American Millionaire Exhibits Horses Ahead of Olympia Show
Walter Winans, a noted American sportsman, hosted a private preview of his Surrender Park horses for friends at Kent. The display included hackney crossovers, a Russian troika, and top jumpers like Gray Hawk, with 2:25 mile times in double harness and a fire-wall jump to close the program.
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Walter Winans
London
America
Olympia
Howard Frank
United States
Surrender Park
Kent
Mr. Winans
Barney F
Fide Stanton
Little Tobe
Topsy
Mamie H
Mirza
Rip
Bonny View
Rainstorm
Gray Hawk
Cooking an Art Says Wiley
Dr. Wiley head of the agriculture department chemistry bureau told a Harvard club reunion in Chicago that cooking is an art not drudgery. He warned against packaged foods for being light or diluted and attacked vegetarians warning a one sided diet harms the body.
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Chicago
Doctor Wiley
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Harvard Club
Wiley
Speech Comes Back Berks County’s Oldest Man Invites Awe
Amos DeHart of Alsace township Berks county born August 1 1813 is described as a veteran craftsman farmer and millwright who regained his speech after five years of total muteness. He married Mary Lease sixty seven years ago and twelve children born to them survive four generations live under one roof amid Berks county’s strong family ties.
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Reading
Ailsace Township
Berks County
Amos DeHart
DeHart
Mr. DeHart
Stonersville
John DeHart
Alsace Township
Amos
Schuykill Canal
Mary Lease
Illinois
California
Berks
Aviator Insurance Beckons as Air Travel Grows
London insurers move to cover aviators with new aerial policies while existing free policies omit air journey risks. Lloyds handles varied aviation risks at about 15 percent, as other firms renew with explicit exclusions. The tariff conference will likely debate premiums on death and accident policies.
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London
Lloyd’s
Conference of “Tariff” Companies
Hen defies roosters in Prospect Park asserting equal rights
A Prospect Park hen owned by Mrs. T J Bailey has demonstrated dominance over male fowl in the borough. She has fought every rooster, delivering powerful blows with bill and wings, and one rooster died from injuries in the clashes, highlighting her queenly power.
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Prospect Park
T. J. Bailey
Girls and misdirected throws lead to unintended targets
The quip notes that girls who cannot throw straight may strike a different target when attempting to throw at a person. The line implies humor about aim and female behavior in social interactions.
Remarkable Career of Margaret McMillan Aided Poor
Margaret McMillan an American in London abandoned wealth to champion poor children's welfare. Her work spans school clinics, medical care, nutrition, and education reform, influencing Parliament and public opinion while expanding health services in Bradford and England.
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Margaret McMillan
England
London
Eng
United States
Miss McMillan
America
Washington
George Lane
Lewisham
Westchester County
New York
Inverness
Scotland
Switzerland
Louise Michel
Mme. Michel
Conlon
Russia
Hyde Park
Margaret
McMillan
Miss MacMillan
Bradford
Yorkshire
Park Lane
Margaret MacMillan
Joseph Fels
Board of Education
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Taft
All Souls
Edward Everett Hale
Yankee Horse
Pennsylvania County
Aviator
Hen
Margaret M’millan
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