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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
6
Police allege Joseph Rheinstrom posed as an agent for the Society Women of America and collected large sums from Washington residents for a non existent book. An investigation found the publication fictitious and Rheinstrom was arrested.
Three Berlin university students Doctors Lange Eiasech and Urban aim to control 5,000,000 volts from thunderstorms using a wire net between Mount Generoso peaks in Switzerland. They report earlier success with 2,000,000 volts and plan a return to the alpine hut to renew experiments.
Traces of Hernando De Soto's North Georgia expedition are reported near Carters Ga a sword hilt guard and blade fragment unearthed by Dr Warren K Moorehead head of archaeology at Phillips Academy Andover MA. The iron six inch relic found with a warrior skeleton and ceremonial relics is claimed to be pre Columbian in age and linked to De Soto's men war points and a carved green granite spade were also found suggesting religious symbolism and a cedar pine hut burial context.
Solomon Weisman a clerk in Kaufman hat store was robbed at gunpoint by two men who stole 61 dollars from the cash register and a watch valued at 50 dollars. To hinder pursuit they also took his trousers and fled.
The article reports that scientists estimate the plesiosaurus lived about one hundred million years ago and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believes he may have seen one off the coast of Aegina years ago.
Louis Jobin, famed originator of the cigar-store Indian and revered wood carver, died at 86 in Ste Anne de Beaupre Quebec. He crafted diverse religious statues and ship figureheads for seven decades, leaving a nephew Edouard Marcotte to continue his legacy and sacred carvings at Ste Anne.
Berlin reports urgent plea from the German Colonial society and allied bodies. They petition the federal government to urge the League of Nations to lift the embargo on German doctors in former German colonies. They warn malaria sleeping sickness yellow fever tuberculosis rise and doctor shortages in mandated territories. German medical advances in tropical diseases are cited as justification.
The NY composer Celeste De Longpre Heckscher leaves a will directing her funeral be held in the evening and that mourners wear white.
A local church notice invites readers to promote Waterless Cleaner in its section. For details contact H. A. Sanford in Mocksville, North Carolina.
A quoted exchange from Tit Bits prompts a stark cost discussion about life saving surgery. The dialogue explores affordability and choices when funds are scarce.
A druggist ad promotes Joint-Ease for quick relief of rheumatic pains in joints and muscles. It claims rapid absorption and frequent use for faster results. Available nationwide for 60 cents with a 12 day trial offer from Pope Laboratories, Hallowell Maine.
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