Belgium town planning for postwar rebuilding
Plans in London discuss rebuilding ruined Belgian cities using modern town planning. A Belgian town planning committee will be led by Belgians, with advisory support from British and continental experts. The project aims to survey devastated towns secretly under German eyes, to create civic plans and homes for war sufferers, while integrating Flemish architectural style with modern requirements.
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London
Belgium
International
Garden Cities and
Royal Institute of British Architects
The
Institute of Municipal and County Engineers
Town Planning Association of
Great Britain
France
Holland
Poland
Russia
Spain
England
Flandera
Ewart G. Culpin
United States
Viscount Bryce
University College
Louvain
Termonde
Albert
M. Helleputte
Walker Fadden Fails By Eight Minutes In Race For $1000
Walter Fadden a restaurateur walked from St Paul to Minneapolis to win $1000 with Paddy Sullivan as pacemaker. He started at 8 06 and arrived near 9 98 morning eight minutes late to claim the prize. A motor return trip followed as spectators cheered and oranges aided endurance.
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St. Paul
Walter Fadden
Minneapolis
City Hall
Paddy Sullivan
Gibbons Boyo
Paddy
Audion Galt
Fadden
Washington Avenue
Mississippi River
Padden
Bride Born at Sea Marries in Redwood City
Warren Tilden Quirk, a clerk and Illinois native, secured a marriage license in Redwood City for Miss Mabel Marie Fontaine. Fontaine claimed birth at sea between France and America, born aboard a ship under the American flag, leaving a blank on the license for her native state.
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Redwood City
Neptune
San Mateo County
Warren Tilden Quirk
Illinois
Mabel Marie Fontaine
Miss Fontaine
France
America
Mins Fontaine
Grafts an English Walnut in Arizona Trees
Arizona walnut industry hears a breakthrough from naturalist C BR Biederman who grafts English walnut on native Arizona stock and promises fruit in the next year. Grafted trees also yield more valuable fruit and better appearance. Missouri highways chief plans to use Arizona plants along public roads.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
C. BR. Biederman
Missouri
Man shoots brother mistaking him for a ghost near Waycross
In Waycross area, Leo McQuaig, 20, shot his brother Harley McQuaig at their father Anderson McQuaig’s home three miles northwest of Waycross. The shooting happened after the younger brother was left at home as the older brother visited.
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Waycross, Ga
Harley McQuaig
Leo McQuaig
Anderson McQuaig
Waycross
McQuaig
Haunted McQuaig place ties to fatal shot in Waycross
Waycross resident Harley Harley, living seven miles west at Aus tins, visited his father’s home and was shot by his younger brother who did not hear him approach. The McQuaig property long reputed haunted, with local remark that if a ghost appeared it would be dealt with. The slain man leaves behind a young child.
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Waycross
Harley
Austins
McQuaig
Lee
Miff Patterson
Miff
Mift
Mim
Walter
Mit
Mitt
Bulgaria
Long Lost Heir Sought In Cartwright Will
New York judge executor John A. Van Zelm must locate Joseph Cartwright, missing 20 years, to inherit a $30,000 estate under Mrs. Jane Cartwrights will. If not found within six months, Arbenna D. J. Bolton of New Rochelle stands to receive the estate. Bolton had employed Mrs Cartwright as a servant for 40 years. Van Zelm may travel to Cuba to search for the heir.
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New York
Jane Cartwright
John A. van Zelm
White Plalna
Joseph Cartwright
Cartwright
Bolton
van Zelm
Cubs
Auto ride by a bull snake at Fort Clark
William McDonald and Clarence Rick el were driving when a four foot bull snake lay in the road. They stopped the car and later found the snake under the hood coiled around the frame as if enjoying the ride.
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Fort Clark
N. D
William McDonald
Clarence Rickel
Centenarian Louise Thiers Embraces Movie Fans
Milwaukee note. Mrs Louise K Thiers aged 100 and a real Daughter of the American Revolution celebrated her birthday recently. She has become an enthusiastic convert to the movie idea and shows promise of becoming a genuine movie fan.
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Milwaukee
Louise K. ‘Thiers
Thiers
Marked bill returns to Nashville man after 18 years
Owen Hale of Nashville Tennessee connected with the Spurlock Neal company recently received a one dollar bill he had marked eighteen years ago. In blue ink he had written on the bill his name and address, "Owen Hale, 1002," and the note came back to him, completing a remarkable piece of currency history.
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Nashville
Tenn
Owen Hale
Spurlock-Neal Company
Peaches
Hep
Almu
Battling Bull
Bill
Westphalia
Wwe
Effendi Bey
Effendi
Bey
Effend Bey
Murad Pasha
Giovanni
Tipping in Big Town A humorous wart on manners and money
In a rambunctious Big Town anecdote John Henry recalls Hep Hardy tipping rituals, hotel theatrics, and waiter wit. The tale follows Hep as he flits through restaurants with coins, faces pirate-like staff, and endures a chorus of tips from eager waiters while friends like Peaches and Mitt weigh ethics and economy of lavish tipping.
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Callum
Mab
Hep Hardy
Walter
Waurnjeans
Hep
Mep
Big Town
Orer
Bey
Prepared Flours From Beans To Banana Flour Recipes
A nutrition focused note on prepared flours including oatmeal rice lentil and soy bean flours plus banana flour. Describes uses for infant foods soups invalid cookery and baked goods with pea and lentil dishes, plus a recipe style loaf from yellow split peas and guidance on making soups loaves and breakfast meals.
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America
Mrs De Masters Prepares for 100th Birthday Hair Revival
Mrs Emily C De Masters of Kansas City, aged near a hundred, expects her hair to regain its natural golden brown color in old age, claiming a second eyesight improved sewing and reading without glasses. Her grandfather John Nelson, Lexington Mo earliest settler, saw similar hair color return in age.
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Emily C. de
Kansas City
de Masters
John Nelson
Lexington
Auburn Molasses Cookies Recipe
A recipe for molasses cookies uses one cup lard and butter, two cups molasses, two teaspoons soda dissolved in boiling water, a pinch of salt, ginger and cinnamon. Mix in flour to a soft dough and let stand an hour. Roll to a quarter inch, bake in a hot oven until rich brown.
Pigeon Fricassee Recipe Steps
Cut eight pigeons into small pieces and simmer in a stewpan with one pint water and one pint claret. Season with salt pepper mace and onion, add herbs and a butter roux, cover and stew until sauce thick, remove onion and herbs, beat yolks of three eggs and stir into the meat, keep stirring until thick, then plate and pour sauce over.
Marmalade Cake Recipe Improvised with Erratic Steps
A fragmented recipe describes creaming butter with marmalade, adding gar and sweet milk, then baking powder and flour to a right consistency. It mentions pan preparation and an unusual mix of frosting with coffee and orange juice, claiming the result is delicious.
Custard Assembly with Fruit Garnish
A kitchen note describes preparing custard using milk and eggs, cooking until set, then chilling. Halved fruit portions like peaches or berries are layered, with vanilla and sugar, and a decorative top of preserved fruit or whipped garnish.
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Walt
Fragmentary cookery note on preparing meat dish
The text describes adding water to cook meat until tender and browning the contents. It mentions seasoning with pepper and evaporating the liquid before serving a comely browned dish.
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