Youthful stonecutter pushes Lee Lee Memorial project
Steffen Thomas, a Bavarian stonecarver in Atlanta, plans to complete the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial and add a companion monument to women of the Confederacy atop Kennesaw Mountain. He estimates about 1004 years and three years to finish Stone Mountain, with backing from wealthy Southerners.
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Wester Atltanta
Stone Mountain
Steffen Thomas
United States
Kennesaw Mountain
Kennesaw Monument
Thomas
Gutzon Borrgium
Augustus Lukeman
Sotne Mountain
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Borgluim
Lee
Lukerman
Lev
Borglum
B Lukeman
Its A Racket Cataract Scam Ends In Clinton Storm
A report recalls a scam where two men posed as doctors sold a fake cataract cure and eyedrops to a gullible patient named Tom, claiming the film on his eye vanished after use. The remedy was a common eye wash. the real cataract was a shell lining. A Clinton hospital delivered a baby by flashlight when storm darkened the facility.
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Clinton, Ind
How One Kentucky Sheriff Got Rich
The report highlights Harlan county Kentucky corruption surrounding Sheriff Theodore R Middleton who testified before a Senate committee. It notes his net worth rising from about 10000 to over 100000, ownership of stores coal mines a dairy and stock holdings. It details transfers of about 59000 from tax accounts to his private bank accounts to cover personal debts and mortgage payments. Deputy testimony claims monthly kickbacks to the sheriff while Middleton invokes income tax inquiries. The piece ends noting the sheriff’s tenure being limited and suggesting a wealth sharing dynamic in the county government.
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Preston Grover Associated
Washington
Harlan County
Kentucky
Acme
Theodore R. Middleton
Senate Oiliherifies
Coumnry
Midedleton
Middleton
Cincinnati
W. W. Lewis
Bank of Harlan
Midlieton
Middielan
Congress Battle on Star Routes in Senate Impasse
In Washington the Senate Post Office Committee wrestled with a star route mail contract bill aiming to grant contractors long tenure without competitive bidding. Pressure from New England senators surfaced as contracts shifted after a late delay, sparking accusations of patronage amid varied views on efficiency and civil service rules.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Miles Aviation
Farley
Partey
Senate Post Office
House
Post Office Department
Potemmage
Civil Service
New England
North Atlantic
Postoffice
Postoffice Departent
Hover
Pigskin Mortgages Go On Display In San Francisco Bookshop
In a San Francisco shop Fred Dar UL shows an ancient collection of handwritten indentures and mortgages on pigskin. The rare exhibits, some dating to 182, include seals and unique margins, illustrating how creditors matched copies. Darvill owns over a thousand such documents, deemed the only collection of its kind. An accompanying classroom anecdote about gravity ends with a humorous quip from a student.
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San Francisco
Fred Dar
Queen Elizabeth
Kun Book
Daryll
Darvill
Senators debate amendment on contractors bill conference decision
The bill's principle backed an amendment to aid this year's contractor field. It advanced to conference with the house after prior passage. Senators doubted if their amendment could reliably exclude low bidding contractors even with house support. Snails suffer from a small parasite similar to dog fleas.
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House
Junkyard Marvel Big Benny Crushes Cars in Buffalo
A Buffalo junkyard debuts the nations strongest car cruncher known as Big Benny. It devours up to 30 old car bodies per hour stripping upholstery glass wood and metal before a magnetic jaw and compressing the shell into a compact block for smelting.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Big Benny
Rym
Locust Plague Extinguished Within Ten Years Aim Proposed
Bombay reports a projected ten year drive to subdue locusts, with Europe Asia and Africa joining a joint campaign. An Indian survey maps permanent breeding grounds across the Arabian desert and Indian hinterlands, while pilots warn provinces in advance of invasions and research tracks locust weather and breeding effects. US air transport burned over 80,000 pads of motor fuel in 1936.
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Bombay
Europe
Asia
Africa
Markran
Indian Desert
United States
Remember This When You Need no Laxative
A promotional note extolls Black Draught as a daily aid and a remedy at first signs of constipation. It urges readers to keep the vegetable laxative on hand and questions if readers have tried it, framing it as trusted by thousands of men and women.
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ROY Anderson and Company Fire
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Skin
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