Siamese King Undergoes Cataract Removal
Ophir Hall in Westchester County reports King Prejadhi ok of Siam underwent a successful cataract extraction on his left eye. The operation started at 11 50 and ended at 12 19 with Dr John M Wheeler leading the procedure assisted by Dr Thomas N Johnson amid a small team. The king, conscious throughout, said I see the light after the lens was removed and will need glasses afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iago Galdston
Medical Information Bureau
New York Academy of Medicine
Associated Pressophir Hall
White Plains
New York
King Prejadhiok
Siam
Sunder
John M. Wheeler
Thomas N. Johnson
Robert A. Cooke
Hugh S. McKeown
Child Injured In Fall From Auto
Four year old Helen Smith of Waynesboro fell from a moving car driven by her father on the Lei tersburg pike. She suffered head and mouth lacerations and was rushed to Washington County Hospital for treatment. The latch was pulled opened while she played in the rear on a family leisure ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leitersburg Pike
Helen
Smith
Washington County Hospital
Willard Smith
West Main Street
Waynesboro
Elephants, Wars, and Peoples on the Ogowe River
In a colonial adventure narrative set along the Ogowe River, a party under Iwolo and Okelly encounters Osheba tribes while hunting elephants. Battles erupt with gunfire and spears. Osheba retreat after losses, loot includes meat tusks and some weapons, and the expedition members record interactions with Mpangwe and Okowa peoples. The text blends travelogue, ethnographic notes, and speculative comment on tobacco origins and Raleigh’s possible role in introducing tobacco to Europe.
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Okelly
Iwolo
Africa
Wildest Africa
Mpangywe
Ogowe River
Negros
Burglary Report At Edith Rockefeller McCormick Estate
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick reported burglars broke into her Lake Forest mansion last night and searched all rooms before fleeing with no loot. The home houses valuable tapestries paintings rugs furnishings and jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John R. Rockefeller
Lake Forest
Tennessee horticulturists urge better yields of cabbage
Tennessee horticulturists advocate higher cabbage yields on reduced acreage to boost profits. They stress improved varieties and improved farming practices to maximize output per acre and market value for 1920s growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Stage is Set for Big Race Meet in City
Stalls at the Fairgrounds fill for a five day meet starting Tuesday at 2 PM. Horses arrive from Pimlico. Hagerstown Plant remodeled. Grandstand parimutuel ring and track updated. This is the last Maryland meet before Cumberland Fair in late August, then Marlboro, Timonium, and Hagerstown return to Havre de Grace, Laurel, Pimlico, and Bowie tracks.
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Pimlico
Hagerstown
Maryland
Marlboro
Timonium
Havre de Grace
Laurel
Bowie
Fair Board
Mortimer Mahoney
Edw. J. Brennen
Trio Killed When Airplane Crashes Near Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant West Virginia May 11 A man and a woman tentatively identified as Harold Merrow 35 and a Miss Miner 21 both of Youngstown Ohio were killed Sunday when their airplane crashed in a wheat field near New Haven and caught fire The victims were identified from a boarding house register where they stayed
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Harold Merrow
Plane crash near New Haven after forced landing
Witnesses say a plane refueled on a farm near New Haven then circled and dived after taking off for Dayton to Columbus with a couple aboard. Officials report the aircraft caught fire and burned following the second takeoff and crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Dayton
Columbus
Morrow
Fay
Pepin
Women to Man Russian Farms
Moscow reports a government drive to boost female labor on collective farms to speed the five year plan. Officials note about 10 million women already work nationwide and aim to free men for growing demand by expanding women workers further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Evubank
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Government pushes women into farming under five year plan
The central executive committee orders opening agricultural schools to train women to drive tractors and operate farm machinery and to learn farm administration. Plans include nurseries, community kitchens, co operative housing, and incentives to move women to collective farms while keeping married women in factories. The program targets 210,000 invalids for light factory work to address labor shortages and accelerate implementation.
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Central Executive Committee
Coffman Taken to Union Memorial Hospital
4H. L. Coffman a well known Baltimore lumber dealer was taken to Union Memorial Hospital for treatment under Dr. Sidney Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Coffman
Calumber
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Sidney Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
King of Siam
Ophir Hall
Mars. Whitelaw Reid
Westchesterounty
Gegur
R. A. Highbarger
Optometrist
ANCS
Savinga Bank
White House
Ritter
Sonnyfield
Texas
Public Square
Switzer Cheese
Eton
Ham
Haddock
Oreilly
Imolo
Iwoslo
Iwola
Okellys
Raleigh
Equatorial
Adiev
Sir Walter Raleigh
Urope
Akota
Okandas
Okenda
Etim
Count de Brazze
Elima
Adimango
Ethelreda Lewis
Metropolitan Mewsoager Service
Peru
Home Furniture Co
S. Potomac St
Arbuckle Brothers
Hagerstown Light & Heat Co
Brown’s
Sen
Kaybee
Werkmeter
Franklin and Jonathan Streets
Superior Dairy CO
Reynolds Avenue
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