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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1920)
I I THE NORTH PLATTE WEEKLY TRTBTTNE Havoc Wrought by Tornado Near Buffalo St I "T" Ml General view ot the wreckage caused by a tornado wjilch Hvept Kbermiyir, a suburb of Buffalo, Y., recently. House of Representatives Is Being Renovated Orangemen in Great Belfast Demonstration An Imposing procession of 120,000 Orangemen through the streets of Belfast to Fiimuhv. wimrn tin.v lreased liy their leader. Sir lMwnrd Carson. Vice President Marshall Addressing R. O. T. C The Interior of tho house of representatives Is Jinvlilfj Its tirst coat of paint In some years, since this Is the first summer In several years that congress has not been In -extra session. The renovations and repairs are being made without regard to the possibility that the house will be o.ilarged from Its present 4115 members to about 500, based on now population llgures. Blacked Boots Here for 52 Years NOT ENOUGH DIVORCES This aged Turkish bootblack declares that he has had this same stand In Constantinople for 52 years and that he oneo polished tho sultan's shoes, JIo says that for more than 30 years ho has not missed n day. Ills stand Is Just across 'tho atreot from tho American Bed Cross headcpiartors. . Lodge Congratulates Gov. CooJidge Pretty Miss Pauline Floyd, twenty two years old and acclaimed tho youngest woman attorney In the coun try, Is preparing .to leave Washington becausu of tho scarcity of dlvorco cases in the district. She claims that if you are going to speclallzo In di vorces, there Is no reason to linger lu a city where tho divorce laws are as, antiquated as those of England. So as soon as sbo can wind up her nlTalrs, Mss Floyd will pack up her llttlo brlof case nnd depart for climes whero di vorces abound. HARD LUCK FOR EDUARD Senator Henry Cabot Lodge congratulating Gov. Calvin Coolldgo of Maa Huchusetta on his nondnntiou for tho vlco presidency by tho Republicans, nt the formal notification ceremonies at Governor Coolldge's homo In Northamp ton, Mass. ITerzog Carl Kdunrd, former duko of Saxo-Coburg nnd Gothn, who re fused the offer of 91,250,000 in cash for his shooting castlo at Oberhof, his property at Llchtenborg and his house hold effects, Tho legislature of tho grand duchy then confiscated every thing and gave him nothing. Vice President Thomas It. Marshall addressing high school anil college students from 50 towns In 12 shires, imm. la;rs of n regiment of It. O. T. C., being trained at Camp Kearny, In the San Diego. Cal., stadium. Many sailors from tho Pacific fleet were present. Daniel Webster's Mahogany Desk. When the United States chamber of commerce bought the old Daniel Web ster homestead In Washington, the mahogany desk on which Webster wrote his famous reply to Calhoun whs Included In the sale. Joseph II. Defrees, president of the chamber, shown here seated at the desk. Upper Slesvig Celebrates Return HAS CURED TWO LEPERS Dr. F. II. Parker, in charge of tho leper colony on Penlkese island, Mass., Is credited by 'Doctor Carey of tho Massachusetts board of health with having effected the cure of two young men who have been confined to tho !eper colony for three years. Doctor Pnrker's treatment of the men con sisted in plenty of fresh nlr and sun shine, good food, etc. And use of cheinulga oil, Imported from India, and sodium morrhuao and sodium gyrocardanite. TO SOUND REJUVENATION King Christian ot Denmark mounted on a white charger entering Upper Slesvig for the first time through nn arch of triumph erected at Frederlcshol, Upper Slesvig, which until 1S0-1 belonged to Denmark, voted to return in the recent plebiscite. INTERESTING ITEMS England has .10,000 dependent blind persons. Frank Kramer 1ms boon competing Jh Wcyclo races for twenty-live years. Tho first year of the new Austrian republic closed with n deficit of 111, 000.000 crowns. Big game herds nro Increasing, rap idly on tho four Unltcjl States big game reservations. This Is the first bell to be mndo since the war, nt tho famous French bell factory nt Doual, which for years was held by the Germans as one of tho strongholds of the nindenburg line. The bell will be placed In tho cathedral at Doual, which was de stroyed by the Germans, nnd Is one of the first examples of the reconstruc tion of France. The Inscription on tho boll states: "Tho Hell of Victory. I Am to Sound the Rejuvenation ot France." Limited Space. She I think tho Newcombs must bnve moved hero from n very small flat. Ho Why, dear? She I notice their dog wags hls'talli up and down, Instead of sideways. Boston Post. I I i