Lodi Palace Fireplaces Gate Hidden Treasure Tale
In Lodi Lombardy a hidden treasure legend centers on the Sommariva palace. A hollow fireplace reveals a secret passage to an 18 foot lower chamber filled with snakes old walls and coins a skeleton and a deciphered inscription guide a government supervised search for a golden stag chest and other relics.
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Rome
Lodi
Lombardy
Frederick
Sommariva
Laus Pompea
Podesta
Ghisi
Napoleon
Vienna
Marchese
Emilio di Salerno
Milan
Department of Excavation
Coffee-Drinking King Uneasy After 62 Cups
Gust Comstock of Fergus Falls Minnesota set a world coffee drinking record by consuming sixty two cups in twelve hours causing restlessness and sleeplessness. He tripled the marks of eleven rivals and earned a belt studded with sixty two beans representing four cups each. He plans to rest before facing challengers and later attended an American Legion banquet.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Gust Comstock
Comstock
Hibbing
American Legion
Divorce Granted After Child Kidnapping Case
Mrs. Alice G. Agard testified that her husband Nelson Agard abducted their five year old daughter Johanna to force a divorce. Judge Joseph Sabath ordered the child brought to court, reuniting mother and daughter, and Mrs. Agard was granted a decree amid charges of cruelty.
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Chicago
Alice G. Agard
Pine Drove Avenue
Joseph Sabath
Johanna
Nelson Agard
Lincoln's Rail Partner Survives Five Wives and 34 Children
A 106 year old rail splitter linked to Abraham Lincoln, Henry Plumer of Dallas, lives alone after his fifth wife died. He is survived by 21 of 34 children, with the eldest in Los Angeles and the youngest daughter in Dallas. His father is 133, living in Georgetown, and two brothers returned to Africa after the Civil War.
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Dallas
Texas
Henry Plumer
Abraham Lincoln
Georgetown
D. C
Henry
Jim
Tom Plumer
Africa
Nick
Los Angeles
Man Exhibits Enormous Green Apple From Washington Ranch
Paul Rue of Ballard shows a green eating apple measuring 15.44 inches in diameter. The fruit, grown on his ranch, is said to outsize typical produce and even wards off common tradesmen. Modern school methods are being adopted in many parts of Mexico.
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Mexico
Nine Wives Widows as Hubby Succumbs
New York nine wives mourn as John Lawrence Leclaire dies in Clinton prison where he served five years for bigamy and two years for perjury. Wives listed include Trances Ogdensburg Rena Port Chester Anna New York Dora Syracuse Velma Fitchburg Maude Lake George Maude Gloucester Bertha Poughkeepsie Flora Cohoes and Bertha Haze of Poughkeepsie caused his arrest.
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New York
John Lawrence Leclaire
Clinton
Dannenora
Trances
Ogdensburg
Rena
Port Chester
Anna
Dora
Syracuse
Velma
Fitchburg
Mass
Maude
Lake George
N. Y
Gloucester
Bertha
Poughkeepsie
Flora
Cohoes
Bertha Haze
Leclaire
Bolivian Government Opens Homemaking School For Women
The Bolivian government establishes a professional school to teach women homemaking principles and foster self reliance. The initiative aims to equip women with practical skills for domestic and community life.
Progress in Live Stock Improvement Campaign Reaches Year Eight
The USDA bureau of animal industry reports ongoing progress in the Better Lives Better Stock campaign. By October 1, 16,993 livestock owners signed declarations to use pure bred sires exclusively, with widespread interest in related publications and materials. The effort highlights beef cattle demonstrations, higher dressings, better market returns, and the first Union County Kentucky to go grade-free of scrub bulls. Copies of progress reports and circulars are available from the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington, D. C.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Farmers' Bulletin
Department
Sni-a-Bar
Grain Valley
Union County
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
Correct Feeding Is Big Factor With Chickens
An article stresses feed quality for poultry success and urges year round mash fed to balance home grown scratch. It notes winter mash remains beneficial, and a good scratch mix should be equal parts cracked corn and whole wheat. It advises morning feeding to promote exercise and limited evening cleanup.
Farm Facts on Clover and Poultry Feeding Practices
A farming note discusses spring planting of sweet clover for a two year crop, barn conditions affecting success, and cod liver oil as a cost effective poultry feed. It ranks clover varieties for acid soils and notes harness maintenance for readiness.
Highways Seen as Vital Yet Costly for Nation
W. H. Connell of the Pennsylvania highway department told Rural Letter Carriers that $220 million will be spent from 1925 to 1927 on highway construction and maintenance, adding 3,000 miles of new roads and resurfacing 1,200 miles. The state will reach 8,000 miles of hard surfaced roads, with 4,000 miles remaining dirt or shale. A $50 million bond proposal may enable paving more miles in 1928, alongside county funds. He stressed a coordinated national system linking population centers and state roads, benefiting mail service and the Post Office.
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W. H. Connell
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Conner
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
United States
Post Office Department
Across Russia A Trans Siberian Journey Into Siberia
Prepared by the National Geographic Society the article tours the Trans Siberian route from the Volga to Lake Baikal and the Yenisei to Irkutsk describing Ural valleys taiga and rivers. It notes Novo Nikolaevsk Busk Altai and the Obi Katun rivers and the challenging Altai mountain journey.
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Trans-Siberian Railway
Russia
Siberia
Volga
Blue Heights
Ural Range
Colorado
Europe
Asia
Arizona
Omsk
Admiral Kolchak
Irusk
Mongolia
Obi
Yenisei
Krasnoyarsk
Irkutsk
Angara
Lake Baikal
Lake Superior
Continental Railroad
Amur River
Manchuria
Altai Mountains
Altai
Central Asia
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea
Caspian
Marco Polo
Attila
Germany
Italy
Gaul
Genghis Khan
Novo Nikolaevsk
Pacific
America
Busk
Biya
Katun
Alps
Heavy Load Limits Sought to Protect City Streets
The Illinois Federation of Labor urged a law to ban trucks carrying over eight tons on city streets. Chicago unions say ten ton trucks damage pavements and shake buildings, harming property owners and taxpayers. They call for fact based limits and preventative action.
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Ilinois Federation of Labor
Chicago News
Chicago
Illinois Federation of Labor
Ten Year Road Building Program for Australia
A ten year highway building program for the commonwealth of Australia plans expenditure of 35 million pounds about 170 million dollars. Watt L. Moreland president of Moreland Motor Truck company says trucks play a wonderful part in development and the spending will place Australia at the forefront of motor vehicle operation in town and country.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Australia
Moreland Motor Truck Company
Watt L. Moreland
Roads to Test Cars Begin Highway Experiments at UI
The University of Illinois civil engineering department conducts extensive highway tests on three one mile sections. Each section is split into eight parts to compare motor and horse drawn equipment. A report is expected soon.
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Department of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois
Southern roads prove South's motor awakening with record drive
A H Wit tenberg of St Petersburg Fla set a likely travel record by car from St Petersburg to Milwaukee. He left Tuesday morning and reached Milwaukee Thursday night, claiming he drove within legal limits and encountered no accidents.
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A. H. Wittenberg
St. Petersburg
Fla
Milwaukee
Ancient Greek observation game exhibited in London
A 14 piece ebony game from ancient Greece was shown in London. The flats form images such as an elephant and a barking dog when arranged correctly. It likely served to train memory and observation in children and had been lost for 1,500 years despite earlier mentions in manuscripts.
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Greece
London
Peanut Growth and Harvest Method
The peanut plant grows flowers above ground but after flowering the stalks bend downward and bury the fruit underground where it matures. Once ripe, the nuts are dug up much like potatoes.
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Brussels
Royal Palace
Leopold
Belgium
Astrid
Sweden
Lincoln
Mammoth
Ohio Station
Pennsylvania
The
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