Duel Leaves Argentine Minister Wounded in Sabers
Dr Thomas Le Breton former Argentine ambassador to Washington was slightly wounded in a duel with sabers in Buenos Aires. Deputy Molinari had challenged him over a newspaper article the doctor found offensive. Le Breton resigned as minister of agriculture to fight.
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Washington
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Uncle Sam Needs Him John Washington’s Quiet Retirement
John Washington of Washington DC works for the government and has just turned seventy, making him eligible for a pension. Yet his secret: he develops flexible postage stamp cancelers used by the United States government keeps him in service.
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John Washington
Washington, D. C
United States
Sam
Swiss Landslide Hits Someo Village in Val Maggia
Weeks of continual rainfall in Switzerland triggered a massive landslide at Someo in the Val Maggia near Locarno, Canton Ticino. Large rocks mud and water cascaded from 2 500 feet above, inflicting loss of life and severe property damage.
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Switzerland
Someo
Val Maggia
Loccarno
Cahton Tessin
Model Town Plan Proposed by Irvington Recluse
Mrs. Elizabeth Ollefar, eighty five and a longtime Irvington resident, appeared before townspeople and commissioners with a plan to build a street through her 100 acre Irvington center holdings as part of a model town project to serve as an object lesson to the town.
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Elizabeth Oliefar
Irvington
N. J
Ollefar
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