New National Hymn by Arthur Farwell Featured in Fourth of July
A new national hymn titled Hymn to Liberty, words and music by Arthur Farwell, was performed in New York's Fourth of July celebration. Farwell, a noted American composer and music director, describes the piece as a world hymn urging liberty for humanity beyond patriotic framing.
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Freedom
Mr. Farwell
St Paul
Biion
Massachusetts Institute of Versnology
Europe
Mangiebert Humperdieck
Hana Pfitzger
Alexandre Guilmant
Corneil University
Brave Sallie Burton Saves Eight Employees and Records
Miss Sallie Burton, chief operator of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company at Longview, risked her life to save eight coworkers and the office records when a fire destroyed the building. She led the evacuees to safety, returned for the records, then clung to a window until firefighters pulled her down a ladder. For bravery she was promoted to a general office position in Dallas. she is twenty years old.
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Sallie Burton
Southwestern Telegraph
Longview
Fesx
Miss Burter
Dailss
New Baby of Congress Reyburn Becomes Youngest House Member
William Stuart Reyburn of Philadelphia is the youngest House member at about 27, joining Pat Harrison of Mississippi and William F. Murray of Massachusetts who are 29. Reyburn filled the vacancy created by the death of Joal Cook in Pennsylvania’s Second District. his father, Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia, once held the same seat. Busk's Horn In a Tree log reveals a buck’s horn embedded in a three foot diameter log, with the horn about fifteen inches long, suggesting the trunk grew around it after the horn broke off.
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Reyburn
Congress
William Stuart Reyburn
Philadelphia
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Willam F. Murray
Massachusetts
Harrison
Murray
Joal Cook
Pennsylvania
The Newest Beauty Wrinkls In Paris Fashion Scene
Paris fashion set unveils a revival of Beauty and the Beast with heavily uglified attendants and grotesque pets. Mlle Mameon Loti parades a dwarf companion to emphasize her own beauty while Mlle Mistinguette hires an unattractive maid to pose beside her. Other beauties follow the troubling trend as ugliness becomes a stylistic accessory.
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Paris
Mle
Mameon Loti
Loti
Mlle
Mistinguette
Measures and Mechanisms in Honest Basketry
Farmers argue over a half bushel measure used in weighing produce while a basket maker confirms the size by noting his own two bushels of capacity. The tale contrasts trust, tradition, and proof in a small rural weighing dispute. The rest covers a bean-bake recipe, the writing of Abide With Me, and a quip about an old friend Hardup turning to real estate after death.
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Giles
Bill Sullivan
Bill
New Orleans
Lyte
Brixham
Riviera
London Telegraph
Hardup
New York Times
America
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Barr Bros
W. O. Davis
Passaic Ave
Chestnut ST
Harry E. Hunt
Office
Columbia Building
Nutley Station
W. Care
W. A. Johnston
A. Weyersberg
Valley Brook Avenue
Kingsland, N. J
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Joe Ciccone
Franklin Ave
Ratley
N. 3
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Florist
Cor. Walnut Sr
Avondale Rd
Nutley
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Weeber & Donnie Hats
New York
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Paterson Ave
Princeton
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Edewely
Passaic Belt
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