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THE NORTH PLATTE WEEKLY TRTBTTNE
Havoc Wrought by Tornado Near Buffalo
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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.
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