Ida Lewis Lime Rock Light Keeper Heroic Life
Ida M. Lewis keeper of Lime Rock Light Narragansett Bay saved 18 lives in six decades at sea. She first took her late father’s post, then guided mariners through storms from a white House on the rock. Her famed 1863 rescue began with a girl’s dash in freezing surf. Congress medals and Carnegie honors followed. she hosted presidents and generals at Lime Rock.
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New York
Ida M. Lewis
Lime Rock
Narragansett Bay
Narragansett
White House
Lime Rock Light
Ida Lewis
America
Ida
Congress
Carnegie Hero Fund
Massachusetts Humane Society
Oddest Southern California paper prints without letter S
The Saw telle Sentinel appears with no letter S except in ads and some leading articles. Editor Henry Schultz explains a thief stole all its etheth forcing readers to read articles spelled in this odd style.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Sawtelle Sentinel
Henry Schultz
Anti Swearing Society Formed in Bridgeport Ohio
An Anti-Swearing Society has been organized in Bridgeport with twenty members and plans to triple the count. Each member pays one cent for every oath used, to be donated for winter lunches banquets.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Samuela Yucca of Texas: A Desert Oddity
The Samuela or Sierra Blanca yucca of southwestern Texas grows 10 to 20 feet tall in a straight columnar form. Its top bears many dark-green tapering leaves, with old leaves dying and forming a sheath around the trunk. Though lacking notable economic value, fibrous leaves are used by Indians for basket weaving and mats.
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Houston
Texas
Stockman Lives in Four States Across the West
Chicago dispatches report Fred Terron a stockman who cannot name his home state. His ranch spans Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico. He moves daily between states while his house sits at the boundary where the four states meet.
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Chicago
Fred Terron
Stockman
Terron
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Are Making Europe Rich
Washington reports that about 290000 Americans went abroad in the last fiscal year spending around 200 million dollars on Atlantic passages hotel bills rail transport and amusements. Of the total 220000 were in first and second cabins with an average expenditure of 800 dollars. the rest were steerage.
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Washington
Atlantic
John Ball Osborne
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
France
Paris
Osborne
Discharging a Cook Baffles Chicago Police
Clara Kippe, a cook in Dr. Edwin J. Kuh’s residence at 4330 Drexel avenue, refuses dismissal. Police fail to discharge her after a daylong effort. she declares she will fire herself. The doctor and officers withdraw as night falls. She warns, then sends for more help, and finally ends the scene with “I fire myself.” Later, a separate note reports rattlesnakes near a marriage in South Dakota as Charles Pringle is saved by Mary Clark.
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Chicago
Clara Kippe
Edwin J. Kuh
Drexel Avenue
Kuh
Clara
Dr. Kuh
Misa Kippe
Miss Kippe
John Gossard
Pearl
Charles Pringle
Mary Clark
Mary
Charles
Sacred Siamese cat with emperor soul stolen in Boston
A sacred Siamese cat believed to house the soul of a departed Siamese emperor has been stolen from owner Misa Florzel Silverado at 24 Somerset Street. The gift from Prince Djamabranji of Siam, Bangkok, is valued as a royal religious object, with strong vows against harming the animal.
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Boston
Misa Florzel Silverado
Somerset Street
Mise Silverado
Djamabranji
Siam
Bangkok
Woman Receives Papers to Change Name Before Marriage
In Terre Haute Indiana Misa Katherine Otta ror dem gentschenfelde twenty three year old expressed pleasure at obtaining papers to change her name. She will wed Louis Kalen a farmer, marking a new identity before marriage.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Misa Katherine Ottaror Dem Gentschenfelde
Louis Kalen
Sandals for Women Urged by Berlin Doctor
Berlin physician Dr Franz Bergman touring the United States warns American women wear too small shoes. He claims high heels and pointed fronts crowd and deform toes and says sandals are needed to preserve future foot health. He foresees toes shriveling if current styles persist.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Franz Bergman
Berlin
United States
America
Woman Climbs Himalayan Glaciers First On Rose Glacier
Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman reports from Camp on September 25 details of her Himalayan expedition. She highlights crossing the Saltoro pass at 18 300 feet on August 19 and a three week visit to the Rose glacier described as Asia’s largest. The party ascended to 21 000 feet, faced a monsoon and snow, and left eight cairns on the Saichen. Workman is the first woman to reach the Rose glacier, noting extensive glaciological and geographical findings remain to be explored.
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Paris
Fanny Bullock Workman
Sharkle
Nubia
Saltoro
Longstaff
Salchen
Baltistan
Workman
Men Learn to Cook at Utah College Prominent Men Enroll
Domestic science classes at Utah Agricultural College are no longer sacred to women. Harley Greaves and John Short, notable college figures, have enrolled. They plan to homestead 220 acres of desert land each and refuse to starve while pursuing it.
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Logan
Utah
Utah Agricultural College
Harley Greaves
John Short
Greaves
Five Cent Tip Spurned by European Hotel Visitor
In a St Regis lobby scene a tall European man from Harape enters via revolving doors and, after a loud glass rattle, asks a guard about a sound heard outside. He pays the taxi fare with a nickel to the chauffeur, who throws it at the glass door. The European laments thoughtlessness and praises the chauffeur as a gentleman. Police whistles are to be supplied to streetcar workers to summon police when needed.
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New York
St. Regia
Europe
Harape
St. Regis
Practical Fashions Child's Coat Pattern 5586
Reversible fabrics Tweed storif serge and cravenetta suit a double breasted child's coat. Features include a yoke facing, back box pleat and torn back cuff. Sizes 2 to years. Medium uses 1½ yards 50 inch material and ½ yard 24 inch satin trim. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
New skirt pattern and fabric ideas in 5548
The item presents a skirt with a deep flounce and trimming placed at the side seams and center back. Suitable fabrics include chiffon broadcloth serge cheviot satin and similar. Pattern 5548 covers waist 22 to 30 inches. 8 yards of 60 inch material needed for medium size. send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and number.
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New Orleans
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