Successful Effort to Save Napoleon's Books
The 4 000 Napoleon collection at Fontainebleau palace in Paris was secured by extensive repairs funded by the Rockefeller foundation. Welles Bosworth led the project to preserve the palace library and its 80 000 volumes, rugs, furniture and paintings. Public access remains restricted to the president for withdrawals.
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Napoleon
Fontainebleau Palace
Paris
Rockefeller Foundation
Welles Bosworth
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Wifie Expresses Relief After Fatal Auto Incident
A worried wife feared her husband had been run over by a car down the street but is relieved to learn it was someone else. The tense moment revolves around an auto accident and mistaken identity in the neighborhood.
Wassailed Apples Plead For Bounty In Somerset
Somerset villagers kept an ancient wassailing custom to bless the orchards for a plentiful next year. Songs were sung to trees as gunfire, shouting, and cider flowed, with toast hung by the forks. The rite, linked to pagan beliefs in tree spirits, has been neglected in recent years.
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Somerset
London
New Wireless Burglar Alarm Steps In
A new burglar alarm dispenses with wires and mechanical devices. It uses invisible rays across the room to detect intrusion. A sensitized electrical device facing the rays is triggered when the stream is interrupted by a crossing intruder.
Houston newsboy Grover Cariker ends coffee marathon
Grover Cleveland Cariker, a Houston newsboy, drank 30 cups of coffee in 32 minutes and called for an ambulance. After stomach pumping, he relaxed and declared he would stick to his papers.
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Grover Cleveland Cariker
Houston
Texas
Green Goods Sam and Mrs Youngwed Order Asparagus Without Handles
A sequence shows a grocer confirming a customer request for asparagus without handles. The clerk notes the same customer had ordered the item yesterday and also sent Brussels sprouts.
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Sam
Food prices rise 60 percent since 1913 says bureau
The Progressive Grocer notes average retail food prices are about 60 percent higher than 1913 levels and have increased 1.5 percent in the past month.
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Bureau of Labor
Cows Show Progress At London Dairy Exhibit
Thirty years after a prior display cows on view at the London dairy show produced five gallons of milk daily. The 1927 cow yields nine sixteenths of a gallon and requires three milligrams a day for feed.
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London
Patience Pays for Bargains in Sitamboul Bazaar
The Sitamboul bazaar still draws many foreigners despite changes. An American, after observing long negotiations, bought a cut glass piece once owned by Sultan Abdul Hamid for 730 pounds, far below the initial 1 300 asking price, illustrating the advantage of patience and bargaining in the market.
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Fez
Abdul Hamid
Berlin
Forgetting Herself A Snarl From A Fiery Exchange
A domestic quarrel erupts as a wife accuses her partner of lacking self restraint and spite while the husband responds with wry irony about the woman's behavior. The exchange highlights a volatile household moment.
Scotland conducts dietary value tests in schools
More than 2000 Scottish public school children receive cracker and milk treats as the Scottish board of health studies nutrition value. Tests span seven cities over eight months with daily milk servings and calorie-matched crackers. Children are weighed and measured periodically.
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Scotland
Scottish Board of Health
Diggers Respond To Buried Man Report In York Cavern
An emergency call to York Pennsylvania police dispatched officers and inspectors with shovels and crowbars to a reported burial cavern. As diggers commenced work, Robert Shaffer, claimed prisoner and choking victim, appeared and approached the crowd asking about their activity.
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York Pa
Robert Shaffer
Rat Catcher Turned Linguist Recites Love Romances
H G Wood of London, famed for trapping 8000 rats in a single haul, now translates Italian love romances as a recreation from rat catching. He speaks six languages including Hindustan, knows Romany dialects, admires Longfellow, recites Mamlet, and has a Spanish medal.
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H. G. Wood
London
Hindustan
Longfellow
School Partners With Library at Dunwoody Institute
A branch of the city library is placed in the main building of the William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute in Minneapolis. The institute and the public library share salaries for the librarian and assistants and jointly purchase books while the institute provides the room and equipment.
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City Library
William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute
Minneapolis
Public Library
Edison’s Early Banking Lesson From a Stock Ticker Deal
The young Thomas Alva Edison invented stock tickers and faced a dramatic pricing moment with the Gold and Stock company of Boston. He sought 5000 dollars, settled for 3000, then accepted a 40000 dollar offer. A miscommunication at a bank led him to fear fraud until a friend intervened, guiding him to deposit the funds and open a checking account.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Gold and Stock Company of
Boston
Tie
Terrible Street Car Service Sparks Public Outcry
A citizen denounces city street car service as terrible while noting the inconvenience faced by women who must stand on crowded cars. The exchange highlights commuter dissatisfaction with public transit conditions.
Sigma Nu House Association charter application filed in Lumpkin County
Petitioners Nicholson Wiley Goforth Harrison Gaillard request incorporation as Sigma Nu House Association a nonprofit social fraternal corp to operate a chapel house and home for Kappa Chapter of Sigma Nu in Dahlonega with no capital stock rights to sue be sued contract own lease mortgage and amend charters. Filed April 18 1927 in Lumpkin County Georgia with clerk T I Ontivtiays confirming true copy of submission approved by W S Garman attorney.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said County
NH. Nicholson
M.C. Wiley
C.W. Goforth
Harrison
Gaillard
Dahlonega
Kappa Chapter
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Sigma IN
Housie
W.S. Garmarn
YD BF. Cimattay
Tompkin County
State of Georgia
F. Christian
SIGMA
House Associattion
Bae
Sox
Onnivtiays
Powerful Amplifier Sends Voice Across Atlantic
A circular bank of high power vacuum tubes delivers 2,000,000 watts of output as the voice of a New York caller travels by wireless to London. Ice cold water circulates around the tube bases to prevent overheating and melting.
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New York
Atlantic
London
Driver boasts of pocketing five thousand five hundred
A flivver driver boasts to a reporter that he has five thousand five hundred dollars in his pocket, describing the sum with casual relish. The remark appears in a Boston Transcript context.
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Boston Transcript
Letter's Long Journey from Hartford to Belfast
A letter mailed June 6 last year in Hartford Connecticut traveled to New York City and Belfast Ireland before arriving at New Britain Connecticut ten miles from its origin. The typewritten address suggests a lengthy post journey for a short-distance recipient.
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New Britain
Conn
Hartford
New York City
Belfast
Ireland
Study ranks American cities by hospital beds per population
A survey lists Philadelphia and St. Louis as top among large U S cities with ten beds per 1090 residents. Boston follows with nine beds, while New York Los Angeles Pittsburgh Cleveland each have seven and Chicago five.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
A Bit of Ready Along a Country Road
A $6,000 limousine roared up beside a rattling flivver on a country road. The limousine owner could not resist a bit of jolly and slowed to taunt the other driver. He exclaimed with mock concern about the rattling noise from the other car.
Britain’s only woman quarry manager leads Hensall site
Mrs. Anne Greaves of Hensall Yorkshire directs a sizable male staff in the quarry guiding how work is carried out.
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Anne Greaves
Hensall
Yorkshire
Britain
Retort Withering on Youth Fashion and Vice
Chauncey M. Depew at a Peekskill dinner praises youth while criticizing excesses. He cites two New York girls arguing over dress and behavior with a sharp line about poker and late nights. The anecdote appeared in the Detroit Free Press.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Peekskill
Mr. Depew
New York
Dreas
Detroit Free Press
Entomologist Professor Bugg Seeks Plentiful Insect Spot
The entomologist Professor Bugg is anxious to locate a place where insects are very plentiful. A reply suggests inviting him to join the picnic party, wherever the gathering will be held.
Communists barred from private legal practice in Moscow decree
A Moscow dispatch reports the central committee of the Russian Communist Party barred its members from working as private attorneys. The move aims to prevent party members from defending wealthier interests and to shift legal work to union and local council attorneys.
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Russian Communist Party
Moscow
Berlin
Communist Party
Sleepwalking prank drives car to friend’s home in Pana
Semnambulistic trip prankster Ampleby of Pana Illinois left bed while asleep and drove 12 blocks to the home of John Atkinson. He entered unannounced and told Atkinson he needed to fix a furnace. Atkinson woke to find Armyelely asleep and astonished him.
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Ampleby
Pana
John’ Atkinson
Atkinson
Armyelely
Indianapolis News
Valedictorian Dora Martin Excels At Public School No 54
Made good use of time Dora Martin sixteen from New York City arrived from Costa Rica two years ago. She was valedictorian at Public School No. 54 with a two year average of 93 percent ranking first in a class of 43 pupils.
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Dora Martin
New York City
Costa Rica
Noiseless Field Gun Reported From Manchuria
A noiseless field gun allegedly invented by Yang Yi Cheng at the Mukden arsenal in Manchuria is described as firing at long range with 3700 meters and producing no audible sound beyond 400 feet, signaling a notable development in weapon technology.
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Manchuria
Yang Yi- Cheng
Mukden Arsenal
The Quiet Wedding
A hush fell over the ceremony as the bride and groom spoke barely above a whisper both visibly nervous. Guests noted the intimate setting and the understated vows marking a private wedding moment.
Such a Pity Millicus and Cynicus discuss marriage
The dialogue notes a pair of devoted lovers, Millicus and Cynicus, lamenting that marriage would spoil their bond and expressing the view that their romance is too precious to wed.
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Millicus
Cynicus
Weekly
Scotsman
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