Harvard’s Oldest Graduate Henry M. Rogers Remains Active
Henry Munroe Rogers, Harvard’s oldest living graduate, marked his 98th birthday by visiting his law office at 10 Postoffice Square in Boston. He graduated Harvard in 1862, served in the navy the same year, and returned for additional degrees in 1866 and 1867, continuing as the oldest member of the Boston Bar Association.
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Squelch of Blustering Babe a Classic Sports Retort
This reminiscence recalls Babe Ruth clashing with Miller Huggins over Ruth's off field antics and the manager's quiet retort. It threads through turf legends Phar Lap and Phar Lap’s near bullet incident, Princeton eligibility, Hillman’s ring story, and the famed 1920 Kansas versus Iowa State touchdown.
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Harry Hillman
Dartmouth
Lawson Robertson
Penn
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Helen Stephens
Kansas
Iowa State
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Young Montague Named on Coronation Invitation List
Only ten years old, Lord Montague of Beaulieu becomes the youngest peer on the coronation invitation list for King George VI. He inherited the title at age three as his father the second baron passed the title. His mother is the Hon. Mrs. Edward Playdell Bouverie.
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Not in the Box Score Aboard the Sports Roster Web
Not in the box score: SSIE Solem now at Syracuse after long football coaching years at Iowa and Drake, finds mid western candidates larger than the East and notes eastern players are typically older due to prep training. A long feature sketches players and figures from hockey boxing golf and baseball with several named figures and cities.
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Governor weighs state conservation district plan study
Gov. Nels G. Kraschel said he will study provisions of a Roosevelt backed model conservation district law and may submit the proposal to legislative committees soon. Hastings community hall foundation to begin pending weather. the old building was razed by WPA labor and stored materials will be used. Cedar county farmer Herald Eves reports over 3000 four leaf clovers found on his 200 acre Tipton area farm, including eleven six leaf clovers pressed in a book over twenty one years.
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Iowa farmers urged quick action on loans to buy farming gear
The re settlement administration received an Iowa appeal for loans to help breath stricken farmers buy equipment for next spring. Gov Nels Kraschel called the situation critical and urged fast action or many farms may fail. Washington approved two WPA projects in Council Bluffs totaling 26852 for culverts in Harrison county and a new Castana community building replacing an old school. Start times not yet known.
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Stuart installs midwest highway lighting first in region
Stuart dedicates sodium vapor highway lights along Highway No. 6 in a ceremony led by Mayor C. J. Graf. R. E. O'Brien speaks on road safety as the $5,000 system funded from the municipal surplus lights the road with glare-free yellow light.
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