County Medical Society Meets in Princeton
The Bu reau County Medical Society held its semi annual meeting at Princeton city hall. Morning session covered society administration while afternoon featured papers on professional topics. Attendees planned to finish discussions by 4 pm to visit the tuberculosis clinic and reception at the new dispensary on North Main Street conducted by Dr. Hayes and Dr. Roswell T. Petit.
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Bureau County Medical Society
City Hall
Princeton
North Main Street
Hayes
State Department of Public Health
Roswell T. Petit
Ottawa
Starved Rock Park to Open May 15
W. E. Crosier concessionaire says Starved Rock Park will open May 15 with preparations nearly complete and driveway work possibly unfinished. All last year’s concessions will operate and Stedman’s Orchestra will provide music for dancing at the pavilion.
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Starved Rock
W. E. Crosier
Rosier
Stedmian
Relics From Lost Aztec Community Now On Display
At the American Museum of Natural History temporary shelves in the west corridor exhibit artifacts from the Aztec region near New Mexico. Burl H. Morris led three years of excavation and restoration, revealing yucca sandals, pattern boards, shells, turquoise beads, jasper points, bone tools, painted wood boards, varied basketry, nets, a wooden cradle board, skull shaping head piece, corn husk pillows, matting burials, and wrapped remains.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Aztec
N. M
Burl H. Morris
American Museum
Morris
Pottery Exhibit Highlights Coiled Southwestern Ware
Specimens include white red and black pottery with cooking and eating utensils. Designs range from textile inspired to free curved motifs, with animal forms and cross markings. Notable pieces show a hollow bottom mug with clay pellets for a rattle and visible thumb marks creating wave patterns in coiled pottery.
French Youths Dance on Volcano Barracks in Brest
Brest youths enjoyed dances at a large American barracks near town and learned too late they danced on a literal volcano. The deserted building left behind many cases along the walls labeled in English with dynamite Lyddite guncotton detonators.
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Brest
Sorrowing Parents Missing
Charleston West Virginia man D C Hall of Athens searches cities across the state for his parents missing after they moved without leaving a forwarding address. Hall served with the Sixth Marines in France and was reported killed in action before their disappearance.
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Charleston
W. Va
D. C
Hall
Athens
Sixth Marines
France
Auto Crash Nort of Peru Injures Essex Tour Car Occupants
A Sunday auto crash near Peru involving an Essex tourer driven by Ed Johnston left four injured. The car swerved after hitting a road snag, overturning west of the highway. Johnston suffered serious head and arm wounds from flying glass. three companions evacuated to Peoples hospital with lighter injuries and later discharged. The wrecked vehicle was towed to a Peru garage.
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Peru
Ed Johnson
Harold Johnston
Culver
Johnston
Peoples Hospital
Ladd Vote Defeats Free School Books
The Ladd public school ballot to supply textbooks at district expense failed. Voters defeated the proposition 49 to 54 after a petition led to the annual school election.
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LADD
Doig Wins Clear Victory Over Den nis O Keefe In Gary Bout
Doig decisively defeated Den nis O Keefe of South Chicago in a ten round bout in Gary Indiana on Tuesday night April 27. The fight was set up for Doig and among his easiest in his career as he jabbed and jolted the Chicago fighter throughout. O Keefe failed to gain an advantage in any round and blamed weight concessions for his defeat. The show, under the American Legion, drew a packed house.
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Goats Doig
Dennis O'Keefe
South Chicago
Gary
Indiana
Doig
Chicago
O'Keefe
The
American Legion
Damages Paid in Wreck Injures 12YearOld Girl
Margaret Daley of Spring Valley received a $200 verdict in Ottawa Circuit Court after suing C O P for $1,000 for injuries when an interurban car struck her buggy. Her niece Elizabeth Gedratis, 5, was awarded $100, while the mother Mrs Gedratis joined the suit.
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Margaret Daley
Spring Valley
C. O. & P. Railway
Ottawa
Elizabeth Gedratis
Mary Gedratis
Ottawa Plans Monument to Her Soldier Dead
Ottawa mothers who lost sons in the world war have organized to erect a memorial monument. The group, led by gold star mothers and other bereaved moms, voted yesterday afternoon to proceed with the project to honor those who died serving their country.
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Ottawa
Grandfather in Muskegon Ax Murder Gruesome Slaying
Stuart C. Moon, 72, confessed he killed his ten year old granddaughter Irma Moon to end her misery. Authorities say he lured her from a Muskegon Heights school room and attacked her with an axe, leaving the body mutilated. Moon is jailed on murder charges with possible sanity proceedings.
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Muskegon, Mich
Stuart C. Moon
Irma Moon
Moon
Limberman
Muskegon Heights
A. W. Lyon
Appearance and Reality in Lawrenceburg Courtroom
Lawrenceburg Kentucky sheriff Emmett Griffy and circuit court clerk John Bond were arrested on a jailer John Siers complaint alleging courtroom gambling. The trial revealed they were rehearsing a church play and the gambling terms came from the manuscript.
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Lawrenceburg
Emmett Griffy
John Bond
John Siers
No Sweets to the Sweet strike at West Virginia University
Morgantown WV students at West Virginia University protest price hikes on ice cream soft drinks and refreshments. Resolutions advocating a strike were prepared by a female student.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Pythians Plan Hairless Protest Over Barber Prices
In Middletown Ohio the Pythians announce a protest by skipping haircuts and shaving their heads using clippers at lodge rooms. They intend to remain hairless until winter as a stance against barber price increases.
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Middletown
Wakulla Spring Largest in World Near Tallahassee
The Outlook notes Wakulla Spring near Tallahassee as one of the largest springs in the world. It spans about 400 feet, reaches 80 feet deep, and flows roughly 120,000 gallons per minute, giving rise to a river about 50 feet wide at its source.
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Florida
Wakulla
The Uses of Cheek in Business and Matrimony
A brief note on how cheek can aid a man's business success and a girl's prospects in matrimony in Blighty London. This compact sketch contrasts bold personal charm with social expectations in a historical context.
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London
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