Iowa pair have five sets of twins in Council Bluffs
Andrew and Mrs. Roger of Council Bluffs Iowa celebrate their fifth set of twins joining a long line of alliterative names. Born since 1911 the Rogers have welcomed Orren Ellery Bessie Clyde Claude Abbie Addie Floyd Lloyd Jean Jeannette Jack Norma Jean Donald Dean and possibly more. The couple believe more children may come and the father jokes about divine will and naming trials.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Andrew Roger
Roger
Orren
Ellery
Bessie
Clyde
Claude
Abbie
Addie
Floyd
Lloyd
Andrew
Jean
Jeannette
Jack
Norma Jean
Donald Dean
Union Pacific Transfer
Little Jack
American Students Will Tour Sweden This Summer
A Sweden study tour for twenty five undergraduates led by Prof. George M. Stephenson of the University of Minnesota will sail June 27 aboard the Gripsholm. The program blends sightseeing with lectures at Stockholm University and visits to historic sites and major Swedish industries.
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Stockholm
Sweden
George M. Stephenson
University of Minnesota
John A. Walz
Harvard University
Adolph S. Benson
Yale University
Robert Herndon Fife
Columbia University
Gripsholm
Stockholm University
Under Knife 50th Time Due to His Experiments
Baltimore Md Dr Frederick H Baetjer internationally known Hopkins roentgenologist is again at the Hospital for an operation at least his fiftieth due to dangerous work He has lost nearly all his fingers and suffered injury to both arms and one eye He has had skin grafts and is called the last of the old guard He refuses to retire despite warnings to stop experiments and many colleagues have lost their lives in the field.
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Baltimore
Frederick, H. Baetjer
Hopkins
Baetjer
West Still Has Cattle Rustlers to Bother It
Phoenix Arizona needs to curb a surge in cattle rustling. Hoyt Medler, secretary of the live stock sanitary board, estimates Arizona rustlers stole 30,000 head valued at 1.5 million dollars last year. He says rustling is higher now than ever and bootleggers are often involved as a sideline.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Hoyt Medler
The
Livestock Sanitary Board
Kerosene Theory of Health at Ninety Six Says Veteran
Hastings Minnesota resident Austin Knapp ninety six year old Civil War veteran credits kerosene with boosting health and longevity. He drinks a spoonful of sand and a sip of kerosene daily, believing the kerosene and soil sustain him and that he may live another ninety six years.
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Hastings, Minn
Austin Knapp
Knapp
Mount Vernon to Halt Occupancy by Ordinary Guests
Mount Vernon details new changes after Mount Vernon Ladies' Association modernizes staff housing. A new building near the estate will house staff and accommodate annual inspection sleepovers, keeping the historic mansion sacred from ordinary occupancy. Visitors rise to over 600,000 annually with a 25 cent admission as Congress weighs potential government takeover.
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Washington
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Congress
Lincoln Museum
Lincoln
Lost Grass Found On Oregon Farm In Western Tale
Fabled "lost grass" once thought mythical reportedly turned up on an Oregon dairy farm. Government experts note its bulbous root allows winter growth, provides sturdy turf and green feed, with potential use in parks, lawns, and golf greens. The plant’s hardy winter resilience prompts ongoing federal research to boost supply.
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Bellingham
Wash
Europe
Oregon
Australia
New Zealand
Alaska
California
Scotland
Department of Agriculture
Dog jailed for hunting dead master at burials
Belfast police arrested a dog that followed every funeral passing through the streets hoping to find its dead master. The dog trotted beneath hearses and was placed in a dogs home.
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Belfast
Swede Invents Pocket Umbrella in Holm Stockholm
A regulation size umbrella that folds to fit in a coat pocket or a lady's handbag, with telescoping shaft and light weight, has been invented by GC A Kihlstroem in Stockholm. The device folds compactly for easy concealment and portable use.
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Stockholm
GC. A. Kihlstroem
Denver Boy is a Winner
A health notice extols California Fig Syrup as a cure for constipation in children. It claims long use by physicians, discusses symptoms of bowel distress, and cites a Denver mother praising its effects on her son. The ad urges seeking the word California on the carton to avoid imitations.
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C. G. Wilcox
Wolff St
Denver
Collorado
Jackie
California
Soviet Salvage Reclaims Sunken Warships in Black Sea
The Soviet Union is recovering metal parts from warships and merchant vessels sunk over the past twenty years in the Black Sea. One harbor is expected to yield thousands of tons of usable metal from the salvage efforts.
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Soviet Union
Black Sea
Stowaways and Parachute Drops Quip in Montreal
In a wry quip from Montreal New Goblin a would be emigrant proposes stowing away on an air liner for America while a companion notes the captain ties stowaways to parachutes and drops them in Iceland.
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America
Iceland
Montreal
New Goblin
Texas Lawyer Strikes Headache Cure Claim by Judge Arnold
A Fort Worth attorney Judge Pete Arnold touts Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as perfect relief for headaches and indigestion claiming twenty years without illness. He keeps a box in his desk and attributes his health to avoiding stomach and bowel troubles. The ad urges readers to ask their pharmacist for the 25 cent NR Tablets.
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Pete Arnold
Fort Worth
Main St
Judge Arnold
Arnold’s
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