War Hero to Get $700000 Legacy for World War Service
George Camp Douglas, wounded at Ypres in 1915 and 1917 and cited by Field Marshal Lord French, will receive a third of a $2,000,000 estate as his guardian trustees finalize division when the younger son turns 35. The will, tied to a failed earnings stipulation of £2500 per year, outlines trust setup with Minneapolis Trust Co and George Piper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Ypres
Lord French
George Camp Douglas
Walter D. Douglas
Charles I. Fowler
Quaker Qats Company
Martha Dutton Douglas
Edward Bruce
Douglas
Minneapolis Trust Company
George
Piper
Fowler
Toya Garrison Artillery
Leutenant
Tdontzlas
Aden
Arabia
Pastor Knelt to Pray and Found Lost Roll
Rev. D Conger of Clyde Q knelt to pray and found $45 in currency under the stove after praying. He suspects the money was lost days earlier at an interurban trolley station and has no idea how it ended up there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Clyde
Barred Jazz Movement In Asheville Music Scene
Asheville musicians affiliated with the American Federation of Musicians ban jazz as part of a city wide effort to raise music standards. The drive, led by Mrs. C. Hamilton of the Asheville Music Club, supports the National Federation of Music Clubs biennial festival next June and opposes noisy dance music elements.
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Peoria
Asheville
American Federation of Musicians
National Federation of Music Clubs
C. ©. Hamilton
National Federation of Muse Clubs
Forest fires harm game and wildlife preservation
A circular from the U S Department of Agriculture warns that destructive forest and brush fires threaten birds and other game by destroying food and shelter. It notes partridges, deer, woodcock, pheasant and waterfowl suffer as fires drive animals from habitats, reduce food sources, and disturb stream flow, risking wildlife numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Suney
United States Department of Agriculture
Explorers Chart Vast Snake River Canyon Depths
A University of Calgary geology team probes Snake River Canyon near Waitshung Washington, reporting a 6000 to 7000 foot deep gorge seven miles across the top with no trails. Rich mineral prospects lure copper silver and gold expeditions though heat floods tunnels and rugged terrain hinder descent. Deer rumors in Hibbing Minnesota interrupt local chatter as a car hits a road astray guided by a luminous internet glow.
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Waitshung
Wash
University of Cattgerman
Snake River Canyon
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Cannon
Seven Devils Range
Wallawa
Snake River
Spake
Rat in His Pocket and Money Wipe Incident
Fremont Ohio attorney John J. Lehmann faced a bizarre attack as a rat leaped from his granary pocket onto his leg. He yelled for help and neighbors responded quickly. In Bremen a diner cleaned his shoes with a thousand mark note, calling German paper before paying the bill with it.
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Fremont
John J. Lehmann
Scott Township
Lehmann
Bremen
Woman Is Champ Mail Handler
The Detroit post office department announces Nina Holmes twenty years old as the top mail sorter awarded a prize for sorting letters by distributing 20.610 items.
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Champ
Washington
Cham Juen Ma
Serge Ie
Moss Nina EB Holmes
Trenty
Aears Old
Detroit
Post Office Department
Revival of Siberian Gold Boom Suppresses Past Decline
Russian trade delegation cites first four months output over 16 poods of gold, five times 1921 total, valuing at about 1728000 Marks. Mine restart ensures at least three poods monthly, with 500000 dollars annual rate, mirroring earlier highs but still below 1916 levels.
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Russia
Siberia
Engineering
Ot Maining Journal-Press of
New York
Bhisatevinsk
Alevandrovsk
Ivanovsk
Youzhnatalginsk
Was This Blackmail In A Boarding House Tale
A fragment from Tondon Tit-Bits presents a confrontation in a boarding house where a young man demands the hand of a daughter. The father accuses him of blackmail and seeks police help while the young man denies wrongdoing, hinting at a separate silence and a coercive bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Poyceman
Cornier
Tondon
Young Man of Discrimination
A humorous fragment from an old newspaper page features a shy fiancée asking her fiancé to promise daily letters while he travels to Havana. He candidly admits he cannot write every day, provoking her disappointment and a pause for humor. An exchange also includes a witty remark from a newsboy about schooling and gender terms.
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Havana
Greené
Tomn
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George C. Douglas
Castoria
Fletcher
United States Department
Sper&men
Mr. Wallace
Marland
Wallace
Lucy
Rebecca
Julia Liyde
Fort Tobacce
California
Joseph Reoner
Vihage
Society To
National Association of Audubon Societies
Cluhs
United States
Canada
Association
New York City
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Putnam
Birmingham Age-Herald
Georgette
Mabel
Cora
Mabel Georgette
Kansas City Star
Parker’s
weNamend Cranallerelt
Patchorne
Buscox Chemical Works
Patehorne
A. FE
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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