Eleven Years Establishes Paris London Air Route
Paris London air service marks eleventh anniversary as a premier commercial line. From initial three weekly flights using two seater De Havilland biplanes, the route now handles eight daily flights with air mail and freight. Plans call for larger forty seaters, reflecting early hardships, wartime tensions, and later French dominance after British lines halted in 1921.
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Paris
Hounslow
Continental Air Service
Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited
Post Office
United States
South America
Boeing
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Handley Page Company
K.L.M
Amsterdam
Brussels
France
Dinner Stories and a Grub at a Fancy-Dress Dance
A benevolent old gentleman jokes with a boy about cake theft while in a confectioner's shop. At a children’s dress dance a policeman denies entry to adults, insisting only children may attend, as a butterfly child pretends to be a caterpillar.
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Erie shinplaster of Civil War fame found
Abe Morris of Erie owns a ten cent piece of Civil War era city scrip called shinplaster. The city of Erie sued during the war after issuing about $5,000 in scrip signed by the mayor. In small sums the notes passed at par but large issues were worth only about five cents on the dollar.
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Erie
Abe Morris
Course For Penal Workers Recommended By Harvard Expert
Dr Sheldon Glueck of the Harvard Crime Survey told the Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene that a two year college course for penal and criminology workers should include study and field work in sociology law case work medical subjects and related topics.
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Boston
Sheldon Glueck
Harvard Crime Survey
Massachusetts Society For Mental Hgiene
Kept Diary 70 Years Revealed After Farmer Tibbetts Dies
A daily life diary spanning 70 years was unveiled in Wolfeboro following the death of 89 year old farmer Charles Tibbetts. The record covers years of local life and personal observations reflecting the region’s history.
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Wolfeboro
N. R
Charles Tibbetts
Fire halts trial as foundry burns in Somerville
Cambridge, Mass. Assistant District Attorney Frank G. Volpe presiding over an arson case in Middlesex Superior Court was told his Somerville foundry had burned. The court recessed and Volpe rushed to the site to assess the damage, which destroyed the plant.
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Cambridge
Mass
Frank G. Volpe
Middlesex Superior Court
Somerville
St Catharines Regimen Receives Silver Bell Link to England
The St Catharines Lincoln regiment has received a silver bell from the Lincolnshire regiment of England, affiliating with it since 1912. The first trans Atlantic communication between St Catharines and England was launched last year during their annual dinners.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
St. Catharine Lincoln
Lincolnshire Regiment of
England
St. Catharines
Corn Husker Stanek Retires After Fifth Championship
Frank Stanek, winner of the world corn husking championship for the fifth time this year, retires from active competition citing the strain of training and its effect on his health.
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Fort Dodge
Frank Stanek
Stanek
SALESMAN'S TRIP EXPENSES AND THEFT SENTENCE
Austin Minnesota to La Crosse Wisconsin salesman Harold Knowlton faced a five day sentence after a supposed winter jail stay plan fell through. He listed expenses including driving sixty dollars pheasant possession twenty five dollars injuring a horse one hundred dollars totaling around one hundred eighty five dollars.
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Austin, Minn
Harold Knowlton
la Crosse
Wis
Conscience Theft Failed Kenosha Police Escort
Walter Lang will receive a police escort through Kenosha Wisconsin after a failed conscience theft incident. Authorities are coordinating security for Lang’s movements as investigations continue and he remains safeguarded by law enforcement.
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Kenosha, Wis
Walter Lang
Rugs Used in Scottish Rite Ceremony in Grand Rapids
Four rugs over a century old valued at 190000 dollars were used by the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in Grand Rapids during their annual reunion. The ceremony highlighted the preservation of historical textiles within the Masonic order.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Youngest Radcliffe freshman enters college at 15
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Marian Taylor of Stamford New York as the youngest freshman to enter Radcliffe College in recent years. She is only 15. In Budapest Hungary planners outline an art show at the Chicago World’s Fair focusing on literary artistic and handcraft works according to Finance Minister Roland von Hegedues.
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Cambridge
Mass
Marian Taylor
Stamford
N. Y
Radcliffe College
Hungary
Budapest
Roland von Hegedues
Billboard protest prompts removal in Greenfield
In Greenfield Massachusetts proprietor J. Tennyson Seller orders billboards for Hotel Wel den removed as protest against roadside beautification. In Winston North Carolina the town board votes not to collect taxes this year. Winston founded 1766 with a population of 700 and two farms sustaining the town.
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Greenfield
Mass
Welden
J. Tennyson
Winston
N. C
Winton
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