Anne Chamberlain’s Engagement Follows Evening of Intrigue
A visitor to town, Neal Conrad, a young lawyer, is touted as the coming sensation. George Hildreth, Anne Chamberlain’s escort, grows vaguely jealous as Anne shows fine character. A later trip with Mrs. Griffin prompts Anne to spend her savings on finery and Neal asks for her hand. The couple’s quiet but impressive marriage is announced.
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Anne Chamberlain
George Hildreth
Neal Conrad
Hildreth
Constan
Anne
Neal
Spain
Mrs. Conrad
Madrid
George
Hamstead
Mr. Hathaway
Hathaway
West Hamstead
Vermort
Clarence Hathaway
Clarence
Allons
Washington
Hinlsboro
Washington Honeymoon Ends With Money Pressures
Anne and Neal, newly married, face dwindling funds after a Washington honeymoon. Neal plans more spending while Anne insists on budgeting, paying cash, and saving. She proposes monthly cash limits and a matched bank deposit, fearing debt and a fraying household budget.
Washington's First Battle Site Becoming a Park
In Laurel Ridge of southwestern Pennsylvania a Pennsylvania patriotic group preserves the Fort Necessity battlefield and Jumonville grave as a historic monument. Dr Willem Joseph Showalter details Washington's 1754 Ohio Valley campaigns and the Laurel Ridge engagement where Jumonville fell, with Fort Necessity, the reconstructed stockade, and nearby museum housed in an old mansion preserving Revolutionary relics.
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Laurel Ridge
Pennsylvania
Sarajevo
Servin
George Washington
Coulon de Jumonville
Jumourille
Bagin Fort Duquesns
National Geographic Society
Willem Joseph Showalter
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Showalter
Forks of the Ohio
Fort Duquesne
Mount Braddock
Connellsville
Brownsville
Monongahela
Youghlogheny
Ohio
Chippsie Falls
Great Meadows
Joshua Fry
Hering
Weshbington
Jumonville
Virginia
Hell-King
Fort
Favern
Farmington
Fort Necessity
Williamsburg
House of Burgesses
Uniontown
Battlefeld
Sailor Proves Birthright Amid Deportation Crisis
Chester man Michael Woodfield, born purportedly in Delaware County, seeks to prove he was born as he faces deportation to France. He lacks a passport or birth certificate and has been jailed at Modelo prison in Barcelona, Spain. U.S. authorities say they cannot aid him without verifiable documents.
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Conless
Michael Woodfield
Modelo
Barcelona
Spain
France
Armerican
Woodfield
Delaware County
Wax Casts Aid in Detecting Gun Use by Cops
Milwaukee police adopt a wax hand casting method to detect powder residue on shooters. Teodoro Gondiles from Mexico City advised the approach after tests showed melted paraffin molds reveal nitrate traces from discharged firearms. Officers fired in a target room to verify the technique, with cast analyses identifying the shooter in each trial.
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Milwaukee
Teodoro Gondiles
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Mexico City
Jacob G. Landenheimer
Washington Dog Mathematician Ed Blake claims famed dog
Washington dog Princess a thoroughbred Waglah Setter owned by Edwar L Blake is described as an expert in arithmetic and dates. The dog reportedly adds subtracts reads license numbers and answers questions with bark counts indicating yes or no. Reporters witnessed the exchange while Blake answered queries about the animal's abilities.
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Washington
Edmonds
Edwar L. Blake
Blake
Flying Fish by Air Now a Reality on Short Routes
Flying fish are described as a real possibility with 78 mile hops by air. United Air Lines reports express compartments on New York Chicago flights carry Atlantic Ocean fish sown to Chicago in five hours and served for dinner that evening. Rainbow trout from Denver hatcheries are arriving in New York by air, with mountain stream catch reaching New York the same night.
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United Air Lines
New York-Chicago
Chicago
Denver
Colo
New York
Colorado
Meteor Believed Largest Crater Found Near Winslow
Arizona researchers report the Winslow crater is the world’s largest meteor impact site. Drilling into the basin uncovered dense meteor fragments, with shafts reaching 650 feet and a main body likely just beneath the crater floor. The site rivals only the Tunguska event and a crater in Arabia.
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Tucson
Ariz
Winslow
Robert E. Hineman
Arizona Bureau of Mines
University of Arizona
Gaf Butler
Hineman
Rim
Tim
Sinka
United States
Scieotiste
Odessa
Texas
Webur
Arabia
Tanguska
Siberia
Gracious Baby Princess Delight in Kirriemuir Bazaar
Sir James Barrie described a Glamis encounter with Princess Margaret Rose at a bazaar in aid of Kirriemuir town band. He recalled the third birthday girl admiring a toy table with two painted pots and declaring, It is yours and mine.
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James Barrie
Kirriemuir
Glamis
Margaret Rose
Duke and Duchess of
Texas angler nets 147 pound gar record claim
Brownsville resident G Galbert says he may hold a record after catching a giant gar at home following two years of fishing. The catch weighed 147 pounds and measured 2 feet 744 inches long, prompting local interest.
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Gar
Brownsville
Texas
G. Galbert
Galbert
Notre Dame Names Afner Layden as Coach at Duquesne
Noted Notre Dame figure Afner Layden, one of the Four Horsemen of 1925, is named coach at Duquesne University after serving as co coach of its football program. Layden’s move links two historic programs as he assumes leadership for Duquesne’s squad.
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Afner Layden
Four Horsemen
Notre Dame University
Indiana
Sippont Aeardy Anderton
Lysien
Duquesne University
Tormented for Five Years with Dandruff
A Virginia reader reports relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for chronic scalp dandruff. After a free sample, one cake of soap with two bases of ointment stopped itching, leading to a full healing. The ad lists prices and credits Potter Drug & Chemical Corp.
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