Germans Seek to Regain That Boyish Figure
Germans launch a back to nature movement using Falsta Man figures to regain a boyish figure. Men work in light clothing performing strenuous labor at a camp at Weisser Hirsch near Dresden in hopes of slimming the waist.
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Language Line Through Alto Adige Border Sparks Tensions
Washington based National Geographic reports the deportation of a German lawyer from Salorno in Alto Adige highlights Italy's cultural boundary along the Adige valley. The region near Trento shows a shift from Italian to German influence with Bolzano as a German-speaking hub. Italy seeks to extend Italian language use, banning private German lessons, provoking governmental friction amid minority rights concerns.
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Za Naqui Begins Global Tour With Rice Literacy Feat
Indian artist Za Naqui starts a world tour with a farthing’s worth of rice. He claims to write 400 letters on a single grain each day, four hours’ work, first by eye then with a magnifier. He demonstrates to a Bombay editor and plans to fund travel by selling the grains.
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Cost of U S Government 120 Billion Since 1791
Washington statistics from the Treasury department show the United States has spent about 120 billion dollars on government since 1791. From 1917 to 1926 actual expenses totaled 62 billion, and President Coolidge requests 4 billion for the 1927 fiscal year, boosting the total near 125 billion.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Coolidge
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Collie Drives Off Bull That Fatally Wounds Farmer
A Scotch collie attacked a bull that had set upon Charles Keuthe a farmer and cattle breeder of Pickerel Lake township near Albert Lea Minnesota. The dog succeeded in driving off the bull but Keuthe was probably fatally injured.
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Charles Keuthe
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Beans and power in the Senate dining room
Washington reports on Joseph L. Langer who oversees six Senate restaurants. He balances diverse tastes of 96 senators who influence menus as much as debates. Bean soup proves nonpartisan, remaining on the menu after a brief removal. 20 gallons are cooked and eaten daily.
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Capitol
Joseph L Langer
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Steam Shovel Reveals Harvards Seismograph Moves
Harvard seismograph shows a heavy jerky line as a steam shovel digs foundations for the chemistry building. Dr. Kirtley F. Mather links every rock strike to an artificial earthquake and can time the workers day to the second from the records.
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Boston
Harvard
Kirtley F. Mather
Harvard Chemistry
Can't Sew Yet Keeps in Style Colorful Home Dyeing Tips
Learn to dye old dresses and home textiles at home with real Diamond Dyes. The ad touts easy use and true colors, promising curtains and furnishings can be dyed as well. Free cyclopedia and color samples offered by Diamond Dyes, Dept N12, Burlington VT.
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Burlington
Vermont
Five Month Old Baby Seeks Passport Record
Hartford a five month old baby John Brown Wishert Rodger claims the title of youngest American to oath to the state ments for a passport issued in his own name. His four month old sworn statements were translated by his father and accepted in Washington. Parents from Scotland, they planned travel and found both the baby and his three year old sister Margaret needed passports. The child becomes American citizen at twenty one.
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John Brown Wishert Rodger
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Detroit Card Sharpshooter Kills Wife Then Self
In Detroit Charles Bolay aged 52 shot and killed his wife and then killed himself after resenting a rebuke for inattention at a card game officials reported. Police found the bodies in his residence following the fatal duel.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Bolay
Shock Kills Atlanta Man After suicide by self
Six hours after Simon L. Well fifty five of Atlanta shot and killed himself his wife died of shock over the news.
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Atlanta
Simon L. Well
City Marshal authorizes shooting of stray cats in Cove
In Cove Oregon the city marshal declares that all stray cats may be shot to stop scarletina spread. The drastic order targets felines on streets and alleys as part of municipal health measures.
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Ore
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Puts Geese to Work Hoing His Cotton
Albemarle North Carolina farmer W S Kinney uses geese to hoe cotton. Last fall he harvested nine 500 pound bales from ten acres with three geese and nineteen goslings tending the crop. Neighbors once laughed but now seek his system as the geese graze only after plants are large enough to deter them.
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N. C
Kinney
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