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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
11
Two Martyrs in the Press Courage and Tragedy in New Mexico Canton Martyr Editor Death in Canton
The piece recalls Carl Magee a New Mexico editor found not guilty after a long murder trial and Donald Mellett Canton Daily News editor shot in his garage. It praises their lifelong campaigns for justice and condemns crime and vice sheathing Canton’s civic life.
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Carl Magee
New Mexico
Magee
Ohio
Donald Mellett
Canton Daily News
Mellett
Canton
State Legion welfare funds praised after audit report
Michigan legislative commission found no mismanagement or misuse of welfare funds by the American Legion. The report credited Col. Fred M. Alger and Alton T. Robert for aiding disabled veterans, noting costs were justified by results and records were kept and presented at conventions.
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State Department of the
American Legion
Thruout
Michigan
Legion
Kalamazoo
Commission
Mark T. McKee
Mr. McKee
Legislative Commission
McKee
Fred M. Alger
Detroit
Alton T. Robert
Marquette
Welfare Committee
Welfare
Secretary of State
Ideal English village telephone operator Mary Petty
In Harleston England an elderly widow Mary Anne Petty aged sixty five has operated the local exchange for twelve years. She never sleeps through the bell’s ring, delivering 24 hour service from a ground floor room next to the post office. The rise of the Putnam aerodrome has made the exchange vital attracting aviators and reporters alike. She now works with an assistant during late hours to keep the line open to the world and monitor airship movements.
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Harleston
England
Norfolk
Putham
Mary Anne Petty
Petty
Telehone
Harriston
Twenty Year Old Ridicule of Automobile Reprinted Now by William Allen White
Emporia Kansas July 22 United Press William Allen White revisits a twenty year old Emporia Gazette item poking at cars noting the automobile sparked an economic and social revolution. The piece contrasts old notations about garages with modern gasoline aristocracy and hints at broad changes in economics and politics.
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William Allen White
Emporia
Kans
United Press
Emporia Gazette
Atchison
Hutchinson
Topeka
Wichita
Suggestion Great Aid in Preserving Youth
A San Francisco Bulletin excerpt notes the impact of upbeat social attitudes on youth perception. Miss Alma Law admires young Americans and asserts looks can be influenced by mental attitude and friendly suggestions. The piece cites medical advances adding to lifespans and claims people look younger today than twenty years ago.
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Alma Law
San Francisco
Slee
Centralized Electric Window System For Factory Ventilation
A four story factory over 500 feet long uses steel sash windows opened by electric motors turning shafts. Night watchmen can open or close all windows from a single button or per floor and side, enabling labor savings and consistent ventilation and weather protection.
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American Mutual Magazine
New England Rag Dolls And Their Quaint Attire
Old rag dolls treasured in New England homes varied in size and dress. They shared flat faces and stiff hands with toes turned outward. Eyes were often black buttons or painted, hair made of yarn, hemp, or real strands, and garments featured full skirts.
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New England
Rag doll endures in a New Hampshire family over eighty years
An old rag doll in a New Hampshire family has pleased the daughters for more than 80 years. Despite wear, the doll’s face is renewed by covering with fresh cloth, reflecting antique dress styles of sprigged muslin prints and sunbonnets.
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New Hampshire
Antiquarian Magazine
Treoth to Troth: Ancient pledge to marriage endures
A historical note traces marriage pledges from Roman times to present, showing how the word troth derives from treouth and how the rite has simplified to mainly the exchange of rings. The original double ring tradition remains in some European cultures.
Beau Nash a Groom of Fashion and Bath Benefactor
Richard Nash known as Beau Nash, born in Wales in 1674, studied law then turned to gambling for wealth. He transformed Bath in 1704 into a fashionable resort and was honored with a statue between Newton and Pope, but died poverty stricken at eighty seven after gambling was suppressed.
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Beau
Beau Nash
Richard Nash
Wales
Bath
Newton
Pope
Kansas City Star
Bravest Marine Walks Daily Through Machine Gun Fire
Washington reports Captain Victor Bleasdale of the U S Marine Corps walks daily through heavy machine gun fire to show troops the consistency of bullets. The Blanc Mont veteran strolls a ten inch lane under a barrage, explaining straight line motion and the deadly limits to stay safe. He also walks between fire and targets to prove a dead space where troops may be safe.
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Washington
Victor Bleasdale
U. S. Marine Corps
Bleasdale
Blanc Mont
Husband Divorced Over Bobbed Hair in Paris Court
Paris legal ruling says a wife who bobbed her hair without warning her husband faces separation. Madame Chautemps did not inform her spouse before shaving her hair, prompting his suit. The high court upheld the separation, dismissing her appeal.
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Paris
Madame ‘Marcelle Chautemps
Madame Chautemps
Monsieur Chau‘temps
Monsieur , Chautemps
Marriage License Applications For Fernandez And Murano
Raymond Fernandez, 21, of Shepherd, applies for marriage to Lupe Murano, 22, also of Shepherd. No additional details provided in text.
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Raymond Fernandez
Shepherd
Lupe Murano
Redwood Log Gold Mine Find in Oregon Sand
An Oregon man unearthed a 50 foot long redwood log eight feet in diameter, valued at about $3,000 along with 80 elr eular dining-table tons, claiming the discovery rivaled a gold mine. It dated 527 years old from growth rings and had lain buried for years before removal.
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Oregon
Popular Mechanics
Gratiot Child Dies of Sleeping Sickness
Ithaca July 22 Marion Eliase 18 months old child of Mr and Mrs Howard Erickson Emerson township was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Ithaca cemetery after a short service at the St Charles road home five miles northwest of Ithaca Rev C L Beebe officiated The child died of sleeping sickness at the Ithaca home hospital and is survived by the parents and four other children.
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Ithaca
Marion Eliase
Howard Erickson
Emerson Township
St. Charles Road
C. L. Beebe
Ithaca Home
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