Referee Gifts Bout to Moran in Queens Card
New York June 24 Pat Moran of New Orleans defeats Jack Zivic of Pittsburgh after a third round disqualification by Referee Johnny Gallagher at Queens Borough Stadium. Zivic led the bout before Gallagher ruled an alleged illegal blow and awarded Moran the victory.
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New York
Jack Zivic
Pittsburgh
Johnny Gallagher
Pat Moran
New Orleans
Queens Borough Stadium
Long Island
Zivic
Women Physicians Sparse in England Among 42000 Practitioners
A historical note reports that only about 2000 of England's 42 000 medical practitioners are women, highlighting gender disparity in the medical profession.
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England
Caveman Lifestyle Embraced By Miner Despite Sunk Health
Simon Lakavage, once told by doctors he could not survive prolonged mining work, built a hillside cave near the Irish Cemetery in New Philadelphia. He shelters under a tin roof, sleeps on old sacks, and sustains himself on overripe fruit while living in a horizontal entryway cave.
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International News Service
New Philadelphia
Simon Lakavage
Irish Cemetery
World fish crop valued at about one billion yearly
New York June 24 The worldwide fish crop costs final consumers about a billion dollars annually. The United States Fish Commission estimated the landed value in major nations, with the world total at roughly 780 million dollars per year in the latest figures, and notes this would rise with additions from trade records.
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International News Service
New York
United States Fish Commission
National City Bank of New York
Kellogg's Bran touted as all bran cure for constipation
An advertisement extols Kellogg's Bran as the complete remedy for constipation. It claims daily use guarantees relief, offers a money back guarantee, and highlights its taste, versatility, and Battle Creek production. It also notes doctors recommend it and that hotels and clubs serve it.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
World fish bill nears one billion dollars yearly
An estimated 25 percent for cold storage transport and wholesale and retail profits leaves the world’s fish bill near 1 billion dollars annually. About 780 million dollars of this comes from ocean landed fish by fishermen worldwide. In the United States the Great Lakes and Mississippi region contribute to 11 million dollars of the 86 million total value to fishermen for all fish landed nationwide.
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United States
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
The
Fish Commission
Alaska
Big peach crop expected in Pennsylvania this year
Harrisburg reports for June 24 indicate favorable weather and modern orchard practices should yield a large peach harvest in Pennsylvania. June 1 crop condition 84 percent of normal, versus 81 last year. ten year average 60. Forecast production around 1,400,000 bushels, with Franklin county leading county shipments at 268 carloads.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul L. Koenig
Franklin
Four-Legged Chicken Exhibited In Sheffield Farm
A four-legged chicken is shown at the George Peterson farm near Sheffield. The extra pair of legs sits behind the normal ones and adds little to the bird’s ability to move.
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International News Service
Sheffield III
George Peterson
Here
P. D. Q. Bedbug Killer Ad Claims Quick Elimination
An advertisement promotes P. D. Q. bedbug killer claiming to eradicate bedbugs roaches and eggs with liquid fire like action. It notes patent spout free packaging and a 35 cent box option sold by New Castle Drug Corp. and other druggists.
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New Castle Drug Corp
Vendol Tonic Promises Quick Relief, Testimonial Claims
Miss Luella Wymer of Ellwood City Pennsylvania reports Vendol improved her nervousness gas indigestion and catarrh in a week. Her mother Mrs Edith Glenn endorses the remedy and a local Vendol Specialist urges residents to learn more at McKee's Rut Rate Store.
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Luella Wymer
Ellwood City
New Castle
Edith Glenn
McKee
First Chinese Junk At Anchor In U. S. Harbor
New York June 24 A Chinese junk 53 feet long built of camphor wood and Chinese fir arrives in Sheepshead Bay escorted by Captain George Waard a Dutch Canadian skipper with his Chinese wife and 11 year old son after a 15006 mile voyage from Amoy via Vancouver and the Panama Canal The vessel will stay in harbor for several months for sightseeing before sailing to Europe
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International News Service
New York
Sheepshead Bay
George Waard
Amoy
Vancouver
B. C
Panama Canal
Waard
Europe
Women’s Freedom Age Characterized As Bank
London reports Mrs. Wineringham, one of eight women MPs, calls the so called freedom era a bank for women. In a presidential address she denounces the view that emancipation ends housewifery. She says the greatest calling for a woman is to be a home maker and rejects becoming man-like.
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International News Service
London
Wineringham
House of Commons
Kansas Needs Forty Thousand To Help Thresh Wheat
Kansas expects about 40 000 men to assist in the wheat harvest this month and July. Cool weather slowed progress and the first labor demand will come in late June in South Central Kansas. The U S Employment Service cites wages from 3 50 to 4 dollars per day plus board and lodging.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Kansas
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
Ex-Premier Baldwin Admits He Is Poor Man
London dated report quotes ex-Premier Stanley Baldwin confessing poverty despite leading Britain's largest engineering firm. He notes conservatives face subscription requests he cannot meet, cites three thousand pounds spent on elections, and states he funds campaigns by selling capital. He mentions a twenty five thousand dollar hospital gift and wartime half a million pound contribution to the treasury.
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International News Service
London
Baldwin
Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Freckles Cream Promises to Remove Spots
Advertising copy promotes Sunny Susan Cream as a remedy to fade freckles and improve appearance. The product guarantees freckles removal or a refund and is sold via drug stores or mail order from Sunny Susan Laboratories in Buffalo New York.
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Sunny Susan
Sunny Susan Laboratories, Inc
Buffalo
New York
Drive Starts To Put Flags In Every Home
Chattanooga drives begin to place American flags in every home as part of a nationwide effort. Spanish-American War veterans back the campaign and aim to have emblems in homes offices and public buildings by July 4 in Chattanooga with support from state leaders including Governor Austin Peary. Major Noel Gaines of Frankfort Kentucky originated the idea and has run similar drives in multiple states.
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International News Service
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Tennessee
Austin Peary
Noel Gaines
Frankfort
First Woman Intern at New York Hospital
Miss Evelyn Holt of Summit New Jersey, a recent Cornell University Medical School graduate, is named the first woman interne in a New York hospital. Her appointment marks a historic step for female physicians in the city.
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Evelyn Holt
Summit, N. J
Cornell University Medical School
New York
Plain Clothes Cops Urged To End Speeding
CHICAGO June 24 Plain clothes detectives to stop speeding on city streets were urged by Richard E. Kropf Supreme Regent of the Royal Arcanum in a safety address. He said the driver breaking a speed law should be arrested and noted the campaign covers 1,300 councils in the United States and Canada. Speeding, he argued, causes most accidents and curbing it would reduce motor fatalities.
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International News Service
Chicago
Richard E. Kropf
The
Royal Arcanum
Mr. Kropf
United States
Canada
UNC Grants Doctor of Philosophy to Women First Time
At commencement the University of North Carolina awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy to a woman for the first time since its founding in 1789, the year George Washington became the first U.S. president.
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University of North Carolina
George Washington
United States
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