Ford collecting ancient vehicles in Dearborn exhibit
Detroit April 21 Associated Press Henry Ford is gathering a historic vehicle collection at his Dearborn property. The vast assortment spans from a one horse chaise to the first Ford car of 1894, including stagecoaches, buckboards, phaetons, carriages, fire apparatus, and early motorized wagons.
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Associated Press
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Bunk
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Rockies
Oregon
California
Concord
Pennsylvania
Rockaway
Dearborn
Ford
Grapefruit Targeted for German Market Expansion
Hamburg April 21 The grapefruit may soon rival the orange in Germany as the American Department of Agriculture and the Florida Citrates Exchange promote the Florida fruit. Leading dealers in Hamburg Berlin Dresden and Munich already handle grapefruit regularly. A February shipment by freight steamer dedicated to grapefruit is planned to be followed by regular consignments.
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Hamburg
Associated Press
Germany
Department of Aaure
Florida Citrates Exchange
Berlin
Dressden
Munich
First annual School of Business Day at University
The first annual school day is celebrated today at the University. The banquet at 6:80 tonight at First Presbyterian Church will feature Fred Voiland of Topeka as the main speaker. This afternoon the faculty and students played a baseball game on the athlete field south of the gym.
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First Presbyterian Church
Fred Voiland
Topeka
Two Girls Abducted in Council Grove Kansas
Warrants charge Carl Easter and Joe Sharp with abduction after they allegedly eloped with Della Stilwell and Hazel Giffiths. Parents cannot trace the four in a small roadster. Also notes John Gavitt returns from four years in the navy and plans to stay in Lawrence. Rankin's Drug Store advertises Kotex and Nupak.
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Joe Sharp
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Navy
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Joe Gavitt
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Turkey
Greece
Italy
Spain
Algiers
Boston Navy Yard
Lawrence
Rankin’s Drug Store
Mass
Reunion Opens Today for Scottish Rite Ceremonies
The fifty ninth reunion of Scottish Rite Masonry in the vicinity began this afternoon at the Masonic temple. Degrees will be conferred throughout the week ending Friday night with a banquet for all Scottish Rite members and their ladies. The opening program featured class registration and a general reception for members at 4:30 p.m. tonight and continues with multiple degree and lecture sessions scheduled through the week.
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Maslonry
Masonic Temple
Bethel College Tram Service Seeks Court Ruling
Newton Kansas April 18 The Supreme Court will hear arguments next Monday over resuming street car service to Bethel College campus and a Mennonite hospital. Bethel argues the line must resume due to church financial aid and charter obligations linking campus and hospital. Arkansas Valley Interurban disputes.
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Interurban
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Mennonite Church
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Supreme Court
Additions to hotel fund honor list subscribers
The hotel committee announces additions to the honor list of subscribers who have paid their hotel fund dues in full or in part. Names include Graeber Brothers Kaw Valley Western A. E. Brasfield Shimmons Bros. Park Hetzel Alpha Omicron Pi University Kansan and others. League Meeting Thursday at Ober's store draws up playing schedule. team managers urged to attend.
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Light, Heat & Power Co
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Shimmons Bros
A. Lawrence
Park Hetzel
Alpha Omicron Pi
W.H Banning
University Kansan
Douglas County
Ober’s
Valspar
Barber’s
American movies winning foothold in Rome
Rome reports a surge of American moving pictures capturing audiences in Italy. With about 30 theaters in the capital and a 3,500 seat supercinema, US films lead in popularity, aided by American advertising a strong influence on daily life and attitudes.
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Associated Press
United States
America
Italy
Europe
Radio gains ground as film ads boost popularity
Advertising to boost films grows as radio slowly gains traction in popular culture. Jazz culture lingers but the crossword puzzle in the city of the Popes shows clear progress and smoother sailing.
Oxford Memoral Members Call For Chinese Indemnity Funds
Over four hundred Oxford resident graduate members including the vice chancellor and proctors sign a memorial to the foreign secretary urging the Boxer Indemnity Fund be spent solely on education and medical work in China. They doubt enthusiasm for educating more Chinese in English universities and note universities are already well filled.
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Oxford
Eng
Associated Press
Oslford University
China
Unwelcome Riches Drive Modest Arkansas Man to Wilds of Texas
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown, 80, known as Uncle Nap, a Confederate veteran vsf owner of nine automobiles, seeks to escape oil wealth. Once driven by 20 oil wells near El Dorado, Arkansas, he moved to a Texas farm near Seminole Reservation with 800 acres still oilless. He wishes for quiet, claiming he has 500,000 dollars and says he can live 20 more years.
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Tion
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Louisiana Confederate Cavalry
Film Stars Protest Rubber Neck Wagons Past Homes
Beverly Hills residents joined by film stars to curb sight-seeing buses that advertise private visits to star homes. Operators used megaphones and boasted about celebs and spouses, intruding on private grounds. Police ordered buses to keep moving to end the nuisance.
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Lodge
Beverly Hills
Cal
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Vorite
Fish reveal their ages by half circles on scales
Seattle April 16. Salmon and trout show ages by half circles added to their scales. John N. Cobb of the University of Washington explains each year adds a new arc, with lines like tree rings. Wider lines indicate plentiful food and lean years. Experiments extend to other species.
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Seattle
John N. Cobb
College’ of Fisheries
University of Washington
Dean Cobb
Dean Gobb
Cynthia Grey on life’s daily troubles and courage
The author reflects that life surprises us again just when we think we understand it. She notes that daily annoyances require quiet courage and resolve, urging readers to face small setbacks with steady determination. The tone combines wit with practical insight about everyday resilience.
Archaic Musings on Gender and a Reserve Act Plan
A fragmented sentence opens with social musings on gender and secrecy then shifts to Augusta report of the American Bankers Association executive council approving a study of proposed changes to the Federal Reserve Act and a campaign to urge states to enact a model arbitration statute. It also alludes to a Caligula era fortune claim.
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Augusta
Associated Press
The
American Bankers’ Association
Sanity hearing set for Irene Murphy in Kanwaka
Neighbors reported a sudden mental attack by Mrs. Irene Murphy of Kanwaka township. Officers detained her at the county jail yesterday and a sanity hearing before Probate Judge Menger was scheduled for 2 this afternoon.
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Kanwaka
Kanwaka Township
Menger
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