Necklace Worth 280000 Sought By European Police
New York on April 5 reports say a 57 pearl necklace valued at 250000 dollars vanished in transit from Paris to London and later aimed for an American recipient. Advertisements offer 50000 dollars for information leading to recovery. Paris police traced the packet to Dieppe, France, then lost the trail, with no sign of theft yet fears of a jewel thieves gang. Police inspector Coughlin expects the pearls could be sold individually if brought to the United States.
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New York
Paris
London
A Mice of Carter, Inc
Scotland Yard
Dieppe
France
America
Coughlin
Europe
Grings Opens Men’s Style Shop in Waterloo
Carl L. Grings announces a new Men’s Style shop at 623 Sycamore Street to open by April 14. The store occupies half of Lands men’s space, remodeled with new fixtures. Grings, with 20 years in Waterloo clothing, will be joined by student Hubert Patterson.
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Carl L. Grings
Sycamore Street
Landsmen's Clothing Shore
Gringsas
Grings
Waterloo
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Fourth Street
Scane’s
Hubert Patterson
Iowa Blate Teachers College
New England Type Dying Out Says Author Williams
Ben Ames Williams argues New Englanders are vanishing as isolation and migration shrink rural populations. He notes deserted farms returning to forests with wildlife, and describes inbreeding and low birth rates as the region’s demographic decline. A Maine town from the 19th century now shelters about 250 residents.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Ben Ames Willams
Maine
Northeast
Williams
Willlame
New England
Massachusetts
Portraits of a Town and a Businessman’s Reflections
The passage notes a town with 15 children and a population decline due to death and few births since 1812 when two British sailors settled there. It cites Williams born in Mississippi, raised in Ohio, educated at Dartmouth, with a newspaper career, and observes two driving forces in American business life: business interests and family concerns.
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Williams
Mississippi
Ohio
Dartmouth
Italian Farmers Keep Plague Bonfires Tradition
In Merano region farmers still observe the old custom of lighting bonfires on high ground to signal life during plague years. The fires, once common yearly posts, burn on hills near Merano, greeting visitors as locals note the tradition endures despite changing times.
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Bolzano
Merano
Merano Althe
Adlerika Promises Relief For Stomach Trouble
A testimonial describes curing stomach distress with Adlerika buckthorn bark mix and claims it cleanses both upper and lower bowels. It asserts instant relief from gas and foulness, reduces intestinal toxins, and reports endorsements from doctors and long-time users. Available at local druggists including Robert Drug Co in Waterloo.
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Adlerka
H. L. Shoub
New York
J. Weavers
A. E. Puckett
Waterloo
Robert Drugco
C. J. Miller
Semente
Auto boom in Tokyo sets new car license record
Tokyo reports a surge in auto buying despite a weak economy. The Metropolitan Police Bureau says 40 to 50 new car licenses are issued daily, a record. About 16,000 passenger cars and trucks are in Tokyo, with an estimated 10,000 new cars expected by year end 1928 if the trend continues. American made cars predominate amid stiff license fees and import duties.
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Tokio
Japan
Metropolitan Police Bureau
Tokyo
al Tho
Collector of Income Tax Invasion Shocks Chantilly Trainers
In Chantilly France on April 5 the income tax man surprised 900 thoroughbreds trainers preparing for the 1928 racing season. The revenue visit upset trainers more than foot and mouth fears and could cost five of them between 36000 and 20000 dollars. He brandished the declarations of revenue for 1927 in one hand.
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Deauville
Chantilly
France
Newmarket
French Hotels List Employees Entitled to Tips
Paris patrons are shown a list of hotel staff who purportedly served them to guide tipping. The device assigns a fixed 10 percent minimum tip share to those named, implying guests should reward the specified workers as they depart.
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Paris
Quadruplets Strike Slim Russian Family in Siberia
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, April 5. Arsenty Simakov, a railroad worker, and his wife welcomed quadruplets all healthy boys. Arsenty fainted on learning the news, reflecting the odds against such a birth.
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Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Arsenty Simakov
Arsenty
Madam Simakov Averted Death With Midwife Aid
Before neighbors revived him Madam Simakov had no medical trainer beyond a midwife. Shes 25 and previously childless. Health department statistics show a limited role for midwives in emergency care.
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Madam Simakov
Health Department
Quadruplets Rare in Russia with Limited Similar Births
In sixty years only four simultaneous births occurred in Russia, a rate of one in a million. All four were equally unlikely, with same sex quadruplets not seen in fifteen years. The Simakoy babies weighed between three and six pounds.
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Rusa
Growing Children and S S S Tonic for Vitality
The article urges proper nutrition for children to prevent weakness and skin issues linked to iron red blood cell deficiency. It promotes S S S tonic as an appetite enhancer and blood builder, touting 100 years of use and availability in two sizes at drug stores.
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Tor
Rolleast
S.S.S
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