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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1926
Page
8
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Washington outlines the colonial roots of Fort Wayne Michigan and the Detroit river region from 1684 to 1851. It traces La Salle and Cadiline explorations, early posts, French and English conflicts, Pontiac’s War, and the 1848 1851 fort construction costing 160000 dollars with brick fortification replacing the cedar scarp.
London report says a Persian carpet at the prime minister's residence was revealed after a 40 year grime clean. Mrs. Baldwin sent the carpet to cleaners and it proved to be a very fine Persian work worth a large amount of money.
Washington Archaeological Explorer notes discoveries by the Department of the Interior at Mesa Verde National Park. Among artifacts are eight large cooking jars with sandstone covers, a large water jar, black and white netted ware, bone awls, a fine bone scraper, and a jet button with turquoise inlay. The button likely served as a pendant rather than a button. Artifacts are housed in the park museum and cliff dwellings remain a study focus for archaeologists.
A treasury employee, Cal Mra Rhea, has served ten years as the trusted monthly bearer of the President's pay check to the White House, a welcome visitor in official circles.
Smart New York women sport a new sign of fashion. A solid gold or silver necklet in plain metal design, likened to primitive wedding rings, dubbed the twentieth century wedding ring or alimony ring. Introduced in Paris by Raquel Miller, brought to Broadway by Gertrude Lawrence. One shop reported selling over 2000 necklets to debutantes and society women in January.
Paris reports Anthelm Mangini, a shell shocked World War I veteran with memory loss, is sought by fifteen widows each claiming him as husband. He cannot confirm his name and asks authorities to assign his family ties among the claimants.
Silk makers push evening vests for men featuring tiny pink roses on white or cream backgrounds. A faint echo of Edwardian fashion resurged briefly when the prince of Wales wore tall vests to aid a local industry, but the style faded. West End tailors say pastel vests will not suit modern taste.
Washington reports Prof Dayton Miller and colleagues at Mount Wilson have measured the solar system moving through space at about 130 miles per second toward a point near Draco. Using the interferometer, Miller finds a drift matching astronomical measurements, aligning with relativity theory and previous experiments by Michelson and Morley.
J. K. Williams, the long serving doorman at the senate diplomatic gallery, holds the seemingly easy yet precise post. Deaf to a degree, he has stood guarding doors for 88 years, guiding foreign attaches and opening the gallery during treaty debates as the room often sits empty.
A Ward study from Princeton shows longevity linked to college. Of ten top graduates from 50 years ago, six are living, while only two remain from the lowest ranks.
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