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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
6
The Atwater Kent Type LA Ignition System for Fords lasts longest with less trouble and smoother running. It starts easier, picks up quicker, and delivers more power. A complete scientific ignition system backed by twenty six years of experience, installed in less than an hour.
The Greek word anemos meaning wind gives the name to wind flowers. The anemone is the state flower of South Dakota. Anemones grow best in breezy spots. the wood anemone with delicate white blossoms is a favorite spring wildflower.
A 75 year old Arctic mystery unfolds as a tin of bully beef examined by Professor Beachey of Liverpool shows the Franklin expedition’s provisions remained fresh. The article traces Franklin’s Arctic voyages from 1845 to the doomed 1847 final voyage, noting deaths, distress, and cryptic inscriptions, with new evidence about their fate and plans.
Gayus Whitfield of Kentucky uncovered over 200000 in Civil War era gold coins on the Whitfield farm near Demopolis Alabama. Eight heirs, all descendants of four Whitfield brothers, may claim the treasure. The cache includes $20 pieces minted in 1850 or earlier, left by C Boaz Whitfield whose papers guided the search begun in spring with 35 laborers.
The Alaska railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, built to develop the territory, now attracts growing tourist traffic. The Inside Passage trip is mostly land locked and described as smooth as a mill pond. Seattle to Fairbanks round trip spans three weeks with no snow from May 15 to September 15 and abundant sunshine.
A large bull appeared at a Pueblo cafe door and charged across the room scattering tables dishes and patrons before police riot squad broke up the burlesque.
Fragmentary line discusses limits on sums or values within a context of population or residents, noting that an enormous amount is not implicated. Details are unclear due to truncation, but the phrase suggests restraint on financial exposure.
Government records show automobile taxes collected in the first ten months of the 1926 fiscal year ending April 20 rose by more than 25 million dollars from the prior year, with 12 major states reporting 88,199,079.22 for 1926 versus 72,608,? for 1925. New York recorded 2,327,863.26 in 1926, Michigan led with 72,189,057.46, while New Yorkers paid less for cigars and cigarettes in the period, 4,262,770.49 in 1925 versus 3,709,931.66 in 1926.
A Houston Methodist pastor warns against overbearing father son ties while the Houston Post-Dispatch jokes about Society for the Protection of Fathers ensuring sons do not mislead their fathers. Meanwhile an Oklahoma oil firm sends a geologist to the National Museum to study fossils from oil sands.
The governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinehor, introduces an improved fishing rod crafted from split bamboo in three sections. It measures nine feet long and weighs six and a quarter ounces, designed for casting weighted lines including small plugs feathered minnows and frogs.
Fragmentary note cites a murky saying about diving for pearls and guessing as a test of imagination. The line references a character or source Drrden and a phrase about diving below, presenting a terse, puzzle-like excerpt.
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