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The report described Tita Spanjaard, director of a cheese-control station in Utrecht. Export cheese needed her approval; a code stamped into its rind identified its farm, production date, cow, herd and rating. These details are the newspaper’s account of the inspection system.
Oklahoma City Times · 1926-11-04 · p. 7
Open the original newspaper ↗A dispatch described a League of Nations investigation of Greek accusations against Bulgarian villagers. A peasant suggested releasing the cattle outside the village: local animals would return to their own stables. The paper reported that they did, contradicting the accusation.
Oklahoma City Times · 1925-11-16 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗Virginia Hollingsworth eloped with a man calling himself Noel Dupre, a French artist and consular secretary. The Atlanta report said letters found when he became ill identified him as Noel Cobb, a former Vanderbilt student who had never been abroad.
Muskogee Daily News · 1926-02-24 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗A motoring article described two interchangeable ignition-wire terminals. One conducted electricity; the other concealed insulating rubber. Swapping them made the ignition appear connected while preventing the car from starting. The article described the device, not a documented arrest.
Kewaskum Statesman · 1926-01-16 · p. 6
Open the original newspaper ↗An Associated Press Chicago item said a visitor reported a “caprine hollow horned ruminant” blocking traffic. Sergeant John Ferry sent an officer to bring it in alive. The officer returned with the simple identification: it was a goat.
Capital Journal · 1927-11-07 · p. 7
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