Jefferson's Gig Exhibited At Sesqui Centennial
Thomas Jefferson's one horse gig, used for trips between Monticello and Philadelphia, will be recreated for the Sesqui Centennial exposition. The carriage body survives. shafts and wheels are gone. The display travels from Monticello June 25 with an escort of motor cars, passing Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington and arriving in Philadelphia June 28.
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Associated Press
Elphia
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Philadelphia
American Automobile Association
Washington
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Master Commissioner in Chancery Attorneys Listed
Master Commissioner in Chancery case mentions attorneys Ward Larrick and Gray Williams with a six to four week timeline reference.
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Ward Larrick
Gray Williams
Warren Rice
Circuit Court
Ward & Larrick
H. R. Kern
Late Residence of Thomas Cover Sr For Sale in Winchester
Executors offer a private sale of the late Thomas Cover Sr property in Winchester. About 3 acres on the West end of Piccadilly Street with a 380 room house. Property can be divided into lots and sold as subdivisions. Suitable as hotel, school, or apartment house. Ref: Loring A. Cover Baltimore and Harry R. Kern Winchester. John M. Steck. May 21, 4 weeks.
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Angerona
Thomas Cover
Winchester
Piccadilly Street
Loring A. Cover
Calvert
Baltimore
Harry R. Kern
Rouss Ave
John M. Steck
Drug Fiends Escape From Lincoln Heights Jail
Two hundred officers hunted 33 narcotic addicts who escaped from Lincoln Heights jail in Los Angeles. They cut three steel bars, lowered down a 20 foot hempen ladder, and scaled the stockade before discovery. Most escapees are Mexicans serving 30 to 90 days on narcotic charges.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Lincoln Heights
Passengers On Helpless Sloop Reach Grand Haven
The four passengers aboard the storm battered sloop Mildred II of Chicago spoke by wireless to the Grand Rapids Herald. The craft, adrift on Lake Michigan since Sunday night, arrived at Grand Haven last night despite coast guardsmen denying it entered the harbor.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Mildred II
Chicago
Grand Haven
Lake Michigan
Fruit Prospects Continuing Good In Old Dominion
Virginia crops show improvements with tobacco setting out well and corn thriving. Cotton is fair and wheat and early potato harvesting making good progress. Fruit prospects remain favorable according to the Department of Agriculture report for the past week.
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Old Dominion
Washington
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Exposition Spotlight on 1876 Inventions
Report notes that the telephone and typewriter debuted at Philadelphia centennial exposition in 1876 marking a milestone in modern technology.
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Phila-dalphia
Open, Darn You Guy Ruff Dentist in California
J R muses if reversing his name hints at his dental specialty in California. The Boston Transcript notes the curiosity about name meaning and professional identity in a playful line.
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Guy Ruff
California
J. R
Boston Transcript
Fertilizers Boost Earliness of Market Crops in Trials
Rhode Island experiment station reports in Bulletin No. 195 that combining manure with commercial fertilizer outperforms heavy stable manure alone. Over six years yields rose for cabbage beets ripe tomatoes spinach lettuce and celery with notable quality and earlier production, offering city gardeners a profitable substitute for manure.
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Daher
Rhode Island Experiment Station
Rhode Island
Submarine Escape Through Conning Tower Pressure
The department explains an escape method where crew enter the conning tower, admit air to raise internal pressure, the tower opens at sea, and the pressure blasts the crew upward from the tower.
Birds Eggs as Northern Food Source
The breeding grounds of northern elders lie along the Greenland coast and Ellesmere Island where birds lay numerous eggs. These eggs provide a vital food supply for natives with as many as 4000 eggs gathered in hours from a single small island.
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Greenland Islands
Ellesmere Island
Rosewood wood and its rose scent origin
Rosewood refers to wood from several trees valued for beauty and furniture. The principal species is believed to be a Brazilian mimosa. When cut, it gives an agreeable rose smell, which gives the wood its name.
Glass Calls Farm Aid Bill Siamese Twin of Protection
The report details the June 1926 congressional proceedings on the McNary farm bill. It notes Senate leaders expect a close vote, amendments considered, and Glass declaring the bill a Siamese twin of protection while Simmons defends it for cotton and grain farmers.
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Glass
Simmons
North Carolina
Virginia
William Jennings Bryan
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
South
West
Sale of Valuable Farm and Storeroom at White Hall
By authority of a deed of trust from Janney T. McKee and wife dated March 10 1924 and recorded in Deed Book 151 page 385 Frederick County Virginia the trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia on Thursday July 15 1926 at 12 oclock a m all that tract of land in Frederick County partly in White Hall village between Wellto Road and Apple Pie Ridge Road containing 100 acres more or less Improved by a dwelling house store room and other buildings Terms One third cash on day of sale the residue in one and two years after sale deferred payments evidenced by purchaser bonds bearing interest from sale date secured by deed of trust upon the property and by a policy of insurance on the buildings Robert M Ward Trustee.
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White Hall
Janney T. McKee
Frederick County
County Court House
Winchester
Wellto Road
Apple Pie Ridge
Farm relief debate in Senate. Pennsylvania primary probe ongoing
Today in Washington reports on a Senate debate on farm relief amid ongoing investigation in the Pennsylvania primary.
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Senate
Pennsylvania
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