Town Crier James Cox Heard Seven Miles Off at Sea
Burnham on Sea honors town criers legend James Cox famed for a seven mile voice reach along Marine Parade to the Point Buoy in Bristol Channel. A spokesman asserts Cox’s cries for rost and strays heard by ship captains across the water, despite American doubts.
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Bristol Channel
James Cox
Whem Mr. Cot
Town Criers
Metropolitan Daities
Bornhimmron-Sea
Mr. Dux
A.merica
Cox
F. S. Patey
Mr. Cox
Orphans Kidnaped From Grandmother by State
Camden school children Johm Palmer ten and Viola twelve were legally taken from their classrooms by the state board of children's guardians due to their grandmother Augusta Wilhelm's inability to provide. The action followed prior attempts to remove them. Miss Frances Day, supervisor, notified Mrs Wilhelm after the children were hour overdue. Their father died in a railroad crash nine years ago and their mother four years ago. Mrs Wilhelm had survived on 50 cents daily from the state and irregular penny earnings.
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Camden
State Board of Children’s Guardians
Finand Wiy
Augusta Wilhelm
Johm Palmer
Mickle
Viola
Sacred Heart Parochial
Miss Day
Mausoleum Planned for Zachary Taylor in Government Ground
Louisville witnesses a plan to erect a mausoleum near Taylor's 1850 grave to honor the Mexican War hero and 12th president. The Indiana limestone shrine will house Taylor and his wife, enclosing sarcophagi with verde antique marble, bronze doors, and a rear-lit interior window.
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Buena
General Taylor
Rheims struggles to regain status amid housing and industry decline
Rheims, once an industrial hub with spinning and bleaching, faces empty apartments and a collapsing real estate market. Population droops from prewar levels, with resident numbers shrinking to a fraction of 117,900 and wide property losses driving land prices down. The Industrial and Commercial Development committee steps in to aid recovery.
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Rheims
France
Ansan
Din Reduc
Esem
Rheims Tasdea
Pious Wife’s Quest Fells Great Wall Breach Legend
A Southland widow seeks her husband’s bones after learning he died during the Great Wall’s construction. She traverses the wall’s length for days, causing a breach in the wall, drawing imperial notice, and finally casting the bones and herself into the sea. The tale endures as a temple image and royal legitimation.
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Peking Mukden
Ching
Shanhathwian
Chik Diaieti
Chengity
Lux
Tham
Peppermint Oil Prices Lifted By Supply Shortage
A peppermint shortage in Michigan and Indiana raises oil prices after drought and heat cut the crop by about seventy percent. Global supply relies heavily on this region, with 60 percent of production. Indiana and Michigan soils favor peppermint, and farms yield two crops per summer under normal conditions. The crop dates back to 1840 in the region, with earlier English roots.
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South Bend
Ind
Michigan
Northwest
Indiaa
Indiana-Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
England
Thousands of Game Birds Victims of Cruel Malady
In Blamath Falls Oregon thousands of ducks and geese are found dead at Tule Lake from a mysterious illness. Authorities suspect alkali water or stagnant ponds. The U S Biological Survey will examine and analyze vital organs to identify the cause. Warden Barnes will send several birds to Portland for study, similar to deer deaths last year in Modoc county from wet mud.
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Blamath Falls
Ore
Tule Lake
United States Biological Survey
Barnes
Biological Survey Research Office
Porvand
Modoc
Indian maids barred from Florida trip over hair length
In Gowanda a film company refused to take about sixteen Indian maids to Florida with 125 other workers due to their hair being too short. The rejection followed a complaint and reflects industry hair length standards affecting castings and travel.
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Gowanda
Florida
Prewar Jewish Migration Decline in Soviet Russia
Nearly half of prewar Jews in Russia have left the Soviet Union according to a Teplitz prepared report. The Jewish population fell to about 50,000 from 5,000 in the former czarist empire territories, driven by war and pogroms. Heavily populated centers show the largest emigration, with Ukraine and White Russia casualty links to White Guard and Polish forces during civil strife.
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Russia
Council of Nationalities of
Byuresa
Wmien
Pa. Jena
Tathian
Esse
Alesha
Netens Pogram
White Guard
Ukraine
White Russia
Thomson Girls Visit Postponed to Friday Evening
The basketball game with Han at that place is postponed until Friday evening February 26. The Thomson boys play Fulton at Fulton this Friday evening with many fans planned to attend. James and Boyd Alleman left for Mt Carroll to visit their uncle and enjoy time with friends here.
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Hanover
Thomson Boys
Fulton
James
Boyd Alleman
Mt. Carroll
Fortyt People in Capital Declared Tiniest World Center
The Solomon Islands capital Tulasi is described as among the earths loneliest places with a population of about forty, including thirty whites and ten Chinese. The article notes its isolation and administrative status as the region center.
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Tulasi
Solomon Islands
Fragmented OCR note on Herald name and printer orders
A garbled passage recalls a printer altering the Herald name in programs and church notices after conflict with the New York Herald and James Gordon Bennett Jr. The piece mentions Christmas shows and the Kansas City Star in a confused historical snippet.
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Ferre
New York Herald
James Gordon Mennett, Jr
Entrance Into Party Sparks Family Rift Over Property
A domestic dispute erupts when a husband returns to find his wife ready to join a party. She threatens to walk out with six chairs and four tables borrowed from her, while he urges restraint and medical intervention. The exchange hints at underlying tensions and property issues.
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Ceat
Dons
Babir
Shell
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