Sesquicentennial plans shape Independence Day 1926
The Fourth of July 1926 will rally national celebration under the Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence with a Philadelphia exposition on League Island and a 108 member advisory panel. President Coolidge backs federal participation and a 200 acre display aiming to boost trade and universal peace.
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St. Mihiel
ALB
Nathonal Defense
Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence of the
United States
Philadelphia
League Island Park
Coolidge
Congress
Kendrick
Secretaries of States and Commerce
Dawes
Ticonderoga
Allen
Arnold
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
N. C
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Bunker Hill
George Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ius
O. 1
Bradfute
Farm Bureau
Concord Bridge
Massachusetts
Army General Staff
White House
Europe
America
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
Sali
California
New York
United States of America
Thirteen Colonies
Birds Courageous In Facing Bad Weather Race
At six o'clock a July morning 2000 homing pigeons from the Yorkshire Federation were released at Arres France and raced 800 miles to Lancaster. En route they battled storms in midchannel southern England and the Midlands. By 8 30 p m most arrived home the winner covering the distance at about 900 yards a minute despite exhausted birds with bare breast feathers from head winds.
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Yorkshire Federation of Pigeon
Arres
France
Lancaster
England
Midlands
Ball Blues Help Red Cross Adverts This Winter
The note suggests Soft coal usage will make laun dry work heavier this winter and mentions Red Cross Ball Blues as aid to remove grime with grocers advertising the item.
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Red Cross
Rare Poe items fetch high sums in New York sale
In an 1845 New York Mirror issue printing The Raven with permission, the George D Smith Book Company paid $830. The Rosenbach Company bought two Poe letters for $400, and J H Wells secured James Russell Lowell’s Harvard tribute ode for $900, among other items from the libraries of Carlota Russell Lowell and associates at the American Art Association sale.
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George D. Smith Book Company
New York Mirror
American Review
Carlotta
Russell Lowell
American Art Association
Rosenbach Company
J. H. Wells
James Russell Lowell
Harvard
Efie Shaw
New York World
Japanese Gardens Viewed as Portraits by Waseda Professor
Prof Takuma Tono of Waseda University in Tokyo described Japanese gardens as pictures framed by nature rather than mere plant collections. He contrasted Japanese garden design with Western aims, noting Japanese gardens emphasize naturalism over architecture.
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Takuma
Waseda Uiversity
Japan
Seattle
United States
Professor Tono
Cornell University
Tono
Dog Saves Benefactor and Family in Denver Area
Ernest Ingversen of Denver, Colorado, recounts a dog that saved his life after pulling him from a wild game trap and later guided him to safety during a blizzard. The same faithful animal previously rescued Ingversen’s three year old daughter from an attacked encounter with another dog.
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Ernest Ingversen
Denver
Colo
Iis
Ingversen
Three Cubs Raised by Great Dane At Berlin Zoo
The three lion cubs, offspring of prize lioness Senta, are being fostered by a Great Dane after birth. Senta tried to kill them, but the dog nurse tends the cubs as hundreds of children monitor the pup's development in the zoo.
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Senta
Berlin Zoo
Hans
Twice in This Woman's Life in Ellensburg Washington
Mia William Carver of Ellensburg Washington recounts how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased monthly pains in youth and pain during her first pregnancy. She credits the remedy with improving her health and invites letters about the medicine's effects.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Washington
Perier
Tama
Mia
William Carver
R. F.D. No
Elastic shoelaces stretch to ease shoe wearing
A British manufacturer introduces elastic shoe strings of rubber composition that stretch enough to remove or put on shoes without untying. They fasten at the top inside and cannot work loose, with color options and use for bikes and sports to adjust shoe pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Campers stock canned goods for makeshift trip
A wife asks why they brought cans as the husband jokes about a can opener. The scene shows campers unloading their faithful automobile in a shady nook, planning to improvise with limited gear.
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Tred
Man who thinks funny thoughts without saying them
A philosophical remark about a man who keeps humorous ideas to himself being the worst kind of pessimist, contrasting inner thoughts with outward expression.
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John Dickinson Sherman
DSS
Dog Saves
Bellans
Bellans Hot Water Sure Relief
Sellans
Parker
Hiscox Chem
Wks
Patchogue
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
N. Y
Boschee’s Syrup
Billings
Jar’ En
Fletcher
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