West Virginia uses gas to mine coal replacing explosives
Charleston reports a new method using compressed and frozen liquid carbonic gas to loosen coal in a mine at Maybeury Pocahontas Fuel. Robert W. Lambie promotes the safety approach, noting reduced hazards, increased lump coal output, and elimination of explosives with minimal lingering gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Lick Branch
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Maybeury
Robert W. Lambie
West Virginia Mining Department
Lamie
Lambie
Cleansing Cream Claims Skin Age Reduction
An advertisement for MEL LO-GLO Cleansing Cream from Mann Drug Stores touts a cocoa butter formula that firms and plumps skin while cleansing pores. The copy insists the cream is unlike others and will not grow hair, preserving a youthful complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann Drug Stores
Aluminum Abundant Worldwide in Earth's Crust
Aluminum ranks as the most plentiful metal globally and makes up more than eight percent of the earth's crust, highlighting its wide distribution and potential for diverse uses.
Turkey approves Eski-Cehir sea foam monopoly firm
Turkey grants sanction to the Eski-Cehir sea foam corporation formed by Turkish capitalists ending a free for all mining scramble that began around 1850 in meerschaum pipe country. The firm will modernize mining and is expected to boost output from the lone sea foam source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eski-Chehir
Turkey
Eski-Chehir Sea Foam Corporation
Black Sea
Vienna
Honolulu Sees Its First Real Circus
Honolulu witnesses its first real circus with lions tigers trapeze performers and sideshows brought from the mainland. Tractors pulled wagons due to no dray horses available marking a Yankee style spectacle in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Cleveland trio jailed for Midwest holdups
Grace Mc Donald King, 27, of Cleveland, received 90 days in the Detroit House of Correction after a spree of hold ups in six midwest cities. Her two male companions, Frank Cook, 89, and John Woods alias Jack Ward, were sentenced to five years in Jackson state prison after capture in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Middle West
Grace McDonald King
Detroit
Senate defection shifts stance on farm loan bill
Senate Main changed to opposition though absent and paired as the proposal would loan 406 million dollars to farm cooperatives from a revolving fund at 4 percent. If needed an equalization fee could be used, with a farm board and commodity advisory councils to approve the fee before it takes effect. McNary argued courts would rule on constitutionality before the fee begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Senate
McNary
Lindbergh Backers Invest in New Air Venture
Three St Louis businessmen who backed Lindbergh on his Atlantic flight join a plan by Pennsylvania Railroad for night train air mail service between New York St Louis and southwest. Passengers would ride trains at night and switch to airplanes for day travel cutting New York Dallas time to about 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Harold M. Bixby
New York
New York-Dallas
Tips as sole wages for many French waiters
Paris reports that in many large French cafes waiters rely on tips as their only earnings rather than wages from owners. The practice includes paying for "the apron" before the war, with American customers often driving higher tips in cafes frequented by tourists and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Cage Queen Adena Turner Honored at Girls Tournament
Miss Adena Turner of St. Joseph Missouri earned the title Cage Queen for her performance as star forward with the Jolly club at the national girls basketball tournament in Wichita Kansas. Turner noted for her red hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adena Turner
St. Joseph, Mo
Jolly
Wichita
Kas
Turner
Waiters’ tips and charges in refined service
The passage notes waiters face a daily charge for tips, varying from one to one and a half dollars, now labeled as an allowance. It adds that waiters typically earn from $2.50 to $4 a day in tips depending on the restaurant.
Service Held for Mrs Eliza Barker
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Barker who died at her home 1003 East Russell street were held yesterday at Mt Lebanonan M P church in Randleman. Miss Clara Cox pastor Springfield Friends church officiated. Pallbearers were S G Anderson W E Anderson H C Hepner Tom Morgan H C Keever and E E Hayworth. Interment followed in the family plot at Mt Lebanonan cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Barker
East Russell Street
Mt. Lebanonan M. P
Randleman
Clara Cox
Springfield Friends Church
S. G. Anderson
W. E. Anderson
H. C. Hepler
Tom Morgan
H. C. Keever
E. E. Hayworth
Flowers
Marjorie Smith
Ella Smith
Japan Seismic Activity Records 1927 Shocks
Central meteorological observatory reports 6027 earthquakes in 1927 in Japan. Of these 2069 were felt, 3958 recorded only by seismographs. The total shows increases of 1797 perceptible shocks and 317 tremors from 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
Weather turns wild as radio storms blamed by captain
Captain W H Parker, master of the Home rich liner, argues that electrical waves trigger rain and intensify gales. He notes unprecedented freakish weather has increased with greater radio use, suggesting a link between broadcasting and storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Parker
New Ticker Tests Fast Stock Quotations on Exchange
New York traders anticipate near instant quotation updates as a new ticker is tested, capable of 900 characters per minute versus the current 309. Traders expect efficiency to keep pace with daily sales potentially reaching seven million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
New Rule Tightens Taxi Cab Interior Visibility in New York
Police will strictly enforce a rule that taxi interiors must be visible from outside. The rear window must measure at least eight inches by 20 inches to ensure the cab’s interior is exposed to public view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Opti mist inventors push speed limits in Germany
In Frankfort Germany visionaries claim gas turbine rocket motor tech can power a car to 62 miles per hour within eight seconds of ignition. The inventors see parallel speed advances for airplanes airships and railway cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfor
Germany
Reading Keystones Boost Outfield With Two Moores
Lakeland April 13. The Reading Keystones sign two outfielders named Moore Johnny from New Haven and Andy from Spartan bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Lakeland
Reading Keystones
Johnny
New Haven
Andy
Spartanbure
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Virginia
National Market Co
North Main Street
High Point
America
California
Black Hawk
Meee Tee Ia
Iowa
Lindbergh
NEW Air Venture
Barker
Coats
London
EFIRD
Nobel
Hudson Peak
Silk Peak
Hudson’s
Hudson's
New
Hick
Amoskeag
Efird’s Department Store
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!