Yale Crew Prepares For Henley Regatta Stroke Speeds Up
New York reports Yale's rowing team will sail to England for the Henley Regatta beginning July 6. Yale plans to enter only certain events, pushing strokes faster to gain advantage before the four mile race. Veterans like Lola Hull and F W Rogers are mentioned among those traveling, with emphasis on preserving Yale’s long winging Cook stroke while adapting to lighter, quicker recovery.
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New York
English University
Yale
Apple of Corpoll
Henley
Ile
Pravett
Yale Crew Roster and Stroke Change Debate for Henley Distance
The text lists Yale crew members with class years and positions including coxswain Coxswain Cark, coach Robert Cook, manager Sibour, and assistant Wheelwha tt. It discusses potential changes in stroke and the impact of adjusting the race distance to four and a half miles or Henley format, with debate among observers about crew composition and performance.
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Stole
C. Langford
Treadway
Longaare
Bulley
C. O. Rodgers
M. Beard
A. Brown
J. Slampson
Ayvetares Brese
Coxswain
T. Cark
Marsh
Payne Whitne
Yale
Robert Cook
Te Sibour
Joe Wheelwhatt
Henley
Yale crews adapt to shorter rowing course
Yale crews at New London adjust to a shorter course with faster strokes per minute. Scholars describe how stronger rowers must apply more power to increase the rate without losing water traction, maintaining the full slide distance and overall cadence.
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Yale
Rystemioa
New London
Yale Navy Plans European Tour Costs and Crew
Yale prepares a European tour for its sailing team with captains listed for multiple crews from S2 to S5 and over thirty undergraduates already booked for passage to England. The voyage cost is estimated at 310,000, covering training and expenses, rivaling prior Harvard competition spending as Yale aims to match odds and papers.
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R. D. Paine
F. “A. Johnson
Richard Armstrong
England
Yale
Waters
Troy
Harvard
Tea drinking linked to health risks and social class concerns
A historical article condemns tea excesses linking them to worse health, nervous instability, and melancholy. It cites medical opinion that tannin damages throats and digestion, worsens heart issues, and may increase neurasthenia and suicide risk, with claims tying tea culture to lower classes’ behavior and urging immediate tea consumption after brewing.
Princess Angeline Dies After Noted Seattle Life
Princess Angeline daughter of Chief Heattle died on Sunday in Seattle. She was among the celebrated figures of the North Madison era, known for warning the people of an intended massacre and thus saving 390 or 400 lives. Her life has been the subject of magazine and newspaper articles.
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Angeline
Heattle
Aly
Seale
Annie
Ife
Seattle
Mnet Descendants
Mymersus
Irishman Murphy Becomes Spanish Count and Regent
William Murphy, an Irish emigrant, is identified as Count of Morphy private secretary to the queen regent of Spain and chamberlain to Alphonso XIII. The report mentions Joseph Merrill of Amesbury Massachusetts as opponent of John G. Whittier in a 1944 legislative contest, noting an age of 0 years.
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William Murphy
Ireland
Spain
Morphy
Alphonso XIII
Joseph Merrill
Amesbury
Mass
John G. Whittier
Legislatera
Recalled Civil War Hero Pryor Saved by McLean
A long rambling reminiscence recounts Judge Roger A. Pryor narrowly escaping hanging during the Civil War. Washington McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, intervened to secure Pryor’s release from Fort Lafayette, leading to Pryor’s later career on a New York court bench.
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Roger A. Pryor
Mary Alice Almont Livingston Fleming
Judge Pryor
Washington
Washington McLean
Juhr RB
Mclean
Cincianati Dnquirer
Pryor
Buck
Washington Melean
Jefferson Davis
Nu Burgell
Virginia
Robert B Lee
Grant
Gameent Lee
Govertunness
Annre
Pryoy
Valon
Minle
Rim
Fort Lalayee
Pryors Ife
Lely
Robert L. Kennedy
Belmont
Fulton Street
New York St
Barnum
Mugents
Aia
Beale
New York State
Rem
Mason and Dixon
Confederacy
War Stanton
Beaie
Stanton
Young Beale
General Pryor
F& Ferry
Union
Prigong
Stanton Wipad
Harry Hotspur
American Congress
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Meany
Fort Lafayette
Solouel Farmers House
Eance
Dangers of the Garter and Hygienic Concerns
A historical column discusses garters as a hygienic issue noting that round garters compress nerves and hinder circulation. It contrasts stockings suspender garters and discusses wearers’ choices, dress dynamics, and the impact on leg muscles, suggesting safeguards against compression and fatigue.
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Wolking
Hat with Dresden silk Tam o Shanter and pink button roses
A hat first appeared on Sunday featuring a Dresden silk Tam o Shanter crown with upright aigrettes and a spray of pink button roses at the front and back above the rim.
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Mall
Suotay
Dresden
Women Bullfighters Draw Mixed Spanish Opinion
A lengthy, era tone description of women bullfighters in Barcelona and Spain. It notes aristocratic disdain yet rising middle class admiration, explaining how female matadors and picadors perform in the ring, their training, attire, and dangers, with mentions of notable fighters Providencia Almeda and Maria Alvarado, and ends with a brief political note on M. Ingersley’s death.
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Spain
Cuba
Keating
Barcelona
Barcelonia
Ehulos
Fool
Imibar
Verapi
Christopher Commbus
Mirador
Providencia Almeda
Maria Alvarado
Le Bibliophile Tseob author noted in Passy obituary
The sindow of Pew Lecrx Lecroix Deiter, known in Pare 9 Le Bibliophile Tseob, recently used at Passy in her ninety first year. She aided her husband in literary undertakings and authored several novels.
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Pew
Lecroix
Deiter
Tseob
Passy
Superstitions About Cats in Traditional Beliefs
A fragmentary survey of folk lore from various regions linking cats to weather, illness, and misfortune. It cites German Irish Scottish beliefs about cats foretelling illness and luck, including methods like cat blood, cat washing, and moving a cat into a new house to absorb disease.
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Cate
Germany
Dutet
Ireland
Sven
Loslow
Scotland
International Figures and Society Gossip in Paris Letters
A broad sifting of society notes names from North America and Europe. Mrs John Harvie is praised as Ontario’s first wettern raisonner inspector while Miss Sandmeyer of New York is hailed by Paris critics as a rising talent. Paderewski cancels English dates due to insomnia. Queen Victoria is lauded for Alfred Austin verse readings. General Baratieri’s mind falters. Duke Norfolk weighs telegram delivery by cycle in London. Frances Cleveland Lamont prefers an Alderney cow from George W Childs, matching Ruth Cleveland’s gift. Paris hosts the Haitian president’s daughter to study French, while Count James Portales, a German noble, emerges as a noted metallurgist in the West. Maria Brooks, the English painter, is urged to sign royal names on her works after winning at South Kensington.
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John Harvie
Ontario
Mias Sandmeyer
New York
Paderewski
William Theodore Peters
Paris
Queen Victoria
Alfred Austin
Baratieri
Duke of Norfolk
London
Frances Cleveland Lamont
George W. Chilas
Maria Brooks
South Kensington
Pardoning Power and Impeachment in the June Ladies Home Journal
The article cites President Blaine and the pardon power, noting a 1839 case where a condemned man’s reprieve was granted through Blaine’s household after a telegram reached Mrs Blaine. It discusses the gravity of life and death decisions and how pardons or commutations alter sentences.
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Blaine Hosehold
Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bar Harbor
Blaine
Mr. Blaine
United States
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Lapatucd
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Byler
Fleming
Athera
Forney
John Russell Young
China
Colonel Forney
Matt Che
Wallington McLean
M. Ingersley
Aly Isnodsau
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