Thayer Wins Prizes Of Gladiolus At Two Recent Shows
C. C. Thayer and daughter Mrs Ina Norris of East Wallace avenue won first prizes on gladiolus at Rochester New York and Elyria Ohio shows. Thayer entered six at Rochester winning four firsts and two seconds. at Elyria seven entries yielded five firsts and two seconds. He served as a judge at both events but did not judge his own flowers. He grows 75 900 to 100 000 gladiolas in two sites and develops new varieties requiring three years to perfect.
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C. C. Thayer
Ina Norris
East Wallace Avenue
Rochester
N. Y
Elyria
Thayer
Wallace Avenue
Neshannock Township
Inspectors Testify in Mackinac Boiler Disaster Probe
New York steamboat inspectors who approved the Mackinac excursion vessel and ship officers and crew were summoned before a joint federal and state investigating committee. The inquiry seeks responsibility for the boiler explosion that killed 42. Victims remain between life and death in Newport hospitals as the disaster unfolds.
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International News Service
Providence
R. I
New York
O. K
Mackinac
Newport
Will be Married at Sandy Lake in Mercer News
Miss Mary Grace Springer of Sandy Lake and Russell Forbes of New York City will wed at the bride’s parents home in Sandy Lake on Saturday August 29, with a reception to follow. Forbes, known locally for community service, now works in New York in research. Also noted, Dr W W Richardson withdrew from the Republican burgess race after a caucus nomination.
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Mercer
Mary Grace Springer
Sandy Lake
Russell Forbes
New York City
Forbes
Mercer Chamber of Commerce
New York
W. W. Richardson
Burgess
Local Tennis Tournament Produces Strong Results
Results from the weeklong tennis event show James Patterson advancing to the semi finals after a 6-1 6-2 win over Boyd Barr. Harry Black, starting his season, blanked Malcolm Simons 6-0 6-0, and later beat Milton Patterson 7-5 1-6 6-4 to reach the semis. Harry Sarver also advanced by defeating John Lindsey 6-2 7-5. Friday features two hot matches as semi finals begin with Patterson facing Black Miller and Sarver linked with Maskrey. Finals set for Saturday at 4:30.
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Boyd Barr
Paterson
Harry Black
Malcolm Simons
Simon
Milton Patterson
Harry Sarver
John Lindsey
van Miller
Giff Maskrey
Richard
Black- Miller
Maskrey-Blatt
Moon's pacers win again at Perry racing week
J. C. Moon's Silent Bin cen and Elizabeth B won money at Perry New York, both taking first place. Silent Bin cen, a green pacer, clocked 2:18. They were entered for Thursday's program at the same track. Next week they race in stake events at Butler.
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J. C. Moon
Silent Bincen
Elizabeth B
Perry
N. Y
Butler
Moscow to curb large crowd of peddlers in streets
International News Service reports Moscow plans to reduce the swarm of street peddlers cluttering main avenues Kuznetzky Most Teatralny Petrovka and Tverskaya. Food cigarette and various small goods sellers crowd sidewalks leaving pedestrians little room. Lenin pins medals and Lenin cards also sold on crowded pedestrian spaces.
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Europe
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Kuznetzky Most
Teatralny
Petroska
Tverskaya
Lenin
Tunnels To Save Users 20 Million Yearly
New Jersey traffic experts estimate the Holland tunnels under the Hudson River will save merchants and others twenty million dollars annually by shortening trips between New York City, Trenton, and intermediate points. The Lincoln highway will also ease congestion, with trips between Jersey City and Trenton benefiting from faster routes. Fred Lavis of the state highway department computed a yearly savings of at least twenty million trips totaling twenty million and a dollar saved per trip, suggesting five hundred million could be profitably spent to ease delays.
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tTraffic
New Jersey
Hudson River
Trenton
N. J
Jersey City
Newark
Elizabeth
Rahway
Metuchen
New Brunswick
Princeton
Fred Lavis
New Jersey State Highway Department
Some Fish First Customer at Good Hardware
A humorous exchange describes a remarkable trout, with a first customer praising the catch and a second customer doubting the claim, all in a light venting tone typical of a local shop anecdote.
Mystery Gift Leaves Rhode Island Town Puzzled
In North Smithfield Rhode Island residents seek the source of a $10 000 bequest from Minnie P Dean of Weston Massachusetts to fund a kindergarten The town council appreciates the gift but questions how and when funds will be available and where the Eleanor Howard Kindergarten will be built in Slaterville The will filed in Cambridge Massachusetts names the gift and location but no clear path to fulfillment is found
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International News Service
North Smithfield
R. LI
Rhode Island
Minnie P. Dean
Weston
Mass
Dean
Eleanor Howard
North
Smithfield
Slaterville
Woman Inquires After Son In Indianapolis Drug Store
An elderly woman from Tennessee’s hill country visits Indianapolis and asks a drug store clerk where her son Jim lives. The clerk says he does not know, and the woman insists she believes he has lived there for four years, expressing mild surprise.
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Tennessee
Indianapolis
Jim
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