Retired Grey Lag Returns to Turf and Victory at Aqueduct
Grey Lag, nine years old and four years retired to stud, returned to racing at Aqueduct in New York. The chestnut son of Star Sheet and Minnie led the parade and won by two lengths, underscoring his storied career with twenty two wins in thirty seven starts and a famed Brooklyn Handicap victory.
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Grey la
Aqueduct Track
New York
Grey Lag
Star Sheet
Minnie
Gravesend
Grey
Lord Broom
Sam Hildreth
Rancocas
Hildreth
Grey Lac
Brooklyn
John P. Grier
Exterminator
Leonardo II
Captain Alcock
Ipinard
Pothers Prank McBride Tells Mule Ride Tale
Ocontoy July 16 The Pothers Prank McBride a Lonist canductor on the Hocking Valley line from Logan to Domeroy told a barber shop audience a comic tale linking his mule riding as a boy to a canal boat crew fight. A Oshkosh tourist buying a jews harp triggers the reminiscence and a joke about keeping out of mischief. The piece ends noting Quebec plans to plant 1.6 million saplings this year with growth to 5 million by 1929.
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McBride
Hocking Valley Railroad
Logan
Caid
Ohio Canal
Malone
Covik
Bobbing Tresses Debate Reaches Queen of Sheba Era Echoes
A whimsical study traces hair fashion from ancient legends to modern times, noting how styles from Cleopatra to Marie Antoinette influenced later cuts. It blends historical anecdotes with a nod to contemporary Paris coiffures as women rise in politics and business.
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Queen of Sheba
Sheba
Solomon
Jerusalem
Mme. de Sevigne
Marie Theresa
St. Germain
Paris
Citten
Avalle Thors Waa
New U S SCHOOLS BUILT IN 281 CITIES COSTLY BUILDING BOOM
A government study notes 281 cities with populations above 10,000 erected 724 new schools from 1924 to 1926 at an average $339,519 per building, totaling $245,811,715 for 432 elementary, 165 junior high, and 127 senior high facilities. if undelivered reports existed, 1,880 new schools might have been built nationwide.
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United States
W. S. Dettenbaugh
Bureau of Education
Interior Department
Controversy Over Pentecostalism at Calvary Baptist Church
The Rev. John Roach Straton faces a deacon dispute at Calvary Baptist in New York over Pentecostalism amid a feud involving Uldine Utley, a blond evangelist once mentored by Straton. Deacons accuse rising influence of irregular worship and tongues while Straton denies core Pentecostal claims.
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John Roach Straton
Marian Hale
the Messenger
York
Calvary Baptist Church
Coartline Utley
Calvary Church
Calvary
TM ' Uldine Utley
Andy
Board of Deacons
Uldine
West
W York
Glad Tidings Tabernacle
Aldine Utley
Alda
New York
White Calvary Church
Tabernacle
Tabernacle Band
Dr. Straton
Aimea ' Semple McPherson
Warren Straton
Warren
Mrs. McPherson
Unsung American aviator saves refugees in flooded Louisiana
Major Gordon McCoy of the U S Army Air Service risked his life for two months flying through flooded Louisiana to rescue refugees. He wandered through perils, spending his own money and enduring fatigue, all while avoiding public praise. His steadfast work earned quiet acclaim from local communities.
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Lindberghs
Chamberlins
Byrds
Maitlands
Gordon McCoy
U. S. Army Aid Service
New Orleans
Louisiana
Major McCoy Braved Floods to Save Valley Inhabitants
Memphis based Major McCoy served with the Tennessee national guard piloting rescue flights over flooded valleys. He signaled coast guard boats, evacuated the ill and injured to hospitals, and returned to duty despite danger. His quiet heroism earned no medals, yet honored American aviation in the eyes of local residents.
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Coast Guard
America
Major McCoy
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee National Guard
Chamberlin
Human milk bureaus aid sick babies with donated supply
Dr Morris Fishbein reports on municipal human milk programs expanding to feed ill infants. Detroit operates a bureau with a donor list, milk testing, and a supervisor, paying mothers up to 3500 dollars yearly, charging purchasers 30 cents per ounce, and offering free milk to those unable to pay. Since its start a decade ago it has processed 668347 ounces, suggesting wider adoption in major cities.
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Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health Magazine
Mater
Col
Detroit
Bureau
Buregu
Clock Is Given Away Thieves In Department Are Betrayed by Alarm
DETROIT MICH JULY 16 Into department store two men browsed without buying. An alarm clock clattered from a pocket and one thief blushed. A detective cornered him and arrested him for stealing the clock. He will need a calendar for thirty days.
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Etroit
Mich
Department Store
Adopted babies make homes for foster parents
New York reports a growing trend of adopting children transforming lives of foster parents. Mrs Dana Gibson, head of State Charities Aid, notes foster parents rarely regret the choice, gaining fresh purpose and interest while providing stable homes for hundreds of youngsters.
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York
New York
Chai
Dana Gibson
State Charities Aid Association
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Uldine Utley
Ina
Hocking Valley
Province of
Quebec
U. S
Deacons
Blond Soul Saver
Ntroversy
Rev
Mrrarrn
Georgia
Supreme Kingdom
Major Gordon McCoy
McCoy
Elizabeth
Anna Elza Smith
Mount i Vernon
Capitol
Washington
Schumann Heink
Tine Schumann-Heink
Smith College
Good Housekeeping
Madame Schumann-Heink
Kenoahn
Ijsey
Ernest
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