Wealthy Matron Shapes Roslyn Schools Civic Life
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, elected Roslyn school trustee, launches a bold program to improve public schools. She funds a bazaar that raises thousands, equips a hospital ambulance, and donates a fire engine, while engaging children and parents to build support for an bond issue to modernize classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence MacKay
Harbor Hill
Em ‘Ness
Mackay
Katherine
Bianca
New York
Roslyn
No Royal Road to Success in Fierce Competition
Hon Paul Morton former Navy secretary and current head of Equitable Life argues that early life efforts determine success. He says there is no easy path and that integrity brains and sustained energy are essential. He emphasizes daily dedication over merely clocking hours in any field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Morton
Navy
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Brilliant corona spectacle during sun eclipse and its mysteries
The article describes the vivid corona and prominences seen as the sun is eclipsed, noting crimson flames and silvery streamers rising from sunspots. It explains theories of corona formation, the unknown composition, and hopes that recent observations may resolve the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deserts
American Girls Abroad as Men Women
The Contemporary Review of London criticizes American women who marry into British aristocracy. It states over seventy titled women have no children, with only one having a large family. The piece says many see themselves as more than women, becoming men women and opposing men in intellect and society, leading to disappointment and ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Sterling
Kitty Duer
Clarence H. Mackay
Mackay
West
Mackay, Fair, Flood
O’brien
Comstock
California
New York
Gabrielle
Roslyn
William Cullen Bryant
Hempstead
Long Island
Review of
London
United States
Vast Russia and Japan Compared in Ethnography and Population
The article surveys the Russian Empire with 125.6 million people led by 84 million Russians and 5 million Jews, noting illiteracy and religious diversity. It contrasts Japanese density, farming society, and growth to 1903, highlighting Nippon’s mountainous terrain, farm output, and devotion to country as shaping national character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Empire
Iyzantium
Japan
Formosa
Japanese Empire
Kinai
Kobe
Osaka
Korea
Fouy
Nippon
Ohio
North Pole quests and the Andree balloon venture in Arctic exploration
The article recalls global rivalries in polar discovery led by the United States and European nations. It highlights S A Andree and two companions launching from Danes Island on July 11, 1897, in a balloon to reach the North Pole, their shipboard preparations, the delayed start, and the balloon’s ascent before vanishing from sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F E. Peary
Roosevelt
Arctic
North Pole
United States
Great Britain
Austria-hungary
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Holland
Norway
England
Kaiser Franz Josef Land
Europe
Asia
Atlantic
Pacific
Greenland
Cape Bismarck
Kusela
Ilolland
Barents Sea
Franz Josef Land
Fridtjof Nansen
A. Andree
Danes’ Island
Andree
Amatea
Dane's Island
Polar Cap
Peary
Death of Great Scientist Bell Spurs Public Interest
The death of Alexander Melville Bell prompts renewed attention to the Bel family work in speech and phonetics. Alexander Graham Bell, his son, advanced the telephone after his father’s innovations, while the Volta prize funded early efforts. The article also recounts expeditions with carrier pigeons and Arctic hopes raveling through a long, uncertain peril.
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Alexander Ueville Bell
Family of Bells
Bel
Inel Alexander Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Bell
Iie
America
Ontario
Canada
Bell
Volta Bureau
Washington
Bureau
France
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Town of
Rosalyn, N. Y
School Board
L. l
Morton
Commander Peary
Frozen North
Prof
KR. EB. Peary
Bell Telephone
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