New Diseases Kill Natives
A Washington bulletin from the National Geographical Society warns that influenza and other ordinarily mild diseases ravage native populations on Alaska s western coast. It notes unsanitary living, crowded wooden houses, and smoke filled rooms as factors undermining immunity while measles and smallpox caused severe death tolls since 1842. The report compares Alaska to the Marquesas and Hawaiian islands, where native populations face casualty rates and shifting demographics due to disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Alaska
National Geograpile Society
United States Public Health Service
South Sea
Hawaiian Islands
Marquesas
More Motor Touring in Central States
Chicago Automobile club reports about 14 percent more touring motorists in the Central states during January to May this year versus 1922. January figures rise to 1,960 from 1,208. February 1,276 vs 1,009. March 2,023 vs 1,594. April 3,016 vs 1,862. May 8,268 vs 7,380, with total 17,443 in 1923 against 15,153 in 1922.
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Chicago
Central States
Chicago Automobile Club
Chicago Club
Trades Daughters for Livestock Trial Convicts Truxton Pair
Cortland court convicts Lark Thorington of Truxton in improper guardianship after allegedly trading his two daughters and a son for a horse cow and calf. George Shaw of Truxton faces bail on a charge of assaulting the younger daughter. The siblings may be sent to the county home while the elder daughter 26 is held for mental examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
N. Y
Lark Thornington
Truxton
Bananas at 5000 Marks in Berlin Sale Draws Crowds
In Berlin a fruit shop displayed two complete banana bunches on Potsdamer street causing a crowd. The bananas sold for 5000 marks each, a price that equaled about a few cents in the current exchange rate, illustrating their rarity in Germany for two years.
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Berlin
Germany
Potadamer Street
Paris Antiquities Trial Accuses Louvre and Met of Bogus Antiques
Parisian antiquarian George DeMotte testifies that the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have long bought counterfeit pieces. The trial of Vigouroux centers on diverted funds of 87,000 francs and missing Persian manuscripts valued at 1,000,000 francs. DeMotte accuses Vigouroux of defending himself with denials and citizen outrage.
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Paris
America
Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Jean Vigouroux
George Joseph DeMotte
Vigouroux
M. DeMotte
France
DeMotte
Twelfth
Louvre Museum
New Anaesthetic Named Narcylene Proves Effective
K Gauss of Freiberg reports a new anaesthetic called narcylene made from purified acetylene and oxygen with pine oil to mask odor. He says it has been used successfully in 500 operations.
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Sor
K. Gauss
Freiberg
Woman Sets New Mark 16 500 Feet Up in Air
Mrs. Bertha Horchem, professional aviatrix from Ranom Kans, set a new women’s altitude record at St Louis Aviation Field rising to 16 500 feet under National Aeronautical Association rules. The prior record was 15 700 feet by Andre Peyre in California last May. The flight lasted two hours eight minutes and Horchem required assistance on landing due to frost bite with Maj. William Robertson of the Missouri National Guard Air Service as escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Bertha Horchem
Aviatrix
Ransom
Kans
St. Louis Aviation Field
Andre K. Peyre
California
National Aeronautical Association
Horchem
Willian B. Robertson
Missouri National Guard Air Service
Hen’s gizzard reveals 61 shells and a pin
A Hayward Wisconsin hen from the Olaf Cook farm in Sawyer County was found to have swallowed 61 copper shells and a pin when its unusually large gizzard was opened. The curious contents are shown on display.
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Hayward
Wis
Olaf Cook
Sawyer County
Dorothy Foreman Cites 5700 Miles for School Travel
Scandia Kansas freshman Dorothy Foreman claims the champion long distance scholarship after traveling about 5700 miles and spending 12 percent of the school year on trains to attend Scandia school as her mother works in Jewell county.
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Scandia
Kan
Dorothy Foreman
Nother
Jewell County
Dorothy
British Scientist Foresees Wireless Control of World
A London based scientist predicts wireless will direct ships trains road traffic fleets and even humans. A wireless lighthouse on Inchkeith Island pilots ships in fog and authorities plan global wireless navigation with a cross Atlantic airplane demo linking Glace Bay Ongar and a mid ocean lightship.
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London
Inchkeith
Firth of Forth
Firth
British Board of Trade
Meteorological Office
China
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Straits
South America
Atlantic
Europe
South Africa
Newfoundland
Glace Bay
Ongar
Goes to Jail Rather Than Visit Mother
John Monaco a news boy in Omaha appeared in Municipal court on a vagrancy charge. His brother Herman testified Monaco would not visit his mother here. The judge gave him a choice of seeing his mother or thirty days. Monaco chose the thirty days.
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Omaha
Neb
John Monaco
Herman
Monaco
John
Postcards Popular in Germany After War
Postcards have become Germany's most popular means of communication since the war. Figures show that nearly a trillion passed through German malls during 1921 with 923,166,700 exchanged within Germany, 44,724,370 sent abroad, and 38,753,750 received from foreign correspondents.
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Germany
Berlin
Notice to Non-Residents in Putnam County Quiet Title Suit
In the Putnam Circuit Court September Term 1923 Emory Nichols vs Stephen Akers et al a complaint is filed declaring the defendants unknown non residents of Indiana and asserting title to part of the east half of the northwest quarter section nine township fourteen north range three west Greencastle. Defendants must appear by September 24 1923 or be heard in their absence. Clerk Walter S Campbell. Attorneys W M Sutherlin Hays Murphy. 810 July 27 Aug 3-10
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Putnam
Putnam Circuit Court
Emory Nichols
Stephen Akers
Molly Akers
Adam McArnty
Sarah McArty
Richard Sentelair
Richard Sinkler
Katherine Sinkler
Willoughby Leachman
Elisabeth Leachman
Ahijah Robinson
Mathew A. Brann
Benjamin Nicholson
Elisabeth Nicholson
William C. Hopwood
Mary Hopwood
Hercules Ellis
Elisabeth Ellis
Morris Woods
Aceneth Woods
Andrew Harrison Bunten
Lucy A. Bunten
Robert Bunten
Henry Bunten
Sarah M. Bunten
James B. Bunten
Richard M. Bunten
Mary M. Bunten
Ann E. Bunten
Elisabeth F. Bunten
Alice Bunten
Oscar H. Bunten
Indiana
Putnam County
Township Fourteen
Greencastle
Walter 8
Campbell
W. M. Sutherlin
Hays & Murphy
Notice of Sale of Frame Dwelling House Greencastle
The Greencastle Consolidated Schools announce a public sale of a frame dwelling on Lot 7, Block 6, Central Survey Greencastle Indiana for cash at 9:00 a m August 27 1923. Purchaser must remove the building within 30 days and the tenant may occupy for at least one year. No minimum bid stated. sale subject to existing tenancy.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle Consolidated Schools
J. O. Cammack
E. R. Hamrick
Quiet title action in Putnam County court
Civil suit filed in Putnam Circuit Court September term 1923 to quiet title to real estate in Putnam County. Plaintiffs Clarence Scobee Earl Scobee seek adjudication against Ephraim Dukes and others in case No 11471.
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State of Indiana
Putnam County
Clarence Scobee
Earl Scobee
Ephraim Dukes
Putnam Circuit Court
Quieting title action in Greencastle Indiana
Plaintiff by W M Sutherlin files complaint with an affidavit stating many defendants have unknown residences and are nonresidents. The suit seeks to quiet title to 27 feet off the south end of Lot 96 Original Plat Greencastle Putnam County. Defendant appearance required by September 24 1923 at Putnam Circuit Court.
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Hays & Murphy
Wm. Sutherlin
Indiana
W. M. Sutherlin
Ephraim Dukes
John W. Clark
Amos Robertson
John Baird
Nancy Robertson
George W . Thompson
Ann Thompson
Christopher Shuck
Hiram Wasson
Hudson Brackney
Elizabeth Brackney
Benjamin Hawkins
Daniel Chadd
Samuel Taylor
Julia D. Taylor
Putnam County
Greencastle
Putnam Court Clerk Notice Rendered July 25 and Aug 1
Walter S. Campbell Clerk of the Putnam Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana notes dates July 25 and August 1 for upcoming legal action. W M Sutherlin attorney appears in the record.
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate in Putnam Court
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Sarah Massey deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on September 24 1923 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk witnesses the date July 28 1923.
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Sarah Massey
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Two Motorists Hurt by Exploding Pavement
Mr and Mrs Earl Stehel of Paris Illinois were injured when part of a brick pavement in a Chicago road exploded under their car due to intense heat. A heavy smoke cloud rose where the concrete foundation was torn out.
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Chicago
Earl Stehel
Paris
Somers
Man Sentenced by Father for Moonshine Possession
H. L. Jarrett jailed for 30 days and fined 100 dollars by his father Justice of the Peace Jarrett in Charleston West Virginia. Convicted of possessing moonshine liquor.
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H. L. Jarrett
Justice of the Peace
Jarrett
Charleston
W. Va
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Whole Hardware
Hen’s Gizzard
Girl
Flelen Schumacher
Tuckahoe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State of
Walter S. Campbell
Ford
Cheverlet
Overland
Moffett-Dobbs & Christie
Vicks Chicks
the Herald
Ord
Eresting
Son
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