Famous Market to Be Torn Down in Washington
Washington centerpiece Center Market on Pennsylvania Avenue may be razed to make way for government offices after a bill advances in Congress to demolish the building after January 1, 1929. Jacob West, a 77 year old butcher, recalls years of market life and notable shoppers including Mrs Roosevelt and various presidents who supervised White House purchases. The USDA took over the market in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Center Market
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Department of Justice
Jacob West
Jacob
Grant
White House
Jardine
Smoot
Borah
Davises
Co. WW
Walleigh
Roosevelt
Garfield
Cleveland
Department of Agriculture
New Nitrated Steel Claim Shifts Motor Tech
The Academy of Sciences heard Leon Guillet present nitrated steel as a new automotive and aircraft motor material. He said cylinders show wear one twentieth that of nickel chrome castings, eliminate bushings, and oil use drops with 100 hours flight tests showing no measurable wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Academy of Sciences
Leon Guillet
Central School
Parisian fad unveils permanently waved lashes
In Paris the newest craze among the ultra chic and eccentric is permanently waved lashes. The fashion trend shows a shift from traditional curling and blackening as Parisiennes pursue an extreme coquetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mayor’s Nephew Lindbergh Takes Flight in Detroit
Detroit mayor Lodge flaunts a bright young nephew skilled in aviation and takes a ride aloft with him. The name Lindbergh is mentioned as the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Lodge
Lindbergh
U S School Kids Send Gifts to Mexican Tots
Washington reports a World Friendship Among Children project expands from Japan to Mexico. School bags funded by a Federal Council of Churches committee will reach 1,200,000 Mexican children in 15,000 schools, aiming to promote universal education before Independence Day on September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Committee On World Friendship Among Children
Federal Council of Churches
New York City
United States
Mexico
Department of Education
Human Sacrifice Report Exposes Indian Court Intrigues
New York report outlines Katherine Mayo's Cosmopolitan article detailing a seven year old boy's murder in an Indian prince's court. The plot involved a sorcerer and rival rani to save a dying rajah, ending with the boy's death and a palace smuggle to the fish pond, while the rajah died days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katherine Mayo
Cosmopolitan
India
Miss Mayo
Rani
Ani
Declare Natural Gas Gives More Heat Units
New Orleans report says natural gas from the Monroe field delivers 1000 BTU per cubic foot, versus 600 BTU for artificial gas in New Orleans. Heating value depends on hydrocarbon mix, with methane typically at 1000 BTU per cubic foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Conservation Department
Monroe
Lil Damati Sets Modest Public Image as Star Candidate
New York reports Lil Damati, a modest French actress bound for filmdom, avoids drinking or smoking, keeps her hair in a traditional style, and requested no mention of her charms revealed by fashion. She blushed when photographed with Will Hays, signaling a careful public image in early cinema era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lil Damati
Will Hays
Berlin waiters hike 1000 miles to Geneva in odd attire
Two Berlin waiters prove it can be done by trekking to Geneva covering about 1000 miles. They wear boiled shirts swallow tail coats and patent leather shoes as they march in the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ber
Geneva
Mill Town Abolishes Old Blue Monday in Self Mills
Greenwood, S C. The blue Monday tradition ends as James G C Self, cotton manufacturer, introduces plant laundries delivering free wet wash to families in two large mills. Modern humidity control, neat cottages with garden plots, $1 per room rent, and a hill golf course are provided. No mill store remains. workers trade with town merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Cosi
Man collects 30,000 autographs after 28 year world trip
Joseph Frank Mikulec a 50 year old Croatian native is in New York after 28 years roaming the globe to gather autographs. He carries a 55 pound volume with signatures of European rulers nine presidents and many notable figures from arts science politics and business. He travels with a custom trolley for the heavy book and plans to continue collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Frank Mikulec
Croatia
Mikulec
Cavolidge
Cattle Men in Texas Fight Wild Horses Threatening Ranges
El Paso reports cattle men alarmed by large numbers of roaming wild horses. Horses, many broom tails from lapsed brands, strip grass and drive cattle to fence water holes. Indians on New Mexico reservations hold thousands of such horses. A ranger herd of over 1000 was driven to El Paso from the Datil forest reserve to protect range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
New Mexican
Datil
Mother Uses Own Baby in Bacteria Experiments
Berkeley notes report a five month old baby boy under Mrs Helen McDonald Steinfeld a UC zoology teaching fellow tested the idea that bacteria may not be essential to life. She conducted three years of fruit fly tests and later used her son as the experiment center raising him on boiled food in near antiseptic surroundings. Her findings are being reviewed by other scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Helen McDonald Steinfeld
Department of Zoology
Asteur
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Mill Town
Greenwood
S. C
James GC. Self
OUR Comic
Little
Finney
Snoop
Western Newspaper Union
MR. Finneys
War
Fanny
Felix
Jem
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!