First Bath in 14 Years For Vienna Elephant Mandy
Vienna reports Mandy the elephant born at Schoenbrunn Zoo in 1996 enjoyed her first bath in 14 years after a decree by Emperor Francis Joseph barred bathing. During a public viewing she splashed water into the faces of observers prompting past punishment, but this time the act was overlooked.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Maldy
Schoenbrunn Zoological Garden
Mandy
Austria
Maidy
Eastern E. T. Head Succumbs in West
Spokane dispatch reports Grand Commander Jewett of the Knights Templar from Massachusetts and Rhode Island died this morning in Glacier National Park while en route to the tri annual Knights Templar conclave in Seattle. The private message said Dunbar, a party member, carries the body and the rest proceed to Seattle. Jewett's home was Newton, Massachusetts.
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Spokane
Wash
Jewett
Knights Templar
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Glacier
National Park
M. Dunbar
Seattle
Ship calls in Captain injured at sea near Vineyard Haven
The British schooner C Maud Gaskill reached Vineyard Haven from Grand Manan New Brunswick and landed Captain Jed Hamilton at the Marine hospital. He fell from the gaff of the mizzen mast to the main deck July 4 about a week from port. The schooner will resume voyage once another captain arrives.
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Vineyard Haven
Maus
C. Maud Gaskill
Grand Manan
N. B
Turks Island
Jed Hamilton
Marine Hospital
Hamilton
Rail Club Outing Ends With Dinner At Mt Tom Summit
Seven hundred members of the New England Street Railway club gathered for their annual outing in Holyoke. After luncheon at the Holyoke Canoe club the afternoon featured a sports program followed by dinner and dancing at Mt Tom Summit House.
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Holyoke
Mase
New England Street Railway Club
New England
Life Insurance Agents Outing Prizes Drawn at Farm Black Rock
More than two hundred Prudential agents and executives from Bridgeport Waterbury and Hartford districts gathered for an outing at Farm Black Rock. Morning ball game saw Waterbury defeat Bridgeport while the afternoon contest between Park City underwriters and Hartford went to Hartford. A shore dinner followed with brief speeches by officials including Walter Decker J C Hanley Roland Benjamin J E Makar M J Leonard and E O Rodler. Bridgeport physicians attended and several field events awarded prizes to winners.
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Prudential Life Insurance Company
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Hartford
Black Rock
Park City
Walter 8. Decker
Newark
J. C. Hanley
Roland Benjamin
J. E. Makar
M. J Leonard
New Haven
E. 0. Rodler
Norwich
G. §. Ford
W. M. Currey
Edwin McManus
W. H. Donaldson
Fairfield
Edwin Phelan
Stratford
American labor eyes British union move abroad
Washington July 24 AP The American Federation of Labor will watch with interest Britain’s plan to form a centralizing inter union labor alliance but sees no prospect of such a alliance in the United States. William Green says American unions reject sympathy strikes and keep their own contracts. He cites the British triple alliance idea and notes the coal strike test failed when railway workers did not join.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
Willam Green
Green
Body of Sailor Danis Nolan Returns Home
The body of Danis Nolan, son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Nolan of 378 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport, has likely arrived in San Francisco. Milford Nolan was killed aboard the battleship Colorado on July 7. His brother James, also on the Colorado, will accompany the body to Milford for burial next week. Details from Washington about the death are not yet received.
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Danis Nolan
Patrick Nolan
Noble Avenue
Iidgeport
San Francisco
Annie
Nellie A. Nolan
Guif Street
Milford Nolan
Colorado
James
Daniel
Milford
Nolan
Washington
War Vet Funds Burial For Convict In Marquette
Benjamin Cohn, a World War I veteran, donates $1,025 to the Marquette state prison warden to purchase cemetery plots for a convict slated for burial in two Marquette cemeteries. The convict had been paroled to enter a Veterans' hospital for treatment after service.
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Marquette
Potters’ Field
Benjamin Cohn
Cohn
James P. Corgan
Lota
Veterans’ Hospital
Five stitches for gash in two year old boy lip
A two year old boy named Anthony Tartagnine required five stitches to close a gash in his lower lip after a fall on a rock. He was taken to Emergency Hospital by his mother and released home after treatment.
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Anthony Tartagnine
Duke Manchester Seeks Divorce in French Courts
Paris reports in Nice that the Duke of Manchester, famed in society circles as Kim, seeks a divorce from Helena Zimmerman on desertion grounds. He plans to wed Kathleen Dawe of London in Paris after the decree, a move noted by London and Paris elites as a twist in his romantic history. The Manchester household in Maidenhead was unaware of the proceedings, astonished to learn the plan to marry Miss Dawe.
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Paris
Nice Courta
Duke of Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Duke of
Manchester
Faris Kathieeo Dawes
London
Kim
Don Juan
Maidenhead
Thames Valley
Kathleen Dawe
Paria
Nice
Miss Dawe
Mayoralty Timber Trot Prompts Public Defender Nomination Talk
Democrats begin lining up hopefuls for mayoralty after Public Defender Robert G. DeForest signals stance on the nomination. Names floated include Thomas M. Sullivan, Deputy Tax Assessor Lawrence I. Gil, George E. Crawford, Richard J. Hogan, and former Mayor Fred Atwater.
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Robert G. DeForest
Thomas M. Sullinan
Lawrence I Gil
George E. Crawford
Richard J. Hogan
Fred Atwater
Pheasants Released In Bridgeport Woods By County
About two hundred pheasants, eight weeks old, were released in woods north of Bridgeport by the Fairfield County Fish and Game Association with the State Fish and Game Board on Wednesday as part of a statewide effort to restock and reclaim woods and fields with game birds.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield County Fish and Game Association
State Fish and Game Board
Hartford Recruiter John Cullinane Heads Navy Station
John Cullinane, a chief torpedo man, leads naval recruiting in Hartford on temporary duty at Bridgeport station. He will remain until late August or early September when the present posting is lifted.
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John Cullinane
Hartford
Bridgeport
Cullmane
Coolidge names three U S Attorneys for Pennsylvania
President Coolidge appointed George W Coles US Attorney for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Andrew B Dunsmore US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and John B Meyer US Attorney for the Western Pennsylvania District The AP dispatch from Swampscott Massachusetts notes the appointments dated July 23 and signed by the agency.
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Swampscott
Maia
Coolidge
George W Coles
Pennsylvania
Andrew B. Dunsnore
US Attoney
Middle District of Pennsylvania
John B Meyer
Pennsylvant
Dont Let Your Skin Grow Old Beauty Method Ad
An advertisement promotes a French beauty method Mello-glo claimed to preserve youth, reduce shine, and refine pores. The powder is advertised as fine and pure, with daily use suggested to maintain a youthful appearance.
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