County Teachers Institute to Open in August
Douglas county announces a teachers institute in Lawrence in August with instructors from Lawrence Public Schools. W W Curfman will oversee general methods, C E Birch will teach penmanship and caligraphy, Nell Holtman will lead primary methods, and Mary McAuliffe will direct health instruction.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
C. J. ‘Lane
W- W. Curfman
Lawereence Public Schools
C. E. Birch
Lawrence Public Schools
Bank Robbery in Iowa City Ends in Gunfire
Robbers armed with a machine gun robbed the First National Bank at noon, about $4,000 taken. A fusillade erupted as they fled in a large car driving east. One robber waited on a street corner while a gunman shot as Lew McDonald ran for help and bystanders were ordered to seek cover.
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Herff
Kansas
Eli Theirarme
State Senatey
Lew ‘McDonald
Salina man buys Kansas City Board of Trade seat
Nathan L. Jones of Salina Kan president of Public Utility Investment company bought a $12,500 membership in the Kansas City Board of Trade. The membership had been held by the late Jd. A. Theis. Jones plans to list utilities stocks locally and deal in Kansas City. Founders of Wichita dead: William Finn, 81, helped lay out the city in 1872 and taught Sedgwick County’s first school. He dies at a hospital in Newton Kan after living with relatives. burial at Sedgwick.
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Salina
Kansas
City Board ‘of Trade
Kansas ‘City
Pal
Nathan .L. Jones
Kan
Public Utility Investment ‘Company
Kansas “City
Texas
New Mexico
C. E. Smith
Jones
Exchange
Cith
Wichita
Newton
William Finn
Sedgwick
County
Finn
Earl Schaefer
Adeline Anderson
Kirksville, Mo
Arthur
Angeles
Railroad wreck blocks Missouri Kansas Texas train near Brewer
Northbound Missouri Kansas Texas limited derailed near Brewer Oklahoma. No injuries reported as cars overturned, engine tender and cars left tracks at about 40 mph. Wrecking equipment from Muskogee responded. Southbound Texas Special detoured via Kansas-Oklahoma tracks. Local birth notices mention Mrs Bench Erwin and a son Billy but a birth date was not reported.
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Texas
Kansas Oklahome and
Culf
Bench. Erwin
Billy Whack
Ray “Cronemeyer
Tonganoxie
Indian crafts trade mark and schooling push
Commissioner notes aim to remove Indians from government care and make them self supporting. Indians across 200 tribes earned 1,267,816 dollars from selling blankets baskets beads wood carvings paintings and other arts. A trade mark design to identify Indian handiwork is planned. Pre vocational instruction in Indian schools includes farming carpentry blacksmithing engineering masonry painting harness repair for boys and home arts for girls. Agricultural college graduates supervise farming. The Coolidge dam in Arizona now costs 5,850,000 dollars and will provide irrigation for Pima Indians.
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Wilbur Te
Frankli
Coleres
Coolidge
Arizona
Tend to Grow Larger Than Wild Forebears
Berlin AP notes domestic animals tend to grow larger than their wild forebears. Wolves were bred into wolfhounds to fight marauders as villages in Europe grew. Danes bred for hunting boar reached 250 pounds. A London cat show prize winner weighed 65 pounds, about twice a wild cat. The domestic pig and steer have increased in average slaughter weights from 330 pounds two centuries ago to about 650 pounds now.
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Berlin
Europe
London
Dueling Still Flourishes at Jena University Germany
Reports from Jena University show student dueling remains common. Students wear bandages from bouts and discuss sabre sparring in cafes, with enforcement of anti dueling laws varying by state, as Heidelberg crackdowns contrast with Thuringia tolerance.
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Jena
Germany
Jena University
Heidelburg
Thuringia
Parisian designer unveils a starry white vest suit
AP reports a Parisian designer showcases a business suit featuring a light brown coat with blue sleeves a white star decorated vest blue trousers and green pumps highlighting bold Paris fashion.
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Paris
Fragmentary note on clothing and people
An incomplete OCR fragment mentions men’s clothing and names or terms like Sox ton and Erenchmen. No clear event or attribution is readable. details are too garbled to identify persons, places, or actions.
Interlochen Musicians Study Under World Famous Conductors
Interlochen Michigan hosts 300 of the nation’s top high school musicians for two months at the city of music. They study violin, horn, conducting, composition, and teaching methods under renowned conductors. Two hours daily in orchestra practice, six days weekly, plus noon sessions. Residents of each cabin form complete ensembles for sectional work. The program is run with professional standards and oversight by regional music groups. Canton’s John K Frohan is noted for possessing a 11% year old ear from a legendary New England tale. The ear, tied to the 1816 summerless year, was inherited through Daniel Childs of Canton and passed down through generations.
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Mich
Inhera
Lear
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music
Joseph EB
Maddy
University of Michigan
T. FP. cGiddings
Minneapolis
Melanuse Va
Canton
John.k. Frohan
New England
Frohan
Daniel Childs
Childs
Relic Passed Through Family Over Decades
Fragment of a centuries old artifact shows careful preservation through a family line about 25 years ago when it passed to Mr. Frohan. The relic remains nearly intact with only minor wear from a few brushes.
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Frohan
Hoover to Dedicate Ohio River Canal in October
Cincinnati AP report notes President Hoover will attend the October 15 dedication of the Ohio River canalization project aimed at a year round 9 foot stage for the river. The $110 million system includes 48 dams and locks, improving shipping of coal oil steel and other goods along the 1000 mile Ohio River corridor. James W. Good and Col Harley Ferguson outline expected benefits and planned river cruise from Pittsburgh to Cairo. J D Dunlavy, Civil War veteran from Ellisville, attended this year’s Confederate reunion.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hoover
Pittsburgh
President Hoover
Louisville
Cairo
James W. Good
Secretary of War
Harley B., Ferguson
United ,States Division
Ohio ‘River Improvement
Sta
The
Ohio —River Improvement
Ferguson
Cape Fear Pirate Pageant To Animate River August 21 23
Cape Fear River hosts a staged pirate pageant featuring Black Beard as Wilmington reenacts a coastal invasion. Historic lore anchors the event with ships, river traffic, and a mock battle near the harbor drawing locals and visitors to the waterfront.
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Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Black Beard
High Seas
Atlantic Seacoast
Black ‘Beard
United States Revenue
Modoc
Fort Fisher Pirates Parade Inspires Three Day Borough Fest
In a colorful recreation, Wilmington hosts a pirate invasion with Skull and Cross Bones banners as residents dress as buccaneers for a three day celebration. Claims vary on where Blackbeard feasted, but Wilmington asserts Fort Fisher as the setting, with digging for treasure yielding only an empty iron cask. In Ohio, Dayton plans a summer of band music, buying toy instruments for 40 children and scheduling a festival concert in August.
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Tle
Ilnington
Fort Fisher
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
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