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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
6
Archaeology inspector from the ministry of education reports a discovery at Tizatlan near Tlaxcala. Excavation revealed a temple ruin with polychrome frescoes, including codex like picture writings and a Camax tH god figure.
On a Minnesota university campus two young lovers visited a fenced garden marked with warning signs. The next morning both suffered a rash resembling poison ivy, the garden misused as medical student research space.
In a New York zoological park report a veterinarian used a quartz-tube mercury vapor lamp to treat five valuable animals stricken with a form of rickets. The therapy, lasting up to a month, revived movement, appetite, and hair gloss in red howling monkeys and others, with careful protection for hairless skin.
U S census data show large jumps in candy gum and ice cream production. 1925 figures rise from 1914 levels with gum at 47.8 million, ice cream at 280.2 million, and candy at 879.1 million dollars. Retail prices will push the industries toward a near one billion annual sales. Factors cited include prohibition advertising export growth and factory efforts to satisfy youth demand.
In Seattle an offer to buy chimes for a large church was turned down by the pastor who said bells are out of date. He argues a thoughtful Sunday advertisement will attract more worshipers and avoid disturbing late sleepers on the Sabbath.
Post office officials cite public reluctance to moisten and affix large stamps as a key reason for declining demand for the 2 cent Burgoyne stamp and the Bennington commemorative. Sales dropped after the August 5 release. collectors bought in week one, then interest faded. Businesses complain of extra work creating the disincentive to purchase large stamps.
In Detroit a quiet 26 year old heiress Ina McEachran, niece of Arthur Z. Walker, inherits a 30 to 50 million dollar estate from the late secretary Edward F. Searles. She remains homebound, continues routines, and drives a small car despite sudden fortune and social upheaval.
Birdie the flying kitten mascot of Kenneth Lovejoy at Bettisfield Airport wears a tiny parachute on every flight. Lovejoy explains she was chosen for luck and jet black nose. The rule requires parachutes for all aboard, so Birdie gets her gear on each trip.
A mud cleaned 6000 year old gambling tablet from Ur of the Chaldees is now in the British Museum. It shows early players and card tables with playing pieces and hints at ancient games resembling red and black roulette. The find ties to 4000 B C tombstone inscriptions honoring known gamblers.
Prof D A Laird of Colgate University predicts a noiseless world and notes London spends 5 000 000 dollars yearly on unnecessary noises. The brief item highlights potential urban quieting implications and curiosity about future sound reduction.
The new police chief Cheritt Bey issues a policy banning extensive publicity for elder cases and prohibits publishing pictures or reports from certain inquiries. The decree cites public outrage over a high-profile incident involving a sixteen year old schoolgirl Mi hal Hanem, daughter of a prominent army officer.
Greensburg, Pa. Roy Hallam humane agent found four year old Charles Garland strapped to a stake in a back yard kennel at the Steinman home near Grapeville. Mrs Tillie Lovell says Joseph Steinman deserted her and forced her to care for Charles and her three year old Henry Lovell while denying any help to the Garland boy.
Wildwood Florida tale of Charles Falk saved when stingray spine pierced his hand. Fishermen aboard a fishing boat hauled nets as a stingaree struck, a tourniquet was applied, and they rushed Falk to shore and to a hospital where prompt treatment halted the poison.
Bulat, fifty five? or thirty five? killed when dynamite hidden under a lounge on his front porch at New Columbus exploded as he slept. A fuse ran from outside the house and the victim was decapitated. Police have no theory yet on the motive.
A sixty eight year old farmer Henry Ang of Linwood New Jersey was kicked to death by a thirty two year old horse he was leading to the grave. The horse struck Ang in the stomach as he tried to guide it to burial. Dr Charles C McNulty of Atlantic City had just declared the animal's useful period ended. This was the first time the animal had been out of its stall for several years.
San Leandro deputy sheriff Warren C. Smith aged 65 shot and killed Edward A. Hayne 36 over ownership of a log washed ashore. Smith then killed himself, ending the deadly quarrel on the beach near San Leandro.
Patrick Deloughney, 22, a rigger for Vacuum Oil, fell 80 feet after cutting himself and fainting at the sight of blood. He had been married only a few weeks and died at the scene in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
A Lansing area report notes a neighbor assists a sixteen year old girl in need and receives acceptance from the community. The piece mentions remedies and wellbeing tips from a local source, highlighting ongoing concerns about health and moral support.
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