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Newspaper
Remington Press
Location
Remington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
6
At the club last night a business girl listened as a narrator described the best man. He praised their long friendship and joked that in the race for a bride the better man has won. The bride vows she won’t invite him to another wedding.
Geological survey photos reveal grasshoppers embedded in ice within a northern Yellowstone glacier. Thousands of strata of extinct species frozen by ancient snowstorms illustrate a remarkable natural time capsule. Motorists flock to view the glacier as summer tourists seek out the spectacle.
An advertisement touts a beauty routine to achieve clear healthy skin by cleansing with Cuticura Soap, using hot water to purge pores, then dusting with Cuticura Talcum powder. The ad links refined charm to the perfume a lady uses.
A lawyer argues the burglar only touched a window with his arm, not the person. The judge sentences the arm to 12 months, allowing the man to go with or without the limb. The prisoner removes the wooden arm and leaves smiling.
Bill Nye joked he was born in Shirley Maine and that the town was named for a senator’s ancestor. Senator Shirley responded that no such town exists in Maine, prompting Nye to quip he did not know it either until birth.
A brief exchange shows a playful aviation quiz. The aviator explains he lands feet first, while another asks about descent method, highlighting contrasting approaches to flight and landing.
Lieut. M. L. Geisenberger commanded a Red Cross flood shelter site in Natchez after hundreds of army tents arrived with no directors. Natchez American Legion members built the tent city, arranged sanitation, and cared for more than five hundred refugees in early days as the flood grew, earning nationwide praise.
The American Legion Weekly argues over using legionary versus legionnaire for members. It notes legionary embeds Roman warrior imagery while legionnaire recalls the French Foreign Legion, yet asserts legionnaire remains the established American Legion term.
The piece lampoons wartime morale and proposes drafting song writers and performers as Class 1-A with six months training at E. P. It warns of death for those creating doughboy songs without training and jokes about sending them over the top at midnight. It notes 600 of 3,300 Seattle veterans trainees turning to agriculture, declaring it a great life.
Patrick Kang ferried from Camden to Philadelphia with a pipe when a match sparked a discovery. A keg marked gun powder held ten gallons of illegal hooch. Kane and two partners were arrested as authorities seized the liquor.
A brilliant meteor flashed south of Asbury Park then vanished in a thunderous roar. In Tom’s River windows shattered as the air was thick with gas for over fifteen minutes, sending residents into alarm and dampened handkerchiefs at noses.
A meteor blackened the sky near Seaside Park thirty five miles south of here. It burst with a brilliant flare and explosion that shook residences, hurled spray high, and sent ash drifting ashore while observers saw a vast fiery form like a gigantic airplane.
In Caldwell New Jersey Erie train engineer John J Cotter spotted a seventeen month old, Adele Lillian Cushman, wandering on the rails near Riverdale. He braked hard leaped onto the running board and plucked the child from danger just before she tumbled onto a truck below. The infant is granddaughter of Ira Meade an Erie engineer.
San Francisco The Standard Oil company reports gas discovered on Luzon Island in the Philippines at a depth of 2 415 feet. The find is viewed as a favorable sign that oil may lie at greater depths and preparations are made to drill further. K R Kingsbury president of Standard Oil company of California confirms the discovery and ongoing plans.
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