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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
8
A list of geographic and resource claims about nations and regions. It notes Haiti lacks navigable rivers, Australia has no active volcanoes, Ceylon produces cinnamon, Persia lacks distilleries, Wales has large slate quarries, and India has over 30 cities with populations above 100,000.
A survey of antiquity notes seesaws in use 4000 years ago, early shoes 2200 BCE, ancient Egypt’s hair oil 430 BCE, and earliest banknotes in China 2837 BCE. It cites lunar eclipses in 721 BCE, Genesis on wheat, The Tale of Two Brothers as an ancient fairy story, glass use in Pompeii era, and early Greek ball games among Roman nobility.
A collection of quoted lines and aphorisms including riffs on safety, ambition, sin, illness, speech, music as crime prevention, excuses, marriage quarrels, and a quip about astronomers challenging creation, attributed to Rhoda Montade.
Witty quips on human flaws and social mores cycle through a Boston Transcript column. The piece mocks napping experts and purges family ties while skewering pretension and marriage fortunes with sharp, birdlike observations.
Jimmy Murphy of Los Angeles won the 500 mile sweep at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before 135,000 spectators setting a new distance record of 5:17:30.79 at an average 94.48 mph. Harry Hartz finished second, Eddie Hearne third, with Ralph DePalma fourth and Ora Haibe fifth.
Eugene O'Brien stars in the Selznick picture Clay Dollars at the Mars Theatre this Sunday. The comedy drama follows a town hero amid townsfolk roles as the village belle June Gordon and a host of familiar characters in a refreshing courtship tale. Notable cast includes Ruth Dwyer Arthur Houseman Frank Currier Tom Blake Jerry Devine Florida Kingsly and James Ten Brooke.
The article notes more than 20 restaurants in Greater New York are now owned and run by Chinese. It also discusses fiscal plans citing about $20 per resident for defense in 1928 and estimates untapped U S wealth at $150 billion across 400 million acres of public lands.
Mr and Mrs Ted E Burchfield are praised as the citys youngest parents after the birth of a ten-pound son. He is born to a fifteen year old father and fourteen year old mother, according to city clerk records.
Arthur Stholer of Pendleton transacted business. Dr. and Mrs. Fred E. Jackson hosted relatives. Sunday School Orchestra invited to Morristown homecoming and to War rington Children's Day program. Family visits and dinners across Pendleton Anderson Wilkinson Knightstown Eden and Willow Branch. Funeral of Robert McClarnon noted. 76 in Sunday School and $3.05 collected. Large Knight Templar Ascension service with 261 Sir Knights.
London reports improving Hungarian food conditions prompt closure of American Relief Administration offices. Local committee will distribute stocks to June. Prof. James Bokay, president, thanks Herbert Hoover for leadership as 42,000,000 meals have been served since August 1921, with food and clothing valued at $1,205,639.
The Highland Park Ford Plant lifted number 6,000,000 on May 18 at 9 14 AM and, just 5 1 3 seconds later, number 6,000,001 was completed. Demand requires 5400 motors daily for shipment to Ford plants nationwide. The Model T sequence began with 1,000,000 in 1908 and 5,000,000 by 1921. A lost pocket book containing Anderson Loan Book and small bills was reported between Ingalls and Pendleton along Creek road. returnable to the office or to Dilton Renforth.
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