17 Year Old George Young Wins 25000 Channel Swim Prize
The 17 year old George Young of Toronto Canada won the 25000 prize for swimming the 22 mile San Pedro Channel from Catalina Island to the California mainland. His unofficial time was 15 hours 47 minutes finishing at 3 06 Sunday morning. Ninety six swimmers started the marathon and none of the 27 women finished.
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Wilmington
Cal
San Pedro
George Young
Toronto
Canada
William Wrigley Jr
Catalina Island
California
Young
Margaret Hauser
Long Beach
Martha Stager
Portland
Ore
Point Vicente
Miss Hauser
Miss Stager
David P. Fleming
Wrigley
Sing
Avalon
Ross
Wants Lower Price on Redeemed Property
Austin report says Senator Floyd of Paris will propose a constitutional amendment to allow repurchase of tax sold property at the sale price plus court costs and 10 percent per year up to two years. He notes current law requires redemption at twice the sale price, creating hardship for farmers this year.
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Austin
Floyd
Paris
Girl Dies in Auto from Engine Gas in Iowa
Marjorie Lansing a 17 year old girl died of carbon monoxide poisoning and her fiancé Ralph Windolf 25 was in serious condition after gas from the engine of his coupe filled the car where they sat last night Windolf had warmed the engine for his return to the city after a call at the girl's home two heaters were operating and the car was sealed to keep out the cold.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Marjorie Lansing
Ralph Windolf
Windolf
Herbine bottle promises constant relief and buoyant health
An old ad copy touts Herbine as like having a doctor at home. It claims instant relief for digestion and bowel issues with one or two doses. The price is 60c and it is sold by J L Kirkpatrick, Druggist.
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J. L. Kirkpatrick
Mother Mistakes Son for Ghost and Dies in Belfast
In Belfast a mother, believing her returned son Hugh Clement to be a ghost, collapsed and died upon greeting him at the door. The son had vanished a decade earlier at 17, later revealing he left to sea then moved to Australia to work in business.
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Belfast
Hugh Clement
Hugh
Australia
Christmas travels to Ashbury Wilmore and Harrodsburg sites
The narrator visits Ashbury College in Wilmore Kentucky, Harrodsburg’s historic cabin where Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks wed, and the birthplace cabin of Abraham Lincoln though snow prevented a visit. It notes Harrodsburg’s old cemetery, colonial homes, the old county courthouse, the stage coach era with Lafayette, and Shaker Shakertown founded by Ann Lee in 1736.
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Ashbury College
Wilmore
Kentucky
Harrodsburg
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Old Court House
Lafayette
Shakertown
United Society of Believers
Shakers
Ann Lee
England
Shaker Village of Harrodsburg Recalled in Kentucky Feature
Mrs. Lester Haile describes the Shaker community at Harrodsburg Kentucky founded in 1806 after acquiring land for a thousand people. The piece notes their brick houses with separate entrances, adoption led growth, crafts like ironwork furniture broom making and wine, with Shakertown Inn housing antique furnishings. The scenic Brookly n to Harrodsburg road is praised for limestone peaks and bluegrass pastures.
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Mother Brotherhood
Massachusetts
Lund
Mary C. Settles
Shakertown Inn
Cincinnati
Lexington
Louisville
Harrodsburg
Shakertown
Brooklyn
Lime Rock
Kentucky River
Strategy of the hostess saves a party in danger
In Trincomalie Ceylon on January 18 a party faced a deadly snake drawn from a woman's ankle by a tactful hostess. The quick action prevented harm and kept the gathering safe.
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Trincamali
Ceylon
Dinner Guests Face Hidden Cobra Threat
A British dockyard official hosted dinner for friends when his wife ordered a servant to place milk on the floor. A cobra emerged from under the table to drink, the woman fainted as the deadly serpent was coiled around her ankle.
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Channel Swim
Girl
Son
Fisk Tires
FISK
Beasley & Mangrum
Chesley’s
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
Lester Haile
Canova
Gordon’s
Gordon Bros
L. LaRoe & Company
McAlester
South Side
Main St
Kirkpatrick
First National Bank
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