12 Apr 1929
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1929
Page
1
The ad asserts Castoria safely soothes infant upset and colic using a vegetable formula. It says no drugs are needed, relief comes quickly, and Castoria is suitable for infants and older children. It notes twenty five million bottles were purchased last year.
Dr I H Ritson of the Bible Society notes south American districts favor somber Bibles while other regions show no such trend. The society sells 3000 Bibles daily in 600 languages. The bishop of Southwark prompted the query about black bindings and mournful styling.
The Hoover administration plans family vacations at the White House with Peggy aged three and Herbert Hoover III one and a half joining the president for visits though not living there. Herbert Hoover Jr. will reside in Los Angeles with his wife while Allan, twenty-one, contemplates a West Coast business start.
A gang of safe blowers tunneled into the West End branch of the Disconto Gesellschaft in Berlin and looted hundreds of thousands of dollars in banknotes securities and valuables. Investigators traced entry through an airshaft tunnel with weeks of labor and the robbers destroyed interior walls before fleeing. expert locksmiths spent 14 hours to open the vault door.
In Belgrade Yugoslavia the headmaster of a girls high school paraded students aged fifteen to twenty and warned they must follow plain dress rules stop using rouge lipstick and eyebrow shaving or face expulsion even if they are cabinet minister’s daughters. The move is seen as timely as Belgrade aims to stay ahead of Paris and eyebrow shaving had become common among Serbian girls.
Charleston’s Middleton Place, renowned since 1741, blends terraces and azalea pools along the Ashley River. Once home to Henry Middleton and the Great House, it inspired botany with oriental plants and Camellias Japonicas, later damaged in the Civil War, now restored with tombs of notable figures linked to independence.
A gardener in New York's zoological gardens fell severely ill after ingesting the fleshy fruit of the Chinese ginkgo tree. The outer covering must be removed to make the fruit edible, a practice traditional to Chinese cuisine, which warns of its toxic power by a rancid odor. Rows of maidenhair trees line the drive near the museum, valued for disease resistance and long life.
Three Washington State college students Carl Ellingson Ralph Carlton and Kenneth Kadow prove an education can cost only ten dollars a month. They get free room light and heat for caring for a furnace with food and incidentals totaling thirty dollars. Carlton and Ellingson earn by working in the college gymnasium while Kadow works as a stage electrician in the college auditorium offsetting the remaining expenses.
Hollywood songwriter Leonard Stevens author of I Faw Down and Go Boom is in recovery after an accident in which a motorist struck him. Police say Bit and ron were involved and no charges have been filed.
A survey shows Americans have invested 42 billion dollars in new buildings since the war. Expenditures in 1927 are expected to add about 7.5 million to the total. The construction boom accompanies a sharp rise in brick production from 1919 to 1927.
London debates opening the London Stock Exchange to Saturday trading in line with New York. War changes boosted investor protections, with stricter entry rules and a responsible statements requirement for new issues. The exchange traces its roots to the 17th century, with modern structure and governance set by nine trustees and annual membership re elections.
Burlington Vermont a sixteen year old 4 B club member Maurice A Hothrock protected his potato crop from blight during a rainy period by dusting plants with Bordeaux mixture the spray allegedly washed off but the next week his potatoes showed no blight while neighbors crops failed He notes customers can now say these spurs won t rot as he sells a bushel of potatoes
Kohl, a Oakland house painter, fled five weeks ago after learning from an attorney that he stood to inherit a 350000 bequest from his mother who died in Oakland. He said he feared threats and had been a witness in a federal court trial. A mysterious man, later revealed as the attorney, had been seeking him to deliver the inheritance news.
An advertising blurb touts Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a mild thorough vegetable laxative that keeps the digestive system in proper working order and promises readers will feel “like a million” after use, framing health and happiness around the product.
A poet remarks that the world resembles a masquerade suggesting some people wear amusing faces. The line hints at hidden natures and social disguises in everyday life.
A Tennessee reader credits Milks Emulsion with curing constipation and improving complexion, energy, and immunity after seven years of poor health. She reports several bottles improved her skin and eyes, and even helped a nephew recover stomach trouble, urging others to try the product with a satisfaction guarantee from The Milks Emulsion Co.
June 1903 saw Philippine coinage arrive from the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints and enter circulation in July 1903 under a 1902 tentative law. A 1906 act established value standards and a Philippine coining system, after which the San Francisco mint issued coins on request. In recent years the United States has not struck coins for the Philippines, with the old dies still in use.
Norway's forests are valued at about 250 million dollars, with three-fifths pine and fir. Since 1906 the Afforestation association has sought to plant 10 to 15 million trees annually. The remark on forgiveness suggests fear of enemies.
The piece argues age is relative as Chief Sted Fox near six tieth year is described as wiry and active. A witty exchange on aging follows, noting how terms like aged or elderly shift with perspective and context.
Dr Hugh S Cumming of the United States Public Health Service reports that school children lost about four per cent of possible attendance days due to illness.
The article notes that Bethlehem’s earliest names were Ephrath and Ephratali, shedding light on the city’s ancient toponymic origins. It discusses how the biblical location gained its name through historical and linguistic evolution, highlighting the significance of early identifiers.
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