Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Le Funi - July 19, 1925

Small and Big Facts of the WeekLe Funi 1925 07 19 Big and Small Facts of the Week

- Another earthquake has occurred in Japan.
- A German discovers a way to make gold.
- In Rotterdam, the police seize thirty-four crates of morphine bound for the United States.
- The President of the Republic inaugurates the Cité Universitaire on Boulevard Jourdan.
- A former clerk is arrested in Paris for forgery and use of forgery.
- At the Decorative Arts Exhibition, the transportation class is inaugurated.
- The centenary of the invention of Braille is celebrated.
- The Sarah Bernhardt Theater is granted to Messrs. Isola.
- Boxer Edouard Mascart returns from America.
- The Ruggieri fireworks factory is partially destroyed by fire.
- The popular Tramel is the victim of a car accident; but he only suffers minor bruises.

- 200,000 francs in damages awarded to actress Denise Hébert, victim of a car collision.
- The cashier at Tavernes Pousset is arrested: he had embezzled 300,000 francs, which he lost entirely at the races.
- The Public Assistance will create an orphanage for 100 Parisian women in Poissy.
- Caillaux is elected senator for Sarthe.
- The Chamber has voted to abolish night work in bakeries.
- The first cadastral map will be established using aerial photography.
- A real fakir will come to exhibit himself in Paris.
- A German, for the eighth time, is sentenced to death.
- Three Soviet planes fly from Moscow to Beijing.
- A man is found hanged in the Bois de Vincennes.
- Billionaire Vanderbilt has had a luxury plane built for himself.
- An old man dies after being stung by bees.

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