Arthur Saxon Sets Weight Lifting World Records in Madison Square Garden
In a Ringling Brothers private performance at Madison Square Garden Arthur Saxon, eldest of the Saxon brothers, lifted a 31 pound bell bar with one hand, surpassing a world record widely regarded since the 1880s. The feat occurred amid other extraordinary strength displays before city experts.
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New York
Men of Mighty Muscle
Madison Square Garden
Saxon Brothers
Ringling Brothers
Arthur Saxon
Louis Cyr
Belgium Horse Breeding Shows Strong Progress and Trade
Consul H Albert Johnson reports Belgiums horse breeding expanding with government support and large fairs attracting foreigners, especially Germans, who buy tens of thousands of horses yearly. Imports mainly from England France and Holland favor slaughter houses light draft and saddle horses. Belgian horses divide into Flemish and Ardennes varieties with ongoing improvements and high value stallions kept by breeders.
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H. Albert Johnson
Liege
Belgium
England
France
Holland
Germany
United States
Ardennes
Flanders
Hainaut
Hesbaye
Namur
Condroz
Vincennes Exposition
European Bank Gold Stocks Rise Sharply
European banks hold substantially more gold than a year ago with total gains near 300 million dollars. The Bank of France accounts for about 140 million dollars of the increase.
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Bank of France
American Actress to Wed French Baron in Paris Union
The Springfield Union notes American actress Ethel Levy engaged to Baron Roberts de la Boullierie. The baron, best man at the late Duc de Chaulnes wedding, inherits two chateaux on his father’s death. Levy, lauded on the Paris stage, recently wrapped a seven week London engagement.
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Springfield Union
Paris
Baron Roberts de la Boullierie
Duc de Chaulnes
New York
France
America
Comte de la Boullierie
Ethel Levy
Miss Levy
Lonedon
The Buzzy Fly and Youth Growth Observations
The Kansas City Times quotes a verse about the buzzy fly improving each minute and performing before screens. It notes a saying that boys grow fastest in their seventeenth year and girls in their fifteenth year.
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Kansas City Times
Doings in the World of Fashion in Baby Coats and Materials
Fine lingerie models appear smart yet impractical for babies with sheer coats and delicate hand embroidery. Coats in tub fabrics, pique, and silks feature lace, embroidery, and scalloped edges. Options include Torys of shantung and pongee, Bengeline silks, and corded wools with varied trims, all aimed at laundering and childlike charm.
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Phoebe A. Reed
Cute gowns for the little flower girls wedding party
The frocks are made of fine lingerie material with lace trim. Rea Valenciennes decorates the smaller dress while the larger features a dotted mull fichu tied to a ribbon rosette. An Irish lace collar tops the neck and a lace band frames the skirt. Both hats are fine leghorn with pink satin ribbons.
Exterminate Moths With Heated Shovel and Fumes
A former method describes heating a shovel until red hot and using it in a tin pan with vinegar to fumigate a closet. Steam penetrates cracks to kill moths and requires emptying and refreshing trunks and drawers before fumigation for best effect. Agricultural associations push new farming appliances. A southern cook shares navy bean parboiling then baking with a pork roast, yielding beans and sweet potatoes cooked together.
Transmission lines upgrade to higher voltages announced
Report notes that maximum tension for transmission lines has risen from 60 000 volts to 72 000 volts. A 30 000 volt line at 134 percent miles is under construction and another line designed for 100 000 volts has been built.
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Iowa
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Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
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Oxfords
Canier Brothers & Herman
Story County
Nevada
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U.S
Haverly
Frank Maverly
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Ames Savings Bank
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