Mayor Gaynor Praises Jewish Race at Convention
Mayor Gaynor welcomed 1,100 delegates of the Independent Order of Birth Abraham at their twenty fourth annual convention in Cooper Union Institute. He praised Jewish Americans for unity in charity and politics, urging goodwill toward government and denouncing demagoguery, while noting Jewish contributions in literature, art, science, and governance.
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New York
Gaynor
Independent Order
Birth
Abraham
Disraeli
Boy with air rifle shoots moving bird during show
In Arbor on May 18 1980 a boy fired an air rifle at a mounted bird during a moving picture shoot. The shot struck the bird’s breast as it appeared on screen. the projectile also passed through the screen.
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Axn Arbor
Girl Rescued From Slavery In Chinatown Ring
A girl, an old child of Fasten, is alleged to have been brought to New York by Rena G. Lee known as The Gypsy Queen of Chinatown to be sold into white slavery. Rescuers say she was gradually introduced to Chinatown’s infamies through Chinese theaters and chop suey houses. The Gypsy Queen reportedly knew the girl before her arrival and later became linked to Chinatown's life.
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Fasten
New York
Rena G. Lee
Chinatown
Two Brooklyn boys sail around world in catboat Julia and Mary
Harold and Francis Andrews, twins from Brooklyn, left New York in their self built 85 foot eight inch catboat on a 35000 mile voyage around the world. They plan Caribbean passages to Panama, then south through Magellan, Pacific to Japan, onward to Singapore Hong Kong Manila, Australia and East Africa before returning via Cape Town Paris London Queenstown to New York.
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New York
Brooklyn
Julia
Mary
Harold
Francis Andrews
Halifax
N. S
Od Point Comfort
Caribbean
Panama
South America
Straits of Magellan
San Francisco
Pacific
Japan
Singapore
Hongkong
Manila
Australia
Africa
Capetown
Paris
London
Queenstown
Fly Target of Scientific Folk Goes On the Defense
Scientists reject the view that all living creatures have a right to life and declare the fly must be killed where possible. The insect can carry 100000 disease bacteria and spread contagion quickly, prompting homes to screen food, cover garbage, remove decaying matter, screen windows and doors, and kill any intruders to prevent illness. Be absolutely clean to force the fly to seek another field of attack.
The Wall and Beyond It A Phantasy
A reflective piece traces a lifelong obsession with a wall that symbolically divides childhood dreams from adulthood. The narrator recalls repeated dream journeys to the wall near an ivy covered barrier beside a church clock and a white house, seeking what lies beyond. Upon finally reaching the wall, he finds no promised treasures or Pauline, only decay and the sea, with a final clock chime marking the ending of the dream.
Venison as Low Cost Meat Projected by Government Experts
Government experts contend high beef costs could push venison to marketable abundance. They cite private elk and deer preserves in Wyoming and Colorado, noting domestication progress, profitability, and the need to amend state laws to allow year round slaughter and sale.
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Nowlin
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain Country
Barrett Littlefield
Slater
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
J. B. Dawson
Routt
Hayden
Glen Beulah
Debeque
Colo
Henrys Binning
Wyo
Fuel Men to Meet
The second annual meeting of the International Railway Fuel Association will convene in Chicago on May 28 for four days. Delegates will discuss coal as a railroad cost factor, with Mayor Busse welcoming the attendees.
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International Railway Fuel Association
App
Ofuel Nso
Busse
Chicago
Dry farming to be tried in Palestine
Dr Aaron Aaronsohn, recently leaving Washington for Palestine, will head the Haifa Jewish Agricultural experiment station. The station will cooperate with the dry farming congress to disseminate educational agricultural information and promote dry farming methods in Palestine. A report on initial work is expected at the fifth dry farming congress in Spokane, in October.
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Palestine
New York
Aaron Aaronsohn
Washington
Haifa
Tion
The
Dry Farming Congress
Spokane
Aaronsahn
Turkey
United States
Aaronsohn
Bird shot recovered from chauffeur’s appendix
In New York on May 17 authorities reported thirty bird shot removed from the appendix of William Davidson a chauffeur at Roosevelt hospital. Davidson had eaten wild game in Scotland last July and identified the shot as the type used by Scotch hunters.
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New York
William Davidson
Roosevelt Hospital
Davidson
Scotland
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