WEDDINGS OFF DIVORCES UP IN 1927 STATESWIDE SUMMARY
United States marriage numbers fell slightly in 1927 while divorces rose sharply. National totals show 1,200,694 marriages and 5,037 divorces granted, with state variances from Florida’s 25.4 percent decrease to Nevada’s 95.3 percent rise. Nevada and Arizona saw law changes affecting divorce inquiries. Delaware and Vermont posted declines and the District of Columbia reported a large rise due to case backlogs. In Maryland, marriages dropped 1.0 percent and divorces increased 9.3 percent, per U S Department of Commerce data. A note on licensing changes cites California’s July 29 1997 reform. A separate local item invites United Dairy League members to a 7 pm meeting at Arcadia Dining Room for a dinner and discussion on raw milk industry issues.
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Maryland
United States
Florida
Nevada
Arizona
California
Delaware
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Vermont
District of Columbia
S‘ivorces
New York
Oregon
United Dairy League
Arcadia
Six Die as Train Strikes Auto at Indiana Crossing
Windfall Indiana reports six members of a Kokomo family killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania snail train at a crossing. Two others were critically injured. The deceased include Mrs. Mary Hines, Mrs. Frank Carlisle and several relatives, ages ranging from three to five years.
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Ind
Kokomo
Pennsylvania
Mary ‘Hines
Frank Carlisle
Hines
Lloyd Richey
Eugene H. Richey
Frederick Elliott
One Man Dead As Train Hits Store In Wake Forest
Wake Forest North Carolina December 16 a Southerner passenger train jumped rails at a local drug store causing the rear to collapse one man killed and the store damaged. Police report the incident follows one man killed in Chicago after beating his wife with a furnace poker and possibly injuring his young son in an apparent family tragedy.
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Wake Forest
N. C
Southerner
New York
Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Chicago
James McCullough
Anna
Arthur
McCullough
Man killed by 350 pound hog in pasture accident
Nashville Tennessee December 16. John T Potts a farmer was attacked by a 350 pound hog as he crossed a pasture lot today. The hog severed an artery and Potts died ten minutes later.
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Nashville
Tenn
John T. Potts
Miss Ruby Miller Teaches at Hopewell Ill at Home
Miss Ruby Miller a Hopewell teacher and Mrs Rebecca Stonebrak Broadway are mentioned as ill. The note says she is ill at home after substituting in her place.
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Ruby‘Miller
Hopewell
Rebecca Stonebrak
Broadway
Two Are Shot to Death and Suspects Held in Bronx Case
In the Bronx a woman and her daughter were killed while another daughter was critically slashed with a razor. Police arrested Stefano Burgio, 40, and his son Alfonso Burgio, charging both with homicide, though authorities say the father committed the killings.
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New York
Bronx
Stefano Burgio
Alfonso
Plane Crash Kills Two Near Flying School in Los Angeles
Two men died when a plane lost a wing in mid air near a Los Angeles flying school. Douglas Bolding, a Los Angeles flying instructor, and Harry Weimouti, a student pilot also from Los Angeles, were killed as the aircraft fell and burned. John Hamilton Jr. of Virginia Avenue had been ill with a severe cold.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Bolding
Harry Weimouti
John Hamilton, Jr
Virginia Ave
Officers Installed At St Mark's Lutheran Ceremony
New officers were installed during yesterday morning service at St Mark's Lutheran Mission Chapel at Ross and Lanvale streets. Elders named C. W. Delauder J. B Black and C. W. Wilkes. Deacons named D. E. Wolf Dr Kenneth Leatherman and M. G. Horst.
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St. Mark's
Fruit trees grown commercially across Canadian provinces
Apples pears plums and other tree fruits are grown in large commercial quantities in Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and British Columbia.
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Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Oquebec
Ontario
British Columbia
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Harry Walsh
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Kudzinowski
Scranton
Julia Mlodzianowski
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Delaware River
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Hagerstown Paint and Glass Company
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Washington Restaurant
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Maryland Sirety & Trust
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