Americans in France spent heavily in 1929 tourism boom fades
Paris reports American travel poured 210 million francs into French services in 1929, boosting France's trade balance by 122 million and exceeding merchandise exports. Yet a Wall Street crash cut tourist travel, taxes deter visits, and France debates costly tourist propaganda while Germany and Italy lure Americans with lower levies.
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France
Sun‘ming
Deauville
America
United States
Wall Street
Riviera
London
Monte Carlo
Tilden
Germany
Italy
Briand Receives Canadian Trees at Cocher Farm
Paris reports Aristide Briand's private summer retreat in Eure has gained 17 Canadian apple trees sent by M. Lanefranchi French consul at Halifax. The trees came from Anapolis orchard, France's first colony in Canada. Briand enjoys planting and tending the tranquil farm during vacation.
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Paris
Aristide Briands
Cocher
Eure
M. Lanefranchi
Halifax
Briand
Anapoliis
Frances
Canada
Hoover's Choice Post Origin in Public Notices
The term post comes from the upright timber used to attach public notices, giving rise to the verb to post. This etymology highlights how early notices were displayed in public spaces for communal awareness.
Willy-Nilly Air Menace Over the Mediterranean
A notorious storm nicknamed willy-nilly forms dense rain over the Mediterranean. It rises rather than falls, spanning roughly 400 by 100 yards and sometimes includes seaweed and wreckage. Pilots describe it as an unpredictable near-water spout.
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London
Willy-Nilly
Mediterranean
Carpet from Ardebil Mosque in London Museum Knotted Craft
A famed Ardebil mosque carpet now housed in London’s museum contains 380 hand tied knots per square inch, totaling over 32 million knots for the entire carpet, showcasing extraordinary weaving skill and historical value.
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Mosque
Ardebil
London
Brownhelm Mrs KR W Seomtee Visit Returns
Mrs E M Leuszier returned Tuesday evening from Nanton Michigan where with Vir and Mrs Mead Petts and daughter of Henrietta she visited her aunt Mrs Alice King in Brownhelm.
Ball Fans Attend Game in Cleveland Sunday Afternoon
Robert Knoersel Warren Ladrach Burton Brandan Gilbert Fairchild and Richard Zilch spent Sunday afternoon in Cleveland where they attended the ball game.
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Robert Knoersel
Warren Ladrach
Burton Brandan
Gilbert Fairchild
Richard Zilch
Cleveland
Just A Mere Club Hosts Picnic at Cascade Park Ely-Tia
Members of the Just A Mere club entertain their children at a Cascade Park picnic in Ely-Tia on July 24.
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Just A
Cascade Park
Ely- Tia
Four H Clubs Schedule July Meetings
The 4 H Food and Garés Clothing and Potato clubs held no meetings this week. The Perfection Sewing Club will meet with leaders Mrs A J Cooper and Mrs L Leimbach Tuesday afternoon July 23 at the Congregational church parlor as the next to last regular meeting. The Merry Workers Food and Garden Club meets at leader Mrs Clayton Bechtel's home on Thursday afternoon July 24. The Potato Bugs led by Henry Loheimbach hold their regular meeting Monday evening July 21.
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Perfection Sewing Club
A. J Cooper
L. Leimbach
Congregational Church
Merry Workers Food and Garden Club
Clayton Bechtel
Potato Bugs
Henry Loheimbach
Threshing Wheat Begins in Township
The threshing of wheat in this township started Monday with two outfits at work, marking the harvest phase as local farmers push to gather crops.
Church Notes Congregational Church Sunday Service
Church notes list Congregational Church at 980 A M with Sunday school and church service planned. Details are brief and reflect a local church schedule in the community news snippet.
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Congregational Church
Evangelical Church Services Moved to Linwood Park
Rev Wm J Cady to preach at 10 30 AM. No services at the church. Members will attend Linwood Park services. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Samuel Bacon at Mr Mark Curry’s Oberlin home for Mrs Bacon’s birthday. Visits noted with the Hasenpflug and Bechtel families in Elyria and South Ridge.
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Wm. J Cady
Evangelical Church
Linwood Park
Samuel Bacon
Mark Curry
Oberlin
Mrs. Bacon
George Hasenpflug
Mabel Hasenpflug
Elizabeth Klocksum
Cleveland
Jacob P Bechtel
Ancy Miller
South Ridge
Charles Bechtel
Arthur Hasenpflug
Elyria
Local Social Notes From Sheffield Ohio
Community visits and household guests fill a week in Sheffield with multiple Cleveland trips. Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers host and visit, while Miss Ellen Jackson stays in Cleveland two weeks. Roads near Gulf and Ford roads remain closed as a two room schoolhouse is under construction.
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Sheffield
Herbert Chambers
Harvey Chambers
Cleveland
Ellen Jackson
Henry Jackson
Walter Brown
John Miller
French move to curb specialists in medical field
Paris July 17 the French Medical League against Dichotomy forms to curb costly specialist fees. A proposed bill would ban such practices and charge doctors who summon unnecessary specialists with suspending or revoking their licenses after investigation by the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
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