Bill's Little Mistake in the Air
Bill struts to impress Miss Wilmott as he flies from Middlesex airport with her aboard. A major berates him for endangering his niece. The tense scene ends with the niece forgiving and encouraging Bill to try flight again, praising the experience as wonderful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL Bradley
Middlesex
Washington
Northport
Miss Wilmott
Lida Wilmott
Bill
No. 2
Bil
Wajter
Gill
Giao
Wilmott
Wagnington
Giant New Map To Span Fifty Years Of Craft In Wellesley
In Wellesley Massachusetts Roger W Babson has conceived a world class map to cover the United States and Canada. It rests on a long term plan with an estimated two million dollars to be spent and about sixty more years to complete. The map will be 63 by 45 feet and use a curved earth like air, with a gallery surrounding it for viewing. It will reproduce topography and landscape with rivers mountains railroads cities and smaller towns traceable from the gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Roger W. Babson
United States
Canada
Pan-American Union
Senate
Arizona
Everglades
Florida
California
Rio Grande
United States Topographical Survey
Designer of U. S. Capitol Urged in Hall of Fame
Washington reports Charles Bulfinch hailed as the first American architect and nominated to the Hall of Fame by the American Institute of Architects. The board cites his design record including the U S Capitol and other major Boston and national works, noting his public service as a statesman and architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Bulfinch
United States Capitol
American Institute of Architects
Hae
Hall of Fame
Bulfineh
Plaa
Bulfiner
Boston
Bulfinch
Bowdoin Square
Harvard
Connecticut State House
Hartford
London coroner links death to long skirt hem
Coroner H. St. Oswald presiding over the inquest into Mrs. Sarah Stedman’s death ruled the cause as a fall caused by the hem of her long skirt. The verdict cited the skirt as the fatal factor and criticized the garment's design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Memory expert Peters eyed as memory school instructor
A theft case shows memory skills in action as memory expert Denver-Alrs N G Peters could instruct at a memory school. A thief stole 21 phonograph records from a home and, remarkably, challenged to name each song title, a total of 42 tracks identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver—Alrs
N. G. Peters
Curfew Confusion Triggers Townwide Alarm
Town children rushed to the fire engine house when the curfew bell rang by mistake. The council had not announced the curfew date, leaving volunteers and families puzzled as the bell merely warned all under fourteen to return home.
Perfect Butler Hawkins Sparks Holiday Dinner Mystery
In a postwar drawing room, Mrs. Crandall adores the new butler Hawkins praising his courtesy and skill. James Crandall recalls a wartime captain and a bullyvard Americanine cocktail as guests reminisce, while Christine faces a vanished guest and a note of heartbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wellington Crandall
Iitror
Sally Marlette
Hit
Chris
Jimmie
Hawks
Crandall
Ken Cullen
Hawkins Tere
France
Mrs. Adair
Miriam Bedell
Omaha
Miriam
Christine
Taddie
Scotty
Paris
Tek
Hawkins—Hawks
Mr. Crandall
Ame Crandall
James Wellington Crandatt
Jimmle Crandall
Jimmle
Hawkins
Deep Drilling Reaches World Class Depth in California
Oscar Howards Hathaway No. 7 well was drilled to 850 feet in Santa Springs, California, touted as the deepest at the time until Standard Oil’s Masvoy No 3 near Taft surpassed the depth by several feet. The report notes the California success as a milestone in deep drilling efforts.
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Oscar Howard
Hathaway
Four new national flags adopted by world states
Geneva reports that four nations have added flags for state occasions. France carved up the Levant into four sovereignties under the League of Nations, Lebanon adopted red white and cedar green on white, Syria adopted green white black with red stars, and other new states such as Lallusta and Jebel-Druze introduced distinctive banners featuring suns, tricolors, and multicolored patterns.
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Geneva
Switzerland
France
Levant
Ane Tate
League of Nations
Bach His
Republic of
Lebanon
Syria
Lallusta
Alaonities
Dapan
Jebel-Druze
Man Bites Dog In Herne Bay Beach Incident
A seaside Herne Bay event drew London's papers as a man bit his barking dog on the beach to stop its snapping. The dog yelped then trotted by its owner who said he tried remedies to curb the pup’s behavior. The act was a last resort that apparently worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herne Bay
El Paso man seeks to beat Solomon in marriage game
Bruce W. Steele, an El Paso plumber, asks courts to dissolve his 14th marriage as he boasts of his plan to "beat King Solomon" at marriage. He claims all his wives left due to jealousy of his success with other women and says winning women is simple if one knows a woman's weakness.
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el Paso
Texas
King Solomon
Bruce W. Steele
Steele
Executed Man Observes His 89th Birthday Story
Kingston Missouri recounts E G Wallace who survived a Civil War guerrilla execution. He celebrated his ninety eighth birthday while recalling being condemned to die with three comrades. A rifle volley missed him when a bullet grazed his hat and skull, leaving a permanent scar as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Wallace
Divorce Sues 13 Days After Golden Anniversary
Provo Utah Mrs Francis M Barney mother of 14 children filed for divorce thirteen days after their fiftieth wedding anniversary party. She accuses her husband of returning home drunk chocking her and threatening to kill her.
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Provo
Utah
Francis M. Barney
Girl Bitten by Mad Dog Strikes In Galatz After Attack
A young woman bitten by a mad dog in Beriin fled into Galatz two hours later and bit and scratched 18 pedestrians. The hydrophobine woman died, and two victims remained in critical condition.
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Galatz
Rumuala
Pony Pushes Baby Carriage In Busy Buckinghamshire
Post Boy, a farmer's pony in Buckinghamshire, pushed a baby carriage while owners were busy with chores, then carried the infant later. The incident shows the animal's unintended mobility and potential risk to the child amid domestic tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckinghamshire
England
Peramhue
Execution Follows Stormy Night Plot Twist
Chambers survives a staged escape and faces his would be killer Gordon Parks who plans an execution at four. A thunder storm delays the inevitable as Parks lies fatally wounded and Parks is later reported electrocuted at four.
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Dynney Ciameel
Chambers
John Delane
Parks
John Netaney
Cve
Cham *Bers
Grege
The
Morning Star
Gordon Parke
Gregg
Gordon Parks
Local social notes from Washington and Brush Valley
Washington Township community updates list visits and calls among families including the Peterman Cribbs Ray McGintys Harman Fisher Orr and others. Harmony Grove and Blairsville area gatherings are noted with church services and weekend visitors. In Brush Valley Prof Learn and locals visit, with several names and towns tied to Vandergrift Johnstown Dilltown and Indiana. Springfield column comments on channel swimmers and oil ads.
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Washington Township
Luther Peterman
Irene
Jeas Airman
Pittsburgh
Carl Cribbs
A. P. Ray
Frank McGinnty
Blairsville
Willard Frick
Vandergrifft
James Stuchell
John Park
Hdna Hamilton
Ambrose
John M. Nycum
Walter Whitacre
Sagamore
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
B. J. McIntire
Apollo
M. J. Boyer
Josiah Fisher
Rey. Giffen
Ter
Kenneth Marshall
Gabriel Waterson
Indiana
Louis Abel
Carl Wallace
Margaret Jamison
Robert Prugh
Near Atwood
Elkin Bothell
Child
Willet
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U. S
U. S. Capitol
Solomon
Marcella Gray
J. C. Penney Co
Thrift
Percale
Brush Valley
Prof. Learn and Family
Oakland
M. K. Bennett
I. V. Butterbaugh
Dilltown
W. HB. Miller
Johnstown
B. I. Stewart
G. T. McCrea
Marion Center
Lawrence Roser
Clarence McFeaters
Marie Degarmin
Clarence Deyarmin
Roy Palmer
Patterson
Frank Crawford
Springfield
Sun
Citizen’s National Bank
Geo. J. Phit
B. Bennett
V. Pres
Thos. N. Robinson
Cashida
CHAS
W. Carnahan
Asst
Gilbert
Parnell
John Rezzolla
R. Smith
Vernon F. Taylor
E. Dale Timberlake
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