Derby on Campus Crowds Witness First Pavement Roller Derby
Champaign April 7 4000 spectators watched 600 contestants compete in nine events at a university sponsored roller skating derby on Sixth Street South of Green. McFadgean won the 109 yard men’s race, Irma Walter led the women’s 109 yard, and Zeta Psi captured the fraternity relay with Aurand taking the fancy skating event.
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Parks
University of Illinois
Champaign
Illinois University
Paul Prehn
Sixth Street
Green
Prehn
A. A
Pathe
New York Times
MceFadzgean
Grossman
Seldon
Irma ‘Walter
Lois Borchess
Martha Stark
Zeta Psi
Beta. Phi Alpha
Aurand
Carixon
Paul Press
Merchania
Siatrict
New York County Court Estate Proceedings Summary
In New York County Court petitions cover estates of George F Arney Martha J Davis Adaline Gardner Mary Lutz Robert C Sweitzer Frank Shadley and Eleary Williams. Actions include sale bills appraisal petitions for sale of property guardian appointment and tax payments with bonds set and hearings scheduled for 1927 and adjustments in June.
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George F Arney
Martha J Davis
William H. Fox
S M Scholfield
Guardian
Ad Atom Guardian
William H Fox
Ora F Fox
Adaline Gardner
Mary Lutz
Robert C Sweitzer
Frank Shadley
Mary Shadley
Eleary
Williams
Fetfifon
Agricultural program better balanced now
Washington reports the 1927 production plan appears balanced across crops and livestock with weather and frost conditions influencing outcomes. Farmers plan acreage shifts rather than big total production changes, notably a rise in potato areas in the Cotton Belt and western regions.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Bureau
Agason
Michigan
Minnesota
Virginia
Florida
Texas
Estate tax grant for Oscar Thompson in 1926 records
Partial report on file and approved as a tax grant in the estate of Oscar Thompson. Ordered recorded by the appropriate authority.
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Oscar Thompson
Seed Shipments Increase For 1926 Hay Crop
Washington March 28 seed shipments of the 1926 hay crop rose faster than 1925. alfalfa and alsike clover show varied movement and prices. red clover and sweet clover shipments, stocks, and grower prices reflect notable changes per a Department of Agriculture survey.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Vision of ship in clouds and airship tale from AD 944
An ancient Irish legend from around AD 944 recounts a vision of a vessel in the heavens. Separately, researchers report the discovery of an underground river beneath Mont Blanc in the Alps.
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Mont Blanc
The
Alps
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Boston
Marshall
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New York
the Herald
East Dulaney Bank
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