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'J v y v ; V w v y V v j) V M v j) VTHE WALKING WOOLFS ATTRACTATTENTIONCOUPLE ARRIVED IN DAYTONA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAINED UNTIL TODAY—HAVE , WALKED FOR FIVE YEARS.A couple that attracted much attention f»n the streets TuoHilay afternoon wjih the Walking Woolfs. D. II Woolf and wife, of Kansas City, Kan., and their outfit of, horse and two wheel cart and dog. * l)on.Mr. and Mrs. Woolf have been walking for the past live years, an I In that time have covered over 21,000 miles and walked through nearly every state In the Union.Mr. Woolf waH a violinist and or chestra lender when his health fulled, and with the purpose of regaining If he started on a walking trip to theOzark mountains, accompanied byMrs Woolf, who has been w ith him onall subsequent trips. This first trip was started on June 1. H*09. and after making 300 miles they returned home well satisfied with the benefit derived b Mr. Woolf.Their second trip was begun May 2. 191a, taking the horse. Dully, and dog. Don. Which are now with them. They walked to New York city a distance of 2.000 miles, hut returned by rail They next walked to *|»»n Antonio. Tex . and then after a -j lapse of several months they walked ^ to Atlanta. Ga., thence to the Atlantic ' «M and northward to Heaton, Mass. a reaching Kansas City on Tl.anksglv- log day. 1911. with 8.000 more miles to their credits.,' They utarled on u„.|r r„.»i ,r|p „n » May 1. 1912. iiulng to Salt I .like filv and on to Colton. Cal. A email part „ ,,f ,,1,s dlxUnca was Hindi' t,y rail (|„ tills trip, while r»» %»rnV« ,v, i rn**t W J. firysn, now secretary rf . Mate. and have a photograph which ‘ 1 tides Mr. Uryan In their group They also met Tlieodore Roosevelt when on their trip to New York and -••re e„,ertalnd by him at SuitamoreThey have several times met Wes Ion. the famous walker, and have j stopped with him at various places !They beg^ their present trip the'| -nd of last April and are now headed for Portland. Me. They crossed this state from Tampa to Daytona Their camping outfit Is carried on I the cart which li covered with cardsand other souvenirs of the places they have vlHlted.Mrs. Woolf Is a picture of perfect health and Mr. Woolf has increased IiIb weight from 108 to 140 pounds, and Is In excellent health.The expenses of their trips are met by lecturing and* tho sale of a hook of their travels, entitled. “Tramping and Camping.”Mr. and Mr«. Woolf pitched their tent last night on the old Daytona lumber yard property at the corner of Magnolia avenue und First street, remaining over until today to have photographs made for a moving picture film with tho scenery of this place to add to their collection of pictures of the various places they have visited, and which they will use for exhibition purposes. They go from this city to St. Augustine.8.000 WOODMEN INVADEMETROPOLIS OF TEXASDALLAS. Texas. March 10.—Right thousand Woodmen of the World from Texas. New Mexico and Arizona are in annual session here today. The convention is the largest ever held ( 1,1 lh,‘ southwest and will continue until the twelfth. $65,000 will be pold on Friday to tho delegates for I heir mileage end per diem expenses. In this stiii** there are 200,000 mnm-| hers and 50,000 women associates.I - — —DEPARTMENTAL CIVILSERVICE EXAMINATIONSANN AltHOIC, Mich.. March 10.The first of a series of civil serviceexaminations for government departj mental to ho held In Calumet. Detroit. Grand ltnpids. Jackson. Kalamazoo.Ijiiislug, Hnult Ste Marie and Traverse nty In this state began Imre today.THE EXHIBITION LINE-1915-To:auuiHERPSUNSET-The Sunset Limited—11:00 A.M. Leave NewTHRU LOUISIANA. TEXAS^NELOW ALTITUDE-Th« Open WinOil Burning Locomctlvea, N?Dining Car lUrv.c, Four Dally Tralna New Or Exposition tlcketa on «al« r 6.y,on. to Sen FrSHU u% #fro”' other po| Writ, for full informalC. M. EVANS. General A„Sn,. pl“!310 Brpwn.Marx Bldg..
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Daytona Beach Daily News
Daytona Beach, Florida, US
Wed, Mar 10, 1915
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