Two Long Island Dogs Earn Hero Title Jerry and Peggy Save Masters
Jerry, a brave mixed breed belonging to Raymond Knell of Brooklyn, defended his owner during a February 14, 1933 burglary, pinning a thief and helping police detain three criminals. Peggy, a seven-year-old police dog owned by George Howell of Astoria, guided her blinded master to safety and dragged him from a burning shack, saving him from fatal injuries.
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Jerry
Peggy
Sunnybank
Raymond Knell
Minahan Street
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N. Y
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Knell
Kneijf
Coal Yard
Young Knief
Robber
Raymond Brief
Frank Pirnet
George Howell
Astoria
Long Island
Howell
First English Queen to Assume Empress of India Title
In 1876 Parliament passed a bill to grant Queen Victoria the title Empress of India making her the first English monarch to hold the imperial designation.
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India
Will Rogers On Post Office Allocations Across States
Rogers surveys federal building dollars for Huntsville Waycross Gainesville and Boston noting varied sums and poking fun at politics Harvard and North Carolina locals. He praises New Bern and jokes about writing to an unknown North Carolina congressman while imagining Claremore Oklahoma funding.
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Chicago's Rival. Livingston County Century Celebrated
Livingston and Overton county mark one hundred years of progress since Ambrose and Joseph Gore deeded forty acres for a new town. Residents commemorate Livingston's centennial with community pride and memories of early land grants.
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Overton County
Ambrose
Joseph Gore
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