Flooding of Sherman Creek Causes Immediate City Action
Sherman Creek threatens to flood the Invincible Metal Furniture plant by backing up water if Twenty sixth and Franklin streets cave in. Alderman Kazda orders rapid steps, including closing Twenty sixth Street to traffic, tearing up the concrete and railway crossing, and laying a temporary ditch and foot culvert for safe water flow. City engineer Theodore Staeger says a large pipe will provide a safety margin. work to fix the Franklin Twenty sixth street junction is the priority with future plans to address the distance to Twenty first.
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Sherman Creek
Turvert
Twenty- Sixth
Frankin
Invincible Metal Furture Company
Ormally
Secial
Kazda
Initation Committee
Twenty-sixth Street
Theodore Staefer
Twenty-Sixth
Franklin Streets
Conditions Improve After Tennessee Floods Reach End
Chaotic flood conditions in the south eased with warm sunny weather but loss of life and damage linger in Tennessee Alabama Florida and parts of Georgia. Harriman deaths reach 23 with property loss over 2 000 000 as five plants are ruined and the hosiery mill escapes major damage. Seven Boy Scout troop members swept by White's creek near Rockwood are recovered with one missing.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Harriman
Emery River
Rockwood
See Hear Him Quin Ryan Stars in Champions at Strand
Quin Ryan of WGN Chicago Tribune radio fame stars in Champions a Studebaker Movietone production to be shown Wednesday at 2 pm continuous at the Strand Admission is free Florenz Ziegfeld Eva Le Gallienne Knute Rockne Ab Jenkins Ralph Hepburn Ann Pennington and other notables also appear The picture features a Vogue Fashion Show with Paris gowns and Rosy’s orchestra provides musical accompaniment
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Quin Ryan
WGN
Chicago Tribune
Studebaker Movietone
Florenz Ziegfeld
Eva le Gallienne
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Ab Jenkins
Ralph Hepburn
Ann Pennington
Rosy
Referendums on beer questions fail to excite Manito county voters
A Times survey finds little voter interest in April 2 referendums tied to prohibition. Ten people questioned show scant knowledge of both questions, with only two certain how they would vote. Campaigns are sparse, and many fear undecided turnout unless activity increases.
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Manitowoc
Times
Milwaukee
Madison
Drys
Maj
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Wisconsin
Large Gathering Here to Hear Dyott Speak
Commander Dyott spoke before more than 1,000 people at Lincoln High School auditorium last evening about his search for the lost Colonel Fawcett and his party in the Brazilian interior. He described hardships, encounters with tribes, and an eventual return with his companions as slides and films illustrated the perilous journey and a wireless connection kept them in touch with the outside world.
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Dyott
Fawcett
Brazil
Lincoln
Braizil
Xingo
South America
Conan Doyle
Dead Horse Camp
Aloikee
Dyott Uo
Marquette to Offer Aeronautical Course Without Flying School
Milwaukee, Wis. UP reports Marquette University will offer an aeronautical engineering program next year with no flying school. Dean Franz A. Kartak outlined courses covering aviation basics, aerodynamics, propeller design, power plants, airplane design, and aviation history, plus a cooperative education plan with classroom study followed by shop work in Milwaukee facilities where airplanes are designed or built.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marquette University
Franz A. Kartak
Kartak
Marquette
Northwest business up in February despite heavy snows
The Federal Reserve Bank reported that despite heavy snows and blocked traffic, February business volume in the Northwest exceeded February 1928 levels, signaling stronger activity across the region.
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Northwest
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank
The Love Myth and a Death in San Francisco
Norman bears bad news from town that Donaldson has died in San Francisco. Jul ian faces possible loss of fortune and a return to New York as Cornelia and Florence clash over love and fortune while Lucinda’s feelings complicate life at the plantation and on the beach.
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Norman
Julian
Cale
Donaldson
San Francisco
Dad
Reeburn
Hawaii
New York
Lucinda
Betty
Ned
Cornelia
Mr. Donaldson
Sana
Florence
Julian Marston
Honolulu
Norman Kendall
Florence and Norman in a tight moment in Nashville
Florence shrugs at men as blind and flippant, while Norman faces a terse exchange amid a 1920s campaign atmosphere. A letter from Davidson County Anti-Tuberculosis hints at civic duties and Christmas seals as a minor detail in the scene.
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Florence
Norman
Nashville
Tenn
Davidson County
Postor
Metropolitanjfice
Newspaper Service
New York
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Emma
Invincible Metal Furniture Firm
Drug Store
Washington Street
Crooverie
Hills Bros
Paradise
Poincare
Monaco
Flanders
Talian
Foch
Holy See
Belgium
Germany
Turkey
Argentine
Soviet
Russia
England
Abbe
Abbe Verdurie
Taen
Cardinal Dubois
Pope Pius XI
Lucan
Rheims
Dubois
God Bless Foch
Metz
Manitowoc Bedding CO
Eighteenth Street
Manitowoc Products CO
Leexterio
Wernecke-Schmitz
Witchy
Dorset
Cassimeres
gSeason
Gamble Stores
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