Lone Prisoner Almost Wrecks Police Force
Denver, June 27. A prisoner named Arthur Futjo attempted to escape, clashed with officers, and was even run over by a passing truck during the break. He fought officers en route to the city jail and tried to strangle himself. guards saved him as he tampered with his cell rock. Futjo, an artist, had been arrested weeks earlier on a complaint by his wife.
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Wilson
Smith
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Arthur Futjo
Beekeepers Remove 400 Pounds of Honey From School Walls
In Antis Valley Eureka school near Tealuma, California, a swarm entered through woodpecker holes and forced a temporary dismissal. Workers used chemicals to drive bees away, uncovering about 400 pounds of honey left between the walls, estimated by County Agricultural Agent E Bremner.
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Vinternational News Service
Rtetaluma
Cal
Eureka School
County Horticultural Commissioner
E. Bremner
County Agricultural Ageat
To Educate All Mexican Soldiers News Note
In Mexico City on June 27 General Joaquin Amaro, secretary of war, announced that all Mexican army members will be able to read and write within a year. He cited that about 65 percent of 60,000 soldiers can currently read and write, with daily classes conducted to teach literacy.
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International
Mexico City
Joaquin Amaro
Amaro
Odd ways of making money in China noted by Geographic Society
Washington June 27 report notes clever Chinese methods to earn money, including deer horn used in medicines, dried crickets and cricket dust, fall stones, beef blood, and other odd products. Mixed cargoes and customs findings reveal pig bristles, tung oil, shellac components, and hair shipped raw to the United States, dyed, and returned as hair goods.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
China
The
Geographic Bulletin
Chi- MB
Bulletin
Pacific
America
United States
Totes Installed Across England For Racecourse Betting
England adopts automatic totalisators at principal tracks. Bets are placed in fixed units and tickets issued automatically. The system updates live tote totals and pays winnings five minutes after each race, threatening traditional bookmakers with higher potential payouts on outsiders.
Modesto Convention Denounces Bobbed Hair in Dunkard Church
At the national convention of the old German Baptists in Modesto California Elder J P Ray of Ohio declared women who cut their hair have no hope of glory citing St Paul. Elder Harry Benedict of Pennsylvania criticized church meddling with state affairs while endorsing prohibition.
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Modesto
Cal
Old German Baptists
Dunkard Church
J. P. Ray
Ohio
Harry Benedict
Prennsylvania
Benedict
Important trifles for a great holiday and costume
A fragment outlining holiday accessories and fabrics with mentions of textures and quantities. It notes items such as castor, de peches blonde, and cummeta chiffon, with price references $1.30 and $1,893. Main Floor.
Charter Cavalcade To Feature Fete
Boston June 27 The Charter Cavalcade will headline the June Massachusetts Tercentenary celebration with three gigantic floats depicting key events in American independence. The procession converges on Salem Harbor aboard the Arbella ship replica with Governor Winthrop impersonated bearing the great charter of 1629.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Bay Colony
America
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Lowns
Cavalcade Route Ends At State House Boston Pageant Parade
A six mile route remains in each community for a day. The cavalcade ends at the State House in Boston and will take part in a great pageant parade of 100 floats about August 16 and on September 17 as part of an illuminated night parade.
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State House
Boston
First French Journalist Honored in Journalistic Tercentenary
Paris cen ters marking the 300th anniversary of journalism in France prepare for a celebration of Theophraste Renaudat who launched the Gazette on May 30, 1691. Renaudat urged readers and contributors to seek truth with no passion but truth though he faced poverty despite powerful patrons.
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Sergleny
Paris
France
Theophraste Renaudat
The
Gazette
Renaudot
Lewis XIII
Caredinal Richelieu
Bavarian City To Observe Birthday Festivities Begin
Weissenburg in North Bavaria marks its birthday season from June 27 to September 7 with open air performances. The town, celebrating its 900th anniversary last year, hosts plays including Weissenburg Therese and Sunken Bell, amid preserved medieval fortifications and the Ethmo Gate.
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Serene Weissenburg
Weissenbure
Hauptmann
Waissenbure
Germany
Wood From Famous Tree Used On Diner
A historic oak once towering outside Manor Housing at Ctx is cut down and shipped to Montreal for the dining car paneling. The vessel from the tree’s long life is repurposed into a visible feature of the diner, sparking interest in its storied past.
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Halo
Veep
Montreal
England
Ctx
Fragmentary note on timber trade and paneling origins
Ton England timber owned by Merton Coca Os. After cutting, wood shipped to Canada for paneling of an ET for durer now in use or ie Montreal Chicago Myer the International Limited.
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Ton
England
Merton Coca Os
Canada
Durer
Montreal- Chicago
Myer
International
Joseph Strauss Honored as Doctor of Science in Cincinnati
Joseph Strauss, famed bridge designer and Cincinnati native, has been conferred the Doctor of Science degree by the University of Cincinnati. The recognition honors his contributions to human progress through engineering achievements.
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Pinter Keans
Cincinnati
Dene B. Strauss
Durhenat
Creinnalt
Bint
Man Progress
Sre
Plan $65,000 seven story office building
Cincinnati plans a downtown seven story brick office building valued at $65,000. The project by the International Plain Ink corporation is in the early planning stage with completion unlikely before next year.
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Ciera
Servier Cincinnati
Inne 2
Awl
International Plin. Ink Corporation
Chly
Dead Stick Landing on Graves at Airport
A dangerous forced landing is described as a pilot attempted a dead stick landing at an airport surrounded by tombstones. The event involved Wilson Brothers Air Transport and a communication mishap with a passenger phone, ending in a perilous but safe touchdown between two rows of grave markers.
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Wilson Brothers Air Transport
Wilson
Yosig
Von
Ban on Open Fireplaces in Brawley Area
In Brawley California a fire chief has placed a ban on open fireplaces between specified hours. Details are unclear due to damaged text but the measure aims to reduce fire risk during dry conditions and may affect residences with wood or coal burning appliances.
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Brawley
Cal
Garksie
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