Hindu temple wonders puzzle English researchers
Investigations led by Dr Arthur R Roy and associates explore Hindu temple mysteries in India. Reports from Vakam note an extra plantain leaf at a 1000 meals, Mangalgiri shows a half weight offering phenomenon, a testing guard trapped by an unseen force, and a door ritual in Kall yields instant animal deaths. Tirupati prayer linked to hair wave retention after offering.
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London
India
Arthur R. & Roy
Vakam
South India
Mangalgiri
Vizagapatam
Madras
Narasinga
Vishnu
England
Kall
Tirupati
Palol
Furniture Beetle Quietly Wrecks 1915 Chair and More
Washington reports a furniture beetle known as the furniture carpet beetle is destroying moduli tapestries and cushions. First seen in America in 1911 from Russian furniture, it appeared in the White House chair presented by the Turkish government in 1915 and now threatens many homes. Experts advise thorough fumigation of the affected pieces.
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Washington
White House
A. EB. Back
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Doctor Back
America
American Museum of Natural History
Russia
Bureau
Turks Seek Surnames in Mass Name Act Drive
In Constantinople and Angora a new law requires the adoption of family names. Fourteen million Turks scramble through scarce directories to distinguish themselves. The edict aims to curb common names like Mustapha or Fatima, sparking debate about religious and cultural implications.
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Constantinople
Angora
Mustapha
Fatima
Mo-Bay Enacts Ordinance Guiding Arm Contact in Vehicles
City ordinance prohibits drivers from placing an arm around another person and forbids others from wrapping an arm around the driver. The rule specifies keeping both hands free while in the vehicle to prevent unwanted contact.
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Skidmore. Mo—Bays
New City
Standard Fire Equipment Push Highlights Hydrant Coupling Reform
An effort led by the national board of underwriters urges nationwide standard hydrant couplings to enable mutual aid. History shows scattered cities lack uniform bases causing failed connections during fires. Fall River demonstrates success with 18 cities sending 20 units, all but one fitting without adapters.
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New York
United States
Boston
Baltimore
Augusta
Fall River
Mass
National Board of Underwriters
Chinese Leader Bans Foot Binding in Henan Province
Marshal Feng Yuhsiang ordered the liberation of women from bound feet from mothers and grandmothers and launched a campaign with a bureau to enforce the edict. Households with bound feet will be punished and agents receive a bounty for discarded wrappings. the drive has already collected thousands of sets.
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Peking
Henan
Feng Yuhsiang
Occidentals
Feng
United States Becomes Leading Global Lender
U S investors have displaced Britain as the world’s top lender over seven years. U S capital issues in 1920–27 total 26.856 billion, while British foreign investments reach 4.121 billion. In 1927 new highs were set for foreign capital flotations in both nations, with the United States funding more for Latin America, Canada, and Europe, while Britain holds larger investments in Africa and the Far East.
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Great Britain
Commerce Department
United States
Latin America
Canada
Europe
Africa
Far East
Judge Refuses Name Change After Odd Spelling Obstacle
A Brooklyn man sought a name change after his wedding invitations were engraved. Justice Drahan dismissed the application noting Cyril Merrill would have no trouble with Simon Minsky to spell or pronounce, calling the request defied.
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New York
Brooklyn
Justice Drahan
Cyril Merrill
Simon Minsky
French Choose Edison as Greatest Inventor
Paris voters in a Paris newspaper poll named Edison the world’s greatest inventor. The American topped the list for his phonograph and electric lamp, followed by Jacquart, Ampere, Ader, and Branly for advances in textiles, electromagnetism, flight, and wireless tech.
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Paris
Edison
Jacquart
Ampere
Ader
Branly
Photograph Shot on Hardest Steel by Munroe Effect
Washington. A dramatic test shows a portrait of Dr. Charles E. Munroe impressed onto steel using nitrogelatin explosive, illustrating how the Munroe effect creates permanent records. The process reveals how shadow density in photographs relates to silver thickness in prints.
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Washington
G. St. J. Perrott
Bureau of Mines Experiment Station
Pittsburgh
Doctor Munroe
W. O. Shelling
Trojan Powder Company
Munroe
Estate Worth 30 Million Claimed by Greek Heirs
A Dallas letter to County Clerk D. Whiteley from Oswald Kean of Alexandria, Egypt, reports Apostols Caucaulos a Greek who settled in Dallas in 1882 left a 30 million dollar estate to relatives in Alexandria Egypt and Greece. The letter suggests Caucaulos used a false name here and that the will may be in Dallas probate records for tracing.
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Dallas
Texas
Near East
D. ©. Whiteley
Dallas County
Oswald Kean
Alexandra
Egypt
Apostols Caucaulos
Athens
United States
Caucaulos
Greece
Kean
Stowaway Keeps Private Cabin Aboard Conte Grande
Vincenzo Basti of Trieste stowed away in a hidden alcove behind a panel in the Conte Grande’s first class dining room, securing a free voyage to New York. The interior decorator on the liner’s construction was detected at Ellis Island and faces deportation to Italy.
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New York
Vincenzo Basti
Trieste
Italy
New York City
Basti
Ellis Island
Chicago Contender Ella Van Huesen Named Miss Universe
Ella Van Huesen, representing Chicago, won the Galveston pageant of pulchritude and was chosen Miss America and subsequently Miss Universe, marking a peak achievement in beauty contests.
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Ella van Huesen
Galveston
Chicago
Hoover nominator John L. McNab led Hoover at convention
San Francisco attorney and Republican leader John L. McNab was chosen to present Herbert Hoover’s name to the convention in Kansas City.
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John L. McNab
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
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