Boston lighthouse keeper’s son finds likely Franklin ballad
Maurice Babcock Jr. unearthed a tattered sheet on Middle Brewster Island that may be Franklin’s lost ballad The Lighthouse Tragedy believed to be the author’s first literary work at age 14. The piece recalls the drowning of George Worthylake and his family. In Peru bridge supports use cactus fiber ropes.
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Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Maurice Babcock Jr
Middle Brewster Island
Franklin
George Worthylake
Boston Light
Ruth
Ben
Peru
Malaria and Its Toll on Red Blood Cells
Malaria damages red blood cells weakening health and causing fatigue loss of appetite and aches. The ad promotes Oxidine a 50 year trusted remedy claiming full satisfaction in 7 days or money back and urges purchase at druggists for 50 cents with phone contact.
Ames Ladies Shop to Open Thursday in Monroe
The Ames Ladies Shop at 220 DeSiard street Monroe will open Thursday at 9 a.m. under Miss Florence Joubert with a full line of ladies ready to wear dresses coats fur trimmed items lingerie and accessories. M W Krause Austin Texas will manage the shoe department with Betty Lee Fashioncraft shoes and hosiery offered.
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Ames
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Florence Joubert
New York City
Miss Joubert
M. W. Krause
Austin
Tex
Betty Lee
Ames Ladies Shop
Krause
Mussolini's Africa offensive aims at Suez and Britain
DeWitt MacKenzie assesses Mussolini's Mediterranean push as a strategic bid to force England into two major fronts, threatening Egypt and the Suez canal while challenging British imperial grip in the Mediterranean and Near East. Graziani leads Italian efforts with a daring edge.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Mussolini
Africa
England
Hitler
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
U Duce
Egypt
Libya
Kenya
Ethiopia
Sudan
Suez
India
Far East
Orient
Japan
Near East
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Dardanelles
Balkans
Europe
Somaliland
Italy
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani
Cirenaica
Amish Build Farmer Stoltzfus Barn in One Day
New Market Maryland reports a two story 78 by 58 foot barn erected by the Stoltzfus Amish colony in a single day. About 100 Amish from Pennsylvania joined 25 Maryland colonists. they supplied materials from their own land and sawmill and worked under hot sun while women prepared meals.
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New Market
Benjamin Stoltzfus
St. Mary's County
Maryland
Stoltzfus
Pennsylvania
Former Baroness Marries Ex-Expo Janitor
Jeanette de Chavannes now Mrs. Davenport says she wed John Davenport, a janitor in an exposition building, after arriving from New York last summer. She previously believed her French army lieutenant husband Henri Purvis de Chavannes was killed on the Maginot line.
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San Francisco
Jeanette de Chavannes
John Davenport
Davenport
de Chavannes
Germans Plan Peace Without Jews Across Europe
Berlin reports Das Schwarze Korps, Hitler’s elite guard paper, declares a German peace requires expelling Jews from Europe. It targets Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France and other nations, claiming Jews have vanished from public life and insists only German action will resolve the Jewish question, with Europe awaiting such peace.
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Berlin
Das Schwarze Korps
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
France
Germany
Hen adopts cats by Rochelle councilman surprise
Rochelle Georgia August 7 A White Leghorn hen owned by City Councilman J D Fitzgerald has adopted a mother cat and her five kittens. The councilman found the hen caring for the kittens at the nest and later all three animals shared the nest peacefully.
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Rochelle
J. D. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Watermelon Supper Planned by Local Legion Post
Post Department Commander Edward L. Gladney and Post Commander C. B. Brown visited the L. B. Faulk ed American Legion Monday night. A watermelon supper is on the program for the next meeting Monday August 11. All Legionaires are urged to attend.
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Post Department
Edward L. Gladney
C. B. Brown
New York Post No. 400
L. B. Faulked
American Legion
Deaths Last Night by AP
Eugene Wambaugh of Harvard Law School dies. He was a professor emeritus and a U S member of the permanent international commission under the treaty with Peru. Also notes an August 7 1915 shelling event near Monfalcone during the war.
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Associated Press
Bug Wambaugh
Dublin
N. H
Eugene Wambaugh
Harvard Law School
United States
Permanent International Commission
Peru
Kiss Record Set by Sheridan in New Film Embrace
Hollywood reports a 34.2 second screen kiss between Brent (George) and Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three surpassing earlier long embraces. Warner publicity notes this as the all time record, beating prior feats by Barrymore Costello, Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Charles and Hedy Lamarr.
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Kiss
Sheridan
Brent
Sinor
Warner
John Barrymire
Delores Costello
Japanese Warships Sighted Moving South from Formosa
Tokyo reports indicate Japanese warships and transports sighted moving south from Formosa. The Foreign Exchange Telegraph News agency carried the brief noting officials declined to discuss all movements.
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Tokyo
Hongkong
Formosa
Exchange Telegraph
Merchant seamen spot ships. mission unclear
An agency quoted merchant seamen who sighted several ships. The report states their mission was not known.
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