Tall Man From Lillooet Recalls Rats and Shipwrecks in the South Seas
John Hunt from Lillooet British Columbia tells of encounters in the South Seas. He describes a ship Aeon wreck near Christmas Island in 1908 and a terrifying night from a camp near a Maori cemetery where giant rats swarmed his tent before he drove them off with a six shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hunt
Imperial
Lillooet
British Columbia
Vancouver
Grand Trunk
Hunt
Ireland
Australia
Mr. Hunt
Robinson
Christmas Island
Pacific
New Zealand
Frisco
New Zeaand
Christmas Sland
Samoa
Christmas
Fanning Island
Auckland
San Francisco
New York
Awuina
West Point June Week Draws Visitors for Cadet Exercises
Visitors arrive at West Point for June Week events as cadets prepare a 6 o clock morning parade and a 3 o clock exhibition. Coast Artillery and F cavalry drill highlight the schedule with reunions and gradu ate association arrivals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
West Point
Aioe Ae
Syracuse Uniof
Coast Artillery
The
Association of Graduates
Promoters of Columbian Sterling Charged in Fraud Trial
Federal trial before Judge Mayer covered issuance of stock via Columbian Sterling Publishing. Defendants Frank Orff EB Yates Jom B Atkin and Lee Sidwell face charges of using the mails to defraud. Evidence included merger charters and corporate histories of related magazines and publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer
Federal District Court
Frank Orff
EB. Yates
Jom
B. Atkin
Lee Sidwell
Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company
Columbian-Sterling Company
Hampton's
Incorrated
Broadwagazine Incorporated
Benjamin Hampton
Western Magazine Pub- Hieting Cans Ag
Hete Magazine Pubng Company
Delaware
Columbian Magazine Company
Columbian-Sterling
Charles H. Dette
St. Louis Newspaper Company
A. R. Foote
Columbianazine Publishing Company
thelumbian-Sterling Colny
Orff and Sidwell
Yates
Orff
Sidwell
Company
Atkins
J. Brinton Haynes
Haynes
London
Memorial Camp Gift to YMCA from Mrs Marling
Mrs Alfred EB Marling donated twenty three acres of upland in the Sussex Hills near Greenwood Lake to the YMCA Twenty Third Street Branch. The gift, in memory of her son Harold Marling, was accepted by General Secretary Orne for New York. The camp on Spenser Lake New Jersey, west of Mountain, will open July 1.
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Alfred EB. Marling
Young Men's Christian Association
Twenty-third Street
Sussex Hills
Greenwood Lake
Controversy Over Illiteracy Letters In City Schools
A published batch of letters purporting to prove widespread spelling problems among public school teachers is under fire as letters from non teachers are identified. Superintendent Maxwell seeks access to all cited documents for review while officials defend testing standards and note possible past exemptions for long-standing teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Maxwell
Controller Prendergast
Sacha
Informa Venpers
George J. Smith
Board of Examiners
Iff
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Seas
the Times
Times
Adv
Columbian Sterling Company
Maxwell
Mpson Clay Exo Co
F Street
Norfolk
Limpeen Crawford C
Gale
Oneill-Adam
sCo
Sixth Avenue
Stree
Netwest
O’neill’s
Dad
Sixth Ave
Meri
J. Colpica & Co
Ferenzi
Italia
Panama
Oxford
Jersey
Madras
Nainsock
Douglas Oxfords
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