s Troubles on Brick Chimneys Raise Grower Debate
A Detroit nurseryman explains ivy on brick houses is hindered by chimney warmth. Southern exposure keeps chimneys hot through winter and spring, causing ivy to bud and leaf early, then suffer from late freezes, the Detroit News reports.
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Detroit
Detroit News
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