Cardinal gains Legion of Honor after thirty year wait
Cardinal de Cabrieres of Montpellier France was to be made a Legion of Honor member thirty years ago but religious fast days kept him from accepting. An invited banquet hid the cross under his napkin as a courtesy. He ate nothing and believed the decoration declined. The error was corrected and he is now an officer.
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Cardinal de Cabrieres
Montpellier
France
Legion of Honor
Legion
Great French Landscape Painter Corot rises to fame
The French landscape painter Corot exhibited his first work in 1827 and was widely recognized about twenty years later. He lived to about fifty when fame grew. the last quarter century altered his life with wealth from inheritance and large professional income.
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Corot
Hunger and Refugees in the Volga Valley Drought
Descriptions from Samara and other cities show famine refugees crowded at docks and stations with belongings piled high. Peasants barter rings and coats for food while typhus and starvation devastate families, and relief efforts struggle to move people and supplies.
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Syarin
Samara
Stiibirsk
Saratolf
Tsaritzin
Russia
Tolstoy
Dostoyevsky
Mariupol
Wat
Soo
Seattle Wife Files for Divorce After 80 Days
Mrs Willena White sues Roy White in Seattle claiming abuse and confinement after a marriage of just over two months begun May 31 1921. She seeks the return of her maiden name Willena Roberts and asserts the husband took her clothes and threatened harm.
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Seattle
Wash
Willena White
Roy White
Fish Aquarium Keeper Examines 4000 Inhabitants
Floyd Young of a Chicago department store aquarium conducts weekend fish exams for 4000 specimens. He cleans, feeds, waters, and treats any showing signs of illness, giving each fish a bath and a thorough fin check on Saturday afternoons.
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Floyd
Young
Chicago
Would-be rescuers drown after pond rescue attempt
Edward Anderson eight mistaken as drowning boy triggers two Elizabeth New Jersey workers Paul Saps and Michael Sewenk to dive into a Staten Island pond. They rescue the boy but vanish themselves and later police recover the bodies of Saps and Sewenk. Cramp or unable to escape perceived danger suspected.
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New York
Edward Anderson
Elizabeth
N. J
Paul Saps
Michael Sewenk
Staten Island
Saps
Sewenk
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Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Smedley Butler
Murching Uke
Chinatown
Orientals of
Washington
John A. Logan
General Logan
Citizens’ Committee of
District of Columbia
Hungary
Archduke Joseph
John Miller
John
Lustgarten
Berlin
Volga
GAM RiSkay
Ent
Stek
Sa Inari
Hving
Boy
Java
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