Y M C A to Run 1000 Mile Cross Country Relay
The YMCA plans a 1000 mile relay from New York to Chicago with 2000 boys. Runners pass a silver tube containing a message between half mile posts, aided by autos and timekeepers. Officials promise five day finish, nationwide representation, strict eligibility and safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
McClellan
Young Men
New York
Twenty-third Street
Young Men's Christian Association
Busse
Broadway
Mgr. A. A. Jameson
Young Men's Christiana Association
City Hall
Yonkers
M. D. Crackel
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association of
Cleveland
Crackel
Erie
Young Men’s Christian Association
George D. Fisher
International Committee of the
Association
Mr. Fisher
New York - Chicago
YMCA
Heath fads old as Shakespeare era say not new
Boston Herald notes that many modern health fads such as Fletcherism and the one meal a day echo beliefs found in The Breviary of Health by Andrewe Boorde printed in 1487. The piece argues these ideas persist, with Boorde advising abstinence and slow eating, and claims the sole American copy once belonged to a Plymouth County reverend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrewe Boorde
London
Boston
America
Plymouth County
Boston Herald
Millions of Matches Used World Wide Fact Card
Civilized nations burn 3 000 000 matches each minute of every hour. Americans consume about 700 000 000 000 annually. Some plants are vast, one Pacific coast facility spans 240 acres with 32 miles of railroad supplying 200 000 feet daily of sugar pine and yellow pine for the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Frenchman Gave Ari to Attract Sympathy Case
A French patient faked illness to gain care and sympathy. He caused himself potash burns and had an arm amputated to cure an imaginary disease, then confessed under questioning to selfinflicted wounds. Dr Dieulafoy called it a remarkable case of simulated illness with no pleasure from the deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Academy of Medicine
Dieulafoy
Peared
France
Dieulafay
FISH IS HONEST BORROWER
Nathan Rosenstein of St. Paul recounts two lake Bemidji fishing trips. He loses a ten dollar gold piece to a pickerel that swallows the coin and disappears. On a later trip he reels in a huge pickerel that yields the coin along with 58 cents in small change, plus interest on the ten dollar piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Nathan Rosenstein
St. Paul
Bemidji
Rosenstein
Hemidji
Hen Proves Best Comedian in Vineland Farce
In Vineland New Jersey a hen named Biddy belonging to Aunt Sarah from the country caused a farce to derail as it cackled during a solemn scene. The audience roared while an actor attempted to smother the bird with a shawl, but the laughter continued until the hen was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N. J
Washington Club
Sarah
Locked a Week in Freight Car Delirious When Rescued
Chester A. O'Connell a 21 year old Bath Beach man survived seven days locked in a refrigerated freight car without food or water. He endured sleep deprivation thirst and fear as the train wandered from Jacksonville to Jersey City before rescue at Lincoln Hospital Bronx. Doctors say his typhoid fever is less dangerous than the ordeal and he plans to return to Bath Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln Hospital
Bronx
Chester A. O'Connell
Bath Beach
O'Connell
Stafic
Brooklyn
Jacksonville
Fla
Hla Lking
O'Gonnell
Jersey City
Hudson River
Athletes to Fore: Need For Wholesome Recreation
Opinion argues athletics provide healthy recreation for workers and youth, despite flaws like volatility and gambling ties. It urges broader participation, balance with other amusements, and emphasizes athletic sports as essential for national well being and personal development.
To Smoke Or Not to Smoke That Is the Question
An clipping argues that tobacco in moderate doses may be beneficial and not harmful. It cites physicians and thinkers, notes variability in response, and lists claimed physiological effects of smoking while warning against excess. It mentions historical figures as examples of smokers and concludes healthy men can smoke moderately.
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John H. Griscom
John Fiske
Parr
Hobbes
Bismarck
Carlyle
Thackeray
Ennyson
Paley
Zola
Guizot
Cromwell
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Tholsand
Ari
Hugo Pickerel
Free Traveler
Florida
Western
Europe
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