Silver crosses found by Delta county boys from Marquette era
A group of Delta county Michigan boys gathering acorns near a hill river found a sod-covered cache containing four solid silver crosses. Each cross is double barred with two horizontal bars, aged engravings, and the initials R. C. The Lorraine Jerusalem archiepiscopal style marks point to a missionary gift linked to Cardinal Richelieu via the duchess Aiguilion.
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Delta County
Michigan
Marquette
Leach
Pilate
Lorraine
Jerusalem
Godfrey de Bouilflon
Richelieu
Lucan
Cardinal Richelieu
Aiguilion
New France
Father E
Wireless Telegraphy Origins Through Hertz and Marconi
The Detroit News notes that Hertz’s discovery of electromagnetic action in space spurred speculation and experiment. Marconi, a teen at the time, built an early apparatus and sent a Morse code message across a table, leading to the modern wireless telegraph and telephone system.
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Hertz
Marconi
The
Detroit News
Resurrection Plant Tales From Florida Ferns
In bygone autumns itinerant sellers touted an odd plant called the resurrection plant. Most stories described Polypodium vicarium, the common Florida fern, claiming holy origin and miraculous revival. The dry ball defies life until placed in water, when leaves unfold to bright green, making a decorative specimen.
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Holy Land
Florida
British Population Growth and Emigration Across Eras
The text notes Britain's population near 10 000 in 1800, doubling by the Civil War era, about 22161 in 1901, with a projected 46 000 by 1920. It contrasts steady growth with large emigration from 1855 to 1920, totaling around 14 000 040 souls leaving for North America, the United States, Australia, Africa and India.
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United Kingdom
Europe
British North Amenica
United States
Australia
British South Africa
Indie
Something Off Her Salary Row in The Prima Donna
A theater row over salary ends with the prima donna claiming misinterpretation of remarks. The manager concedes allowances for her artistic temperament but quips that justice would justify salary deductions. The exchange underscores tensions between star temperament and managerial controls.
Then She Arose Suddenly
An elderly lady at a picnic settles beside a boy named Dickie. He screams when she asks about cake and loudly accuses her of sitting on his frog. The scene ends with the boy demanding his frog back and the dispute over possession.
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Dickie
Philadelphia Ledger
Romeo and Queen on Screen Spoiled by Gossiping Lovers
In a crowded picture theater two children hold hands while watching The Queen and the Duke. A boy praises a tall dark man and a ruler like a queen, jokingly, then insists he was only joking as the film staggers on.
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Picture Theater
Jack
Sue
Unknown Australia Motoring Expedition From Adelaide to Darwin
A months long driving expedition covering about 8000 miles from Adelaide to Darwin will push through bush regions of Queensland New South Wales and Victoria without camels or donkeys. The party includes Mr McCallum a State legislator and stock authority funding the trip and reporting to the federal government on interior settlement and a transcontinental line. Captain White a noted ornithologist will collect birds for the Australian check list which has occupied scientists for years and will be completed in October.
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Australia
Adelaide
Darwin
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
McCallum
Captain White
London Times Weekly
Burmese Origin Myths Across Several Ethnic Traditions
The Burmese story cites heavenly beings descending to earth and a special rice named Thalesan that corrupts them into mortals. The Chins recount a Babel Tower tale explaining regional clans, with flood narratives common across the region. The Kachins tell of a river crossing to the afterlife, among many similar folk myths suggesting a shared ancient heritage.
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Tower of Babel
Bay of Bengal
Timepiece shows world cities at a glance
A new desk clock with a brass front centers a small timepiece surrounded by a dial bearing names of major cities. By aligning the dial to New York time, the current hour in San Francisco London Paris Petrograd Rio de Janeiro Tokyo and other places can be read quickly. The dial indicates night hours with a dark segment and the face is easy to read.
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New York
New York Times
San Francisco
London
Paris
Petrograd
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo
British veterinary leader settles to Peru pastoral venture
EK J Stordy once chief veterinary surgeon for Britain in war now tends a vast sheep and cattle project on Peru’s southern pampas under government and private Peruvian corporation support. He believes the region can become a top grazing area through breed improvement of native wool-bearing animals such as viruna and guanaco.
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Co. EK
J. Stordy
Ife
Pampas
Peru
Feruvian
Peruvian Corporation
Viruna
Guanaco
Notable locals and events in EDMUND NEWS items
Prof Julian C Miller from North Carolina State College visits Lexington peach orchards. Bethel M E church concludes divine services, Bethany Lutheran holds protracted services. Local farming families Shealy and Sharp praised for farming progress. Voter enrollment lags pre 19th amendment. Gatherings include Boy Scouts encampment at Reeder's pond and visits by Crout, Sharp, Sox families. Various residents and visitors noted across Lexington and nearby towns.
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Julian C. Miller
State College
Raleigh
N. C
Sim J. Miller
Lexington
A. G. Smith
Miller
Bethany
Congaree Creek
Rev
Co. J. Sox
Batesburg News Highlights Local Moves and Weathered News
Batesburg July 24. Mr and Mrs Ralph Stodghill return to Jacksonville Fla after visiting Dr E C Ridgell. Ira C Carson and Robert Leathan spent Thursday in Columbia on business. Major Henry C Ti of Greenwood is vi of Mrs Jabez Ferris. Miss Floresse Youmans visits Camden relatives. H T Rikard confined to bed. Dr Ridgell returns from daughter Mrs G F Norris of Greenville. J C Burton wl in Columbia, Pord sevurned Fe man and family ng at the home attending the normal Mr NS day from a mle Sheriff E A apuloun ss Fuliee Miss Teatie A wnds in Swansea. Mrs Willie Coote ert wi Toonie 4 re 'ayned Munday frem we Visit to her mother in August. Thy bell weeyll dsridoraite Ned Ww Capo in aces is excepting aliy Gee. W K Sheal has same at the Mr W krell has a field of best corn in this section. Willie Cockrell has a field of enn with less than 100 lbs fertilizer. Cockrell runs a share. The revente Venetia eisabe in Sarne ser.
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J. C. Sheary
Clarence
Nathan
W. D. Crout
Gilert
F. W. Crout
C. M
Cayce
Kathleen Sox
Pt P. Duval
J. H Shealy
J. A. Griffith
H. W. Reeder
Boiling Springs
T. C. Campbell
Columbia
Christopher Corley
Lexington
S. C. Reeder
Batesburg
Ralph Stodghill
Jacksonville
Fla
C. Ridgell
G. F. Norris
Greenville
J. C. Burton
E. A
Teatie Awnds
Swansea
Willie Coote
Vother
Aliy Gee
W. K. Sheal
W Krell
Willie Cockrell
Cockrell
Revente Venetia Eisabe
Sarne Ser
Crop technique shown to boost tenant farmer yields
The article notes a demonstration encouraging tenant farmers to push for higher output with a bit more effort. It mentions a revival meeting at Bethlehem church being well attended and generating strong interest. The passage underscores community engagement and practical farming advice bolstered by local religious gathering.
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Bethlehem Church
B V D Files Suit to Stop Substitution of Underwear
In Atlanta on July 13 a federal suit was filed by B V D company seeking an injunction against two local merchants for substituting other underwear makes for B V D products. Frank I. Schechter, the company’s general counsel, highlighted the move as the first step in a broader campaign to protect advertisers against piracy and substitution.
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Atlanta, Ga
B. V. D. Company
Atlanta
Macedonia School District 49 Election Notice
All resident qualified electors aged twenty one in Macedonia School District No 49 are urged to vote on August 1 1922 at the Macedonia school house for an additional seven mills levy for school purposes Polls open 7 a m close 4 p m Bring tay in and registration certificate not required By order of the County Board of Education J Noah Ham D W Epting J A Summers Board of Trustees July 18 1922
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Macedonia
County Board of Education
J. Noah Ham
D. W. Epting
J. A. Summers
Board of Trustees of
Suit targets unfair merchandising practices and public protection
A company announced immediate suits to protect fair dealing merchants and the public from unfair merchandising. Damages were unspecified, sought against two Atlanta merchants. The suits claim the B V D bendisee goodwill is valued above $100,000 and the B V D trademark is worth much more. Clemson sale promotes hog industry with overbreds offered at reasonable prices as the state supports South Carolina farms.
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Schechter
Atlanta
Breeders sell 45 animals to farmers across counties
On July 12, 30 gifts and 15 pigs of Duroc and Poland China breeding were sold at nominal prices. The sale featured well bred hogs likely to raise the state's hog standards. Purchasers were farmers from Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Spartanburg, Newberry, York, and Fairfield counties, praised by Prof. Starkey as capable of developing the industry.
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Duroc
Poland
China
Oconee
Anderson
Pickens
Spartanburg
Newberry
York
Fairfield Counties
Starkey
An Early Start in Love and Medicine
A doctor recently married a girl whom he had helped bring into the world twenty years ago. The note hints at romance sparked by fate and early acquaintance, described as real love at first sight by London Opinion.
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London
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Wood
Romance
Edmund News
Bethel M. E. Church
Mr. Cooley
Frank I. Schechter
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co
Georgia
Ford
Stoc’s
Clemson
Clemson College
South Carolina
Animal Husbandry Division
Lorick & Lowrance, Inc
Columbia, S. C
Greenwood Business College
Greenwood, S. C
Psbs
Eelomne
Eagle “Mikado
HCL
EAGLE
Mikado Eagle Pencil Company
Victrolas
Victor
Emerson and Okeh
the John Church Co
Main Street
Rose Hill
Lady Street
Palmetto National Bank
C. D. Kenny CO
Columbia, D. C
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