Stork Delivers Baby Mystery Over Toronto Home
A stoic wandering stork lingered over 1097 West Dundas Street in Toronto as a $750,000 prize delivery for Mrs. Grace Bagnato loomed. The tale ties to Charles Vance Millar's 1926 bequest encouraging large families, with the bird debating whether twins or triplets would win him more share in the fund.
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Toronto
Ont
Dundas Street
Grace Bagnato
Mrs. Bagnato
Canada
Charles Vance Millar
Charles Millar
Millar
Flying Regatta Set for Next Sunday by Valley Airways
Valley Airways plans its second annual flying regatta next Sunday after weather delays. Hagerstown Aeronca Flying Club members flew to Winchester while four others arrived by car. George Wurtenberger, recently back from Honolulu, will pursue Valley Airways advanced flying course for licensing. Parachute jumper George deGrange says local boys expect to make their first parachute drop at the event, signaling keen local pilot competition.
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Valley Airways
Hagerstown Aeronca Flying Club
Winchester
George Wurtenberger
Honolulu
Wurtenberger
George deGrange
Admiral Sir Herbert Goodenough King Hall Dies at 74
London dispatch reports Admiral Sir Herbert Goodenough King Hall died today aged 74. Born in 1875, he rose through the Royal Navy to become a full admiral in 1918 and retired in 1922.
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London
Herbert Goodenough King- Hall
Royal Navy
Watchful Waiting in a Fateful Baby Quest
A bemused narrator contemplates returning for another infant for Mrs. Mathew Kenny amid a race to win the Millar money. She boasts bearing many children but the exact count is unclear. With nine qualified tots already, Mrs. Kenny awaits more as lawyers loom.
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Mathew Kenny
Millar
West Dundas
Meditations on the Bible in My Father's House
A religious meditation on John 14 2 where Jesus comforts disciples and promises a place in the Father’s house. The piece reflects on immortality, earthly life as a sea bounded island, and the hope of eternal dwellings with Christ. It closes with a prayer for living temples of the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus
Thomas
Supplies Sent to Quake Victims in Italy
Caneva di Sacile Italy Oct 20 Farmers returned to fields and women to damaged homes as aftershocks eased. Militia continued distributing food and clothing to the homeless from the weekend tremors which killed 25 and destroyed an estimated 20,000,000 in property.
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Caneva DI Sacile
Italy
Fatal Wreck in Paris Crashes Into Omnibus
Paris reports two killed and five injured when the Paris Basel express crashed into an omnibus at a crossing. Emergency crews respond as investigation begins into the derailment and collision scene.
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Paris
Cleveland Blaine race of 1884 shows small factors sway elections
The 1884 Cleveland Blaine race illustrates how minor issues can decide a presidential election. Quarrels with Roscoe Conkling, Butler's third party involvement, and Burchard's charges shaped New York and the nation, with Cleveland winning New York by 1149 votes.
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Cleveland
New York
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
James G. Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
Ben Butler
Burchard
Democracy
Arthur
Blaine
West
Mississippi Valley
Parson Burchard
New York State
Rattlers With Horns On Heads Stump Hunter
Sylvia North Carolina October 20. John H Potts of Norton Jackson County reports capturing 53 rattlesnakes and 15 copperheads this year. He says two rattlers recently captured had distinct one inch horns on top of their heads, stumping him.
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Sylvia
N.C
John H. Potts
Norton
Jackson County
Turkeys To Be Finer Finish For 1936 Thanksgiving
Chicago observers say drought raised feed costs and trimmed turkey weight this year. Farmers shift to higher quality meat and tenderness. Dealers plan a large fall and winter volume with strong Thanksgiving and Christmas markets expected.
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Chicago
Private Sale Of 100 Acre Cooley Farm Near Middleton
Acting under the circuit court decree of Frederick County Goldie L Cooley sues Lucy Cooley and others. The special commissioner offers at private sale a 100 acre tract of limestone land northern portion of William B Cooley farm near Middleton along Valley Turnpike. Land is well watered by a spring, suitable for a home with immediate possession. Terms available by M M Lynch Winchester Special Commissioner.
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Circuit Court of
Frederick County
Goldie L. Cooley
Lucy Cooley
William B. Cooley
Middletown
Valley Turnpike
Loyalty and Victory Churches Convene Across North America
One day Loy alty and Victory Conventions run Oct 26 to Nov 13 in the United States and Canada. The Disciples of Christ host 251 gatherings, now in their fourteenth annual series. Last year 65 846 attended. this year expectations rise. The meetings inaugurate a two year advance program under the theme Through Loyalty to Victory.
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United States
Canada
Disciples of Christ
Helen Keller Tutor Is Defamed No Not Applicable
Anne Sullivan Macy 70, longtime helper and secretary to Helen Keller, died today. Macy taught Keller to speak and read and had been associated with the blind author for over fifty years. She had lived with Keller and Polly Thomson at Frost Hills Long Island.
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New York
Anne Sullivan Macy
Helen Ler
Macy
Miss Keller
Frost Hills
Long Island
Polly Thomson
ARAX Herbal Remedy Promoted in Winter Virginia
An advertisement touts ARAX as a herbal remedy for gas stomach indigestion heartburn and constipation. It claims to improve digestion cleanse intestines and aid bile flow, with the ARAX man at Miller's North Loudoun Street in Winchester Virginia.
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Miller’s
North Loudoun Street
Winter
Virginia
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Lodge
Tammany
Grover Cleveland
Thomas F. Grady
Bragg
Grady
George William Curtis
Curtis
Carl Schurz
Henry Ward Beecher
Garfield
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Beatrice Drader
Memphis
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E. Piccadilly St
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W. E. Cooley
M. M. Lynch
H. W. Ebert
Is and Ambherst Street
Winchester, Va
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Praca
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Pilearedt
Diamond NY
ASCO
Helen Keller
Tudor
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Firestone
Aoron
Pwea
Mondey
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