Bad Check Artist Turns to Correspondence School
Iowa inmates in Fort Madison and other prisons study via correspondence courses, says J H Strief. Convicts including a former bad check artist pursue accounting and electrical subjects, paying tuition from prison shop earnings as warden Hollowell reports.
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Don P. Drohan
Des Moines
Iowa
Uncle Sam
J. H. Strief
State Board of Control
Fort Madison
Thomas P. Hollowell
Hollowell
Strief
Anamosa inmates study via correspondence courses
Anamosa reformatory inmates aged up to 30, including younger men and first offenders, are registering for numerous correspondence courses. Warden Hollowell allows them to keep their cell lights on and stay up to a reasonable hour like 10 or 10:30 while they study, as they give up tobacco to satisfy cravings.
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Hollowell
Anamos Reformatory
Fights Highlight Reno Shrine-Elk Frolic Weekend
In Reno Nevada the Shrine-Elk Frolic on June 8 9 and 10 features bantamweights California Joe Lynch vs Leonardo Garcia Orient champion. Garcia has beaten Denver Mickey Coline Midget Mike O Dowd and Ray Rushell in three starts, while Lynch recently defeated Phil Rosenberg and Bushy Graham among others. The bout is billed as a Madison Square Garden level attraction for fans in Nevada and eastern California.
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Special Age Dispatch
Reno
Nevada
California
Joe Lynch
Bushy Graham
Leonardo Garcia
Orient
United States
Phillipine Islands
Denver
Mickey Coline
Mike O'Dowd
Ray Ruschell
Chicago
Pancho Villa
Phil Rosenberg
Oakland
Dixie LaHood
Vic Loley
Bud Taylor
Madison Square Garden
Perpetual motion claimed from warm and cold sea water
Paris June 7 1926 perpetual motion has been harnessed to industrial use via ocean waters of different temperatures Professor Paul Boucherot and Georges Claude demonstrated a tiny turbine and now aim to scale to large energy. They propose ocean energy could power floating factories with initial plant at Havana producing 40000 kilowatts.
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Robert W. Thompson
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Paul Boucherot
Monsieur Georges Claude
Academy of Science
Boucherot
Liege
Belgium
Academy of Sciences
Claude
Academy
Havana
Cuba
Hotel Arrivals at the Nevada Hotel
Guests checked into the Hotel Nevada on Tuesday including C. O. Phillips R A Charleton F Cornelius J T Levery A R White Ralph Myerson P G Lansdown R Griegerson Horace Silver Mrs A Methewson G H Warren Glen Warren C E Micosky Los Angeles Mrs W Huston Mrs C O Taylor W O Willard and wife Death Valley Mr and Mrs Walter Clinch San Diego J A Slavick Salt Lake City L M MacLin Ontario R E Trenouroux F S Richards W E Jensen Mrs W E Jensen H R Carr and wife San Francisco J C Smith John Drian San Bernardino.
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Hotel
Nevada
C. O. Phillips
RA. Charleton
F. Cornelius
J. T. Levery
A. R. White
Ralph Myerson
P. G. Lansdown
R. Griegerson
Horace Silver
A Methewson
G. H. Warren
Glen Warren
C. E. Buchanan
L. C Micosky
Los Angeles
W. Huston
C. O. Taylor
W. O Willard
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D. Baker Civil Engineer
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Fremont Las Vegas, Nev
J. T. McWilliams, C. E
Clark County
Moapa Valley
Arizona Assay Office
C. E. Bulette
Griffith
A. Parvin
McNamee
Attorneys AT Law
Pacific Electric
Los Angeles Calif
Las Vegas
F. A. Stevens
A. S. Henderson
Stevens & Henderson
Las
Vegas
A. W. Ham
Mesquite Bldg
A. A. Hinman
Clark Bldg
Las Vegas, Nev
Harley A. Harmon
Justice Court Building
E. F. Dupray
Chas. Lee Horsey
Attorney AT Law
J. S. Thompson
Griffith Bldg
F. M. Ferguson
M. D
Las Vegas Hospital
U Vegas, Nevada
E. H. Conger
Postoffice
THE
American Legion
Third Street
Court House
D. Farrar
Leonard Blood
Adj
Forest R. Mildren
Las Vegas, Nevada
Roy W. Martin
New Hospital
Second St
R. R. Myers
Park Ee
Dr. W. Park
Res. Hotel National
Martha S. Crump
Fremont St
Vegas Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Earl F. Davison
W. M
Southgate
Order of the Eastern Star
Grace Newlin
Mabel R. Ullom
Eagles
Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Levy's
C. W. T. Gilbert
E. R. Wm. L. Scott
Charleston
Beckley’s Hall
John Gordon
C. C
Julius Ahlstrom
Oasis Rebekah Lodge
Levy's Hall
Grace Colville
N. G
Will Moll
Baltimore
Rome
Peter Bonelli
Cesare Sabelli
Roger Q. Williams
Hudson-Graglia
Mermaid Pool
D. Hinrichsen
Donald Bremner
Sec
Shriners
Ragamuffin Orchestra
Lorenzi’s Resort
Ragamuffins
Station
Arrowhead Trail
M. E. Sullivan
Prop
Fremont
Mosbach
L. Young
Alifornia
Yellowstone and Zion National Parks
Union Pacific Agents
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