Encouraging Letter Promotes Rock Springs High School Prize
A plac ed letter from Rev Rufus K Boyd promotes a five dollar prize for best sketch of first settlers by Rock Springs Valley students and a five dollar domestic art exhibit prize. It urges local teachers to judge the entries and mentions a community fair and memorial ties to the author’s late mother.
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Rock Springs High School Association
Rock Spring High School Association
Rufus K. Boyd
Fordtow, Tenn
New York
Rock Spring Valley
High Schoo Association
Tate
Secret wedding tragedy at Shreveport resort ends in murder
Margaret Parsons Gill and Loyola law student George Gill wed in secret after a Centenary romance with football star Robert Read. In a dusk rowboat meeting at a Shreveport bathing resort, Read was killed after a confrontation with Gill and Read fought Read. Gill confessed to intending to thrash Read to protect his wife. Mrs Parsons Gill, invited to testify, holds a key secret. Gill is jailed without bail as investigators pursue the truth behind the fatal blows.
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Skydveport
Margaret Parsong
George Wray Gill
Loyola University
New Orleans
Iic
Robert Read
Gil
Bob
Bride
Bob Read
Read
Gill
Shreveport
H. W- Paul
Jackson
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Cand
Har
Jack Parsons
Centenary
Margaret Adelle Parsons
Miss Parsons
Loyole
Secret Plan Letter From an Interested Friend
A partial letter shows a writer asking to keep their name secret until a plan's outcome is known. They request correspondence be routed through their former pastor and friends and extend good wishes to a worthy people.
Mars Warmer Than Had Been Supposed
Prescott Aziz reports Dr. W M Slipher of Lowell Observatory says Mars was warmer and has a denser atmosphere than believed. He cites Coblenz radio metal measurements and notes regular radiating lines while warning against final conclusions about life on Mars.
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Prescott
Aziz
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Mars
Earth
Slipher
Coblenz
Tomas
Canals as Evidence of Artificial Origin
A scientist explains that Mars is inhabited and that the regularity of its canals supports the idea they are artificially constructed rather than natural. He argues the organized patterns indicate intentional design.
Hat of Friar Tuck found in ancient Mexican mine
In the Cucaracha mine near Yago Nayarit Mexico miners recover artifacts linked to Spanish padres who once owned rich veins of gold. A well preserved broad brimmed felt hat resembling Friar Tuck’s headgear is found along with fine blankets and garments. The padres left gold and silver bars reportedly buried as retreating troops.
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Yago
Nayarit
Mexico
Friar Tuck
Europe
Padre
Lepend
Wisconsin Senator Portrait Describes Blainse Mark Hanna Figure
A Wisconsin Senator profile continues from page one detailing James G Blaine and Mark Hanna. The subject is described as short and heavy with a broad chest and powerful arms, wearing high and heavy attire as the narrative notes his imposing presence.
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James G. Blaine
Mark
Hanna
LaFollette Profile Highlights Dynamic Senate Orator
The piece portrays Senator LaFollette with sharp blue eyes and a pompadour, noting his dynamic public address style and habitual dramatic gestures. It ties his long speeches and filibusters to a famed oratorical habit, and traces his name to Huguenot French ancestry and Wisconsin pioneer parents who faced poverty.
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Senator LaFollette
Senate
LaFollette
Kentucky
Josiah ,LaFollette
Mary (Ferguson) LaPollette
Wisconsin
Indiana
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Philadelphia
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Taft
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Ilinois
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Broad Street
Kinasport, Tenn
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Eagy
Jollar
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