LIGHTS OF NEW YORK ODDS AND ENDS
A collage of urban notes from New York coverage. Topics include Columbia University students debating women smoking and stage preferences, employment agencies under police surveillance over fee-charging tactics, a job-seeking music critic, Welfare Council warnings on acceptable pay for arriving workers, and anecdotes on fashion consulting in luxury apartments. Also features comments on lighting fixtures, skyscraper wind behavior, street cleanliness near schools, and a street sighting of dogs sold on Fifth Avenue.
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Columbia University
Ddnce
Welfare Council of
New York
Brooklyn
Boundary Line In Theatre Lets Ball Square Showings Pass Medford
Somerville patrons buy tickets at Loca telli's Ball Square theater and are seated in Medford due to a city line passing through the playhouse. The Medford side houses the screen, allowing the city to show a banned picture despite the Somerville mayor's ban.
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Theater
Somerville
Mass
Locatelli
Ball Square Theater
Medford
Playhouse
Viking Knife Found in Tilsk Viking Burial Site
Excavations at the newly found Viking burial ground near Tilsk revealed a pocket clasp knife with a blade that opens and closes like modern pocket knives. The find highlights daily life tools used by Vikings and adds to the understanding of their craftsmanship.
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Koenigsberg
Tilsk
Glove fashion drives budget for wives and daughters
Julia Bottomley reports on 1920s children's attire emphasizing gloves as a key accessory. From Paris couture themes to long white grace Eld gloves and black lace mitts, the article links color schemes, fabrics, and coordinated outfits for little girls. It highlights cape sleeves, circular hems, jacket suits, and printed crepe as dominant trends.
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Asllustrateds
First Shot Firing Sparks Lexington Concord Rivalry
In Lexington and Concord a long standing dispute over which town fired the famous shot continues to spark debate during Massachusetts tercentenary celebrations. The contention centers on Ebenezer Munroe and the inscription on his grave monument, with historical records from Isaiah Thomas and the Massachusetts Spy supporting Lexington’s claim. Boston Mayor James M. Curley recently gave renewed emphasis to Lexington as the site, noting that poetry cannot settle history.
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Lexington
Mass
Concord
Brassachusetts
Ralph Waldo Wmerson
Concord Bridge
Ebenezer Munroe
Jan Ashburnham Cemetery
Munroe
Lexington Common
Wildence
Commmon
Parker
Corp
John Munroe
Ebenezer
Massacusetts
Tdberty
Worcester
Isaiah Thomas
Lexington-Concord
James M. Curley
Boston
Hangman Ellis Refuses Capital Punishment Group Invite
Arthur Ellis of Toronto Canada says he would willingly hang L P Rees who invited him to join the Ant Capital Punishment Association. Ellis calls reformers upliftters a source of worry and states he would hang any judge who sentences him to death if found guilty of murder.
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Heckler Toronto
Arthurr Ellis
Canada
Ant-Capital Punishment Association of Canada
Ellis
L. P. Rees
Toronto
Association Against Capital Punishment
Rees
Man Dies After Money Woes Deny Church Wedding
In Los Angeles a 35 year old man, Michael Flores, killed himself after leaving a suicide note saying he had failed to find work to pay for a church wedding. The couple had wed civilly three weeks earlier but relatives urged a priest ceremony.
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Los Angeles
Cailif
Michael Flores
Scen ic Playgrounds of America by Kilbourn
G M Kilbourn narrates the Gunnison river saga in Colorado. The tale follows engineer WW Tormence and companions as they unlock the Black Canyon by driving the Gunnison-Uncompahgre tunnel to irrigate 100000 acres, amid dramatic exploration and official ceremonies in 1908.
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Hand of History
Gunnison
Colorado
Tormence
Ogre
North America
Gunnison River
United States Reclamation Service
Black Canyon
Sapinero
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande
Royal Gorge
Salt Lake City
John T. Faris
Far West
Western Newspaper Union
Fortune on a Roundabout At Thursday Island
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls a roundabout bought for a brief maritime task at Thursday Island near Australia. He extended it into a three year entertainment boom, with crowds riding it nonstop and fare collectors in relays. The owner earned substantially more than expected from the impromptu venture.
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Jack McLaren
London Daily Chronicle
Thursday Island
Australia
Japan
Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertised relief for stomach upset
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a pleasant, effective remedy for sour stomach and gas, claiming fast relief comparable to soda. It emphasizes suitability for children and suggests using it to counter coated tongue and fetid breath, urging readers to choose the genuine Phillips product over imitations.
Kipling’s Rise From Child Prodigy to Famous Author
The article notes Rudyard Kipling wrote his first juvenile work at thirteen and, by twenty six, was acclaimed a genius and the author of more best sellers than any other writer of his era.
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Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Hairless Rabbits and Dogs Spur Speculation in Russia
In the Journal of Heredity D A Koslov of the State Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Russia reports hairless young rabbits appearing among normal rabbits in hutches. Some show partial hair on noses ears shoulders and other areas. None born hairless have survived, so the breed is not established and may be hard to make permanent even if pursued.
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Journal of Heredity
D. A. Koslovsky
State Institute For Experimental Veterinary Medicine of
Russia
Identity of child in Reynolds portrait The Infant Samuel
The article states the child who posed for Reynolds portrait The Infant Samuel remains unnamed. No link is drawn between the painting and a biblical Samuel story.
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Reynolds
Samuel
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Julia Bottomley
Lexington and Concord
Scenic Playgrounds OF
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