For Sale: Victor Victrola and Pianos at J. O. Twichell
Multiple musical instruments offered for sale at J. O. Twichell 11015 Michigan avenue. Victor Victrola like new priced at 75 dollars. Brunswick console 110 dollars. Upright pianos 90 and 150 dollars. A Kimball upright and a player piano discounted from 700 to 295 dollars. Owner leaving city, see J Walsh's player.
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Victor Victrola
J. O. Twichell
Michigan Avenue
Kimball
City
J. Walsh
Wealthy Woman Perishes in Blizzard on Longs Peak
Estes Park, Colo. Walter Kiener secretary of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Miss Agnes Vaille die during a perilous ascent of Longs Peak in blizzard conditions. Vaille frozen and found after rescue efforts. companion Kiener recovering with frostbite. Searchers also recover a missing rescuer presumed dead.
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Estes Park
Colo
Walter Kiener
Agnes Vaille
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Long Peak
Kiener
Long’s Peak Inn
Here
Vaille
F. O. Vaille
Denver
Northwestern University
Miss Vaille
Herbert Sortland
Dr Lorenz of Wisconsin Held in Mexican Jail
Madison Wisconsin reports international attention as Dr W F Lorenz a prominent psychiatrist and head of the Wisconsin board of control and an American colleague are detained in Progresso Yucatan Mexico. Governor Blaine seeks federal aid and contacted Mexico's President Calles for urgent release citing a sailing vessel wreck on January 10 and a war veteran status.
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Madison
Wis
W. F. Lorenz
Wisconsin Board of Control
Progresso
Yucatan
Mexico
Blaine
State Department
Calles
Washington
Wheat Reaches $2 Mark for First Time Since War
Wheat jumped to $2 a bushel in Chicago as a miller bought four carloads of choke red winter wheat at $2.0014. May wheat traded to $1.88 and closed at $1.86, with July at $1.5854 and September at $1.4834. Futures rose, driven by foreign crop shortages in Western Europe and Russia.
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Chicago
United States
Greeks Leave Few Paintings in Naples Museum
A fragmentary report notes that the Naples museum houses only a small collection of real Greek paintings, mounted on thin marble slabs as the sole surviving examples in the world.
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Naples
Portland Pride Promises Finest Sunken Gardens
Portland's Pride Portland touts its sunken gardens as among the nation's best, highlighting design, horticulture, and visitor appeal. The feature frames the site as a premier urban garden attraction.
Keep Parental Line Intact in Odd Way
Respect for elders leads to a practice on Raga in the New Hebrides of adopting a living child to stand in as parent after a real relative dies. The surrogate is given the deceased’s name and status and treated with ceremonial respect, provoking astonishment and mockery from outsiders.
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J. D. Newsom
New Hebrides
Brandpascent
Reyulss
Regrowing Forests After Timber Removal
The regrowth of timber in national forests varies by forest type. Seedlings or saplings may be present when overstore is removed, and select trees may be left to provide seed. Douglas fir on the Pacific coast stores seed in ground duff, enabling clean cuts and reliance on stored seed for regeneration, with planting needed in some cases to ensure a second crop.
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Pacific Coast
Houghton Named Ambassador to Britain in March
The White House announced Alan B. Houghton of New York will be appointed ambassador to Great Britain succeeding Frank Kellogg who becomes secretary of state when Charles Hughes retires March 4. Houghton previously served as ambassador to Germany under President Harding.
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Dolton
Propper
Wallace Street
Pullman
T. B
Frank Genovese Farm
Lansing
Burnham Road
J. Petersen
Timothy Kay
Jacob Bos
147Th Street
Box
Dalton
E. Diekman
Berger School
A. A. Gouwens
North State Street
South Holland
Watkins
Oakglen
Homewood
Thornton
Hazelcrest
Theodore Swan
State Street
Roseland
Wormser Bros
Washington
White House
Alanson B. Houghton
New York
Germany
Great Britain
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Houghton
Harding
One Killed Six Injured In Sled Collision At Westminster
Baltimore Lynn F Gruber 22 a divinity student of Western Maryland college was killed and six others injured when the bob sled Gruber steered at Westminster collided with an automobile Miss Bertha Hart 24 instructor in mathematics at the college is in critical condition
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Baltimore
Lynn F. Gruber
Western Maryland College
Gruber
Westminster
Bertha Hart
Papuan Cannibal Tradition Cited Amid Regional Fear
An article notes ongoing cannibalism in Papua near Australia within the British empire era. It claims a Papuan custom requires a young man to shed human blood before marriage, illustrating violent tribal practices cited in the piece.
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Papua
Australia
British Empire
Sally Lunn Cake Named for Bath Pastry Cook Sally Lunn
The popular Sally Lunn tea cake derives its name from Bath baker Sally Lunn who carried the cakes in a basket around the end of the eighteenth century.
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Sally Lunn
Bath
England
Notre Dame Glee Club to Visit Hammond January 26
Notre Dame will bring its Glee Club and portions of the national football champions to the Parthenon Theatre in Hammond on January 26. Dr J L Browne conducts the group with members from across seventeen states and one foreign country, reflecting the football team’s eastern tours and broad appeal. Headquarters are in the Hammond building at the law office of Galvin and Galvin.
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Notre Dame
Hammond
Parthenon Theatre
J. Lewis Browne
Rockne
Middle West
Gridiron Warriors
Glee Club
Law Office
Galvin and Galvin
Hammond Building
Labor Wage Scale in U S Highest in History
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the national wage scale for union workers in 1924 at a record high with hourly rates up 8.3 percent from 1923 and substantially higher than 1917 1918 and 1907 levels. Hours worked show declines from prior years, with decreases noted versus 1913 and 1907.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
English Cider Customs and Rural Apple Lore
The article recalls English cider as a notable tradition with John Phillips praising Hereford cider. It mentions the Earl of Manchester as a France ambassador who served cider as wine, and recalls Griggling in the West country where boys raid orchards and recite a moral tale to earn the farmer’s blessing for protection against robbers.
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England
John Phillips
Earl of Manchester
France
West Country
History Repeats Itself In A Restaurant Meeting
An anxious waiter in a restaurant hovers around a benevolent diner. The diner confirms belief in history repeating itself as he rises, noting a previous customer left a $1 tip. The waiter wonders if the same gentleman will return today.
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London
Italian scientist invents long underwater light ray
An Italian scientist reports a powerful light ray that can penetrate water up to 300 yards at any depth. The claim describes a special beam offering deep underwater visibility and potential scientific use.
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