Old Richmond Bell Tower Restored by DAR
The 1824 bell tower in Richmond Capital Square is to be restored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Once housed Virginia's first standing army the public guard, the tower's bell summoned troops for defense and order of the commonwealth.
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Prize Winning Bob Recalls New York 1929 Cup
Miss Dorothy Stewart receives the large loving cup for the New York Hairdressers Association competition at its annual convention in New York City. The award celebrates craftsmanship and skill in hairdressing recognized during the 1929 event.
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New York
Hairdressers’ Association
Glasgow to end one cent street car fares
Glasgow abolishes one cent fares while skim milk retains all nutrients except fat. The Irish Free State reports 29505 women in professional occupations and education absorbs a quarter of the population. India leads in dairy cows as Hawaii bans highway billboards. Snow removal gained organized attention in 1921 and a fabric testing machine debuts. Nurse shark leather shows six to ten times the strength of oxhide.
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Irish Free State
India
Hawaii
Wanderer known as Black Hawk settles at Ranger's Rest in Alpena
Alpena Michigan feature on George H. Connor a sixty one year old wanderer nicknamed Black Hawk The Poet Ranger and Doc He runs Ranger's Rest a gas station on U S Highway 23 north of Alpena Connor claims a tempestuous life as ranger physician bricklayer and entertainer He survived a 1885 blast that buried him under bricks for hours and later earned medical and chiropractic credentials in Detroit and Canada The profile highlights his poetry guitar playing and dramatic bygone adventures
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Ann Sable
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Canada
North China to Punish Bribery With Beheading
The Chinli provincial government orders capital punishment or severest penalties for officials taking bribes over 300 gold. Nationalist authorities aim to deter corruption by making an example of the first sanctioned cases in north China, addressing a long history of embezzlement.
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Peking
Chinli
China
Stone Age Toys Delighted Children Says Archeologist
Ivar Schnell of the state historical museum reports Stone Age people fashioned miniature play objects for children. A tiny 2.5 centimeter stone toy shows a father’s fondness, reflecting amusement needs in ancient households.
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Ivar Schnell
State Historical Museum
Oilman Gives Orchard to Warrendale School for Boys
J S Trees, noted for oil wealth, donates a peach orchard to Warrendale School for Boys. In return he receives an elm tree weighing about forty tons, valued at five thousand dollars for moving to his estate.
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Fair Exchange Pittsburgh
J. S. Trees
Warrendale
Modern Methods and Fur Farming Echo Through Era
The article notes Dr. Spencer Lewis leading a Nile colony to live in antique ways, arguing modern methods weaken society and education. It also describes fur farming practices, highlighting silver fox as the most valuable, with other species raised in captivity for winter pelts.
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Nile
San Francisco
Mamie
Nob Hill
Blue Star Products Advertised for Skin Ailments
Stop itching with Blue Star Soap and apply Blue Star Remedy for eczema ringworm dandruff and other itching skin diseases. Kills germs stops itching and usually restores skin to health. Soap 25c Remedy 1.00 Ask your druggist.
Parachute Seats Proposed for Airliners by Institute
Plans to save lives in air travel suggest equipping each passenger with a parachute and making the fuselage bottom a hinged flap that can drop to release passengers individually on parachutes. The idea envisions pilots dropping the flap in danger to eject passengers like birds from a basket.
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Institute of Patentees of England
Key Found In Hog Ends Locker Mystery
Clarence Grant, a junior high student in Redding California, had lost a school locker key for two months. Jeremiah Garcia, neighbor of the Grants, found the key inside a hog he slaughtered and returned it to Grant at school.
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Clarence Grant
Redding
Calif
Jerea Garcia
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Garcia
Grant
A Man Works on His Stomach Ad Peru-Na Remedy
An old advertisement proclaims the stomach as key to efficiency and vitality. The ad touts Peru-Na as a long standing stomach remedy that tones the stomach and relieves congestion. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Peru-Na.
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Napoleon
Peru
Quotations as a Century Echo in a Newspaper Page
A fragment of quotes panel presents a mix of proverbs and wry social commentary. It juxtaposes a humorous exchange about money and cars with a definition of a prophet and a reflective maxim on sorrow and sanctity. The text reads like a human interest filler in a late edition.
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