Traffic Too Heavy for Slumber In Brooklyn Auto
In Brooklyn a man named Ralph Harrison, 25, parked by Locust avenue and East Thirteenth street to nap due to heavy traffic. He awoke to police and doctors, claimed he had seen approaching cars and later identified himself, and a detective escorted him home.
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New York
David McCann
Brooklyn
Locust Avenue
East Thirteenth Street
McCann
John J. Sullivan
John Ryan
Ralph Harrison
Harrison
King George Maintains Strict Punctual Routine at Sandringham
King George and Queen Mary keep a strict schedule at Sandringham with the king rising at eight each day, except Fridays when he rises at 730 for grooming. The royal party plans to move to Buckingham Palace in spring before a Mediterranean cruise, and the queen and prince visited the historic town hall to view the underground dungeons before tea.
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George
Sandringham
England
Mary
Buckingham Palace
London
Mediterranean
Surgeon Grafts Shin Bone to Repair Neck Dislocation
James B. Parsons Jr suffered a neck dislocation in an automobile crash on September 1. Dr. K L Morse performed a bone graft using shin bone after plaster cast attempts failed to knit the vertebrae. The operation, done at St. Louis hospitals, reduced paralysis and surprised even the surgeon.
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Morse
St. Louis Baptist Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
Parsons
Paper From Cornstalks Promised by Professor
Ames Iowa Corn belt farmers may soon turn corn stalks into money. Professor E V Collins of Iowa State College has devised a machine to harvest stalks in quantity. It snaps the stalks at the root and shreds them for baling while separating the shucked corn into a wagon.
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Ames
Iowa
E. V. Collins
Iowa State College
Peer of Trappers Garners Vast Pest Catch in Utah Range
Salt Lake City, Utah. Roy Mussalman has trapped on the Indian creek cattle range for eleven years. In a secluded cabin, with Jack the dog and Old Blue the horse, he has captured 2,100 lynx and bobcats, 6,000 coyotes, 1,500 foxes, and 6,000 badgers and civet cats, plus countless small pests. Stockmen hail him as a peer in the trade.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Roy Mussalman
Indian Creek
Mormon Creek
Jack
Old Blue
Illinois Weekly Industrial Review Highlights New Projects
The Illinois Weekly Industrial Review notes wage gains since 1914 and purchasing power shifts. It lists contracts and construction plans across multiple towns including Cairo, Chicago, Kankakee, Murphysboro, and Danville, with projects such as bridges, schools, stadiums, roads, sewers, vaults, and rail signaling.
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Cairo
Mississippi River
McHenry
Green Street
Kankankee
Chicago
Kankakee
Illinois
Thomson
Thomson State Bank
Barrington
Madison
Wood
Chester
First Presbyterian Church
Murphysboro
Gorham
Coulterville
Bloomington
Zimmerman Feed & Grain Company
North Morris Ave
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Livesay Garage
Vernon, Illinois
Oakland and
Pontiac
Patoka
GEO. Nattier
W. H. Galton
Roy Jones
Robert Walton
Ilinois
Marion County
B. N. Griffin
Town Hall
Marion
Mlinois
F. H. Meier
Vandalia, Illinois
Illinois Weekly Industrial Review
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Ladies Aid
Vernon Hall
Epps
Wm. Hutter Cloth. Co
Centralia
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