Orlov Diamond for Sale at $25 Million in Soviet Treasury
The Orlov gem, 194 carats larger than Koh-i-Noor and valued at 25 million dollars, is offered by the Soviet state. Guarded by 20 soldiers, the blue white Hindu-cut diamond could be sold as jewelry or melted for investment. Its storied history traces to Delhi and Catherine the Great.
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Moscow
Russia
England
Delhi
India
Malabar
Lazarev
Orlov
Catherine the Great
Count Otter
Tsarsko-Selo
Local notices recall visits and happenings in Berea area
Oct 18 items. Mrs L Harding ill, Miss Bessie from Cleveland visited, Miss Leona Nieding trains in Cleveland and visits. Otto Wilkie moving to North Olmsted. Several Cleveland residents to occupy houses with Elyria guests. Henry Nieding hosts visitors. Boy scout group proposed with George Taylor and Clarence Batter as scoutmasters. Mrs Annie Abbay of Elyria staying with ill sister Mrs G Robinson. H B Beardsley recovering after wagon fall, moved to St John Cleveland. Ladies’ Aid meeting well attended despite weather. new press agent Mrs Hildred. Mrs T Andrews of Cleveland visiting Mrs Fannie Wilford. John and Mary Sweet back from Michigan trip amid frost.
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Curtis May
Ingram
Letterman
Cleveland
Loretta Niedineg
Elyria
Henry Nieding
William Harding
Robert
John Bainbridge
George Taylor
Clarence Bartter
George Robinson
Annie Abbav
G. Robinson
H. B. Beardsley
Berea Hospital
St. John’s
Bauman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Physical flaws emerge in Soviet youth as army draft looms
Early reports from army medical tests in the Soviet Union show high percentages of physical unfitness among young men drafted for compulsory two year service. Tuberculosis heart disease and general illness are common, with 14 percent absolutely unfit and 25 percent needing medical care or sanatorium treatment.
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SAR
Moscow
War Commissariat
Woman hides in trunk to spy husband on trips
In Warsaw a Polish manufacturer’s wife Stephanowa Plymanski locked herself inside a large sample trunk to monitor her husband. Railroad porters heard groans when bumped on the platform and opened the trunk with police help. The scene drew laughter in Warsaw as she explained the motive and mystery. Two ranches in Mexico were reclaimed by their Chinese owners for about a thousand Mexican francs.
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Warsaw
Stephanowa Plymanski
Stephanova
Warnasi
Mexico
Amr
Rotarians Hear Varied Program at Newell Hotel Luncheon
The regular Rotary luncheon at the Newell hotel featured a solo by Robert Moore and a closing address by Rev. Father Michael Moriarty on The Developing of Acquaintance as an Opportunity for Service. Reports followed on crippled children’s work led by Dr. George Nicholas and on visitation by Kelloggs Dar.
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Rotary
Newell Hotel
Robert Moore
Michael Moriarty
Wooster Rotary Club
Crippled Children's Committee
George Nicholas
Kelloggs Dar
Commines
Don Baird
Elyria
Lorain
National Tube Co
Vic Woodward
Lakewood
Father Moriarty
Safeguards urged for nations milk supply
Cincinnati officials report rising milk consumption and call for strict safeguards. Holmquist of New York State Health urges pasteurized milk plants be sited away from barns and stables, with no direct connections to livestock areas, and facilities designed to prevent contamination and ensure ventilation and fly exclusion.
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Cincinnati
O — Americans
C A. Halmauist
American Public Health Association
Hotel Gibson
Wolmquist
New York
Holmquist
Queen Marys Maid of Honor Takes Quirky Duties
Miss Jean Hamilton Bruce named maid of honor to Queen Mary faces odd rules from ancient regulations. She must eat ham in the morning ride borrowed backs over hedges and ditches return home in heat with a red forehead mark from an uneasy hat and chatter an hour to dinner. The post brings social perks and an expected marriage fortune of about 1000 pounds under a Victorian-rate.
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London
Jean Hamilton Bruce
Queen Mary
Miss Bruce
Victora
Opportunities for scientific discovery urged at convention
Dr Charles V. Chapin, president of the American Public Health Association, urged at the convention that opportunities for scientific discovery remain real today. He cited questions about why the poor die young and stressed health research beyond the lab, noting findings occur at bedsides and desks. He praised past Army malaria studies and warned ongoing need for further investigation to conquer disease.
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Cincinnati
Huarves
Pasteur
Charles V. Chaplin
Amerian
Assocneation
Chapin
The
Nayferation
Terediesc Nead
Five divorce cases filed amid turbulent claims
Pleadings allege wilful absence cruelty and habitual drunkenness. Names mentioned include Gladys M Lord Frances Tomb Edward Tomb Mildred Uli and Amelia Naifey with disputes over alimony abuse and name restoration amid marital breakdowns.
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Gladas Fattroeden
Tataaty
John
Gladys M
Frances Tomb
Edward Tomb
Frances Buckles
Joseph Uli
Mildred Uli
Custody Dispute Involving Deonks and Guardianship
Fragmentary notes indicate a custody case involving a mother and children with unclear details. The text references guardianship and an implied custody dispute, but specifics such as names, dates, or locations are unreadable. The fragmentary lines suggest a family legal matter under dispute.
Dundee Mandell Named Boxing Champs in National Meet
The National Boxing Association recognized Dundee and Mandell as champions in their divisions. Jimmy Slattery was named light heavyweight champion after Jack Delaney relinquished the title. Mickey Walker is middleweight champion, Henry Bass featherweight, Bur Taylor bantamweight, and the flyweight division opened following Fidel La Barba retirement.
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Toledo
O Ver
Joe Dun- Wee Welterweneht
Sai Meridell
Wig Haves Ween
National Boxing Association
Jack Delaney
Jimmy Slattery
New York
Americans Lose Art Of Thinking Says Butler
New York October 18 Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University told the Institute of Arts and Sciences that the average American has lost the art of reflective thinking and is a puppet of political prejudice He said many elites block the people from higher aims and cited the eighteenth amendment as an example He warned that the habit of poor thinking leads to drab conformity and questioned the danger when a thinker is unleashed by God
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New York
Tomer Udger
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Institute of Arts and Sciences
United States
Emerson
Shakespeare Express joins Great Western summer service
London reports a new fast train named the Shakespeare Express on the Great Western railway for summer holiday service to west coast sea resorts. The train passes Stratford on Avon en route to the coast, with district titles given to other expresses as well. A tiny army plane recently tested can reach 204 miles per hour.
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London
West Coast
Stratford-on-Avon
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