Riviera splendor and hidden life along Italy and France
National Geographic notes the Italian and French Rivieras as vacation hubs with contrasting lives. Portofino and Zoagli showcase cliffside villas and handmade velvet work while Porto Fino and Rapallo reflect casino crowds and coastal contrasts. Eze and Moyenne Corniche lanes reveal rugged pathways and timeless crafts.
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Mediterranean
Riviera
Europe
Genoa
Riviera di Levante
Riviera di Ponente
Italy
Portofino
Santa Margherita
Zoagli
Africa
Gibraltar
Spain
Cordoba
Granada
Eze
Moyenne Corniche
Nice
Menton
Skeleton on Bow River Foreshadowed a Murder Mystery
A headless body found beside the Bow river in June 1910 sparked a long investigation. A bullet in the skull and another through the lungs pointed to two killers, Fisk and Robertson, who planned to steal a hidden fortune from settler Peach. Fisk hanged, Robertson sentenced to life imprisonment after rapid trials in Calgary.
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Bow River
Royal Mounted
Mounted
Peach
Robertson
England
Calgary
The
McLeod
Yukon
States
McLeod Detachment
Tucker Peach
Fisk
Two-Thirds Sweep Tickets Are Frauds
An Irish Sweepstakes expose in Collier's alleges that two of every three tickets sold in the United States are counterfeit. It details that only about 75 cents of the $2.50 goes into the winners pool, with the rest covering commissions, expenses, and a 25 percent hospital fund. The piece notes watermarked Irish Watermark tickets and the vast profits extracted by distributors, wholesalers, and officials, plus Irish Hospitals Trust Ltd.
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New York
United States
Collier’s
Irish Hospitals Trust Ltd
Fred McDonald
Dublin
McDonald
Ireland
Swift Brook Ltd
McCoy
Reading to end college faculties, says Mount Holyoke president
In Schenectady New York Dr Roswell G Ham president of Mount Holyoke College told Union College chapel listeners that proper book reading could eliminate the need for college faculties. He argued that if people learned to read a book well and use it in daily life societies could continue with no loss.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Roswell G. Ham
Mount Holyoke College
Union College Chapel
Starch and Sugar Feuds Threaten Teeth Health
In Ann Arbor University of Michigan findings Dr Russell W Bunting dean says tooth decay can be nearly eliminated if people avoid sugars and fermentable starches. Experiments show 300 children fed no sugars remained practically decay free despite low vitamins calories calcium and phosphorus.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Russell W. Bunting
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Starfish Profitable to Chesapeake Oystermen
Chesapeake oystermen, long troubled by starfish as pests, report the Burea of Fisheries finding starfish can be turned into fish meal for livestock. Dredges have collected up to 400 bushels per day per boat this year and converted the pests into profit.
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Washington
Chesapeake
Bureau of Fisheries
Train college brings technical learning to New South Wales
A movingTechnical college will travel across New South Wales offering courses in motor mechanics farm engineering electrical engineering Diesel engine mechanics and cinema production. It will provide technical training directly to communities using a train equipped with classrooms and workshops.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Penny Pincher Broadway: Crosby Gaige and Celebrities
Crosby Gaige, a bachelor, acquires 200000 patent models from Sir Henry Wellcome estate, including a corpse preserver and a printing press. He rose from Skunk Hollow to Broadway with a 300 acre Peeksill estate and a knack for knickknacks, wine, and publishing. Also highlights Margaret Sullavan’s big screen break after laryngitis led to a five year contract with Lee Shubert and her rise to stardom amidst Hollywood’s flirtations.
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York
Crosby Gaige
Sir Henry Wellcome
Mr. Gaige
Skunk Hollow
N. Y
Peekskill On
the Hudson
Margaret Sullavan
Lee Shubert
Princeton
Ethel Barrymore
Mr. Shubert
The True Length of Months Hidden in the Calendar
The article explains that months rarely align with exactly four weeks and that the average month has about four and one third weeks. Only February has exactly four weeks, and in leap years February gains a day, not a week.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Santa Claus
Castello San Giorgio
St Peri
Parae
Rapallo
Sadagas
la Spezia
Roquebrune and
Monte Carlo
Captain G. Elliott - Nightingale
WNU
His
King George VI
E. L. Gossage
A. H. Orlebar
Royal Air Force
Northolt
Harwell
Upavon
Thorny Island
Zorra Kilgore
Texas College of Mines
el Paso
Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Broadway
Kep
Columbia University
Illusia
Elisabeth Marbury
Miss Sullavan
Norfolk
Robert E. Lee
Boston
Cape Cod
Hollywood
Consolidated News
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