Hong Kong Island and Peak Offer Aerial Charm
Montreal Herald details a visitor’s tour of Hong Kong noting the island’s four mile urban stretch along the northern shore facing Kowloon, the Peak’s rapid ascent, and a panorama of dawn and dusk views. It contrasts Hong Kong as a British naval outpost turned commercial port with crowded streets, lantern lit nights, and a lively mix of colors and sounds in the native quarter.
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Prince of ‘Wales
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Nanking
Far East
South China
Victoria
Rocky Island
Kowloon Peninsula
Montreal Herald
Trinity Church Prayer Service Draws Business Men
In a Newark business district church, Trinity Church near Broadway and Wall Street hosts a weekday morning prayer gathering before services. The pews fill with professionals who come to pray and then resume work, without ministers present and with free pews and doors.
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Trinity Church
Broadway
Wall Street
Newark
Trinity
New Cattle Feed for Army at Camp Lewis
Compressed forage bricks made from pure osts and grains, bound with molasses, were developed at Camp Lewis. The 2 by 6 by 1.5 inch bricks have perforations for hand breaking. In tests on 50 animals, all but four accepted the feed. except two, all gained weight and stayed healthy, one stallion adding 46 pounds in 30 days per Popular Mechanics.
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Camp Lewis
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Famous Forest of Zurich and Swiss forestry pride
The article notes Switzerland's forests occupy a large share of land, especially Zurich where a renowned municipal forest has provided timber for six centuries. It links forests to landslide protection, dividends, and national character, claiming forests support mountain life and tourism appeal.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Europe
Umbrella evolves into wooden bungalow hat in Portland shipyard
A new broad umbrella style for workers in Portland shipyard resembles a bungalow hat. Made mainly of wood, it measures 35% inches long by 2 inches wide with a shoulder resting frame, chest belt straps, and a rear wooden strip. It aims to protect the wearer and tally in storms.
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Materisl
Portland
Ore
Charges Brought Against Manufacturer in Voigt Bill Hearing
Washington August 6 Senate sub committee hearing on the Voigt bill featured charges of conspiracy against a major condensed milk maker. Alfred R. Orion urged turning the case over to the Federal Trade Commission for further investigation while testimonies linked the company to supporting the bill that would curb skimmed milk compounds. Dr Joseph Brennenman called condensed milk harmful for infants, arguing it contains forty two percent sugar. A large panel of experts opposed the Voigt bill, with potential broadening to cover all milk products with added foreign substances if adopted. Final committee decision expected this week.
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Washington
Senate
Alfred R. Orion
Hebe Company
Federal Trade Commission
McKinley
Illinois
Ladd
North Dakota
Hendricks
Wyoming
Wallace Bryan
Walter Engels
R. W. Balderston
Milk Producers Association
Pennsylvania
Joseph Brennenman
Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago
Senate Committee
Borden
Eagle
Samaria News Reports Catastrophic Saw Mill Accident
The community learned Friday that Felix Burgess, already unable to work due to rheumatism since December, was badly injured when a 22 foot saw struck him at Mr. Curtis Hall’s saw mill. He was unconscious for over two hours, with fractures to his hip, shoulder, neck, and leg. Mrs. Burgess thanks neighbors for their kindness as Burgess showed little improvement.
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Felix Burgess
Curtis Hall
Burgess
Macedonia district to vote extra seven mills levy
All resident electors aged twenty one in Macedonia School District No. 49 are notified an election will be held at the Macedonia school house on Tuesday August 1 1922 to vote an additional seven mills levy for school purposes Polls open 7 a m to 4 p m Bring tax receipt and registration certificate By order of the Board of Trustees of Macedonia School District No 49 July 13 1922
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Yorich
Macedonia
Courtyard of Education
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Long Use
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming more than forty years of use. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that purportedly acts through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation. Sold by F J Chasteen & Co in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Haul
F. J. Ch
Sey & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sunday Visits Across the Community Gatherings
Sunday visitors filled the town as residents hosted relatives. Sunday gatherings included Mrs. Kneece with Sunday visitors, J J Parrish with his Batesburg brother, Bunion Burgess returning from Camden with wife and parents, L M Fox and family with Fox’s sister in law, Henry Ockletree from Columbia visiting W W Westmoreland, Thomas Rogers from Camden sharing time with his parents, and Franklin Hallman visiting his daughter Felix Burgess. Myrtle and Ellen Grandy of Wagener spent a week in the area with kin and friends.
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R. M.kneece
J. J. Parrish
John Parrish
Batesburg
Bunion Burgess
Camden
L. M. Fox
J. B. Johnson
Henry Ockletree
Columbia
W. W. Westmoreland
Thomas Rogers
J. B. Rogers
Franklin Hallman
Witty Punchlines from a Train Ride Gaffe
A Kentucky Senator Blackburn visits a friend in a distant city and jokes about losing his baggage, explaining that “the cork came out” rather than misplacing or having it stolen. The quip echoes a lighthearted political humor tone.
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Blackburn
Kentucky
Joe
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