Races Open To All Aircraft Types In St Louis Meet
St Louis Flying club unveils a program October 1 to 8 inviting virtually every aircraft type to compete in international air races. The Pulitzer trophy race may go international with entrants from France Italy and possibly Britain. A 50 kilometer triangular course will guide flyers between 60 foot pylons. Prizes total 13000 in cash with many trophies and second third place decorations. An On to St Louis prize of 1000 and a silver loving cup will go to race winners. About 100 entries expected from the U S and Canada with multiple events and trophies totaling substantial cash.
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Chamber of ‘Commerce of
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Flying Club of St
Aviation Club of Detroit
Fred Owens
Joseph Owens
Geneva
Country Club
North Platte
Nebraska
C. W. Walden
Beatrice
Bloomington
Donald Peter Hill
Lincoln
Arbor Lodge
Nebraska City
Michael Dempsey
Omaha
Randolph
Phins
Pierson
Broken Bow
Nettie J. Holcomb
Holcomb
Lawrence E. H Hill
U.S. A
Bellingham
Washington
Jearney
University of Nebraska
Wisner
West Brothers
Donald Brewer
Edward Brewer
Fremont
Burt County
Douglas County
Plainview
University Place
City
James B. Brown
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Hastings
Hastings College
Adjutant General
Nebraska National Guard
Ashland
Ak-Sar-Ben
Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Webster
Pawnee
Wiloyd Wheeler
William Draeger
Wklorn
Norfolk
State Press Association
Palmyra
John Powers
Miller
Richardson County
Hucksters
Grant L. Shumway
Punish Violators of Migratory Bird Act
Washington authorities impose penalties on two violators of the migratory bird treaty act. Each offender faces a $250 fine and costs or up to three months in jail, under the administration of the Biological Survey, United States Department.
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Washington
The
Biological Survey
United States
Savannah men fined for illegal possession of wood ducks
Two Savannah residents were arrested by federal game wardens along the Savannah river in Beaufort county for possessing dead wood ducks in violation of migratory bird protection laws. They pled guilty in federal court at Charleston, South Carolina and were sentenced.
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Savannah
Savannah River
Beaufort County
Charleston
S. C
Beads Found in Gutter Lead to Reward at Hotel Biltmore
A string of beads found in the gutter at the Vanderbilt avenue entrance of the Hotel Biltmore earned a $250 reward for John Hussey and Joseph Mulligan, employees there. The beads, described as dirty but resembling five and ten cent pieces, were recovered after a youth tossed them to Hussey at the door.
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New York
John Hussey
Joseph Mulligan
Biltmore
Vanderbilt Avenue
Hussey
Nurse feigns motherhood to shield lover’s illegitimate child
In Chicago courts a German nurse created a fictitious family to protect a rich girl’s reputation. She posed as the mother of an expected illegitimate child, divorced a fake husband, and later kept the baby with the girl while living under one roof. The scheme aims to raise or adopt the child later.
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Chicago
Blind Boy Operates Telephone Switchboard
Jacksonville Carl Wiley, a blind night switchboard operator at the State hospital, has attracted attention for his uncanny ear. He can identify the source station by buzzers’ sound with minimal help, an ability noted by attendants across wards.
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Jacksonville
Carl Wiley
State Hopital
Great Hospital
Iley
Prisoners claim truth under new medicine at San Quentin
Three inmates at San Quentin were given an alkaloid drug named Scopolamin in experiments led by Dr House of Ferris Texas. The tests reportedly made subjects unable to lie while other faculties remained intact. Farrar confessed involvement in a Sacramento robbery and murder, while claiming the actual killer was accomplice Roy Carver. O Leary provided identity details. John Johnson admitted guilt in other crimes.
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San Quentin
Sa Quentin
John L. Farrar
Sacramento
Eugene O’leary
John L. Johnson
R. E
House of Ferris
Tex
Flouse
Amin
Farrar
Ferrar
Roy Carver
O’stary
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Insurance Claims
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen reports a membership of 125000 and pays over 1000000 dollars annually in insurance claims.
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the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
England Faces Population Gap From Low Births In 1923 First Quarter
England and Wales posted a record low first quarter birth total of 192 970 in January to March 1923, 14 603 fewer than the same months last year, while infant deaths dropped pushing the quarter’s total deaths to a record low 124 720. The birth ratio favored boys with 1 034 boy births per 1 000 girls, and marriages declined for the third year running with 299 360 marriages registered in 1922 after 320 852 in 1921 and 379 982 in 1920.
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England
Wales
Standing of Nebraska ball teams at week end
A compilation of local notes reports Omaha drowning of Viole Patton 15 after a prank, bank scandal in Nickerson, oil tests near Kearney, Holt county skull find, and various county events. Also mentions fish hatcheries, bank convention in Omaha, fires, tennis tournaments, beacons at Fort Crook, and a string of accidents and civic plans across Nebraska.
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Onda
United States
Viole Patton
Omaha
First National Bank
Nickerson
Kearney
Elkhorn
Emmet
Holt County
Gust Rutenbeck
Utica
Gretna
W. J. O'Brien
State Bankers’ Association
John Heinz
Fremont
Bloomfield
Pierce Cedar
Knox
Traymond Aaron Benash
A. D. Benash
Schuyler
Fairbury
Thomas Walsh
Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben
Burlington Railway
Hubbell
the State
Gifford
Bernard Lindberg
Winslow
Hooper
Jake Snyder
Columbus
Snyder
Frank Vogt
Wolbach
Vogt
Teddy
Goldie
Walter W. Head
National
Boy Scout Organization
Albert Ross
O'Neill
Air Mail
Fort Crook
Lincoln
Falls City
State Fair Board
Farm Buildings Promote Profits On Modern Community Units
Modern farm structures featured include a community hog house a granary and a poultry house designed for long term returns. William A Radford offers free expert farm building guidance by mail from Chicago with detailed plans and dimensions for 26 by 46 hog house 28 6 by 46 poultry house and layout for windbreak ventilation and drainage.
Rebuilding Ypres Amid Ruins and New Homes
The article notes over a thousand homes since 1919 around the Cloth Hall and cathedral in Ypres. It describes rapid brick construction beside grey stone ruins, ongoing work on outer walls, and the presence of guards, with war graves and ongoing efforts to reclaim and identify fallen soldiers along the railway corridor.
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Ypres
Treasured Christening Robes Move To Princess Mary Cache
Old English families guard infant robes with storied provenance. Jarl FitzWilliam’s gauze scarf linked to William the Conqueror and Hastings lore. Lord Clanwilliam’s line possesses the duke of Kent’s christening robe via royal hands, with others in the clan’s trust. Princess Mary now adds a new relic to the infant store.
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Jarl Fitzwilliam
William the Conqueror
Fitzwilliams
Hastings
Lord Clanwilliam
Duke
Porto Rico Guards Lead In National Guard Strength
Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry National Guard reports 62 officers and 1,368 enlisted, the largest regimental enrollment in the National Guard. The Oregon National Guard's 162nd Infantry follows with 59 officers and 1,258 enlisted. Maximum allowed is 62 officers and 1,520 enlisted. Army and Navy Journal notes the Porto Rico record.
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Porto Rico
Army
An¢É
Navy Journal
If World Were Leveled and Ocean Floors Described
The piece explains a hypothetical leveling of Earth where hills fill valleys creating a smooth globe with an 8700 foot mean sphere level. It outlines marine topography from continental slopes to a vast flat plain, then the mid Atlantic ridge near 53°S, and notes islands like Azores and Tristan da Cunha as parts of the Christian Science Monitor.
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Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Africa
Azores
St. Paul's ‘Rocks
Ascension Island
Island of
Tristan da Cunha
Gough Islands
The
Christian Science Monitor
Woman Bricklayer Proves Able Builder in Long Island City
Mrs Florence Thompson of Long Island City New York has become a bricklayer learning her craft at a school started by her husband. Neighbors praise her skill and she says the work gives her economic independence. She balances bricklaying with caring for her lively three year old and notes new hats accompany her labor.
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Florence Thompson
Long Island
City
N. Y
Thompson
Thompsons
New York Sun
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