Winners who share luck invest in others and good works
The London Daily Mail profiles recent sweepstake victors including William Kilpatrick of Capetown, who won $300,000 and used proceeds to support his family, found a soup kitchen in Capetown, and form a trust. James Strang of Glasgow, who earned $86,000 and kept working. Mrs. Ford, a Derby sweepstake winner, who shared a portion with relatives while living modestly in Skipton.
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London
London Daily Mail
William Kilpatrick
Capetown
Leeds
Calcutta
Milnthorpe
Westmoreland
James Strang
Pollok Street
Glasgow
Ford
Otley
Pembroke Street
Skipton
Yorkshire
Hodgson
Griffin
Tourists Lose Old Paris Flea Market After Sunday Law
Paris shuts down the Marche aux Puces after seven centuries of trade. Officials ban Sunday sales, ending a famed haven for American and foreign visitors who sought antiques, curios, and imitations among Rusty nails and junk. Merchants plan new livelihoods as arrests rose and the market declines.
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Paris
Marche aux-Paces
Dipping into Science on Rosetta Stone Discovery
A 1928 item notes the Rosetta stone found in Rosetta Egypt by French army officers under Napoleon. It explains how three writing systems revealed Egyptian history and how decipherment allowed reading the unknown script.
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Rosetta
Egypt
Western Newspaper Union
Twins Jailed in Milwaukee on Worthless Check Charges
Leon and Lloyd Longely, twins from Milwaukee, were sentenced to one year in prison after being charged with passing worthless checks.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Leon and
Lloyd Longely
Lincoln Woman Seeks to Void 1884 Divorce
Mrs Nancy Dermitt of South Sioux City Nebraska seeks to set aside an 1884 divorce decree granted after years of reconciliation. The couple had six months apart and two more children. Dermitt died in 1910. Nebraska law recognizes common law marriage complicating the annulment action.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nancy
Dermit
South
Sioux City
Dermitt
Torney
Inspiration of the Audience Shapes a Speaker
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union piece notes speakers adjust delivery by audience response. The author cites Dwight Moody as a prime example of necessity to win attentive listeners, using dramatic means if needed to avoid a failed address.
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Dwight L. Moody
Western Newspaper Union
Proclaimed dead man, 91, resists verdict in Tokyo
Kihashira Okura, age ninety one, initially pronounced dead from cancer in Tokyo, refused the diagnosis and later sat up to converse with friends who came to view his remains.
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Tokyo
Kihashira Okura
Three Horns Torn Car Rule In Venezuela
Venezuela requires two horns per automobile but many equipped cars carry three horns. The law allows a hand horn for city driving and an electric signal for country roads. Drivers in mountainous areas add a third horn operable by a knee button for safer climbing and curves.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Widow Seeks Pension Back Pay Through Supreme Court
The article states Mrs Dermit claims a common law marriage should qualify her for pension benefits denied by the pension department. Several bills in Congress aim to place her name on widows at the roll, but none passed. An appeal to the Supreme Court is under consideration for back pension of 4500 dollars and 30 dollars monthly.
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Pension Department
Congress
Pension Board
United States Supreme Court
State Street Sadie coastal fashion spectacle
Myrna Loy stars as a leading figure in State Street Sadie showing off a beach scene with a white chalice coat and matching trousers adorned by hand painted Chi symbols as part of the film’s oriental taste.
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Myrna Loy
State Street
Sadie
Mummies Safely Preserved in Restricted Cairo Museum Room
Royal mummies are kept safe in Cairo in a special museum room accessible only to notables and scientists. The arrangement aims to shield the artifacts from public curiosity while preserving them for study.
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Mergpas
Cairo
Ash Carts Blazon Glories of Potsdam
Citizens in Potsdam notice new municipal ash carts bearing the legend Residential City of Potsdam. They question whether the display is accidental or deliberate and if the revived memory of splendor is intentional debate grows over the choice of ash carts for public display.
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Potsdam
Totsdam
Germany
Silence as Defense in Year-Long Silent Standoff
In Hoboken New Jersey William Mauten Kranz cites constant nagging for 25 years as his reason for not speaking to his wife for a year. He argues silence protects him from ongoing friction and perceived provocation.
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Hoboken, N. J
William Mautenkranz
Awful at Three and Its Dangers in Baby Habits
Ruth Brittain discusses thumb sucking and irregular bowel action in infants and toddlers. She suggests fixes like sleeves, mittens, and cardboard cuffs to stop thumb sucking and recommends Fletcher's Castoria to regulate bowels and aid digestion, noting its vegetable base and 30 years of physician use.
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Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Varicose Veins Reduction Promise and Money Back Offer
An advertisement promises to reduce varicose veins by using Moone's Emerald Oil. It claims the oil penetrates and shrinks enlarged veins over days with night and morning applications. The ad guarantees results and suggests this antiseptic oil can treat eczema ulcers or piles, available at any pharmacy.
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Moone
Springfield counts rise in national postal guide
The article notes there are 24 U.S. cities named Springfield. It adds a remark that only his employer values the value of the bill collector.
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The
United States
Springfield
One French County Without a Movie Theater
Lozere, a hilly sparsely populated county in southern France, is the only one in the country lacking a cinema. The region’s lack of theater venues highlights persistent gaps in cultural infrastructure.
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France
Lozere
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