Oregon teacher swamped by marriage proposals
Miss Henriette Hansen, a University of Oregon graduate teaching in Eden Valley Oregon Coos county, received nearly 500 marriage proposals after a newspaper photographer published her story. Letters from across the nation praised her and offered marriage, gifts, or travel to Indiana or Illinois. She described a hard but rewarding year teaching six children in a lonely outpost while mail arrived monthly by horseback.
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Eugene
Ore
United States
Eden Valley
Coos County
Oregon
Henriette Hansen
Cat and Dog Cemetery In Paris Will Be Expanded
Paris plans expansion of the Cat and Dog Cemetery on a Seine island to ease crowding from pet burials. The site, founded 29 years ago, offers zinc or wooden coffins, ground plots for purchase, and stone markers bearing birth and death dates with inscriptions. A crematorium proposal is mentioned to serve those who wish cremation.
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Paris
Seine
Ivory Coast
America
Montmartre
Montparanasse
Graveyard expansion eyed with fountains and trees
Plans to embellish the graveyard further are being considered and it is probable that the enlargement will be marked by the erection of more fountains and the planting of trees.
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Animal Friends
Supreme Court term hears varied legal issues from murder to optics
The Supreme Court disposed of over 1000 cases in seven months, ruling on murder sentences, requiring a registered optometrist at spectacles counters, and striking down a Pennsylvania law restricting drug store ownership to pharmacists. It limited trademark use to states of actual trade and invalidated Tennessee price regulation for gasoline. It also addressed the $49 million railway mail pay dispute and numerous Volstead Act and other federal cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Edward Hickman
Ada Bonner LeBoeuf
New York
Pennsylvania
L. K. Liggett Company
United States
Tennessee
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Toads
Court of Claims
Solicitor-general
Mitchell
Walter S. Dickey
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Star
William Rockhill Nelson
Prince Delays Move Into His New Residence
The Prince of Wales postpones moving from York House to Marlborough House amid King George’s illness and heavier duties as deputy. Months previously named for relocation—January February and March—have passed without action as officials keep mum on causes. It is believed the Prince avoids upheaval during ongoing state affairs.
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London
Prince of Wales
Prince
York House
St. James’ Palace
Marlborough House
King George
King Edward
Marlborough House Prep For Wales Prince Move
As early as last July Merl borough House was ready for Wales with repainting, new plumbing, and central heating extended. Stables become garages with horses moved via incline to boxes above the garages. The Prince will occupy six of the 200 rooms, with entourage using the rest. Queen Mary supervises arrangements. rumors of a bride are denied. The library remains mostly unchanged, its shelves fake and doors hidden behind dummy volumes. The Prince will have nine servants and moving day will be light, with most belongings already moved beforehand.
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Merlborough House
Wales
King George
King Edward
Marlborough House
Mary
Princess of Wales
Edward
Boyle
Burns
Johnson
Payne
Falls Claim Nine Victims at Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS N Y Nine people are believed to have fallen to their deaths in the first three months of the year at Niagara Falls resort areas. Most leaped from Suicide Point near the brink after apparent crisis, with guides noting magnetism of the rushing water. Authorities plan increased patrols this summer to watch for at risk sightseers.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Summer Falls
New Plane For Rise At Angle In Milwaukee
A novel vertical lift aircraft under construction in Milwaukee uses two dedicated lifting propellers beneath the wings plus a nose propeller. Driven by a Hispano Suiza engine through bevel gears, the craft aims for a 45 degree takeoff with all three propellers operating. Inventor Jess C. Johnson plans a July test with Ham'ton Metalplane Co. handling construction.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jess C. Johnson
Delray Beach
Fla
Ham'ton Metalplane Co
Johnson
Four-Legged Rhode Island Red Chick Found Near Antigo
In Antigo Wisconsin F J Pavwlit checks a Rhode Island Red chick noted for having four legs. The owner believes the bird will mature into an ideal table fowl despite its abnormality.
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Antigo
Wis
F. J. Pavwlitschek
Near Here
Rhode Island
Paris Negro Haunts Boom Attracts Elite Society
An exposé notes Parisian nightlife around rue Blomet where Creole, Senegalese, and West African patrons face rising prices as black musicians and waiters shape a thriving but exclusive scene. Bouncers guard doors, and a Colonial Bar and Dancehall draws white patrons amid a shift in what defines Paris nightlife.
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Rue Blomet
West Indies
Senegal
French Equatorial Africa
Paris
Rector Demands Decency in Dress at St Mary’s Cathedral
In Burlington Vermont a notice signed by Very Rev Joseph F Gillis rector and vicar general bans women in short sleeved or low necked dresses from entering St Mary’s Cathedral for services. The proclamation, posted at entrances Sunday, declares clothing deemed indecent exceeds church standards and will bar attendees.
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Burlington
St. Mary's Cathedral
Joseph F. Gillis
Seaplane Project In Germany To Cost 125000
Gar Wood travels to Germany to oversee construction of a 125000 air yacht seaplane with sleeping quarters for 12, including a stateroom with a full sized bed.
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Gar Woodp
New York
Gar Wood
Germany
Faid-Lax Promises Gentle Action for Children
A drug advertisement touts Faid-Lax as a tasty laxative for children that delivers gentle, complete relief without pain or griping. It claims non-habit forming, tasteless phenolphthalein, doctor prescribed, sold and guaranteed by Ebert's Drug Store.
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Ebert
Adv
Portrait Mystery Solved by Library in Detroit
Detroit law library portraits once puzzling were identified by the Burton historical collection. One is Alexander D. Fraser born 1796 in Scotland and a leading early Michigan lawyer known as the father of the Michigan bar. The other is Alexander Davidson, Fraser’s nephew and a prominent early Michigan legal figure who died in 1854.
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Detroit
Detroit Law Library
Andrew Jackson
Michigan
Detroit College of Law
Burton Historical Collection
Public Library
Alexander D. Fraser
Scotland
Fraser
Hirtherto
Alexander Davidson
Raiser
Seven pound cod yields pint of whiskey in stomach
In Bangor Maine today three Islesboro fishermen L E Smith Burton Padton and Grover Parkinson reported a remarkable catch a seven pound cod with a sealed pint of whiskey inside its stomach. The tale is hailed as the season’s best fish story by local witnesses.
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Bangor
Islesboro
L. E. Smith
Burton Padton
Grover Parkinson
Radium Delivered to Havana Cancer Institute
Eight hundred milligrams of radium worth $45 000 was delivered to the new Cancer Institute on the island. The institute opened May 19 and is planned as the first of four such facilities.
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Havana
Cancer Institute
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