Berkshire Golfer Will Be Champion
Lancaster Pa June 22 Miss Edith Quier of Berkshire beat her mother Mrs Edwin F Qupler one up in the semi final and Mrs G Howard Bright of Berkshire defeated Miss Elizabeth Hurlock of Harrisburg five up three to play. The Berkshire pair advance to meet late today for the championship held by Miss Mary Stair of York who failed to qualify. Stair set a Lancaster routing route course record by seven strokes faster than in qualifying.
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Lancaster
G. Howard
Bright
Borkshire
Elizabeth Hurlock
Harrisburg
Edith Quier
Berkshire
Edwin F. Qupler
Central Pennsylvania Golf Association
Mary Stair
York
Miss Stair
Vhule
Lima Cowboy Sheik Emulates Lochinvar
Lima Ohio June 22 police seek a rider known as the cowboy sheik who accosted three girls Phyllis and Olive Peltier and Burleen Cramer as they walked home near East Market Street. A man on horseback charged the sidewalk before factory workers scared him off.
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International News Service
Lima
Ohio
Whiek
Peltier
Phyllis
Olive
Burleen Cramer
Aun East
President Harding Attends Miss Hoar Wedding in Washington
President Harding was among guests at the stylish Washington wedding of Miss Louise Ruth Hoar, daughter of Mrs. Frederick H. Gillette of Boston and wife of the Speaker, to Mr Christopher La Farge.
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President Harding
Washington
Louise Ruth Hoar
Frederick H. Gillette
Boston
House of Representatives
Christopher la Farge
May Take Business Men to Fight Forest Fires
Duluth Minnesota reports a shift in firefighting plans as unemployed laborers dwindle. Forestry officials may draft local business men to assist if serious fires break out this year, reversing the old practice of relying on Bowery district workers.
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International News Service
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Bowery
78 year old woman trains in gymnasium daily
Dorothy Schulz aged 78 declares there is no age limit to gymnastics. She swings Indian clubs and uses horizontal bars daily as her health prescription. The piece also notes Civil War era horses and mules consumption, citing a northern quartermaster report of 500 animals per day.
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Cinternational News Service
ST. Louis
Dorothy Schulz
Japanese Boys Celebrate Tango No Sekku With Flies and Carp
The London Daily Express reports Japan’s Tango no Sekku feast where paper carp kites fly from poles and number of fish indicates family members. Boys honor the firstborn, visiting neighbors to play games with shobu leaves, baseball, and cricket amid celebrations.
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London
Japan
London Daily Express
Prague hosts world’s greatest university center
Henry Noble MacCracken notes in Current History Magazine that Prague, in the old medieval city, gathers at least 27,000 full university rank students. He compares this to New York City’s student presence and lists multiple institutions, including Czech Charles University and Ferdinand University, plus institutes from Germany, Russia, and Ukraine, funded by the national budget.
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Prague
New York City
Charles
Ferdinand University
Henry Noble MacCracken
Current History Magazine
Divine Religions Spark Is In Us All
Monsignor John P. Chiswick, noted New York prelate and former Maine chaplain, asserts that every person carries a kernel of true religion. He argues the world is not irreligious and calls for better religious education to foster understanding and sympathy rather than cynicism.
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New York
John P. Chiswick
Maine
Divine religious spark in all men sparks need for belief
A speaker contrasts atheistic claims with enduring faith, arguing the divine religious spark resides in everyone and requires only awakening. Personal wartime experiences with skeptics inform the view that religiosity remains essential, not a thing of the past.
Famous Rostand villa awaits rich buyer in Paris
Paris June 24. Aroga, Edmond Rostand’s villa by the Pyrenees, faces the blue hills and is for sale. The Rostand family originally asked 1,500,000 francs, then reduced to 800,000. No Croasus has appeared and the state may convert the property into a national museum if no buyer emerges.
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International
Paris
Aroga
Edmond Rostand
Pyrenees
Traces Found of Ancient Civilization
Cinternational News Services reports from Johannesburg on June 22 that a prospector returning to Lorenzo Marques from the low-lying country between Inyang a north of Matabeleland describes ancient hieroglyphics and traces of a large non-Bantu population, indicating a once populous region.
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Cinternational News
Johannesburg
Lorenzo Marques
Inyanga
Matabeleland
Pupils slain as Japanese teacher commits suicide
Four pupils die after a school picnic when a train crashes them near Osaka. Their instructor, Yasutarō Mor i of Shik anahima Primary School, then killed himself by jumping before a train on the same line. Parents reportedly blamed the tragedy on Mori.
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International News Service
Tokio
Yasutaro Mori
Shikanahima
Osaka
Jersey woman dies after cow attack in New Jersey field
Elizabeth Stanislaw mother of five died at Perth Amboy hospital after a cow chained to a stake charged her dragging toward a wood and entangling her in the chain. A motorist aided her, and she was taken to the hospital. In another item Marie Blesig filed for divorce claiming her husband hid four prior marriages.
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Carteret
N. J
Elizabeth Stanislaw
Perth Amboy Hospital
International
St, Louis
Marie Blesig
Deadlock over inaccessible public bridge in Pottsville
Pottsville officials and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Coke company quarrel over the missing approach to a costly concrete bridge built by the county to connect an important highway. The deadlock blocks use, forcing detours on an unfit road. The court asks the grand jury to intervene and assign blame to the parties dodging responsibility.
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Pottsville
Grand Jury
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Coke Company
Coal Cor
Poration
Historic Old Elms Hotel Closes After 152 Years of Service
Sturbridge Massachusetts reports the historic Old Elms hotel closing after 152 years of public service. Noted visitors include Lafayette, with elm trees in front. Owner John S. Hubbard plans to convert the building into his residence.
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Sturbridge
Mass
Old Elms
Lafayette
Samuel C. ‘Lrall
John S. Hubbard
Uncle Eben On Grudges And Weather Complaints
Uncle Eben jokes that a man with a general grouch excuses it by whining about the weather. The quip suggests a lighthearted social observation from a dialect voice.
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Uncle Eben
Eickin
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