Bride at ships helm in Lipton Cup yacht race
Mrs Thora Lund Robinson, 20, in the 28 foot Gauntlet sails 650 miles from Gravesend Bay to Bermuda, finishing second in Lipton Cup contest amid tempestuous Gulf Stream conditions off Cape Hatteras. The Gauntlet, smallest entry, faced eight days of peril as Lila and Tamerlane rivals, all Brooklyn Yacht Club members, battled waves and wind. Mrs Robinson, chief mate aboard, married April 17 and asserts she can steer, navigate, and watch.
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Gulf Stream
Cape Hatteras
Gauntlet
Thora Lund Robinson
Thomas Lipton
Gravesend Bay
New York Harbor
Bermuda
Norfolk Harbor
Hatteras
Atlantic
Robinson
Amboy
New York Bay
George
Mr. Robinson
J. L. Dunlap
H. Higgins
Sandy
Tittle Gau
Who For Next President
American Spectator presents terse candidacy opinions from Taft Cannon Bryan Shaw Hobson Fairbanks Foraker Roosevelt Hearst Root none of which are guaranteed or fully stated. the collection mixes political replies with nautical race anecdotes involving the Tamerlane and Lila in Bermuda context.
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American Spectator
Taft
Cannon
Bryan
Shaw
Hobson
Fairbanks
RUSS BANQUETS JAP Diplomatic Peace Dinner in Washington
In Washington the Russian Ambassador Baron Rosen hosted a dinner for the Japanese Ambassador Viscount Aoki marking resumed diplomatic relations after the Russo Japanese War. The event, amid celebrations of the Portsmouth Peace Conference, showed social ties between Russia and Japan despite past conflict. Attending guests included Dutch minister van Swinderen, Japanese Embassy officials, and Russian diplomats.
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Rosen
Aoki
Portsmouth
Japan
Russia
Viscount Aoki
Conqueror
Yvanquished
Baron Rosen
Netherlands
van Swinderen
Miyoka
Countess Seckendorff
Elizabeth Rosen
Spain
Don Luis Pastor
Baron Schlippenbach
Prince Wkoudacheff
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair A harsh social warning
The Jungle exposes brutal packinghouse methods in Chicago through Jurgis a Lithuanian immigrant and his family. It traces exploitation by a ruthless system, deadly working conditions and the chase for profit at workers expense, urging readers to confront meat industry abuses.
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Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
Roosevelt
Special Commission
Jurgis
Lithuania
America
Chicago
Ona
Europe
Ornce
Tim Juxore
Packingtown
Great Packing Trust
Illinois
Ogden Armour
Armour
Yacht Race Near Disqualification Sparks Controversy
The regatta committee balked at allowing the yacht to start but relented. Tamerlane finished the Bermuda course at 3 o'clock on June 38th, with Gauntlet arriving 24 hours later. The longer Tamerlane had to concede 16 hours 10 minutes to the Gauntlet due to length differences.
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Tamerlane
Hamilton
Bermuda
Jefferson BibleDrives Senate Requests for Free Copies
The Jefferson Bible in its red Morocco binding prompted interest as a forgotten Smithsonian volume. Now reproduced copies spark thousands of requests from the public, with Senators each receiving a limit of thirty copies. An advertiser lured readers with free offers and promises of costly printing, prompting more demand and a plan to print additional reprints.
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Thomas Jefferson
Smithsonian Institution
Senate
Congress
Quote on virtue and debt in Honduras
A reflection cites Philippians Brooks about living a godly life to create paradise. It notes Honduras carrying about one million dollars debt or roughly 1300 dollars per person, alongside a figure of three hundred million British subjects in Asia.
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Honduras
Asia
Immigrant Struggles in The Land of the Free at Vassar Aid
A vivid scene at Ellis Island shows Luigi and his wife Maria facing U.S. immigration law. Luigi’s dream of America clashes with the rule that Maria cannot join him, forcing a heartbreaking separation as the family is torn apart at the gate.
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New York Harbor
W. ©. de Mille
The
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Maria
Signore
Mulberry Street
Fabio
Tessa
Neapoli
New York
Naples
Napoli
Ili
Bac
America
Dio
Maria Mia
Goa
Carrissima
Horace Smith Poem Advocates Healthy Living
A verse attributed to Horace Smith urges readers to pursue temperate living to age gracefully. It criticizes luxury and worldly pleasure, recommending domestic quiet, wise cheer, and devotion to God, His word, and work as the true riches beyond material wealth.
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Horace Smith
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Great Corporation
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Count Aoki
Heaven On Earth
Earth
God’s Paradise
Robert Paton Gibbs
Hudson Theater
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Denver
HouseKriver
the Housekeeper Corporation
Coupon
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Minn
HousexEeErrer
the Housekeeper Corporation, Sannet?tit Son
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