Old Man Conducts His Own Funeral in Indiana
In Coatesville a festive crowd of about 5000 gathered as 88 year old Wade Millman conducted his own funeral sermon. He spoke slowly for 42 minutes, shared anecdotes and memories, apologized for not wearing a collar, and joked that preaching his own funeral was a new experience while a church full of spectators photographed the moment.
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Coatesville
Ind
Wade Millman
Canaan
Millman
Christopher Columbus
Josephine Bonaparte
Napoleon
Columbus
Benjamin Franklin
Buena Vista
Los Angeles
Elysian Park
Oakland
S. C. T. Dodd
Frank L. Shaw
Southern California
Kern
South H. St
Pippi
Old River
Jerry Close
Taft Ig
Taft-Maricopa
Joseph P. Whitledge
Taft
Harry Engle
Bakersfield
Texas
Grapevine
Hattie Weller
Pioneer
Rosedale
Kern County
Whit C. Barber
Max Citron
Davis Agricultural College
Lerdo Road
Girls Run Away Aloe but Boys Like Company
Pittsburgh policewomen describe why youths run from home detailing fear of parental reprimand after late parties. Miss Ida Rickenback says girls fear coming home after curfews and may seek another home or stay out all night. Boys more often run away with male companions.
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Pittsburgh
Ida Rickenback
Missing Persons Bureau
Man Suits Attempted Approach Observed By Cashier
June Heffington, 22, told police she had observed a young man loitering about for hours. He approached her several times, blushed, then turned away. He mustered courage but details end without further action.
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June Heffington
Age Must Be Served and Other City Notes
Two elderly women visiting New York discover a theater policy denying admission without escorts. A manager relents, offering ring side seats after they explain their plans to see landmarks. City scenes cover a library hair rule, a doughnut shop cop, a hotel bar serving intermission drinks, coronation rental trends, and waste-truck lighting upgrades replacing old lanterns.
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Brooklyn
Broadway
New York
Evansville
Ind
Statue of Liberty
Empire
State Building
Art Museum
Mary Alice
New York Public Library
Forty-Fifth Street
Towns Feline 400 Dines in Splendor at Banquet
Harwich Massachusetts hosts a banquet for Fluff the Angora cat on its fifteenth birthday. Fluff has long been a silent partner in the shoe business of John F. Condon.
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Harwich
Mass
John F. Condon
Jelly Formation Theory From Langmuir Experiments
Dr. Irving Langmuir of General Electric Schenectady reports experiments with acetic acid and sodium silicate to explain jelly formation. He describes molecule pairing and geometric growth to large chains that span the solution, with elasticity arising when the first giant molecule forms across the vessel.
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Irving Langmuir
General Electric Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
Langmuir
How to Tell If Melons Are Ripe and Flavorful
A Los Angeles Times writer notes that yellow beneath the netted skin, musky odor, and a soft blossom end indicate ripeness, but flavor depends on vine ripening. Examine the stem scar: a smooth cup like scar means ripe, a stem piece or sugar around the scar suggests sweetness, while sugar residue hints at flavor.
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Los Angeles Times
How Nether Wallop Got Its Name Origin of Wallop family linked to Hampshire
Nether Wallop derives from the Wallop estate named for the Wallop family, earls of Portsmouth. Nether denotes the lower part of the estate. The term Néther appears in Devon. place name origins fascinate scholars and future generations may ask about street names commemorating people. New peers, however, often choose titles from birthplaces.
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Nether Wallop
Wallop
Hampshire
Portsmouth
Pearson
London
Nether
Néther
Devon
How Cincinnati Society Started
The Society of Cincinnati began May 13 1783 at the Continental army encampment. Officers formed the group at the Verplanck house near Fishkill naming it for Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus who left Rome to lead and then returned to farming.
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Cincinnati Society
Society of Cincinnati
Continental Army
Verplanck House
Baron Steuben
Hudson River
Fishkill
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Rome
How to Apply Tourniquet Respects Proper Use
The guide notes that a tourniquet should be used only when an artery is cut and warns that improper application risks amputation or death. It advises locating the artery between the heart and the wound to determine placement.
How to Launder Sweaters Without Stretching Them
Guidance on washing sweaters urges avoiding wet stretching and suggests tracing the garment on light colored paper, then fitting the washed item back into the tracing. After rinsing, recheck fit two days later for accuracy.
How to Make a Rose Pillow
Instructions describe spreading rose petals in shade to preserve fragrance. Recommend fabric choices such as glazed cambric for the inner cover and satin for the outer cover. Instructions end with decorative guidance to taste.
War debt settlement talks and global tensions highlighted
The report surveys possible terms for Britain to repay the United States 50 percent of a 4.6 billion dollar debt tied to a new Anglo American trade pact. It notes shifts in international power, including Japan seizing civil authority in Shanghai and the nine power conference at Brussels failing to avert conflict with China.
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Great Britain
United States
London
Franco
Madrid
Shanghai
Far East
Japan
Lillian Baylis
Old Vic
Sadler’s Wells
Loo Choo Islands
Nine Power Conference
Brussels
China
Paul Emile Janson
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Douglas Vickers
Vickers, Ltd
Parliment
Alfred Birch Herrick
Panama Hospital
Balboa
Canal Zone
Court of Appeal
England
Hjalmar Schacht
Ger
Berlin
Ward Line
Cauto
Puerto Mexico
Mexico
Coronel Martinez
Puerto Antequera
Paraguay
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Nollington Court Founders
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Woodrow Wilson
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Chicago
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Lindsay
Golden State Highway
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Kernville
George Steinmetz
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Theo
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California Avenue
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Tulare
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I. W. Koop
Los Angeles Avenue
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A. J. Loewen
Kern Land Co
F. H. Nikkel
D. F. Classen
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Andrew J. Schultz
Riverside Road
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