Festival of Empire Pageant to Open at Crystal Palace
A grand London pageant titled the festival of empire will run from May 24 through June and July at Crystal Palace. Frank Lescelles organizes the production with 15 000 participants, staged in three parts tracing London’s history from Britons to modern times to benefit the King’s Hospital Fund.
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Crystal Palace
London
Frank Lescelles
King’s Hospital Fund
Kent
Surrey
Thames
Larold
Edward III
Cheapside
Thomas A Becket
Wat Tyler
Dick Whittington
Henry V
Merrie England
Bess
Shakespeare
England
Wolfe
Montcalm
Canada
Captain Cook
Napoleon
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Lord Plymouth
Duke of Marlborough
Lord Desborough
Teddy
William
Theodore Roosevelt
Berlin
Caesar
Pearl Harbor Dredging Advances as New Drydock Planned
W F Dillingham arrives in New York to report on Pearl Harbor works. Dredging since 1908 has cleared coral and sand to deepen the harbor with a checkerboard blasting plan. Divers including Martin Lund fight sharks to place powder, while the drydock grows beyond 620 feet to accommodate any battleship of today.
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W. F. Dillingham
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
New York
Honolulu
Washington
Dillingham
Bridge Company
Pacific Coast
Iis
Martin Lund
Lund
Olepan
Hlawaiian
Pearl Iarbor
Lock of Andre Hair and Yale Tankard Found
Yale treasury vaults reveal two relics: a fine dark lock of Major Andre’s hair placed beside a self drawn portrait, and a large Daggett tankard dating 1706 to 1773, kept in the Yale library alongside the portrait.
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Andre
Yale Treasury
Major Andre
Yale
Daggett
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Promises Stomach Liver Wellness
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach weakness and liver laziness, claiming it builds rich red blood and fights disease-bacteria. It promotes two courses of the remedy and asserts a complete ingredient list on the bottle wrapper. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowel regulation.
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Dr. Pierce
de. Pierce
England Debates New Academy Of Literature
In England heated debate surrounds forming an academy of literature. Maurice Hewlett and Douglas Freshfield would select members, a process seen as hard to unite author and reader. The Royal Literary Fund aids struggling writers amid a belief prosperity does not equate merit.
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England
Academy of Literature
Maurice Hewlett
Douglas Freshfield
Zola
Maglaiid
M. Zola
Academy
London
Royal Literary Fund
Royal
Guilors
Fleet Street
JEFFRIES FIGHTS JOHNSON HAZARD EXPECTED HARD BATTLE
Jim Jeffries predicts a brutal duel with Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title saying he must press the action throughout and cannot wait for Johnson to force a fight. He insists he will carry the fight to Johnson from the start despite pressure from fans.
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Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
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