The Unrealized Ideal: A NSW singing venture unfolds
In a remote New South Wales parlor Hilda Bouverie, a gifted singer, meets a dashing stranger with a hidden motive. He praises her voice after a improvised Handel adaptation, confides a plan about Mrs Clarkson’s concert, and departs, leaving her curious and changed.
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Mrs. Clarkson
Julian Crum
D. Cc. L
Royal College of Music
Julian
Melbourne
Miss Bouverie
New South Wales
Riverina
Hilda Bouverie
Bouverie
London
Washington Healthful Forests Draw Global Visitors
Washington reports estimate that 100000 people visit national forests yearly, spanning from the Mexican to the Canadian line and from the plains to the Pacific. The forests are managed for conservation and public use, with emphasis on fire protection and scenic beauty.
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Washington
Great Plains
Pacific
Legion
Pike's Peak
San Bernardino Mountains
Angeles
Tahoe
Sierra and Sequoia
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Henry S. Graves
Department of the Interior
Beers Named Commander in Chief of Grand Army of the Republic
Alfred B. Beers, Bridgeport lawyer and former city court judge, has been chosen as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served in the Sixth Connecticut during the Civil War, rising to captain and serving four years. General Daniel Sickles, though favored, declined due to age, suggesting a younger deputy be found to travel widely.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Alfred B. Beers
Grand Army of the Republic
Fairfield County
Connecticut Volunteers
Grand Army
Daniel EK
Sickles
Badger Named New Commander of Atlantic Fleet
Washington Oct 21 Rear Admiral Charles J Badger will assume command of the Atlantic fleet next January succeeding the present commander. The change in command reflects routine naval rotations as the fleet plans future maneuvers and deployments.
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Badger
Atlantic
Coast to Coast Road plan by Indiana manufacturers
Indianapolis observers report a proposed 8,340 mile macadam route from New York to San Francisco. Cost estimated at 25 million dollars, with counties covering construction costs only. a commission chosen by auto manufacturers would select the route and government engineers to supervise the build. Harvard Widener library gift expansion discussed in Boston. The gift funds a complete building larger than Boston Public Library with vast stacks and massive reading rooms.
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Indianapolis
New York City
San Francisco
Indiana
Widener
Harvard
Boston
Mass
George D. Widener
Philadelphia
Harvard University
Harry Elkins Widener
Boston Public Library
New York Public Library
A Woman College President at Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts marks its seventy fifth anniversary and hosts a celebratory feast in honor of its female president Mary Emma Woolley. Daughter of a Congregational minister, she was among Brown University’s first women to earn an A B and later earned an A M and an honorary Litt.D. from Brown, plus LLD from Amherst and LL.D. from Smith.
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Mount Holyoke
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Mary Emma Woolley
Miss Woolley
Brown University
Little
Amherst College
Smith
Navy Seeks Recruits To Fill Short Sailors Gap
Washington reports the navy has 46 760 enlisted men, 5 654 below normal. Congress delays on the naval appropriation bill and farm labor demand cut recruitment. Recruiting stations will open in Denver Salt Lake City and Richmond with traveling parties pushing into rural areas.
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Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Middle West
Denver
Salt Lake
Richmond
Maine Governor-Elect Haines Captures Narrow Victory
Waterville Maine October 23 William T Haines former attorney general wins Maine gubernatorial race by a small plurality as the Republican candidate over Democrat Frederick W Plaisted. Haines vows to retire from public contests for health reasons while promising support to both Republican factions.
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Maine
Waterville
William T. Haines
Vermont
Haines
Frederick W. Plaisted
Republican Party
Missionary Carried Gospel to White Eskimo Tr ibe
In Victoria island a missionary, sent by Bishop Stringer of the Church of England, arrives to proclaim gospel among the Eskimo people. W Henry Fry of Bath England, after three years teaching among the Eskimos on the Mackenzie delta, will be absent about two years.
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Tacoma
Wash
Stefansson
Victoria Island
Bishop Stringer
Church of England
Dawson
W. Henry Fry
Bath
England
Mackenzie Delta
Brazilian Fish Commission aims to regulate Brazilian waters
The government of Brazil has appointed a fish commission to study develop and regulate the fishing industry in Brazilian waters. This marks an early Latin American effort to manage its fishing interests and affects American vessels active in Brazilian whaling.
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Brazilian Fish Commission
Washington
Government of
Brazil
Fsh
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