Fair of the Iron Horse Centenary Exhibition in Ha elektron Maryland
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces a public Centenary Exhibition and Pageant in HaLeTh orpe Maryland from September 24 to October 8, 1927. Admission is free. President and Directors extend a general invitation to all. The pageant occurs in the afternoon with grandstand seating and lawn space. free tickets available on application to Centenary Director, Room 1204, Baltimore.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore
Baltimore, Mary
Railroads Exhibit Showcasing Safety and Tech Innovations
A Traffic Building exhibit highlights cooperative railroad efforts, soil productivity with farmers, safety first, and a model Locust Point grain elevator. It features 2,500 feet of gallery berths for grain shipping, plus Allied Services with telegraph and telephone displays from Western Union and Bell systems.
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Hall of Transportation
Eens
Developmagtoss Co
Locust Point
Baltimore and Ohio
Relief Department
Allied Services
Western Union Telegraph Company
S. F. B. Morse
America
Washington
Baltimore
Ohio
London
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Federal Post Office Department
American Railway Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio exhibit features modern grain plant and ocean liner models
A new display at the fair shows a grain unloading plant operating at 150000 bushels per hour with four automatic dumpers handling about 60000 bushels per hour. Exhibits also include magazines, tickets and timetables, plus models of major ocean giants from Cunard Detroit and Cleveland Steamship, International Mercantile Marine, and more.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Raiload
Hendrick Hudson
United States
Shipping Board
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Apples All Year Under New Plan
At the International Apple Shippers Association convention in Louisville, officials described a year round apple supply driven by large scale storage, crop reporting, and market coordination. Members from twelve hundred firms across the U S Canada and Europe participate, with Rochester NY as headquarters and a London representative.
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Louisville
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Samuel Fraser
Geneseo
N._Y
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Scandinavian Countries
Germany
Spain
Finland
Italy
Tasmania
Australia
The
Sociation
Rochester
N. Y
London
R. G. Phillips
England
Phillips
Van Dyck Murillo Paintings Reappear From Peru Estate
In Lima Peru three Renaissance era artworks reemerge after centuries in the Irivarren de la Puente mansion. The Murillo Saint Joseph and the Infant Jesus is valued at 1 million dollars while two Van Dyck works on copper and canvas are valued at 150 thousand and 100 thousand respectively. The owner the Marquis de Villafuerte y de la Puente intends to sell and has offered the pieces to the British Museum.
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Lima
Peru
van Dyck
Murillo
Senor J. I. Irivarren de la Puente
Marquis de Villafuerte Y de la Puente
Magdelen
British Museum
Largest telescope too big for its purpose says designer
Dr G W Ritchie argues the Mount Wilson 101 inch mirror in a 100 foot dome could be housed in a 40 foot dome for a telescope about 60 percent smaller, aplanatic telescope model built to test the concept. Pease notes no impact on current Mount Wilson work and cites potential cost savings for future larger telescopes.
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Doctor Pease
Pasadena
Calif
Mount Wilson Observatory
G. W. Ritchie
Mount Wilson
F. G. Pease
Ritchie
Pease
Psychic phenomena debunked by science in Geneva case
Dr Julius von Ries reports a Geneva woman claiming animal magnetism produced radiant hand prints on photographic plates. Using a rubber glove and glass vessels weighted with a clock, he reproduced the effect, concluding the print is physico chemical, not psychic.
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Berlin
Julius von Ries
Geneva
von Ries
Man Supreme Again Concord Championship Recap
Walter Stickney cut one fortieth of an acre in 6 minutes 8 seconds with a scythe. Helen Barnaby, last year’s winner, finished fifth as Moreman reclaiming the title led Concord contest.
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Concord
N. H
Moreman
Walter Stickney
Helen Barnaby
Kilkenny Cats Give Up Bellicose Ways
Kilkenny Ireland reports its famed Kilkenny cats have largely ceased fighting with dogs. A local police lieutenant notes occasional minor quarrels, but the cats have lost notoriety, ending generations of legendary clashes. Tradition says battles left only claws.
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Kilkenny
Ireland
Leutenant
Brooklyn Bride Finds Husband a Beggar in Deception
In Brooklyn, Justice Charles J. Drahan annulled the marriage of James Tsavalas to Mrs. Lillie Perma Tsavalas after she testified he fraudulently misrepresented himself as a candyman to win her consent. The couple wed in Brooklyn's Municipal Building and traveled to Detroit where suspicions arose about his business and hours away from home. The verdict followed Mrs. Tsavalas recognizing her husband in Detroit when revealed as a blind street performer.
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New York
James Tsavalas
Brooklyn
Detroi
Supreme Court
Charles J. Drahan
Lillie Perma Tsavalas
Ovington Avenue
Tsavalas
Detroit
Pulverized coal trial may shift sea power use
A 10 day test of pulverized coal fuel at League Island navy yard by the United States Shipping Board and the Navy ends with plans to set the 9,500 ton freighter Mercer on the first voyage using pulverized coal. Officials say results exceeded expectations and bode changes for future sea traffic.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
United States Shipping Board
Navy
Mercer
America-France
Mrs Bassett Always Tired Excerpt from Pinkham Ad
Lansing woman describes relief from fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health to the root and herb medicine and notes it helped her neighbor's sixteen year old girl. The testimonial promotes the remedy sold by druggists nationwide for over fifty years.
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Lansing
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Bassett
South
Hayford Avenue
Truth Reveals Drive Out To Come Forward In Moose Case
Report notes that individuals hearing the truth start to emerge, with several people in the Moose community stepping forward as details come to light. Authorities await further statements and corroboration of accounts from multiple witnesses.
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Thapounfederation
Canadian National Railways
British Empire
Chicago-Dallas Air Transportation
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
National Air Transport Company
Chicago Municipal Field
Ed Matucha
Man Supreme
James
Mrs. Bassett
Jd.kellogg
Northrop & Lyman Co., Inc
Buffalo
Wailee
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
MigChem
Paccet Es
Iscox Chem
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Dealer Or Or Wits Ds
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