Harvard Triumphs Over Yale In Four Mile Thames Race
Harvard eight from Cambridge defeated Yale on the Thames by fourteen lengths in four miles at New London Conn on July 1 before 50000 spectators. Yale freshman and Harvard four also won, while Harry Atwood flew a two hour 108 mile demonstration before the event.
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New Haven
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Wife Fears Murder as Costa Rica Trip for Husband’s Remains
Mrs. A Hollis White of Boston with her son Harry Stebbins sails to Costa Rica to investigate her husband’s presumed death by foul play. She received an unsigned cable on June 22 about his death and aims to learn what happened and recover money he may have collected there.
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Costa Rica
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Harry Stebbins
Mia White
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Israel
Jesus Christ
God
Church of God
Texas Woman Kills Her Children Then Herself
Mrs Maude McLarry of Los Angeles on a visit to Lockhey Texas killed her three children and then died by suicide. Police say the act occurred during a heat driven dementia. The tragedy occurred in Austin area reporting from Lockhey.
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Austin
Tex
Lockhey
Mis. Maude McLarry
Los Angeles
Cal
R. M. Hamilton
Entertainment Committee Members List
Mr. W. W. Hoppin Jr chairs the entertainment committee with members Mrs. Riker Jr Mrs. Ira Barrows Mrs. H S Borden Mrs. B H Borden Mrs. D Godfrey Mrs T Barbour Mrs M L Van Ingen Mrs W Hamilton Mrs J H Rhoades Mrs J H Harding Mrs A Symington and Mrs J P Kellogg listed as members.
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W. H .Hamilton
J. H. Rhoades
J. H. Harding
Coronation Service Details for King George and Queen
The article outlines the coronation form issued for June 22 describing the archbishop of Canterbury crowning the king and queen, with anointing, investiture, and symbols of royal power, prayer, and blessing. It covers oath, weapons, scriptures, the Bible gift, and the Te Deum.
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Privy Council
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Edward VII
Alexandra
York
England
Westminster Abbey
Ganterbury
Misplaced Affection Ends in Tragic Snake Bite
Miss X a renowned snake charmer kept a venomous snake on her bed and around her neck. Despite warnings the reptile bit her between the eyes after a performance and she died within half an hour. McClure's Magazine reports.
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Miss X
Hasty Royalty: Frances Cromwell’s Quick Union with Jerry White
Frances Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell, married her suitor Jerry White after a witty exchange during a flirtation. Cromwell asked the reason for the courtship and the pair wed once the chaplain agreed to invoke William Godwin as a jokey prompt.
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Jerry White
Jerry
Cromwell
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New CPS course teaches girls street car safety
Chicago Public Schools introduce a course on the theory and practice of flipping street cars designed for girls. Superintendent Bila Flagg Young says the program aims to teach women to face forward while boarding or alighting, with later lessons on crossing tracks. It begins with boarding and leaving cars and may add practical demonstrations. In another note, a three foot long brown snake with legs and feet was found near Norcross Georgia, near a poultry house.
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Chicago
Bila Flagg Young
W. R Burtehnells
Norcross
Postoffice on rollers halt between rival Miami sites
A post office in Miami Arizona was moved to a new site on rollers on May 8 prompting business suspensions and protests. After May 16 orders to return to the old site followed fierce objections from supporters of the new location. An inspector was sent to investigate as the office sits between sites during the inquiry.
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Ariz
Higehcock
Merchanta
Postoffice Department
Feminine Strategy: Amy Trims Hats, Clever Charity
Amy, a polite upper west side girl, earns five dollars from her father by trimming a hat. She then creates another hat, but uses the prize money to buy a cap for a janitor's child, impressing her father with practical virtue.
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Amy
Upper West Side
New York Press
Let Our Country Be a Monument of Wisdom and Liberty
A gray headed man recalls lunch with a hotel proprietor who insists on tipping staff in his own hotel, praising his sense of duty. He quotes Daniel Webster on national ideals and liberty. The snippet also cites punctuation jokes and aphorisms about jealousy and courage from various papers.
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New York Sun
Daniel Webster
Cotton experiment aims to grow cotton in southern Kansas
Elmore Loundabury of Chautauqua County Kansas is testing cotton culture in southern Kansas below the dirt hills. He has planted four acres and reports good progress. A harvest would require shipping the crop about forty miles to the nearest gin.
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Elmore Loundabury
Chautauqua County
Kan
Oklahoma
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