Congress Begins Its Work Again Monday
Congress reconvenes for its sixty sixth and final session with three months official life left before Harding's inauguration. Key events include Harding's Senate arrival and Wilson's annual message, with appropriations the principal task facing lawmakers and hopes for relief bills and other emergency measures.
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Exploding Shells Bombard Brooklyn Port Area
In Brooklyn hundreds of homes in the Port section faced heavy artillery bombardment as inch and shell detonations from a lighter tied to an army wharf sparked fires near Fort Lafayette and Fort Hamilton. Officials reported no deaths and four slight injuries. the lighter carrying 900 shells detached and two crewmen escaped.
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Fort Hamilton
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Freight Car Goes Missing On Erie Train
Erie railroad demonstrates a theory that a freight train may lose a car and still keep schedule with crew unaware. A Goshen man recalls an Erie train from winter 1555 that carried cattle. at Port Jervis one car vanished from the train.
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Erie Railroad
Goshen
Erie
Suequehanne
Port Jervis
Motoring Benefits Double as Exercise Says Williams
Dr Henry Willams argues driving a car four to six miles daily provides threefold benefits physical mental and circulatory health. He notes winds and oxygen boost digestion and elimination for all travelers with direct muscle and vascular gains from purposeful calisthenics during city trips.
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Motors
Proctor Williams
Statue unveiled in Westfield honors General William Shepherd
The community of Westfield Massachusetts unveils a public statue of General William Shepherd. The article recalls his service before the Revolution from the French and Indian War through leadership under Washington and Lafayette, noting debates over the value of statues preserving memory.
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Westfield
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Great Lakes
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Lafayette
Hare
No More Pups A Wite Frien Of Ram E When Thes Ext Door
A boy near the house tries to borrow a puppy to cheer a friend but fails as the pup chews a cherished Christmas toy. The tale ends with the boy admitting defeat and requesting a ten year old dog instead as the guest departs for the night.
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Dave
God Bless You Meaning Through Plagues and Sneeze Lore
A compact study traces the phrase God bless you from ancient Athens during plagues to later Europe and beyond, noting superstition, health fears, and the spread of the custom through the ages, with brief digressions on strange beasts and travel writing echoes. The piece blends linguistic history with travel narrative motifs and ends mid-sentence.
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Greece
Europe
NEW IN THE ANIMAL WORLD FROM 19TH CENTURY DISCOVERY
Before 1880 Stanley learned from the plemy hegmes of a new beast in the virgin forest along the Semliki river in the Reletan Congo. Wambatt natives called it Atti and described it as a donkey like species.
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Harry Johnston
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M Kart Erikenn
Sir Harry Johnston
Greece
Semliki River
Reletan Congo
Wambatt
Bishops Set Seminar Meeting Date in Portland
Atlantic City reports the Methodist Episcopal church house of bishops decided to hold its next semiannual seminar in Portland Oregon on May 11. The gathering will bring together church leaders from across the denomination for a series of sessions and planning for the year ahead.
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House of Bishops
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Portland
Swedish minister visits United States after brief national bank?
Swedish minister Deac Washington visits Washington to discuss U S relations amid regation and financial matters. Ned Exengren accompanied the Swedish official as part of a diplomatic mission at the National Bank site, drawing attention from local observers.
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