Rubber Crash Hits London Market and Millionaires
The London rubber market collapses sending brokers to hardships as prices plunge from 2.88 a pound decades ago to pennies. Mincing Lane, once the Wall Street of rubber, sees half office staffs, luxury gone, and investors facing dramatic losses and despair.
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London
Mincing Lane
Wall Street
West End
United State
Malaya
Sumatra
Java
Rubber Trust
Esperanto group grows as Swedish society hits 1700 members
The Swedish Esperanto Society in Stockholm marked its 25th anniversary with a rising interest in the world language. The society announced a membership list now surpassing 1,700 names as enthusiasm spreads across Sweden.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Esperanto Society
Prize steer Spot killed by lightning near Lawton
The prize longhorn steer Spot, member of the herd kept in the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve, was struck and killed by lightning during the pea harvest period. About 599 people were employed in pea picking in one week nearby.
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Lawton
Okla
Spot
Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve
Public domain acreage in New Mexico exceeds 15 million
SANTA FE NM There is still much public domain left in New Mexico and more than 15 000 000 acres are yet to be distributed under land laws in New Mexico according to a survey by the U S Forestry Service Of this amount 14 316 481 acres are surveyed and 1 347 640 acres are unsurveyed making a total of 15 664 121 acres
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
U. S. Forestry Service
Three Fuquay pitchers throw no hitter in big win
In Fuquay Springs North Carolina Fuquay Springs High School beat Cary High 14 to 1 with Elliott Gilbert and Whittington each pitching in the no hit game Cary managed a single on an error and three walks.
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Fuquay Springs
N.C
Fuquay Springs High School
Cary High
Elliott
Gilbert
Whittington
Fuquay
Cary
Famed embalmer Sullivan dies in St Louis age 84
Felix A. Sullivan an embalmer who served at Queen Victoria’s funeral and embalmed Presidents Grant and Garfield died in St Louis at age 84. The longtime practitioner passed away recently after a long career in funeral service. He was renowned for his skill and his contributions to the profession.
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ST. Louis
Felix A. Sullivan
Queen Victoria
Grant
Garfield
PEA HARVEST AIDS JOBLESS SALEM
Oregon's labor surplus faced by jobless in Salem eased as a bumper pea harvest boosted work opportunities. Farm and processing sectors provided daytime gigs and seasonal wages, helping residents cope with unemployment pressures amid a tight regional market.
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Salem
Ore
Orezgon
Potter Place mailman boasts 27 inch moustache
A mail carrier from Potter Place Massachusetts or New Hampshire, Ail vin Daton, claims his moustache reaches 27 inches from end to end. He regards it as a notable brace of facial hair and plans to display it.
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N. H
Ailvin Daton
Globe Giant Cactus Murder and City Living Costs Drop
A 359 year old transplanted globe cactus Cereus was stabbed to death by youths in a local railroad yard after being moved from the desert. In St Louis, living costs fell to $1,265 per family yearly, down from $1,682 peak in June 1920, with 1917 figures recalculated.
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Globe
Aziz
Cereus
Boss
ST. Louis
Chamber of Commerce Research Department
Whirlwind tosses boy at Seattle school ground
A whirlwind swept across a Seattle school playground and hurled Jack Thomas into the air among youngsters. He landed face first, buried in dirt but was not injured.
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Seattle
Jack Thomas
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Trumbull
Stanley
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Broad Street
Hamburg
Fostoria
Tite Bros
Best
Texas
Sunshine Biscuits
Edgenont
Sar-A-Lee Products
Golden Spread Creamery
Ohio Creamery
Sar-A-Lee
Monarch
Fisher's
Fisher Food
Cleveland Street
Zehner
Fisher’s Fine Teas
India
Ceylon
LUX
Palmolive
Pride of Michigan
Japan
Ivory Health Base
LUX Toilet
California
Elyria
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