Seville as Foster Mother of the New World Exposition Site
Washington reports Seville Spain will host a 1927 Ibero American exposition with the United States invited. The National Geographic Society notes Seville’s historic role in exploration, trade, and culture, from Columbus onward, as Moorish and Castilian influences shape its skyline and life.
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Washington
Seville
Spain
United States
National Geographic Society
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Columbus
Sales
Guadalquivir
San Lucar
San Luca
Sovereiens
Cadiz
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Granada
Alhambra
Alcazar
Europe
Giralda
Velasquez
Murillo
Cervantes
Columbus, Magellan
Pizarros
Sevilla
Pedro the Cruel
Bagdad
Huroun al Raschid
Richmond
Virginia
Farmers organize to combat wolves in Frontenac county
Kingston text reports farmers in northern Frontenac county forming wolf hunting clubs amid frequent raiding by wolves this winter. In Robertsville twelve deer carcasses have been found and a council member displayed a six foot wolf pelt compared to a near home shooting.
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Kingston
Ont
Frontenac County
Robertsville
Customs of bygone age are brought to light
Liverpool reports reveal seventeenth century manners and utensils. Letters and documents show that "persons of quality" carried sets of spoons knives and forks when dining away from home. The earliest hall marked table fork dated 1682 bears the Manners Montagu crest, echoing etiquette manuals from 1663 that urged proper posture temperance and polite carving. Forks were new imports from Italy and considered pedantic by some.
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Liverpool
British Museum
Manners & Montagu
Haddon Hall
London
Italy
England
Parasite Destroys Tench Fish at University of Washington
A newly arrived parasite in the United States has killed thirty five tench in a University of Washington pond. Professor John Guberlet of zoology says the parasite forms a film over the fish and kills it within two weeks, noting tench as the sole affected species so far.
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Seattle
United States
University of Washington
John Guberlet
Gubherlet
Deer Relief Efforts Fail Across Kaibab Forest
The efforts of Aziz and veteran cattleman Genrz McCormick to relieve thousands of starving deer in the Kaibab Nation Forest meet with failure. McCormick concedes the futility of trying to drive a herd across the Grand Canyon’s narrow chasm above the Colorado River.
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Flagstaff
Aziz
Kaibab Nation
Genrz McCormick
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Illinois House approves antiinjunction bill amid debate
Springfield after four hours of debate the judiciary committee advanced the labor anti injunction measure on a 17 to 18 vote with no amendments offered. Supporters included John H Walker Victor Olander and Rev Father J W Maguire while Cyrus K Odletz Otto Jaburek Colin C H Eyffe opposed for employers and manufacturers.
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Springfield
Judiciary Committee
Ilinois House of Representatives
John H. Walker
Victor Olander
State Federation of Labor
J. W. Maguire
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Illinois State News Highlights From Several Cities
Arsenals surround business houses near Pana after robberies. McHenry village board approves summer paving costing 125000. L C Browne elected president of Illinois Farmers Institute in Springfield. G W Curtiss elected vice president. Secretary H E Young and Auditor Clayton C Pickett re elected. Sheriff Hoffman and 15 deputies search Gram's tavern Higgins Road York Street Chicago area for liquor. Chief Raider Andrew Gnewitch discovers a bookcase hiding Dr Elliot’s shelves with several hundred gallons of wine and whisky behind the books.
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Pana
L. C. Browne
LaGrange
Ilinois Farmers’ Institute
Springfield
G. W. Curtiss
Stockton
H. E. Young
Clayton C. Pickett
Chicago
Hoffman
Gram’s
Higgins Road
York Street
Andrew Gnewitch
Dr. Elliot
Bandits steal dresses and coats from Cairo store
Automobiles bandits parked a truck near a Main street shop in Cairo, cut an entrance through a front door glass, and escaped with dresses and coats valued at 3500 dollars. In Kewanee, property totaling 400000 dollars was turned over by E B Baker, president of the Kewanee Boiler company, to support public uses. The fund, yielding about 30000 dollars yearly, funds park development, crippled children work, and aid to boys in education.
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Cairo
E. B. Baker
Kewanee
Calls Superstition Menace to Health
Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings states a survey of 1 581 pupils in 85 high schools across Trimnes Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee finds footing in superstition. up to 60 percent endorse myths about malaria hydrophobia and other folk beliefs. two Chicago area schools requested anonymity to avoid embarrassment.
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Springfield
Isaac D. Rawlings
Illinois State Academy of Science
Trmneis
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Chicago
Drowning of Student At Rockford High School Pool
Seventeen year old A B Anderson a freshman was found drowned in the Rockford high school swimming pool. Representative David E Shanahan of Chicago has asked the lower House at Springfield to relieve him of committee assignments due to serious concerns.
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A. B. Anderson
Rockford
David E. Shanahan
Chicago
Springfield
Glencoe burglaries and unrelated regional incidents report
Goods valued at 5000 were stolen from Harold M. Florsheim’s home in Glencoe. Burglars took a hire amount from Henry H. Straus’s Glencoe residence. A fatal car accident near Freeport injured Rose Bardell and relatives. Deaths include George H. Tuckington of Chicago at Danville National Soldiers’ Home, and lawyer William B. Redden at Danville. Trial rumors involve Clarence Darrow in Hinsdale case. Oscar Carlstrom and Chicago lawyers Eberie and Talcott gain Supreme Court admission on Erickson motion.
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Harold M. Florsheim
Glencoe
Henry H. Straus
George H. Tuckington
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
the National Soldiers’ Home
Danville
Clarence Darrow
George Munding
Julia Abb Douglas
Hinsdale
Broadway
Newhall
Wheaton
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Illinois
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Robert H. Eberie
Harry H. Talcott
Supreme Court
Alfréu Q. Erickson
Cane Tradition Fallout At University Of Illinois
A liberal arts student J L Sherman Stringfield was forcibly seized and dunked in the university hall fountain at Urbana over a cane tradition. Joliet warden John L Whitman announced prisoners begin arriving at the new Stateville penitentiary, reaching 2203 inmates with weekly growth. The women’s prison population stays around 44.
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University of Illinois Law
Law College
J. L. Sherman
Stringfield
College of Liberal Arts
University Hall
Urbana
John L. Whitman
Joliet
Stateville
Co operation in state road building bill proposed
A bill introduced in the Springfield house by Representative A. O. Arnold of Quincy would provide cooperation in road building and street paving in cities of 7 500 inhabitants or less.
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Springfield
A. O. Arnold
Quincy
Medill Couple Head to Chicago Superior Court for Separate Maintenance
Robert M. Medill a former state director of mines and minerals is sued for separate maintenance by his wife Mathilda J. Medill in a bill filed in Chicago Superior Court. Desertion is stated as the cause with an unidentified woman named as co respondent.
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Robert M. Medill
Mines and Minerals
Mathilda J. Medill
Chicago
Ancient submerged city found off Tunis deep in Med sea
Divers report rums of a vast ancient city 30 feet under the Mediterranean off Tunis with large stone buildings visible in dim shadows and fish swimming through ruined doorways. Scientists plan further explorations tied to Virgil and the Isle of the Lotus Eaters cited by Homer.
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Mediterranean Sea
Tunis
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