Lake Geneva A Love Letter From The Field
The Field from London recalls Lake Geneva in summer, praising its scenery, color, and tranquil shores. It notes the lake straddles France and Switzerland, with Evian and Montreux on its banks, and laments poor sport fishing though charming views from the Evian hotel balcony linger. Byron and Gibeon are linked to its lore.
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Geneva
Lausanne
Evian
Montreaux
Tahoe
Lake Geneva
London
Farm Boy Is Deteriorating
Minneapolis report cites Dr. L J Cooke saying modern farm machinery makes the country boy physically inferior to city youths. He lists causes including laborsaving devices, hired help reducing duties, riding and operating equipment, lack of systematic physical culture, and absence of athletic rivalry on farms.
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Minneapolis
Minn
L. J. Cooke
University of Minnesota
Young Bandits in Jail Face seven-year training stint
Three fourteen year old boys Raymond Whitmire Raymond Brinkley and Harry Hodkinson were stripped of masks and revolvers and sent to the national training school after pleading minority. Judge Delacy sentenced them in juvenile court for breaking into a store and a private home inspired by penny dreadfuls.
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Washington
National Training School
Raymond Whitmire
Raymond Brinkley
Harry Hodkinson
Paris Plans $49 Million Expansion to Beautify Water and Health
Paris seeks a second installment of an $18 million city loan to fund a vast program for hygiene and reform. Plans allocate $10 million to water supply, $2 million to tuberculosis precautions, $4 million to cleaner roads, $3 million to slaughterhouses, $1 million for hospitals, and $24 million for new and widened streets. The scheme also includes expropriation of slum dwellings to replace them with sanitary housing.
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Paris
Seine
M. Delanney
Delainey
Paria
Greenwich Woman Plans Quick Wedding to Beardsley
Miss Gladys Linstedt, daughter of Dr and Mrs William E Linstedt of Greenwich, returned from New York and announced to her parents that she had married Winthrop C Beardsley of Auburn New York whom she met in Saratoga. The couple wed and left for their honeymoon.
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Greenwich, Conn
Gladys Linstedt
William E. Linstedt
New York
Win
Winthrop C. Beardsley
Auburn
N. Y
Miss Linstedt
Saratoga
Beardsley
Lindstedt
Mrs. Linstedt
Youth Sufferer Dies After Neck Injury at Guide Rock
Harold Million aged 16 of St Joseph Missouri died in St Joseph after five months with a fractured neck and Brights disease. He was injured June 30 at Guide Rock Nebraska diving into shallow Republic River, with initial paralysis later improving before his death.
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St. Joseph
Harold Million
Bright
Guide Rock
Neb
Republic River
Saloniki III Pauls Day and Thessalonica Origins
Saloniki, the city now called Saloniki, has a 2,500 year history. A Christian Herald writer notes its early existence before refounding by Alexander the Great in 315 B C, when he rebuilt it as Thessalonica named after his sister Cassander's wife.
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Saloniki
Christian Herald
Alexander the Great
Mount Olympus
Alexander
Thessalonica
Cassander
Philip of Mace
Thessalonica Named From Victory and City’s Glories
Don named his daughter Thessalonica after hearing of a birth night victory over the Thracians. The essay notes a great harbor city with white houses, a five mile wall, and the Egnatian Way. Arch of Victory commemorates Octavius and Antony’s Philippi triumphs and Paul and Silas are said to have passed its arch. The author recalls visiting Saloniki and reflects on enduring city traits since Paul’s era.
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Don
Thessalonica
Philip
Pers
Acropolis
Octavius
Antony
Brutus
Cassius
Philippi
Caesar
Victory
Paul
Silas
Saloniki
Athens
Open air schools praised by District health chief
Health Officer William C. Woodward reports that open air schools in the District of Columbia produce taller and healthier children. He extols pure air instruction over classroom teaching and notes the government's maintenance of a fish and oyster wharf as the interval insanitary food prep site. Despite concerns, he cites a rapidly falling death rate signaling the district’s improving health.
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Washington
District of Columbia
William C. Woodward
Woodward
United States
Fraternal Lodge Meetings Across Athens in Weekly Gatherings
A compiled notice lists regular Friday Owl's Nest 8:30 p.m. meetings at Clayton Street and invites visiting Owls. Multiple lodges like Williams, Glenn, St Elmo K of P, and Geo Davis Camp W C W hold weekly sessions at Odd Fellows Hall and nearby venues on Clayton and surrounding streets with inviting remarks and officer sign offs.
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R Lodge
Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. M
Mt. Venon Lodge
No. 22
Masonic Hall
Max Joseph Building
Clayton Street
W. A. Capps
W. M
Order of Owls—The
Athens
Owl's Nest
St. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
Rights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Max Joseph
Clayton and
Wall Streets
J. D. Severns
C. C. T. H. Nickerson
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen
Talmage Building
Soversegas
Largest Woman Is Dead in Montreal Weight 780 Pounds
Montreal report says Justin Masson weighed 780 pounds and was reputedly the world's largest woman. She became insane months earlier and was placed in the assistance publique. In a frenzy she used extraordinary strength, tearing at walls, prompting a separate round house to be built for her confinement and a special coffin for burial.
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Montreal
Que
Justin Masson
Assistance Publique
Dives After Failing Man At Mine Shaft Rescue
Dennison Ohio reports an accident where Andy Ronald age 40 followed Harlin Thomas 32 into a mine shaft after Thomas fell. Ronald reached Thomas, pulled him to safety, and both were hoisted from 90 feet down into water and muck. Both men sustained injuries.
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Dennison
Andy Ronald
Harlin Thomas
Ronald
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