Pageant of Progress Opens at Chicago Municipal Pier
Chicago's municipal pier hosts the second annual Pageant of Progress with a vast expo of booths from radio to farm machinery. The event features a radio congress for youths, business shows, a fashion parade, lectures on voice transmission, and days dedicated to health, milk handling, aeronautics, and Canadian Day. Miss America candidates from various cities will showcase.
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Chicago
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Lake Michigan
London Not Ready for Skyscrapers
London officials ease some limits on tall stores but stop short of American style skyscrapers. The Retail Distributors Association notes height caps of 120 feet on favorable sites, with possible 100 to 140 feet in practice. Old cubic capacity rules rise to 500000 feet, enabling large departments, yet London’s tallest building remains 110 feet, far below Liverpool’s 420 foot tow er.
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London
London County Council
West End Busines
Retail Distributors Association
Uts
America
Whitehall Court
National Liberal Club
Liverpool
Steamship Company
Five-Legged Duck Born Near Powhatan Farm
Paul Ramsey, a farmer near Powhatan Ohio, hatched a five legged duck. The bird is healthy and walks normally on its two standard legs despite its extra limbs.
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Paul Ramsey
Here
Ramsey
Typhoid Cases Rise in Danville City
Danville Virginia reports seven typhoid fever cases at the city health office with additional suspects under medical watch. Health officer says cases are scattered and no common infection source or factor is found to aid tracing.
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Danville
City Health Office
Advertising and knowledge shaped by what we read
The passage argues that advertising influences thoughts and beliefs even when people claim to ignore ads. It compares learning about the earth’s shape to information gained through advertising and suggests reading or hearing ads is a universal part of knowing facts.
London to wipe out twenty two slum areas
London county council will clear twenty two of the worst slum areas over the next ten to nineteen years with government aid. The plan displaces about 46,000 people at a cost of millions of pounds as part of creating a slumless city for better housing and health.
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London
London County Council
Lecita
Trousers Thief Reported in Akron Neighborhood
Police headquarters received reports of pocket thefts in Akron. Honard Doernbrek of 947 Nathan Street said someone entered his room and took 18 dollars from his trousers pocket.
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Akron
Honard Doernbrek
Nathan Street
Modern man keeps wife at his heels
A concise aphorism contrasts stone-age men and modern men by noting the shift from a wife at the feet to a wife at the heels, reflecting changing social dynamics in marital roles.
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