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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
6
The article notes about 125 000 people living on Kilimanjaro slopes, among tribes such as the Charea using irrigation to grow bananas and sweet potatoes. Explorers describe intelligent natives and show elephants in the dense forests, with water from the rainforest feeding streams and springs.
A vintage puzzle item presents several WORD SQUARE prompts including clues on residence, sign of event, repair and finishes. Additional squares cover terms for Indian coin think collie, highest male yaleo, soothsayers and dislike for dull notes.
Four preachers from Cincinnati Muskogee Atlanta and Washington Dc winners of Madam C J Walker company travel prize have sailed from New York for a two continent itinerary. They will visit France Switzerland Italy Egypt Palestine London and return to Paris before heading home via London and Paris. The trip emphasizes cultural and religious study with highlights at Versailles Montmartre Pyramids the Holy Land and major museums and landmarks.
Kilimanjaro rises alone from the equatorial plains to 19 819 feet with a heat scorched wind swept cap. The article notes its stature versus Everest and Mt Whitney, its proximity to Mt Kenya, and local legends of a silver peak. It describes environmental zones from alpine snow to rainforest and a wildlife rich highland belt.
Bluefield district outlines plans for the annual district meeting to be held in spring. In attendance were Mrs Mane Pearls president Mrs Katherine B Howard stewardship secretary and Mrs Fannie Melnight secretary of Literature. The president visited Freeman Methodist church last night in support of the work.
New York readers learn that the Intercollegiate Rowing Association moves the varsity race to four miles for 1925, the first time since 1916. The June 22 regatta on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie gains invites for Washington, California, Wisconsin, Naval Academy and Princeton. Columbia supports four miles. Cornell clings to three. Maxwell Stevenson of Columbia chairs the stewards as the change passes 3 to 1.
A melodrama set in the outdoors features wind rain forest and a flood threat. A lone brave man rides logs to save a luckless town risking his life in the dramatic torrent.
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