High water in lakes damages shore property
In Traverse City and Alpena on May 18 reports note extreme lake levels causing beach debris and damaged structures. The Oval Dish dock at Coethus Michigan and sections of the Shore highway near Squaw Bay face destruction and closure, with calls for protective sea walls and raised road levels.
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Traverse City
Lake Michigan
Coethus Michigan
Oval Dish Company
Garfield Park
Alpena
Ron Shore
Squaw Bay
Lake Huron
Frank Jermin
Bay City
Albert Hierman
Adam Eierman
North Sixth Street
Saginaw
Pinconning
Albert Grimshaw
Bierman
Michigan Central Railroad
Albert
Bolief Ig
Beauty Pageant Winner May Get Chance In Movie
Aspiring beauty contestants from across the United States use pageants as stepping stones to film careers. Contest winner Miss Mr Pleasant will compete in Detroit for Miss Michigan, with travel and hotel expenses paid and a chaperone provided.
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Ayimar
Moon Pictures
Mr. Pleasant
Broadway Theatre
Clara Bow
Miss Bow
Brooklyn
Gertrude Olmstead
TaSalle
Illinois
Georgia Hale
Winter Garden
Municipal Pier
Charlie Chaplain
United States
Spain
Maria Alba
Galveston
Fox Film Company
Road House
Arcadia
Detroit
Michigan
Detroit Leland Hotel
World's smallest tombstone marks Sullivan archer
A marble grave marker in Venter Ridge cemetery Sullivan Indiana stands four inches high two wide and seven long. It bears three words Chase the Barber and marks the grave of Charles M Chase a Sullivan native who died after a long archery career. The stone was reportedly once used as a door check.
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Sullivan
Ind
U.P
Venter Ridge
Chase
Charles Mr. Chase
Archer
Chasea
French Enthuse Over New Talkie Novels
Paris reports enthusiasm for talkie novels linking to talkie films. Andre Cayatte’s Artaban leads a phonograph series with chapters narrated by the author. Other titles are planned using actors to recite lines, eliminating traditional dialogue tags.
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Paris
U.P
Artaban
Andre Cayatte
Daily Raids in Peping Continue Amid Detentions
In Peping, May 18, raids on persons suspected of disturbing the peace persist daily under the military commander. The operation targets Shansi men with several hundred arrests and imprisonments reported. There are hints of executions, though no public notice has been issued.
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Peping
U.P
Al Capone Begins One Year Jail Term in Moyamensing
Al Capone reported the peace and security he sought, as he was moved to Moyamensing Prison for a one year sentence for carrying a pistol. Crowds along Broad Street heard that Capone went to jail to escape rival gangland violence, with Mayor Mackey saying the gangster seemed glad to go.
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Philadelphia
al Capone
Moyamensing
Chicago
Capone
Harry Mackey
American Horatio Parker fellowship awarded to Norman Lockwood
The American academy in Rome on Thursday announced Norman Lockwood of Ann Arbor Michigan as the Horatio Parker fellowship winner. He will receive 2000 dollars annually for three years starting October 1 with residence and studio provided at the academy. A previous winner gained honorable mention in the Prix de Rome competition.
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New York
American Academy In Rome
Horatio Parker
Norman Lockwood
Ann Arbor
Mich
Lockwood
Academy
Flying Duchess Drops In On Friends By Air
The 63 year old Duchess of Befor known as the flying Duchess visits friends by dropping in from the sky. She recently rented a cottage at Bosham near Chichester and commutes by plane to London landing in fields behind homes when visiting. She holds her own pilot license.
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London
Duchess of
Befor
Bosham
nearCichester
Day of Mourning for Clinic Blast Victims in Cleveland
Cleveland observed a day of mourning as 123 people were killed in the Clinic gas blast on Wednesday. Officials reported many survivors improving while about 70 people remained unaccounted for after the explosion and were being checked.
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Cleveland
U.P
William ©. Lower
Direcor
Hotel Clerk at 98 Works Daily in Stockton
Charles Dubois, 98, claims to be the oldest hotel clerk in the United States. He greets guests at a local hotel in Stockton, smokes four cigars daily, and eats as he desires. Born in Switzerland, he joined the Mexican revolutionary army of Benito Juarez in 1860 and witnessed Emperor Maximilian's execution.
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Stockton
Cal
U.P
Charles Dubois
United States
Switzeland
Benito Juarez
Maximilian
New Hampshire Vacation Land Toasted by Tobey Radio
Governor Charles W. Tobey extolled New Hampshire as a vacation land on a recent radio broadcast from Concord. A letter from Thomas Newall of Manchester England praised the talk and requested rotogravure books with state scenes.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Charles W. Tobey
Thomas Newall
Manchester
Eng
Congress Rests With Death Of Debenture Near Washington
Congress recessed on May 18 amid a debenture plan nearing death and a tariff compromise in the works. Administrations officials expect adjournment around June 1 for six weeks. By then the farm problem should be resolved and the tariff bill ready for Senate hearings after House passage.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Congressional
White House
House
Senate Finance Committee
Evidence Detonates as Beer Seized in Bauer Raid
In Covington Indiana on May 18 Sheriff Charles A. Robinson transporting Mrs Nellie Beer from a Bauer raid thought shots were fired. It turned out the noises were the detonation of several beer bottles exploded by the jolting car, not gunfire.
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Covington
Ind
U.P
Charles A. Robinson
Nellie Beer
Bauer
Indiana Killer Evades Police Over 3 Years
Hoosier authorities hunt Willard Carson known as the phantom killer after three years on the run. Whalen tipped police to his whereabouts before being shot dead. Carson is described as 29, blonde and suave, with a $4 000 bounty on his head. His wife remains with their baby as investigators fear aiding tips. Also reported a bank robbery in Detroit where a lone bandit stole 1400 in cash from the Peninsular State Bank branch.
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Kokomo
Ind
Willard Carson
Kokoimo
Isilier
Alonzo Whalen
Carson
Whalen
Liberty
Spencer Stevens
Stevens
Detroit
U.P
Woodward
Warren Avame
Peninsular State Bank
Clare County to See Oil Prospecting Expansion
Mt. Pleasant Oil field activity will spread into Clare county with at least three wells planned in the south. Drilling apparatus moves into Garfield township and Surrey township while a McKay ranch hole contract in Grant township is reportedly not dated. Pittsburgh interests hold leases in Hatton township with plans for several summer wells.
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Mt. Pleasant
Clare County
Garfield Township
Surrey Township
McKay
Grant Township
Pittsburgh
Hatton Township
Garden party planned by Women’s League at Central State
Committees on tickets finance decorations and refreshments organize a garden themed dance for May 25 in the Central State Teachers College gym. With 150 tickets, about 300 attendees including chaperones and alumni are expected. Janet Adams leads as president with Retha Byrookens chairing social affairs.
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Central State Teachers College
Janet Adams
Women's League
Retha Brookens
Marjorie Moyer
Retha Byrookens
Mildred Durfee
Two Girls Win Senior Honors At High School
Miss Bernice Sanders of Mt. Pleasant High School tops her class of 64 with 64 honor points and will be valedictorian. She began in 1925 and has 26 A grades while working part time at Gorham Brothers. Salutatorian is Miss Frances Minor daughter of Prof Van Liou Minor of Central State Teachers College with just fewer honor points and also pursuing college coursework.
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Bernice Sanders
Mt. Pleasant High School
Miss Sanders
Lewis H. Sanders
Shepherd
London Cocktail Club Sells Unusual Books
London May 18 The Sliggs club in London offers a quirky bookselling cocktail sandwich experience. The two featured titles What Men Know about Women by I. I. Male and What Women Know about Men by Male invite readers to write their own notes on blank pages. May 17 Miss Glenna Collett loses to Miss Joyce Wethered three and one in the British Women's golf final.
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London
Sliggs
I. I
U.P
Glenna Collett
Miss Collett
Joyce Wethered
Great Britain
Independents Open Season at Midland Sunday
Mt. Pleasant baseball team opens its 1929 schedule at Midland Sunday in a game with the Chemical City Independents. Manager Bill Mullins announces several top players from Rosebud Alma and Shepherd will wear Mt. Pleasant uniforms and a hoped for strong season.
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Mt. Pleasant
Midland
Chemical Cuy Independents
Bill Mullins
Island Park
Rosebush
Alma
Shepherd
Mullins
Wagner
Pickens
Meredith
Kennedy
Thoring
Hislop
O'Connor
Escaped elephant in Liverpool caused commotion
A young elephant escaped from a circus in Liverpool on May 18. It trampled streets and tried to enter a restaurant where a waitress fed it cake. The trainer arrived and chained the animal to end the incident.
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Liverpool
Former Mt Pleasant Man Wias Success in Ventura County Ranch
Wright Daily, once of Mt Pleasant, operates 1260 acres plus 1000 more rented in the Santa Clara valley Ventura County. This year he threshes over 200000 pounds of lima beans sold for 250000 dollars. The Daily brothers also raise sugar beets hay and grains with 50 acres of lemons and 310 acres of English walnuts. Daily is married to Etta Crowley sister of William Crowley and Mrs Ernest Burdick.
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Wright Daily
Mt. Pleasant
W. E. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Will Francis
Mr. Daily
Santa Clare Valley
Ventura County
Lewis
Daily Vrothers
Etta , Crowley
William Crowley
Daily
Ernest Burdick
Crowley
Fourth annual school contest draws 1668 Michigan students
About 1668 students from 98 high schools in Michigan competed in Central State Teachers College for the fourth annual scholastic contest. Classes AB C and D split into academic and vocational groups with multiple first place finishers including Flint Central and Shephard. Awards followed a short college program before students headed home statewide.
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Michigan
Central State Teachers College
Central
Flint Central
Flint Northern
Grand Rapids Christian High School
Midland
St. Johns and
Dearborn
Anna
Shepherd
Elsie
St. Louis
East Jordan
Boyne Fy
Michigan Mines Win National Safety Award for 1928
Two large iron mines in Michigan and several quarries and open-pit mines in the state operated through 1928 without a single accident involving loss of working time. They were among 284 mines in 35 states in the U S bureau of mines safety competition. Berkshire iron mine of Brule Mining Co of Stambaugh, Mich won first place in the metal mine group with an average 177 men and 403 087 man hours. Honorable mention went to Rogers iron mine of M A Hanna Company Munro Iron Mining Co Iron River Mich.
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Washington
Michigan
United States Bureau of Mines
Lamont
United States
Metal
Berkshire Iron
Brule Mining Company
Stambaugh
Mich
Rogers Iron
M. A. Hanna Company
Munro Iron Mining Company
Iron River
Graf Zeppelin Lands Safely on French Field
The crippled dirigible Graf Zeppelin moored at Cuers-Pierrefatte airport near Toulon after a harrowing trans Atlantic attempt. Passengers and crew, exhausted and sick, recount a brutal storm with three of five engines out and one nearly failed. Despite damage, airworthiness was cited by Dr Eckener as essential parts remained intact and repairs possible without releasing gas.
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Toulon
France
U.P
Cuers-Pierrefatte
United States
Hugo Ickener
Dr.Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Dr. Eckener
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