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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1926
Page
4
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The Chicago Tribune reports on the origin of the two-dollar bill jinx from the Spanish pieces of eight lineage. The superstition traces to a thirteen, later a sixteen, cursed by luck. New England circulates the note. Canada uses it widely, while U S circulation remains suppressed by belief in bad luck.
Austria questions the U S claim to inventing the typewriter arguing that Peter Mitterdorfer of Innsbruck was the real inventor. A memorial tablet honors him for a device built around 1840s with a wooden frame and strings. The tale connects an American copy in 1867 by Carlos Glidden with Latham Shoals and Soule of Milwaukee.
Experts report rising interest in costly pearl ropes in the United States with American dealers buying from British aristocracy and wealthy provincial manufacturers. Real pearl necklaces above 25000 dollars are rare for daily wear as thieves roam the theater district, so owners favor imitations for most occasions.
A Tigh lander in Scotland claims a passerby resembled the Great and Only. The man, identified as Mr. Shaw, confirmed the likeness with a simple acknowledgment and moved on. The anecdote appears in the Argonaut.
A nervous curate speaking for the Society for the Abolition of the Short Skirt urged attendees to discard scanty apparel and then awkwardly invited ladies wearing short skirts to set a public example, after an embarrassed pause.
Japanese capitalists map a hydro electric development on the Choshinko river on the Korean peninsula. The project is expected to generate about 47 000 kilowatts of electricity with total capital needs around 100 000 000 dollars. The electricity will supply light power and various electro chemical uses.
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