Peekskill Academy Tops Local Team In Narrow Victory
Peekskill Academy defeated the local high school team 35 to 15 in a Saturday game. The contest featured a small court and heavy local players outweighed by about 25 pounds per man. Tiffany led the home team with a 30 pound edge over the opponent’s center, yet the clash remained clean and fair.
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Brownleigh Park Horses Are Sold
Thoroughbred yearlings imported from England and Ireland by Grant Hugh Browne of Brownleigh Park Goshen sold at Durland's Riding Academy last Thursday. 24 horses brought in receipts of 317,955 averaging $710. Top price 2500 paid by trainer Jack McGinnis for a chestnut colt by Poussin and out of a fast dam line. McGinnis also bought a colt by Galcoon Simon for 1500 for Glendening Hyan II.
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Roumanian Girls and Their May Day Beauty Charm
A Geographic Magazine excerpt notes Roumanian country girls prize clear complexions and wear red and white thread talismans with coins for beauty. It recalls rural customs of washing freckles at dawn on May Days and links to broader quips about diplomacy and vocabulary as reading intelligence.
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Roumanian Capital Moved to Russia
Roumanian government seat reportedly moved from Jassy to Russia with foreign office in Petrograd and other branches to be in Berlin. Ferdinand rumored to abdicate and go to England. Romanian retreat ongoing with Russian aid and ships sunk by submarine reported in London dispatches.
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The Heir of Hoorah Photoplay at Stratton Tonight
Anita King and Thomas Meignan star in a western photoplay titled The Heir of Hoorah. Three mining men fight for an heir to their mine and a Western society girl arrives to complicate six lovers and marriages. Also featuring The Dark Silence with Clara Kimball Young and a vaudeville bill including Hay and Rab and Crouch and Carr. Baron Oppenheim denied US entry after Holland-America liner voyage.
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Six Trade Dollars To Gold Piece Lesson In Money
A weary tale from the Washington Post recounts a man who ends with six trade dollars and seeks a five dollar gold piece for his mother. He learns that silver certificates cannot exchange for gold, though the treasury finally grants the gold coin after a circuitous exchange. The piece contrasts nominal money with intrinsic value and notes public trust in Uncle Sam’s currency. The Atlantic Monthly adds a closing reflection on testing ideas in diverse places.
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Tying the Knot and Hindu Wedding Ribbon Tradition
A London Mail humor column recalls a Aberdeen railway station exchange where a pompous traveler asks if this is Aberdeen and a porter replies with sarcasm. It then explains Hindu bridal knot ritual where a ribbon is tied around the bride’s neck symbolizing the groom’s fate and binding marriage.
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