Divorce Petition in Appanoose County Court
Lucille Wood files for divorce from Geo W Wood on desertion grounds in October 1927 at Centerville. She seeks custody of two children, $20 monthly alimony, attorney fees, and court costs with judgment if not answered by the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Appanoose County
Lucille Wood
Geo. W. Wood
Costa
Asid
Centerville
Said
Fulton Rice
Passion Play Origins Through Centuries to Oberammergau
The text traces the Passion play from its Third Century Jewish origins through Greek and Roman influences to St Gregory Nazianzen’s adoption of drama for church aims. It notes medieval miracle plays, shifting actors like the devil, decline after the Reformation, and Oberammergau as the famed modern example, with a vow dating to 1688 and renewed by 1811 under restrictions.
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Cherammergay
Hzektel
Triagl
Egypt
Palestine
Gregory Nazlangen
Constantinople
Europe
Bagatin
Tyrol
Oberam Mergau
Oberammergau
Christion
Maximilian
Thin Wan
Puater Weise
Meeting a Lion in Bed in Bourges Trade Shop
A drowsing tradesman in Bourges awoke to a lion leaping from under the bedclothes. The animal fled to another room as the grocer barricaded doors. A keeper from the local menagerie arrived to remove the king of Keasta amid a day of misfortune.
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Bourges
M. Cotineau
M. Cortneau
Gay
Ios
M. Cortneay
Alean White
Keepera
Keasta
Healthy Play Guards Youth Morale and Health
A New York physician asserts that vigorous open air exercise and team sports prevent youth personal crises. He links athletic activity with bodily health and mental stability, arguing it reduces morbid self examination and worry. Faith and parental encouragement of sport and purposeful living are urged as safeguards for youth.
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New York
Alnes
Dawn and Dusk Tides in Blood Cells
A Newcastle doctor reports two regular daily waves in white blood cell counts. Dr A F Berhart Shaw found peaks after midnight and in the afternoon, suggesting links to eating, fasting, or circadian position changes.
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A. F. Berhart Shaw
Newcastle
England
Shaw
Doctor Shaw
Sun
Earth
Popular Science Monthly
Ancient Deben Rings Unearthed From Queen Hetepheres Box
Excavators opening the tomb of Queen Hetepheres at Gixeh reveal a box labeled dehen rings containing two nets of ten anklets inlaid with lapis lazuli red coral and malachite, shedding light on a long mystery in ancient Egypt.
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Egypt
Hetepheres
Gixeh
Upper
Lower
Clock Without a Dial at Lyttington Church Burtsome Clock
A fragmentary notice describes a clockless church at Burtog-on-Lrent, Lyttington parish. The Sixteenth Century artifact is said to have no dial, with locals recounting a long history of failed maintenance and a winding mechanism of oak bars and ironwork.
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Lyttington
Burtog-on-Lrent
Boxland
Blacksudth
Burton
A Million Dollar Smite
A fragmentary account notes a dispute over a woman's value and a young lady involved. it mentions an elder man and a case of cost or punishment, with unclear outcomes and several unclarified actions. The text reflects chaotic dialogue and possible social tension without clear resolution or names.
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Wlaas
Howesee
Glowing Portrayal of School of the Future in Chicago News
The Chicago Daily News argues future schools should prioritize child health. Dr Max Seham cites many health deficits among American children and urges a state led shift to health centered education with rural and urban schools featuring fresh air, sun exposure, adjustable furniture, daily wholesome meals, compulsory physical education, full time health staff, and home school integration.
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Chicago Daily News
Max Seham
University of Minnesota
Doctor Seham
Chicago 3
America
Seliqm
Axperte
Seban
Anraes
Wrens Preferring Larger Nest Box Entrances Found
A federal report notes wrens ignore the standard 25 cent coin sized entrance. In a Gleng Dale Maryland experiment by the Biological Survey US Department of Agriculture, ten wrens raised in homes with 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 inch openings, while only seven eight inch openings were left unused.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Gleng Dale
It Wasn't an Accident A Family Murder Case
A father went to work as usual, a gas leak killed his wife and child. A chemist found carbon monoxide in the deceased, finger marks on the woman's neck implied suffocation. The gas fixture had been broken to hide the crime and the husband was convicted of murder.
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Usial
Sue
Cupper's Weekly
Air Train plan eyed by German aeronautical engineers
German engineers advance concept of an air train with a powerful locomotive aircraft pulling long glider cars connected to each other and spaced apart. Each passenger glider would ferry travelers to designated towns with released carriages projected to drop passengers near their departure points.
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Germany
Ste
Dts
Unclear fragment prompts man of letters critique
Fragmentary OCR text references a New York publisher, London clubs, and figures like Lewis and Shaw but content is disjointed. No coherent event or clear entities beyond scattered names. summary cannot determine a concrete news item.
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Peter Werigut
Gladatene
Lek Chuple
New York
Dun
Batt Club
London
Maung
Stucluir Lewis Becalbe
Lewis
Shen
Bernard Shaw
Texas Mounds May Hold Clues To Ancient Civilizations
Dr J B Pearce of the University of Texas suggests Texas plains and wooded regions contain ancient camp sites and funeral mounds. He cites four to five foot high limestone mounds with bones and kitchen refuse. He estimates some mounds date back 2,000 to 5,000 years and may illuminate migrations of Aztecs and Northwest mound builders.
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Texas
Mexico
United States
Bulldera
Mississippi Valley
Saga
J. B Pearen
University of Texas
Atreama
Doctor Pearce
Pearce
Indiana
Alisglgeippi
Bulldora
Doctor Pearce Saya —Scleave Sergice Bulterin
Huntera Grow in Number More than $150000 Bunting Licenses
The report by the United States Department of Agriculture shows rising hunting license numbers and state revenues across the 1923-24 to 1928-29 period. Alaska and other states contributed, with Pennsylvania leading both licenses issued 925,040 and fees of $640,407.25 in the cited year.
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United States
Alaska
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Pexnsylvania
Nepal Opens 24 Mile Royal Railway Through Forest
The Nepal government unveils a 24 mile railway from Rexaul to Avlekhganj, reducing travel time between the two places from three days to one. The line runs eight miles through the Bhuber forest, home to Agera rhinoceroses and other wildlife, prompting land clearance on both sides to limit disease spread to passengers.
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Nepal
Kingdom of
Rexaul
Bengal and Northwestern Railway
Avlekhganj
Tk Cuta
Bhuber Forest
Agera
Pasengers
Special Weeks Catalog from U S Chamber of Commerce
The civic development department has compiled 100 special weeks to celebrate during the year. Alphabetically arranged, these range from Achievewent week to Woo AL Week, indicating a wide variety of themed observances amid the 52 ordinary weeks of the calendar.
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Civic Development Department
United States Chamber of Commerce
Father
Thrifty Philadelphian Muugrace in Fulladelphia
A garbled Philadelphia based incident describes a frugal man involved in a public dispute and a bathroom scene at a railway terminal. The tale mentions shaving with a razor, concern over health, and a claim about a bloodless job.
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MuUgrace Des Oarioni
Fulladelphia
Liu
Bleeding Pillar Mystery Solved in Tomkur Seminary
In Tomkur South India a tall pillar near a temple reportedly bled red on and off. Union Kanareshi seminary students studied the site, proved the blood was iron rust from a spike at the pillar cap, then preached Christ to locals gathered below.
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Union Kanaresh
Tomkur
India
Atx Aent
Proper Glasses Only Care for Astigmatism
The text compares eyesight to camera lenses and describes an antigmatic eye where focus lacks a single clear pole. It explains that spoon-shaped corneas distort lines crossing at right angles, making vertical and horizontal lines appear uneven, and notes glasses are typically needed to correct the fault.
Oriental Tales and The Arablay Night Review
An orientalist style notes the East’s noble tradition in tales like the Arablay Night and the fate of Persian kings as rendered by Firdusi. The author praises the illustrations by Wilfred Jones and describes the narratives as poetic and biblical yet ponderous, with delightful matter amid heavy language.
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Firdusi
Wilfred Jones
Infants Certainly Fond of Magic Music Preferences
A mother reports infants show early music taste differences. Quick rhythmic pieces soothe some, slower melodies calm others. Short sessions of five to ten minutes of soft playing often lull babies to sleep and quiet crying.
Too Much to Expect ADITIY the Policeman Stands Firm
A policeman on duty stops a car that tries to slip past. The driver stammers he must confess and admits he lost his head after spending half an hour getting the car to start. The officer grows angrier as the motorist explains his mistake in a flustered state.
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Aditiy
Parting of the Ways Told in Tit-Bits Humorous Bit
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recounts Reggie being sent to his room after behaving rudely to his father. His mother finds him scribbling a note asking forgiveness to daddy, then reveals his odd aim to write to an archbishop of Canterbury seeking a divorce from both parents.
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Reggie
Daddy
We Archblabap of
Canterbury
Buith
London
Vast cosmic voyage times span lifetimes and centuries
A rough note compares a one earth equator trip at 80 miles per hour to travel times for vast celestial journeys. A car would take about 27 days and 8 hours, a five year day around the sun, while reaching Antares would require about 1,870 years. The star’s diameter is stated as over 273 million miles, vastly exceeding Earthly scales.
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Earth
Etrete Antared
Aniareste
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