British Museum Receives Flint Saw from Prehistoric Wood
The British Museum has acquired a prehistoric flint saw embedded in a wood fragment. The find is linked to an unnamed operator whose noisy use supposedly drowned out approaching eerie sounds.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
2
The British Museum has acquired a prehistoric flint saw embedded in a wood fragment. The find is linked to an unnamed operator whose noisy use supposedly drowned out approaching eerie sounds.
In Rapid City South Dakota on June 17 Sioux leaders Yellow Robe Crazy Horse No Flesh and Kills A Hundred prepare to invite President Coolidge to join the tribe. They may name him Great White Father or grant him a distinctive Indian name at a ceremonial council gathering.
A squadron of 21 airplanes flew over north Frederick County yesterday afternoon at about 6.00 pm traveling northeast to west in groups of three with perfect formation. Residents believed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh accompanied them, but he left New York this morning for St. Louis.
A vintage ad urges purification of the body with Calotabs claiming it cleanses the system for better health. It promotes a thorough course taken weekly for several weeks and markets a family package with directions priced at 35 cents in drug stores.
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