15 Aug 1925
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
1
The report notes a mixed change in potato crop conditions across states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and others. While Pennsylvania and nearby areas show declines, several states experience slight increases in forecasts, offsetting losses from drought effects in June and early July.
The passage notes a much smaller crop than last year with an estimated reduction of about 10,700,000 bushels.
London reports two British inventors have perfected a machine replacing metal type with photographic film. A keyboard selects characters, projecting onto a master film then onto sensitized film for rapid exposure. If proven, the system could cut printing costs and shrink establishments.
Constantinople reports that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of Turkey, has divorced Latife Hanoum by decree effective August 5. Officials give no reasons. rumors blame her public role, while commentary notes the divorce reflects changes in Turkish governance and the new authority over divorces.
A biographical account describes Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s marriage to Latife Hanım, noting reforms and social shifts. It covers their first official banquet with women present, Latife’s dress choices, language skills, and her anecdotes of meeting and marrying Kemal in Smyrna and after the Turkish nationalists took control.
A Pine Flats notice lists a Saturday August 22 event at 8 pm in the 1. O. C. F. Hall with admission 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. It mentions plans to buy a piano for the hall and invites all. Also includes social calls among local residents and a new car purchase, plus church preaching August 16 at the Pine Flats Christian Church.
The University of Wisconsin will no longer accept money from the Rockefeller Foundation or any foundations after uproar over a $12,500 medical research grant. Trustees insist funds originate with the foundation, not the donor, and taint cannot be traced to the university.
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