Jonas Hanway and the Umbrella Myth in London Streets
A garbled 18th century tale traces Jonas Hanway born in 1712 to advocate umbrella use in London. He faced ridicule as he walked Fleet Street dry under his umbrella, sparking public laughter that lasted years, before umbrellas became common in England and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Pickard
London
Jones Hanway
Fortsmouth
England
Jonas Fenway
Lisbon
East
Persia
St. Petersburg
Europe
Far East
Han- Wwiyat Bla
Jonas Hanway
Tondan
Jonas
Don
Jenny
Umbrellas and travel culture span oceans and ages
Commentary recalls Jonas Hanways enduring umbrella signifying British habit across lands from India to the Americas. The piece notes ongoing travel lore and the umbrella as a symbol of English education, while also recounting a rugged irrigation journey and a river fishery tale with abundant sucker sightings after spawning season.
DEAL FOR THE FISHERMAN
Denver Colorado description of the Gunnison river famed for trout, drawing anglers from England to fish the upper canon and rapids near Sapineto and State Bridge. The article notes scenic valleys with granite walls two to three thousand feet high and describes fishing along the canyon rim before exiting into a lower valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eho
Denver
Gunnison
Colorado
England
Sapineto
Walla Re
State Bridge
Canon
Bears join bathing beauty in Venice beach stunt
Anna Fredericks, a local beachgoer, swam with a cinnamon bear while Miles Fredericke watched along the Venice Oceanfront. R I Pierce from Pasadena brought two half grown bears he had secured in Northern California. The tame cub followed Miss Fredericks into the surf as crowds looked on.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Anna Fredericks
Venice
Miles Fredericke
R. I. Pierce
Pasadeng
California
Miss Fredericks
Pin Causes Death of Louisville Reporter Murray Blunk
Murray Blunk, a young Louisville reporter, died after a pin swallowed as a baby lodged in his appendix. In delirium, he urged nurses to let him write the story of his death for his paper, crying for a tyne writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Murray Blunk
Blunk
Tyne
Tay
Poper
Ways to Gopi Potatoes in Boston Fricassee Method
Mayor Fitzgerald declares one hundred ways to cook potatoes in Boston. He mentions fricassee as one example among many.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Monitor Goodwill stoves offered by local home outfitters
The ad promotes stoves from Monitor and Goodwill Heaters and Ranges, described as the finest on the market and union made. It positions the seller as a complete home outfitter for house furnishings and guarantees the stoves in every particular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monitor and
Goodwill
Union
Remarkable Sycamore Log Carving by N E Galloway of Springfield Mo
A Springfield Missouri carver N E Galloway fashioned a six foot four inch carved figure from a single sycamore log. He served in the Philippines and drew on those memories to depict snakes owls and hyards. The piece exemplifies folk craftsmanship and wartime recollections carried into a postwar art form.
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Kansas City
Masette
N. E. Galloway
Springfield
Galloway
Philippines
Galloway’s carved bark sculpture on display in Kansas City
The work by Mr. Galloway features hand carved bark animals. He spent four hundred working hours over forty days, working ten hours daily. The sculpture has been exhibited at the corner of Ninth Street and Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City Star.
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Galloway
Ninth Street
Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City Star
Doings Away With Tramps in London Way Ticket Plan
The tramp problem in Britain shows progress as the way ticket method targets vagrants. It aims to steer unemployed men toward real work and make life harder for professional tramps, reducing highway mendicants in the near future.
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Howse
Askanes
London
United
Seiigdom
Pass life among lepers by Cambridge priest to Hawaii
Reverend Charles Kellar a 48 year old Catholic priest and 1900s medical graduate plans to spend his life among leprosy patients in Hawaii after completing a Daete radiata course at Harvard. He resigned as pastor of Kahoka Missouri after a threat disrupted preaching and hopes to aid research toward a cure while risking infection. He now studies at Harvard and prepares to depart for Honolulu on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Havard
Charles Kellar
American Medical Vallege
St. Louis
Uonolua
Father Kellar
Kahoka
Hin Yolee
St. Louis University of Medicine
American Medical University
American University
Alexian ‘Brothers’ Hospital
Harvard
Honolulu
Employer administers punishment after alleged theft
Fr. Schofield proprietor of a chemical works in Gre. allegedly took the law into his own hands by flogging employee James Daughty with a rawhide after he was accused of stealing a small sum. A jury found Bitting of other workers and Schofield guilty. the self-appointed judge then ordered Daughty to leave the city within four hours.
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Eugens
Gre
Fr. Schofield
Jame Daughty
Daughty
Bitting
Schofield
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Wonas Hanway
Fident
Hme
Hanway
South America
South
Pacife
Hindustan
India
Gunnison River
Black
Bear
Bruth
Missouri
Powes
Tollers
Sony
The
A. J
Conroy Co
Eagle Temple
Walter Blackburn
Mer
Rothelle
High St
High Street
Benninghofen Ave
Lindenwald
Corner Seventh
Ludlow
BELL
Finie Mission Close
Hamilton
Tee Aviola
Aeolian CO
E. R. Walker
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