Fairgrove commencement address noted by locals
Pres. E C Warriner gave the high school commencement address in Fairgrove on a Wednesday evening. Numerous local and visiting residents appeared at events and gatherings throughout the week including dances, banquets, and social visits.
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E. C. Warrinen
Fairgrove
Fr. O'Connnor
Annie Marie Fitzgerald
New York
Dan Kane
Loraine Gay
Saginaw
Webster
M. B
Roy Kennedy
Naomi Goodwin
Iss Ava Hoard
Merritt
Sacred Heart Academy
Joseph Ryan
Holland
South America
Big Rapids
John Ryan
Joy Toy Factory
West High Street
Donald Peters
Henry
Ed Carlson
Jaros Waldie
Bay City
Adelbert’ Haight
Haight
Carlsons
Williamston
Jay Peters
Perry Thompson
Glen Peabody
Kinsel
Ithaca
M. H. Renwick
Rom Lansing
Howard
Carl Bishop
Mason
Mrs
Moody
Josephine Mitchell
East Jordan High School
Sheldon
Lansing
Myron Spalsbury
Jason Sowles
J. A. Sowles
Detroit
Sidney Sowles
A. A. Sage
Ann Arbor
Theniversity of Michigan
Chn. Brien
Bernice Zegelien
Midland
Swas
J. P. Carey
Mary Carey
John Carey, Sr
Kate Fraser
Anna Peterson
McDonald
Anna Larsen
New American Embassy Planned in London
Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton will move into the combined American Embassy buildings at 13 and 14 Prince's Gate in late July. The Mor gan-toward mansion project has joined the former Crewe House, with decorators applying the architect's plans. Embassy offices including the Chancery and attaché quarters will stay at 4 Grosvenor Gardens.
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London
United Press
Houghton
Prince’s Gate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Crewe Hose
Chancery
Pay
Grosvenor Gardens
Twenty One Years with Loree the Railroad Expert
Loree recounts early life including Army Engineering corps service and studying law at twenty one. He rose to prominence later as a leading railroad engineer who re organized major lines and advised lowering railroad grades to cut costs, a prediction that proved accurate.
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U. S. Army Engineering Corps
Atlantic
L. F. Loree
Loree
Loree Teft Rutgers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Army Engineering Corps
Mexico
United States
Chcago
Synilente
Kissing Not Universal Across Cultures
The piece notes kissing as a greeting and affection varies widely. It cites Polynesians pressing noses, Laplanders nose contact, Eskimos kissing ranks, and that Japanese Chinese tribes often do not kiss. It also mentions Africans kissing ground before chiefs and Australians greeting by kissing or breathing on the ground. Lombroso claims kissing is Caucasian, Orientals unfamiliar.
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Australia
Lombroso
Record of Michigan Highway Progress Under Groesbeck
Governor Groesbeck faces critics as state records project about 550 miles of concrete and 400 miles of gravel road by season end. 1926 totals will surpass prior years, with 849 miles in 1924 and 603 miles in 1928 cited. 78.9 miles of prison labor remain unfinished, new asphaltic concrete experiments planned, and 20-foot concrete roads nearly standard nationwide.
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Edwin le Heckler
United Press
Lanking
Alex i. Groesbeck
Highway Department
Upper
State Force
Swidth
Berlin Simplifies Marriage Process With One-Day Registration
Berlin city authorities move to abolish red tape in marriage by creating a single bureau for registration papers. Couples can complete the needed paperwork within one day, ending the previous requirement to visit multiple agencies.
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Berlin
United Press
Bootlegging Horses Move Liquor Across Border
United Press reports Prohibition agents clash with bootleggers near Ciudad Juarez as trained horses and mules are used to smuggle liquor across the border. Officials describe ongoing enforcement actions and the evolving smuggling methods in this border region.
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Ciudad
Juarez
Mexico
United Press
Whisky smuggling by horse across the river reported
Inspectors near the city observed a horse laden with cases of whisky crossing the river and reaching the American bank before escaping into the sagebrush. Other posts report burro and mule use for similar shipments with animals trained to reach a prearranged drop point for Confederate smugglers to collect the cargo.
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Here
Gulf
Dense prehistoric populations along Columbia River suggest long habitation
Washington report from June 10 notes a Smithsonian survey by Herbert W. Krieger finds a dense chain of prehistoric homesites spanning nearly 500 miles along the Columbia River. The discussion contrasts land values with the Dutch purchase of Staten Island and mentions early horse use in migration.
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Washington
United Press
Staten Island
Columbia River
America
Smithsonian Institution
Herbert W. Krieger
National Museum
Metropolitan Columbia River Region Per Krieger
Krieger describes the Columbia River region as more metropolitan and densely populated than the southern Fable and Aztec regions. The text laments a world full of people who constantly move and pretend to be busy.
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Columbia River
Krieger
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Joe Christian
Muskegon
Ike Horan
Fannie
Minnie Harris
Harris
John Kelley
Elizabeth
University of Michigan
Charles Rush
Braadstetter Hospital
Lawrence Showalter
Schoolcraft
Leo Cluff
M. Sullivan
South Franklin
U. M. Hospital
Chaffee
Ludington
Brandell
C. K. Lewis
Webb McCall
Arthur Wilcox
Phyllis Jean
St. Louis
Fred Warner
Marquette Club
David O'Connor
James Daniels
Jennings Archimbault
Clare
Harvey Gillespie
Dora ‘Vench
Everett Ray
Arlie Bryant
Flint
John Brien
Joseph Kaye
Lenor Fresno
Chicago
John D. Robertson
Heath
the Chase Daily
W. W. Seger
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R. A. Northway
Dusenbury Block
Humphrey
Central Gas. Company
James J
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