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 FULTON COUNTY INDIANA
John Overly THARP was born August 16, 1840 in Ross County, Ohio, and died at his home near Rochester, Ind., January 11, 1927, age 86 years, 5 months and 24 days.
He was married to Mary M. GRATWOOD July 25, 1872 and to this union six children were born, four having preceded him in death.
Coroner Herbert ZIMMERMAN, in his report filed today, pronounced death due to a fractured skull, caused by an accidental explosion.
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1927.htm   (18923 words)

  
 U.S. Postage Stamps of 1927
This stamp would go on to fill a large need for the one ounce letter uniform air mail rate although the stamps could be legitimately used for any mail matter.
First Day sales were made at the Philatelic Agency in Washington, D.C. and in St. Louis, Detroit and Little Falls, Minnesota.
Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1927
http://www.1847usa.com/identify/YearSets/1927.htm   (858 words)

  
 Quebec general election, 1927 - definition of Quebec general election, 1927 in Encyclopedia
It was the second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.
Quebec general election, 1927 - definition of Quebec general election, 1927 in Encyclopedia
In the Quebec general election on May 16, 1927, the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party under Arthur Sauvé.
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Quebec_general_election,_1927   (95 words)

  
 1924-1933 National Christmas Trees
Despite urging by the committee, the President gave only a brief address, returning to the White House at 6:15 p.m.
Miscellaneous: In lieu of an address, the President wrote a Christmas message to the American people released to newspapers on Christmas Morning.
[Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Calvin Coolidge Papers, case 512, reel 135, December 25, 1927.]
http://www.nps.gov/whho/pageant/nctrees/1924-1933   (4225 words)

  
 1927 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 12 - The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom.
January 1 - Cristero War erupts in Mexico when pro-Church rebels attack secular-minded government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927   (2214 words)

  
 Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in United States history.
Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927 - Well referenced CRS report.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927   (851 words)

  
 The Official 1927-1930 Studebaker Erskine Registry
The Huntsville Alabama "Railroad Museum" boasts a 1927 Roadster..one of the few known to exist..a local group is spearheading a fundraiser to restore the Roadster...Huntsville, Alabama is the birthplace of Alfred Russel Erskine!
This is a 1927 Erskine Roadster Model 50J with rumble seat.
1927 Erskine Roadster, Model 50J owned by Mrs.
http://members.tripod.com/~erskine_registry/erskine.html   (824 words)

  
 KSFFA Conference 1927
Too often words of commendation are easily framed and promises soon forgotten, however the 1927 convention of the Kansas State Firemen's Association and the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs will be recorded in the history of our associations as one of the most successful ever held.
Finley was born January 24, 1878, and died May 12, 1927, was a member of the Columbus Fire Department 28 years and chief for 16 years.
Response: John Bunch was born October 22, 1886, and passed away September 27, 1927; was assistant chief and also employed by the city in the light and water department.
http://www.ksffa.com/ksffa_conference_1927.htm   (15431 words)

  
 Stanford University Cardinal Traditions An Official Athletic Site
In 1927, 14 additional rows of seats were added, bringing the number of present total of rows to 80.
Additional renovations were undertaken in 1960 (the incorporation of a press box), 1973 (tunnel entrances on the west side), and 1978 (installation of a Tartan Track and the north and south scoreboards).
An unintentional by-product of this operation was the creation of Sunken Diamond, the Stanford baseball stadium, formed by the removal of dirt needed to fill the Stadium's new embankment.
http://gostanford.collegesports.com/trads/stan-trads-stadium.html   (1114 words)

  
 1927 Earthquake in Israel
This separation was first brought to my attention by the Palestine earthquake of 1927.
The Palestine earthquake of July 11, 1927, is described from personal observation, and it is pointed out that it exhibited a major and two minor centers of destructive intensity.
Conspicuous among the buildings ruined by the earthquake of July, 1927, was the great hospice of the Order of St. John, endowed by the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and finished i n 1910.
http://zadok.org/research/1927/willis.html   (8978 words)

  
 CNN.com - 'Louisiana 1927' - Sep 1, 2005
Whatever they thought, "Louisiana 1927" created its own mesmerizing power.
CNN.com - 'Louisiana 1927' - Sep 1, 2005
I first heard Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" while growing up in New Orleans.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/08/31/eye.ent.louisiana   (718 words)

  
 US CODE: Title 28,1927. Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
TITLE 28 > PART V > CHAPTER 123 > § 1927
Any attorney or other person admitted to conduct cases in any court of the United States or any Territory thereof who so multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.
LII has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references LII.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/28/1927.html   (84 words)

  
 Punknews.org Laurel Aitken: the Godfather of Ska (1927-2005)
Aitken was born in Cuba on April 22, 1927 and moved to his father's homeland of Jamaica in 1938.
London's Club Ska is reporting that at 8 am this morning Laurel Aitken, widely acknowledged as the 'Godfather of Ska' and affectionately known as 'Boss Skinhead,' died of a heart attack at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England.
In 1957 he began his recording career with the single "Roll Jordan Roll." The double A-side "Little Sheila" / "Boogie in my Bones" was the first single released on Chris Blackwell's Island Records, one of the first ever ska records, and the first Jamaican recording ever released in England.
http://www.punknews.org/article.php?sid=13187&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (2862 words)

  
 Quantum Mechanics, 1925-1927: Triumph of the Copenhagen Interpretation
--Heisenberg and Max Born, paper delivered to Solvay Congress of 1927
the uncertainty principle in February 1927 while employed as a lecturer in Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
A month later, in October 1927, Born and Heisenberg, speaking to the Solvay physics conference in Brussels, Belgium, went so far as to declare quantum mechanics to be complete and irrevocable.
http://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg/p09.htm   (922 words)

  
 NOVICA - '1927'
This elegant woodcut print depicts the home where, in 1927, his mother was born.
Depicted in black and white, it encloses a world of memories for Andre de Miranda.
http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pID=108966   (163 words)

  
 The 1927 Nuremberg Rally
This is a decription of the pageantry of the 1927 Nuremberg party rally.
Background: The Nazis from the beginning put great emphasis on ceremony and ritual.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/rpt27d.htm   (2442 words)

  
 1927 - Uncyclopedia
This page was last modified 00:18, 3 March 2006.
Note: Powermarch had low stamina, and fell asleep after a week.
In particular, six past four on the nineteenth of April, 1927 is considered to be the high point of Human Civilization.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/1927   (1267 words)

  
 1927 Athletic Index
Wykoff was also instrumental in his Glendale High School Dynamiter Relay team winning both the Southern California and the California State Track and Field Championships.
[1927] [1928] [1929] [1930] [1931] [1932] [1933] [1934] [1935] [1936] [Other Years]
Read a reprint of sports writer -Harry Culver's write-up on this decision.
http://frankwykoff.com/1927.htm   (361 words)

  
 Murderer's Row - The 1927 New York Yankees
Murderer's Row - The 1927 New York Yankees
Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run on September 30th, 1927 (right)
The Row also had the highest team batting average at.307, the highest slugging percentage at.489, and the most stolen bases at 90 in the American League in 1927.
http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/aragon.html   (849 words)

  
 1927 Earthquake in Israel
A macroseismic study of the July 11, 1927 earthquake.
Nablus, for example, was only partially destroyed in 1837 and 1927.
Landslides and the use of unconsolidated material for the foundations of buildings were at least partially responsible for the degree of damage.
http://zadok.org/research/1927/landslides.html   (1628 words)

  
 Greatest Films of 1927
But on the night of his Broadway opening, he returns home to sing the "Kol Nidre" in his dying father's place.
Buster Keaton's silent masterpiece, a great comedy set during the Civil War.
Set in the year 2026, the film is the story of a mad scientist Rotwang, who believes robots could replace the discontented human workforce.
http://www.filmsite.org/1927.html   (341 words)

  
 Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 - 1927) Website
Jerome K Jerome was born in the town 143 years ago and his best known work was published in 1889.
The author, who was made a freeman of the borough in 1927, has been the inspiration for pub names and even a clock in Saddlers Shopping Centre.
But there has never any official recognition of his significance to the borough.
http://www.rockymusic.org/zachman/jerome   (491 words)

  
 Sunrise (1927)
Released in the first year of the Academy Awards, the film was honored with four nominations and it won all but Interior Decoration.
Sunrise (1927) is German director F. Murnau's compelling American debut - his first project for Hollywood's Fox Film Corporation (and William Fox), but planned in Germany.
It was the first feature film released with sound-on-film - with a synchronized Movietone musical score by Hugo Riesenfeld.
http://www.filmsite.org/sunr.html   (2692 words)

  
 1927 Timeline
Massachusetts is the first state to require auto insurance
Home · January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · 1927 Event Slushpile
http://www.greenepa.net/~barondin/library/1927.html   (920 words)

  
 The 1927 Gondoliers
The second and final session for the 1927 Trial by Jury took place on the same day, and it included two of the singers (Hosking, Lawson) that would also have been needed for the Gondoliers retakes.
This recording was the second in a series that HMV commenced in 1927 to take advantage of the then-new electrical technology.
It is one of the most popular GandS recordings ever made, remaining in the catalog for as long as 78's were offered for sale (after all of the other HMV sets had been deleted), and frequently re-issued on both LP and CD.
http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/gond1927.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Chronology 1927
As a result, the British government broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviets.
The government of the Kingdom of the Serbs-Croats-Slovenes ended relations with the Albanian government after a number of border incidents which began in May 1927.
After the French conducted a large-scale campaign against the Druse insurgents, the fighting finally ended after the Druse leadership fled to Transjordania.
http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1927.htm   (2237 words)

  
 RFC 1927 (rfc1927) - Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Docum
This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC 1927 - Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents
Network Working Group C. Rogers Request for Comments: 1927 ISI Category: Informational 1 April 1996 Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1927.html   (426 words)

  
 1927
MODEL YEAR DATES: August 1926 to May 26, 1927.
MAJOR MODEL YEAR FEATURES: Chassis in passenger cars was made of heavier metal; minor construction changes were made during the year, but generally the same as the 1926 models.
Black wire wheels became standard on the closed cars late in the year but were optional until that time.
http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/1927.htm   (610 words)

  
 The Blog Nicholas von Hoffman: 1927 The Huffington Post
The threat came not from the ocean, but from the Father of the Waters, the Mississippi.
Back in 1927 the black people feared the Guard which rushed in; now they pray for the Guard which never seemed to come.
President Bush did photo ops hugging black youngsters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-von-hoffman/1927_b_6879.html   (885 words)

  
 The Flood of 1927
Identify the events surrounding the Great Flood of 1927.
Following several months of unusually heavy rain during late 1926 and early 1927, the Mississippi River flooded.
In the end, the Flood of 1927 affected an area of 27,000 square miles, about the size of all the New England states combined.
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1308/es1308page05.cfm   (217 words)

  
 1927
The presents, numbering about 70, included, to the bride, a silver tea service from her former colleagues at Messrs Ryder and son St. Albans, and a case of cutlery from the directors of the firm, and to the bridegroom a case of fish servers from the village cricket team, of which he is captain.
NOTE: She was 26 years old and the funeral took place on 30.5.27
- The Gazette reported the death  of Mr Alfred Sears who died in Auckland new Zealand,.  He'd spent many years in NZ becoming a successful mineral water manufacturer.  He was a native of Leverstock Green and brother of William Sears (age indecipherable) [Gazette 23rd April 1927]
http://www.lgchronicle.net/1927.html   (1863 words)

  
 Whiskey Bar: The More Things Change . . .
April 22, 1927: The Great Flood overruns Greenville, Mississippi.
For 60 miles to the east and 90 miles to the south of the Mounds Landing break, the Delta becomes a turbulent,...
http://billmon.org/archives/002123.html   (469 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : History : World Series History
1927 - New York Yankees (4) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (0)
Notes: For the first time, an AL team swept an NL team...
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1927   (356 words)

  
 » Metropolis (1927)
The film is set in the year 2026, in the extraordinary Gothic skyscrapers of a corporate city-state, the Metropolis of the title.
Society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of workers who live underground toiling to sustain the lives of the privileged.
It’s from 1927 and it’s German, so you will most likely feel as if you’re seeing something from another planet.
http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=148   (1066 words)

  
 JSTOR: The Economic History Review
It has been published since 1927 and is one of the world's leading journals in the field.
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00130117.html   (229 words)

  
 AT&T: AT&T Labs: AT&T Labs - Innovation - Technology Timeline - Transatlantic Phone Service
A year later, they held the first two-way conversation with a ship at sea, and in 1926, the first two-way conversation across the Atlantic.
Over the next several years, service spread throughout North America and Europe.
On January 7, 1927, commercial telephone service (using radio) began between New York and London.
http://www.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/27atlan.html   (175 words)

  
 LaSalle history 1927-40
Formally introduced on March 5, 1927, the LaSalle was priced at $2685 in base four-door sedan form, exactly $100 higher than the equivalent Fifth Series Packard.
Hoods and cowls were finished in darker hues than the rest of the body, while "cheat" lines (at the bottom of the pillars) and unusual belt molding effects served to accentuate the car's compactness.
Its "clamshell" fenders were long and sweeping, its silhouette was low, its radiator -- after the fashion of the fabled "Hisso" was tall and relatively narrow.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/cadillac/lasalle/lasalle.htm   (4512 words)

  
 Information Please: 1927
Dancer Isadora Duncan dies when her scarf gets caught in the wheel of a moving car.
Chemistry: In 1928, the 1927 prize was awarded to Heinrich Wieland (Germany), for investigations of bile acids and kindred substances
Physics: Arthur H. Compton (US), for discovery of Compton phenomenon; and Charles T. Wilson (UK), for method of perceiving paths taken by electrically charged particles
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1927.html   (248 words)

  
 Henry Ford Invents a Jewish Conspiracy
His anti-Semitism reduced him in 1927, for one of the few times in his life, to the position of acknowledging error and asking publicly for forgiveness.
He opposed various symbols of social and cultural change around him, including Hollywood movies, out-of-home childcare, government regulation of business, Eastern European immigration and new styles in dress and music.
In an age that celebrated industrial heroes, Ford was a true giant.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/ford1.html   (929 words)

  
 Brookings Institution History
In 1922 and 1924, one of IGR's backers, Robert Somers Brookings (1850-1932), established two supporting sister organizations: the Institute of Economics and a graduate school bearing his name.
In 1927, the three groups merged to form the Brookings Institution, honoring the businessman from St. Louis whose leadership shaped the earlier organizations.
IGR and Institute of Economics merge to form the Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/lib/history_hp.htm   (146 words)

  
 1927
In 1927, he brought the crashing, clanging show to New York City's Carnegie Hall.
But in the popular press, he would never live down the disaster of 1927.
It was the musical event of the season, and Antheil, all of 26 years old, was ready to take Manhattan by storm.
http://www.capitalcentury.com/1927.html   (1486 words)

  
 1927 St. Louis Browns Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Baltimore Orioles > 1927 Statistics / Schedule and Splits / Transactions
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1927.shtml   (187 words)

  
 TheFA.com - Classic Cup Finals: 1927
The Welshmen's victory is still the only time that a team outside of England has carried away the famous trophy...
TheFA.com continues to look back on classic FA Cup Finals of the past, today looking at Cardiff City's win over Arsenal back in 1927.
http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/History/Postings/2003/11/47802.htm   (293 words)

  
 On "The Journey of the Magi"
'Journey of the Magi', written in 1927, contains not only material quoted in Eliot's 1926 survey, 'Lancelot Andrewes', and recollections from Eliot's own life (some of which he catalogued when reminiscing in The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism).
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/magi.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Map of Alturas, 1927, Florida
Prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and the Florida State Geological Survey.
Detail view from a soil map of Polk County (Western Sheet) Florida.
Home > Maps > Polk City and Local > Alturas, 1927
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/local/polk/Alturas.htm   (79 words)

  
 Obit: Ohlinger, Geraldine (1927 - 1927)
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the Catholic Church, Rev. Lachnit officiating, and interment made in the Colby, Wis.
Bert Ohlinger, passed away at their home last Wednesday, March 2, 1927, following a short illness.
--------- Ohlinger, Geraldine (JAN 1927 - 2 MAR 1927)
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/webbbs/records/index.cgi?read=7534   (105 words)

  
 Taix French - French country cuisine since 1927
Taix French - French country cuisine since 1927
http://www.taixfrench.com   (8 words)

  
 Early Nazi Posters
I think this dates to 1927, when Hitler was prohibited from speaking in most of Germany.
The Nazi book I take it from claims that it was previously unpublished.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm   (1911 words)

  
 US Catalog of Copyright Entries (Renewals) - 1927 Books: HIJ
This page contains all the renewals of US copyright for A-class literary works (ie, books), but omitting laws, law reports & digests, instruction manuals, parts lists, instruction papers, maps, forms & patterns, that were copyrighted on first US publication in 1927.
US Catalog of Copyright Entries (Renewals) - 1927 Books: HIJ
NK - Next of Kin of the author
http://www.ibiblio.org/ccer/1927a4.htm   (1172 words)

  
 nineteen27.com
Central Coast & Sydney 1927 shows (With Jack Jones from Southern Sons) this weekend!
1927 official website Eric Weideman 1927 Erik Weideman 1927 1927 tour dates 1927 1927 the band nineteen27 1927 gig dates 1927 gigs official website 1927 eric weideman 1927 band If I Could 1927 If I Could Idol If I Could
The show will be held at Overflow Park, at Sydney Olympic Park Homebush (free entry).
http://www.nineteen27.com   (156 words)

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