Italian flier Locatelli to join American world flight team
Official dispatches report Lieutenant Locatelli of Italy may accompany Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and the American pilots on their trans Atlantic plan. If no accord is reached he will hire a steam trawler to bring supplies to Greenland and proceed without U S warship aid.
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Associated Press
Reveriavie
Iceland
Locatelli
Pisa
Atlantic
Lowell H. Smith
Tissian
Greenland
Yeeland
Waoniousw
D. G
Army Air Service
Naval
Congoy
Smith
Admiral Magruder
Richmond
Bishel
Billingsley
Reid
Raleigh
Wife’s flirtation with neighbor leads to court case
Aug 19 in Washington District Supreme Court Mrs Nettie May McConkney wife of William H McConkney described a wife who flirted with next door neighbor John Van Derbaugh from North Carolina. The husband claimed long unexplained visits and infatuation followed by a failed promise to leave the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Supreme Court
Nettie May McConkiney
William H. McConkney
McConkey
John van Derbaugh
North Carolina
van Derbaugh
Edd
Eenieememmeel
Boy Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident on South New Braunfels
Clifford Moody a nine year old boy living with his father Joe Moody at 719 Van Ness street was run over by a car in the 200 block of South New Braunfels avenue at about 10 30 Tuesday morning. He was unconscious when taken to Robert B Green hospital with injuries possibly fatal. The car was driven by Wy P Nichols 508 Aberdeen place who reported the accident after taking the child to the hospital with assistance from W T Wander 417 South Walters street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Moody
Joe Moody
van Ness Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Robert B. Green ‘Hospital
Wy. P. Nichols
Aberdeen. Place
Grand Rapids School Chief Resigns for Teaching Post
William A. Gresson who left as Grand Rapids public schools superintendent after 18 years has been appointed to a teacher’s position at Central High and Junior College with a $3000 annual salary. The note places the event in Grand Rapids Michigan in August 1899 according to the clipped report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
William ‘A. Gresson
Grand Rapids
Japanese hope to grow taller via Yankee cattle milk diet
In Tacoma on August 19, Dr Atsu Shi Mirvawaki of Tokyo Imperial University says American purebred cattle will aid Japan’s goal of larger stature. First shipment of 141 cattle and handlers sails on the Hawaii Maru to support dairy expansion amid rising milk consumption and agriculture imports in Japan.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tapan
Atsu‘Shi Mirvawaki
Tokio Imperial University
United States
Japan
Orient
Son's Death Sinks Father After Tragic News
Whitewater Wisconsin August 19 Wallace Spooner 80 years old dies within half an hour of hearing his son Wallace Spooner Jr 11 drowned at the public swimming pool. Companions saw the boy go under and think he was diving Clarence Morrissey 15 found him at pool bottom after three dives.
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Whitewater
Wis
Wallace Spooner
Wallace Spooner Jr
Clarence Morrissey
Wallace
Pa Saisie
Laws Mean Naught to This Truckman
Milwacker Aug 19 Policeman Frank Karberg stopped Mike Brunner an expressman for speeding and found multiple traffic violations including no license no truck name and unclear load capacity. Brunner faced potential fines under the accumulated offenses.
Home for Children Destroyed by Fire
A fire swept through Bruen home destroying a children’s facility in Washington on August 19 leaving forty five youths homeless and prompting emergency aid efforts.
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Washington
Bruen
Medication Patent Remedy for Various Ailments
A historical prescription lists a patent remedy labeled for colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headache and malarial fever. The entry notes a single formula claimed to treat these conditions with a general tonic use.
Farmers to War Against More Rabbits
Farmers and truck growers in South Jersey protest a plan to import 12 000 rabbits from Missouri to restock woods and fields for the hunting season. They warn rabbits could become pests in the truck growing and fruit districts, while sportsmen claim restocking is to supply isolated areas. Local game wardens report deer fawns increasing, pheasants and quail hit by rain, and wild ducks unaffected except where streams overflow. pheasant chicks hatch from eggs from the Forked River game farm.
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Malaga
N_ J
Tcchard
South Jersey
Missouri
South New Jersey
Bay Meadows
Forked River
High collars loom for women again in fall fashion
Paris fashion features high upstanding collars and short coats with straight backs. Boleros may return and are planned for August openings by dressmakers. Soft tricotine wool, gaberdine for tailor mades, and crepe for evening wear dominate. Ensembles sold as sets appear at many openings. A St John’s missionary program at Parish Hall Aug 21 invites all members and friends.
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Paris
St. John’s Luther Teague
Silver Ton e Sings Way Into Jail After Quiet Season
A man known as the silver toned tenor Richard Harper, once a Fort George Wright soldier, is jailed on federal indictment for stealing from officers on a government reservation. DOJ agent traced him from Seattle to San Diego, then to Long Beach where a street performance led to recognition and his arrest. He waived removal and is held on a $2500 bond awaiting trial in Spokane.
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Los Angeles
Richard
Harper
Peck
Fort George Wright
Washington
Snokane
Owen Meehan
Department of Justice
Seattle
San Diego
Meehan
Long, Beach
Han
Scott
United States
Long
Snckane
Howling Dogs Found Victims Of Disease Report
Fright case reported as a sickness drives dogs to run at tip speed. Dr Walter Nazian of Belizey says he has treated several cases and warns the disease spread may reach people across the country.
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ST. Louis
Bullet in pipe frightens smoker in Aberdeen
Otto Meier, while talking with a salesman, watched a worn pipe explode in his face at a Aberdeen store. A .22 cartridge in his coat pocket ignited, sending fire and ash and narrowly missing bystanders, as the blast singed his face and startled customers.
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Aberdeen
Otto Meier
Avi
Mr. Mueller
Shrine
Accidental Fire Leaves Hammonston Beauty Burned
A prominent Hammonston male beauty suffered severe facial burns when his head caught fire after lighting a cigarette during an alcohol massage. The blaze singed his rocks eyebrows and eyelashes and left him bedridden, a transformed figure from Valentino to a burned, drastic change.
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Mauriton
N. J
Jake Reversed After Years In the Summer of '01
A 1924 reminiscence recounts two dental students touring country towns selling Eji-foam a grease product to grow hair. Elbert talked and won smiles while Jake displayed a beard and long hair. The hoax attracted flappers of the era and netted high returns before shifting jokes across towns. Mrs. Martha Price recalls the tale and later a mistaken cleaning incident.
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Tara
Elbert
Jake
Oskaloosa
Nishnabotna
Mother's Friend praised by Michigan mother of three
A Michigan mother from Liberty Street Poritiac shares her experience with Mother’s Friend before her last birth. She notes a smooth delivery and urges expectant mothers to use the externally applied product and request the free booklet from Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept. FL
Atlanta, Ga
Oddre
Enek Kettle
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