Wagner to Lead Fiat Team in Hoosier Speedway Race
Turin reports Itak es competition returns to world racing with Louis Wagner leading a Fiat entry at Indianapolis Speedway. The piece traces Fiat’s legacy with Lancia Wagner and Nazzaro, notes past wins by Bruce-Brown and DePalma, and highlights Wagner’s return to Fiat after driving in the Ballot Quartet at last year’s Indy 500.
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Wagner
Fiat Team
Hoosier
Turin
Italy
Indianapolis Speedway
Fiat
United = vies
Lancia
Nazzaro
David Bruce-Brown
Ralph DePalma
America
Bruce-Brown
United States
Ballot
Reno Thomas
Albert Guyot
Paul Ballot
Georges Baillot
Europe
Indianapolis Speed Emibrogiio
Severity in This Penance Penitential Pilgrimage in India
The Detroit News describes an annual Hindu penance on a Tuesday in May. A penitent measures his length from home to a temple, makes ground marks, and advances by prostrate and rise cycles. Men only perform the act, with women and children aiding and supplying food.
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Detroit News
Gratitude and Benevolence in Human Virtue
L. P. Jacks argues gratitude ties memory to purpose and makes benevolence possible. He asserts most giving is a gift we received, and true altruism rests on recognizing others' prior benefits to us. Without gratitude, social virtues wither and memory guides duty.
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L. P. Jacks
Second Chances in Life Aren’t Fatal
A Montreal Family Herald reflection argues that life offers numerous second chances to overcome early mistakes. While harder to realize, a second chance remains possible and should not be dismissed as impossible.
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Veriain
Montreal Family Herald
River Flows Inward Then Outward Shaping Angkor Visit
A Cambodian river phenomenon at Angkor works seasonally with the Tonle Sap reversing course. During the rainy season it flows inland enough to float boats, while in the dry season it reverses outward draining the lake bed and leaving only a central trickle.
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Angkor
Cambodia
Indoching
Ton-de-Sap
Lana
Word of Advice from the Firm Head on Expenses
The boss reproaches Mr Jobbles for a large meals entry in expenses. He notes their firm sells tractors not entertaining customers for dames, urging trim costs while keeping a brisk tone about business focus.
Word Play and Vaudeville Wit in Birmingham
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a head reader warning about misuse of terms in a vaudeville act. The piece mocks a reporter using odd spellings and phrases to describe a trapeze performer’s conduct, illustrating playful journalism and caricature.
Ghostly Green Lady Seen at Fyvie Castle Inn
In Fyvie Castle Aberdeenshire the legend of the Green Lady resurfaces as a servant reports seeing a ghostly figure glide across a maid’s room floor and vanish into a wall. Other staff report nocturnal noises and unexplained disturbances linked to a skeletal find in the gun room wall.
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Aberdeen
Fyvie
Preston Tower
Massie
Fyvie Castle
Macdaf
Truth Unadorned Covered With Blanket
A young woman, naked, wandered from a Porter hotel room into the Yuba hotel lobby in San Francisco. The clerk objected. Charles Simpson of the Central Emergency hospital retrieved a blanket. The woman, named Truth, is under observation as authorities decide next steps.
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San Francisco
Porter Hotel
Yabo
Charles Simpson
Central Emergency Hospital
Simpson
Iowa Man Owns Old Bible Exhibited at East End Church
Ottomas a prominent local resident owns a rare Cranmer Bible printed in 1497. The edition, a reprint of the first Cranmer Bible printed by Edward Whitechurch in London, lacks only one missing page and was shown at the East End Presbyterian church. The artifact was produced on two different types of paper.
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Ottomas
East End
Oxford Abolishes Greek At Convocation Vote
Oxford University passed by convocation 494 to 0 to abolish compulsory Greek for most students. Only final honors in certain faculties still require study and passing Greek. A later rag parade featured undergraduates in ancient Greek costumes led by a Hellenic priest with an urn of hot ash while reciting Greek verse in the market.
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Oxford
Cford University
Dust from Southwest Sandstorm Reaches Marysville Ky
A red dust coating on roofs and vegetation in Marysville Kentucky is believed to have blown in from a southwest sandstorm. Local areas in the region report no similar dirt.
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Marysville
Thought Kangaroo a Bird Creates Voyage Anecdote
A naturalist with Captain Cook misidentified the first kangaroo as a bird. Observers note the marsupial’s remarkable leaps, with a scientist recounting a measured 32 feet jump and the animal seeming to fly across the Australian bush.
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Captain Cook
World
Lomense
Old Version of Man's Creation in Sumerian Texts
A 5 000 year old Sumerian tablet record in Langdon’s volume describes creation of humans from clay by a goddess, a flood safeguard by Zingiddu, and a paradise landing after eating forbidden fruit. The tablets claim long pre-flood patriarchs and Cyrus’s later conquests, asserting unparalleled historic records.
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British University Museum
Stephen Langdon
Babylon
University
Zingiddu
Noah
Cyrus
University Museu
Magic Stones Get a New Bed In Killin Mill
Tradition recalls healing stones of St Titlan in the Scottish highlands kept in Killin mill by Loch Tay. Lord Breadalbane leases the mill for a hand loom factory but preserves the relics and opens them for viewing. Every Christmas Eve the stones receive a new bed of reeds and wrack gathered by the River Dochart. the bedding must not be touched by humans.
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St. Titlan
Scottish Highlands
Killin
Loch Tay
Oldest Confection: Spanish licorice tied to Euphrates history
The article describes licorice as chiefly from Spain using plant juice mixed with starch to resist heat. It notes the licorice shrub grows three feet high near water and along the Tigris and Euphrates, suggesting Heertee as possibly the oldest confection, popular with today’s youth.
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Spain
Tigris
Euphrates
Subscribe for the Herald Promises Relief Pills
An advertisement touts Triumph Pills as irregular or delayed use solutions. It urges readers to write for relief details from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin and claims the product is not sold at drug stores.
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National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
Air Mail Service Goes Permanent in Italy
Italy makes air mail service permanent after a successful start amid railway strikes. Rome Milan and Rome Pisa routes operate with airships and small planes carrying letters and parcels. A 6 cent fee for letters up to 15 grammes may rise, while friction grows between the ministries of transportation and posts over method and authority.
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Rome
Milan
Pisa
Naples
Foggia
Ministry of Transportation
Ministry of Posts
Guam’s Quiet Prosperity Under American Rule
Guam, a mid Pacific island, has no peace treaties or taxes and no poorhouses. A strong government runs fertile land, a market for farm produce, and a labor law mandating cultivation. In a year only five charity cases arose as half day schooling continues for youths aged seven to twelve.
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Guam
mid-Pacific
Phones at Mile Posts Would Put Pay Stations on Ohio Highways
Columbus City Councilman Milton W. Westlake proposes public telephone pay stations along Ohio highways. He would urge telephone companies to install a phone at every mile post so travelers are never more than a mile from help during breakdowns or other troubles.
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Ohio
Columbus
Milton W. Westlake
Westlake
Nixon wins alimony boost in Topeka divorce suit
Grace Nixon secured higher alimony after proving her ex husband earned a higher lower sale earnings at the time of divorce. The Topeka court recognized rising living costs as the basis for the increase.
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Grace Nixon
Topeka
Kan
Wholesale emigration of aliens boosts European return wave
In New York a flood of aliens plans to return to Europe, with about 6,000 leaving weekly for Italy and Hungary. Shipping limits and passport hurdles hinder travel, while labor shortages persist in the United States as employers advertise for replacements.
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Europe
New York
America
United States
Joseph Szebenyet
New York Times
Gezs D. Berko
Photographs and Tips From Atlantic Photo Convention
At the Mid Atlantic States convention in Atlantic City Washington. D C. urged viewers to avoid facial powder for a natural look. The speaker warned that heavy makeup distorts expression and advised simpler grooming to retain true beauty.
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Atlante City
N. J
Washington, D.C
Middle Atlantic States
More Railroads for Alsace
Paris reports rapid progress extending rail facilities in Alsace with a new narrow gauge line from Bussang to Wessedling near Thann the first of its kind in the region. Vosges construction will start next.
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Alsace
Paris
Bussang
Wessedling
Thann
Vosges
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