22 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
1
The Associated Press reports J. L. Baird, inventor of television, has devised a method to create phonograph records from faces. When an image is transmitted by his television method, certain sounds can be heard on a wireless receiver. Baird states that faces sound like a garolle or a shout.
In a potato patch two women recalled a wedding ring missing thirty years ago. A son digging up a withered potato found a hardened tuber with a wasp waist like appearance wearing a ring at its middle. The ring matched the engraved date and initials, proving it is the long lost wedding band.
A quirky reflection notes Solomon as a great judge but jokes he never umpired a baseball game. It also observes how children’s silence hides many things they know.
A fragmented report from Evansville recounts a woman speaking about her deteriorated state and expressing gratitude, though details are sparse. The brief item highlights personal condition and sentiment amid limited context.
An ad touts Moone's Emerald of night and morning to reduce swollen toe inflammation. It promotes a two-ounce bottle, full strength, with a refund if not satisfied. Also recommends Emerald Oil for varicose veins with quick improvement when used as directed.
London investigators under Dr Arthur R. Roy study temple phenomena in India. Leaves count odd at Vakam dinner. Narasinga temple answers with half offerings. a guard frees after hours from an unseen hold. Kall temple door opened yearly, animals die as ropes pull doors. Hair of worshippers allegedly waves or braids after prayers.
Washington residents report damage to mohair furniture including a chair from the White House. Dr A E Back of the Bureau of Entomology notes the furniture carpet beetle, first noticed in 1911, has become a serious pest in the capital. He recommends thorough fumigation of the home or affected pieces as the best control measure.
About 14,090,000 Turks search for distinct surnames amid scarce directories. Reports from Anzara say a law requiring family names is nearing passage. Widespread confusion stems from common names like Mustapha or Fatima, with references to religious precepts misused in the write up.
A new city ordinance in Skidmore prohibits touching between drivers and passengers. It states that the driver shall not place an arm about another person and must keep both hands free. It also bars any person from placing an arm around the driver.
Washington reports an American plan to establish definite east and west traffic lanes in the vast Pacific for international acceptance. The plan follows earlier Atlantic rules set at the 1924 London conference and uses seasonal tracks to reduce collisions, with careful routing to leverage ocean currents.
Nikolaiken city council raises a stone pillar atop the Nikolaiken bridge to honor the mythic Smelt Stallion, king of the smelts. The tale from Spirding Lake lore says a fisher caught the creature but spared it, tying it to the bridge as other fishers then preyed on the herd.
Tokyo authorities report over ten mendicant youths in the capital are missing schooling while begging. Despite a law requiring education, parents keep their children out of primary grades. The city considers erecting a special school to educate these beggar youths who earn about ten cents daily.
In a tropical belt near the Laird district of Alaska, near British Columbia borders Fulton territory, Fred Perry notes crops can reach large sizes in 24 hours. Florists and truck gardeners plan an excursion to investigate reports of vegetation thriving under warm soils rich in fertilizers.
A Mexican Historical Review team led by archeologist Alfonso Caso and ethnologist Miguel D. de Mendizábal will study Monte Alban near Oaxaca before year’s end. They seek to uncover its origin and relation to Zapotec and Mixtec cultures, noting pyramids terraces and sunken vaults amid contested ownership claims.
Greek ministry tests cannibal locusts to combat plague as predatory insects target pests. Athens reports a 16,000,000 drachma campaign to fight locusts, about 3.2 million dollars, reflecting plans to curb agricultural losses.
Stockholm reports the original of Arizona Peter from Bret Harte’s story is alive in Smedjebacken, Sweden. Per Erik Aastroem, now seventy, is blind after an early life in the United States garrison service and a later mining career. He earned renown for daring adventures with Grey Bear, Sioux chief, including rescuing kidnapped women and fighting brigands before returning to Sweden.
A Missouri Botanical Garden bulletin describes grafting a tomato vine onto potato stock to produce tomato fruits above with potato tubers below. The method, dating back to De Tehuci, is simple, requiring only basic skill. Each partner appears independent, with tomatoes and potatoes tasting like their conventional counterparts.
Governor George A Parks accompanied by Malcolm Whoit and R J Sommers begins a flight from Juneau to inspect all 48 landing fields. The trio will survey settlements future highway sites and notable sites including reindeer herds fur seal rookeries mines Mount McKinley the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers fisheries and pulp mills.
In Constantinople a stormy men’s labor meeting demanded dismissal of thousands of Turkish women employed in factories. They called for a ban on women workers, citing their willingness to work for low wages. Women in tobacco manipulation earn about 30 cents daily.
Otto Peltzer hometown Germany features a famed tower clock with a bearded bogey man face at its center. The figure eyes roll each second and, inside its open mouth, a metal plate marks the day of the month. The clock sits on the castle tower once home to dukes of Pomerania, now a municipal building, marked 1736.
A three minute assembling tiny French seaplane allegedly smallest in world can be built on a submarine deck. It rises from water in nine seconds and reaches about 20 feet a few minutes later. Planned to be carried by every submarine in the French navy.
A brief wit exchange notes a Stalinist and a fiddler differ by about four inches of hair. The remark frames a humorous comparison by visual detail rather than political context.
Louisville Courier Journal notes a million dollar expense account reflecting retrospection and a view toward sweeter times. The piece hints at film industry spending while musing on revisiting old scenes and the notion of failure surfacing in the analysis.
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