Huge ZR-1 dirigible under construction in Philadelphia yard
The ZR-1 airship is being built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to rival the Hull River disaster of the ZR-2. It will be 700 feet long with 85 feet diameter, powered by new engines, and capable of cruising about one third of the world’s distance without descent.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hull River
Lakehurst
N. J
Norfleet
Akron
Navy
Quakers Aid the Russians Plan Large Scale Plowing
The American Friends Service Committee will direct tractors in famine regions of Russia to plow for communes or district groups for the fall crop. Volunteers will stay at each stopping place for at least two weeks, plowing one large communal plot to ensure centralized, efficient effort. Plowing targets districts distant from railways with high animal deaths and scarce food.
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New York
Aemérican
Friends Service Committee
Friends
Elect Officers at Grand Lodge Elks Meeting in Atlantic City
Thousands of delegates at the Grand Lodge Elks annual meeting in Atlantic City enthusiastically received a plan to have each lodge engage in athletic activities and acquire property for an athletic field. The grand lodge elected officers including J Edgar Masters as grand exalted ruler and Fred A. Morris as grand esteemed leader with other posts filled across the order. The Philadelphia Elks band won the band contest with Omaha Saal second and Milwaukee third in the results list.
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Atlantic City
N. 2
Elks
Grand Lodge
J Edgar Masters
Chariroi
Fred A. Morris
Mexico
Harry A. Tichner
Pasadena
Cal
Fred C. Nuetzie
Louisville
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
P. J. Brennan Dennison
Texas
Clement Scott
Vancouver
Wash
Albert K. Hill
Spartanbureg
S. C
John Ryrsart
Jamestown
N. Y
Robert A. Scott
Hinton
Ind
Uariera
Paint
Mieh
Philadelphia Elks
Miwaukee
Chicago
San Tutonicafta
Quito’s Unique Position on the Equator Spotlighted
In Quito Ecuador the only city exactly on the equator sees sunrise and sunset at six o clock year round.
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Quito
Ecuador
Hits Object While Diving, Durwood Weatherly Dies
Durwood A Weatherly aged 14 of Greensboro died after injuring his head in a pool last Thursday. He later fell seriously ill and died yesterday at about 6 pm. He worked for Western Union in Greensboro and leaves a father two sisters and three brothers. Funeral conducted at Beths Church Battleground Road with interment in Green Hill cemetery.
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Durwooe A. Weatherly
Milton A. Weatherly
Greensboro
Durwood
Western Union Telegraph Company
Beths
Battleground Road
Green Hill Cemetery
German music halls face closure amid crisis
Berlin reports hundreds of music halls cabarets and varieties may shut due to the general economic crisis. High salaries for top artists and costly paney tricks help push venues to the brink, threatening an exodus of German entertainment if conditions do not improve.
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Berlin
America
Forsyth County schools budget tops half a million dollars
The Forsyth public schools budget for the next term amounts to nearly 500000 dollars, per county Superintendent Speas. The plan excludes local tax district funds for extending the school year beyond six months as required by state law.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth Public Schools
Speas
Worms Attack Early Virginia Wheat Crop
In a historical report, worms devastated the first wheat crop planted by Virginia colonists, threatening early settlement agriculture. The infestation underscored the fragility of colonial farming efforts and the need for pest management strategies.
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Virginia
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Grand Lodge Elks
Ing Daily
THE
Elwood
Carolina Baking Company
High Point’s
Sox
Holland
South America
South
Southern Republican
Durham
N. C
Robert L. Gray
Washington
Durham, N. C
Seceirs Recic
Oldfields
BAN
Raeronone
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Oildfields
Gate City Motor Company
High Point
Poe A
Trij
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