Climb to Grayback Peak With Four Adventurers
A bright morning trek follows the Tall Girl, Book Girl, Ordinary Girl, and a man with burros toward Grayback. They pass Yucaipa and San Bernardino ranges, reach Bluejay canyon, climb past pines to timber line, and endure a cold moonlit summit sunrise with desert views.
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Epami Bondas
Fritz
Jerusalem
Epaminondas
Yucaipa
San Bernardino Ranges
Vivian
Min Creek
Bluejay Canyon
Buckthorn
Manzanita
Old Baldy
Grayback
San Jacinto
Viley
Varying views of beauty in Venus of Milo debate
The New York World surveys a London controversy between gymnasium experts who measure women for gymnastic suitability and artists who model Venus figures. Sir James Linton argues modern women are degenerate from art forms, criticizing corsets and shoes for warping grace, while gymnasiums claim precise measurements reflect ideal beauty.
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London
James Linton
Milo
New York World
Dialogue on a Prima Donna Life and Its Rhythm
A courtly debate contrasts a glamorous prima donna life with a quieter singing career. One speaker argues success equals excitement while the other calls it a sing-song routine.
Georgia Baraca Convention Planned in Athens May 9 to 11
The Georgia Baraca Association announces a statewide convention in Athens from May 9 to 11. About 500 young men are expected, with officers led by President J. A. Jackson and a full program featuring receptions, entertainment, devotional services, reports, and a Sunday sermon by Rev. R. E. Neighbour. Local committee headed by E. P. Clark coordinates events and music with Baraca-Philathea Union involvement in Athens fields and university leaders contributing addresses and readings.
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Georgia
Baracas
Athens
Georgia Baraca Association
J. A. Jackson
Mittee
E. P. Clark
Messrs. Campbell
Cowan
Athens Baraca-Philathea Union
Earnest Finch
Augusta
John YT. Fitcher
Columbus
S. R. England
Butler
True
J. M. Pound
J. M. Long
Cartersville
Magnificat and Voices at First Presbyterian Service
A service featuring Male Quartet The Rosary with Griffth Magill Paine Von der Lieth plus Walters' Orchestra. Solo Tell Me About the Master by Dr. E W Clark of Augusta. Anthem Magnificat by West Choir First Presbyterian Church. Solo Bend Thou My Will to Thine by Mrs Griffeth with Walter's Orchestra. Introductory Address Rev C C Jarrell. Address Winning Them One by One by Marshall A Hudson Syracuse Founder of Baraca Movement and President of World-Wide Baraca Philathea Union. Doxology.
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L. T. Weldon
Mr. Butler
KR. L. Henry
Augusta
Glenn Allen
D. J. Fant
Atlanta
Julia McArthur
I. W. Richardson
Marshall A. Hudson
Syrac N
the Sentinel
Mr. Charles Neighbour
M. L. Davis
Christ
Daisy A. Dunlap
Essie May
Clary
Jesus
Mell Brothers
Charles H. Butler
J. W. Lynch
R. E. Neighbour
Syracuse
N. Y
Baraca-Philathea Union
the Rosary
Messrs
F. E. Griffth
E. B. Magill
E. C. Paine
C. A. von der Lieth
Walters’ Orchestra
E. W. Clark
West
First Presbyterian Church
F. E. Griffeth
Walter
C. C. Jarrell
Paint Put On Think of Paint Put On Not By the Gallon
A historic advertisement describes valuing paint by coverage rather than gallon price. It argues one paint goes twice as far as another, and a good paint lasts longer. It cites Devoe as superior and promotes Talmage Hardware as the seller.
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Devoe
Talmage Hardware
Fires Kept Many Years Across Distant Lands
The oldest fire claimed in Siam near Baykoh burns for over five centuries in a Buddhist temple with a new flame lit every four years and an old brand kept. Similar ancient flames appear in Sicily linking vendetta to vengeance, in Palermo a murderer claimed thirty years, Laplanders report a fifteen year bucket fire, and Persian sites in Sarahad preserve a century long flame for the grand vizier’s service. An ad promotes Chamberlain's FFirst for rheumatism with dealer sales.
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Baykoh
Siam
Sicily
Palermo
Sarahad
Persia
Spring Rheumatism Relief Promises Quick Rub
Do not be surprised by rheumatism this spring and rub the affected part freely with Chamberlain's Liniment. relief is promised as the ailment disappears quickly. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Noted Men Who Saw Ghosts in Historical Anecdotes
Goethe claimed an exact counterpart approached him. Pope described an arm through a wall and questioned its owner. Byrom noted spectral visits from an illusion. Johnson heard a mother call his name from another city. Swendenborg believed he spoke with the dead. Loyola saw the Virgin during siege wounds. Reynolds mistook lamps for trees and people for bushes. Cromwell saw a giant woman foretelling greatness. Ben Jonson watched a dreamlike spectacle around his chair. Cellini faced self destruction deterred by a beautiful woman apparition. Napoleon spoke of a guiding star omen seen at great events.
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Goethe
Pope
Byrom
Dr. Johnson
Emanuel Swendenborg
Loyola
Pampeluna
Supriae
Benvenuto Cellini
Rome
Napoleon
Wears Wife's Ashes in Ring in Ingenious Disposal Story
A London man reportedly extracted iron from his cremated wife's ashes and wore it as a ring gemstone, citing a chemist who notes iron amounts in humans are minute and vary with health. The London Cremation Company cites a case of a wife keeping her husband's ashes, and discusses ashes compressed into tablets with inscriptions as cremation practice grows.
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London
London Cremation Company
Cathedral Mosque Ruin Reveals Captives Column
Among European cathedral cities Cordova in Spain stands out for its history as a Moorish capital. Its great cathedral began as a mosque in 770, and the interior view features the famed captives' column.
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Europe
Cordova
Spain
Greatest of house-hunters hermit crab shells
F Martin Duncan at the Royal Photographic Society exhibit argued the hermit crab is the greatest house hunter. In an aquarium experiment with two whelk shells the crabs continually swapped shells, fighting when only two shells were present, the victor occupying the other’s shell and then seeking a new one soon after.
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Royal Photographic Society
F. Martin Duncan
Woman Loses Life Savings to Bleached Bucket Accident
Mrs Gruesky in Stockton California sobs as she tries to recover $1200 kept in a paper bundle. A child dropped the bag into a bucket of chloride of lime, soaking the money two days before it was found and returned to her at the bank window.
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Stockton
Cal
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Beaumont and
Banning
Baldy
Mt. Wilson
Pacific
Reg
Gymnasium
G. H. Baldowski, Jr
J. J. West
Albany
R. C. Campbell
C. Lee Gowan
C. N. Weatherly
A. S. Rowland
P. Clark
M. M. Stephenson
H. Butler
H. J. Rowe
David (. Barrow
H. T. MelIntosh
J. A Jackson
Macon
G. H. Baldowski
E. L. Hill
Chas. H. Butler
A. B. Caldwell
T. C. Quarles
J. W. Bailey
Arnhem
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Baraca
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