Climb for Miss Peck Aims at American Peak Record
Miss Annie S Peck plans a new ascent of Mount Huascaran in Peru with three Swiss guides and one native escort. She expects to surpass the current height record, estimates the peak at 23,000 to 24,000 feet, and will test equipment including a camera and barometer while facing high altitude dangers.
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Annie
Peek
Mountain Searer
Clarendon Hotel
New York
Mount Huascaran
Pett
Switserland
Miss’ Peck
Aiilde
Miss Peck
Hunscardi
Peru
Huascaran
Mies Peck
Colon
New York City
Black Range
Yungay
Hunscaran
W. W. Graham
Bimalayas
Misa Peck
Washington
Sage gifts flower plantation for Central Park
Mrs Russell Sage plans a mile long rhododendron bed in Central Park known as the Sage plantation. The project, costing at least $50,000, will brighten the east drive area with thousands of plants, largely American with more than 6,000 imported from Belgium, and aims to be the finest of its kind.
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Central Park
New York
Mra
Russell Sage
Sage Plantation
Belgium
Smith
Lee
World's Biggest Clock in Jersey City Presses 3 O Clock
Mayor H Otto Wittpenn lights the huge timepiece atop a Jersey City factory at 3 PM, claiming the world’s largest clock. The dial spans 88 feet with a 1134 square foot face, minute hand 20 feet long, and clock weight near six tons. Incandescent lighting outlines numerals and minute marks.
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Jersey City
H. Otto Wittpenn
Parliament Buildings
London
United States
Philadelphia
Aerial Trips for Health in Future Medicine
Maryland Medical Journal editor foresees aerial voyages as therapy for humanity. He predicts air ships will reshape medicine with upper air routes becoming germ free and ozone rich, turning every farmhouse into a seaport and daily life into a new era of aerial therapy.
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Maryland
Maryland Medical Journal
Willing to Be Wooed Leap Year Suitor Seeks Proposals
Toronto man James D. Knott vows to honor leap year customs by inviting wealthy Trenton women to propose. He brands himself a man of good character with Ambassador Bryce as reference, and asks Mayor Madden to publicize his request. Proposals should be sent to Suitor care of the mayor, with Knott offering to forward accepted replies.
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Trenton
N. J
James D. Knott
Shuterystreet
Toronto
Maaden
War of Maps and Crow Tricks Highlighted by Newspaper Snippets
A Bolivian map tale recalls Britain’s diplomacy and a reprinted claim that maps erased Bolivia’s coast. Also quoted is a farmer who swore crows avoid a field protected by two crossing strings, while a crow’s cleverness is called a “wise fool.”
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New York
Anital Story For Little Folks The Deceived Dogs
A talking spaniel pug and poodle claim to be the mistress’s favorite sparring over affection while a listening boy Willie reads. The mother then gently ends their quarrel by lifting the dogs from her lap and sending them to the floor. The scene shifts to a Navy Pearl Harbor dock plan debated by officers and analysts as the choice of a durable 900 foot structure costing about 10.9 million dollars with coaling storage and repair facilities.
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Willie
Hits
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hawaiian
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Ata
Pearl Harbor Station
Doctor Reproves Husband for Indoor Habit
A doctor tells a man his husband is greatly in need of exercise and urges him to get out more. The wife protests claiming he has been out every night that week. Realizing his misstep, the doctor leaves a prescription and plans to call again.
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England
Frank Roberson
Peopté
Bolivia
Britain
Great Britain
Indianapolis News
St. Louis Republic
Kansas plans per diem wage for needy child workers
Kansas commissioner WL A Johnson proposes a state funded per diem wage for needy children aged ten to fourteen. The plan aims to allow continued schooling while giving youths a basic income to support themselves without forced labor.
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Kansas
WL. A. Johnson
Kansan
Saya
Johnson
Inclus
Topeka Kan
Johnson Suggests Per Diem Plan At Kansas Clubs
Mr Johnson proposes a per diem method during a talk before the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs in Manhattan Kansas. He argues the state could fund such a plan and that reducing the cost to support delinquent school children might cover the expense. He emphasizes insistence on this reform.
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Johnson
Kansas’ Federation of Women's Chibs
Manhattan
Kew
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