Billy Whiskers Escape to the Seaport
Night and Day flee their home pursued by a dog and a night of fear. They fall off a bridge into a creek and hide on rocks beside a barbed wire fence before crawling through a fence toward a seaport town. They reach the wharf where sailing vessels and steamers await, signaling a playful voyage ahead.
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Gome
Allyright
Day
Africa
Night
Dasy
Seaport
Saalfield Publishing
Akron
Ohio
Notable figures across arts sports and politics listed in daily calendar
The notice compiles literary and political mentions with birthdays in Toledo and New Yorks civic events. It lists Gen Horace Porter turning 83, the Ohio diocese's tenth anniversary, New York Republican committee meeting, and Texas Chamber of Commerce conference. It also previews a slate of sports events from Seattle to San Francisco and Milwaukee.
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Toledo
Ohio
Horace ‘Porter
Republican State Committee of
New York
Texas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Araonte
International Power Boat Association
Seattle
Pinehurst
N. C
Grand Rapids
San Francisco
Jack Britton
Walter Laurette
Bridgeport
Gonn
al Reich
Homer Smith
Dayton
Pinkey ‘Mitchelle
Frankie Schoell
Milwaukee
Harry Greb
Hugh Walker
San ‘Francisco
Leader of Tam- Many Group Repeats NYC Selection
A report notes Richard Crokery, born February 23, 1787 in Berlin, is again chosen as leader of the Tam- Many organization in New York City.
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H Fren
Erin
Ated Rat Ray, N
Berlin
Gonn
Richard ‘Crokery
New York City
France Sees France Faces German Treaty Violations Across Rhine
The article argues Germany plans to repudiate the Versailles provisions, cites German pressure on American and British attitudes, and notes French security fears. It asserts France may need to apply the strong hand to uphold treaty terms, while blaming German scheming and Allied indifference for the risk of renewed conflict.
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Germany
America
Atlantic
Ruhr
Frankfort
Rhineland
Paris
Rdlying
Furker
French
France
England
Italy
Ingland
Fame by Fiat at New York Hall of Fame
Observers question the purpose of New York's Hall of Fame as unfamiliar names join a list proposed for enrollment. Edgar Allan Poe's repeated rejections contrasted with praise for lesser known figures, raising doubts whether the honor rewards genius or character and whether judges push personal friendships.
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New York
Edgar Allen Poe
Poe
Hall of Fame
Frederick Douglass
Henry Bergh
John Clarke
Titus M. Coan
J. M. Carnochan
William Shippen, Jr
Protestant membership growth slows in 1919 report
The 1919 Protestant church growth fell to a 30 year low with only 56 000 new members, well below the prior decade’s average of 771 947 yearly. War disruption and debt plus influenza affected parish work and campaigns, per Dr H J Carroll’s census published by the Christian Herald.
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United States
H. J. Carroll
Christian Herald
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyteria
U. S. A. Northern
Disciples of Christ
1Thodist Episcopal
South
Northern Baptist Condition
National Baptist Convention
Presbyterian
U.S. A. Southern
United Presbyterian
Ørland Presbyterian
Wess
Heart and Rome Problems in Dear Mrs Thompson Column
A reader asks about working versus staying in school and family duties. Mrs Thompson advises remaining at home while under eighteen, warns factory work is illegal for underages, and suggests focusing on duties, self improvement, and patience for adulthood.
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Fellows
Mabel F
Bliss Carman Turns Sixty in Saranac Lake Health Recovery
Canadian poet Bliss Carman, journalist and author, marks his sixtieth birthday while residing in the Saranac Lake region of New York. Born April 45, 1864, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, he studied at Collegiate Institute and University of New Brunswick, then Harvard and Edinburgh, before pursuing law.
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Canada
Bliss Carman
Saranac Lake
New York
Carman
Tredericton
B. C
Collegiate Institute
University of New Brunswick
Notable deaths and milestones from 18th to 19th century figures
A fragmented list records deaths and notable events: Marquise de Pompadour in Versailles, Captain Thomas Drummond in Dublin, Henry James in London, early Civil War relief efforts in Bridgeport, Andrew Johnson becoming U S president after Lincoln, a U S Senate naturalization treaty with Great Britain, and Emma Willard’s fame.
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Andrew Johmson
United States
Abraham Lincoln
United States Senate
Great Britain
Emma’ Willard
One Year Ago: Outbreaks in India and New England Strike
A London report notes serious outbreaks in India while telephone service in New England is disrupted by a strike of 26,000 women operators, tied up by labor action and demand for better conditions.
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India
London
New England
Historical Birthday Highlights From Early American Figures
Today marks anniversaries for General Horace Porter a soldier diplomat and author born in See rPa about 1788. poet Bliss Garman born in Fredericton in BC circa 1759. Rhode Island governor R Livingston Beeckman born in New York City about 1700s. former heavyweight champion James Jeffries born in Carroll Ohio around 1881.
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Horace Porter
See rPa
Bliss Garman
Hredericton
B. C
R. “Livingston i Beeckman
Sgovernor
Rhode Iisland
New York
Carroll
Ohio
Greek Girls and the Art of Beauty
The text claims Greek girls begin painting and powdering from an early age, with bright red cheeks and blackened eyebrows and lashes, producing withered old women by forty and suggesting ugliness under the blue skies of a Classic land.
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Heart and Rome Problems
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Te. Spock Growers National Bank
Agao
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