Feisal's Caustic Wit Charms Allies in Paris
Asia Magazine recalls Emir Feisal's sharp humor that won supporters for the Arabian cause in Paris. Anecdotes describe his witty retorts about modern statesmen and British policy, including a quip comparing Crusade winners to a history lesson and a desert caravan analogy.
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Emir Feisal
Paris
Council of Ten
M. Pictor
France
Syria
Balfour
Asia Magazine
Camouflage shoesaving boy avoids polish to save cash
Young Nick argues he hides his stains with a neutral camo to avoid laundering and new clothes, claiming it saves money and avoids drawing attention. The piece also notes playgrounds in Chicago with a Czech government and YMC A collaboration, plus future city play spaces.
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Nick
Machiavelli
Bill
Chicago News
Rats Invade English Town Invasion Of Abertillery
Rats overrun Abertillery Monmouth England as worshippers leave Tillery Street Baptist Church. A doctor cites two types brown and black rats. Black rats stay in sewers while brown climb telegraph poles pipes and walls. Council weighs hiring expert rat destroyers but may handle it locally.
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Abertillery
Monmouth
England
Tillery Street
Baille Smith
First municipal playground of Czecho Slovakia in Prague
The article notes Prague hosting the first municipal playground of Czecho Slovakia. A high terraced hill provides space atop for tennis courts and ball grounds, with a lower terrace featuring a pavilion, band stand and open air facilities.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Plover Notes Report Socials Sports and Local News
Fort Dodge visits by C R Henderson and J W Langfitt. White Shrine initiation for Laurens ladies. Armistice Day Plover Legion hunt yields few game and boxing afterward. Local visits, church, theater, and school notes. basketball wins and upcoming games. relief drive raises 57.60. various Fort Dodge Rolfe and Audubon connections. season tickets for five Plover numbers offered at 1.75 adults 0.85 children.
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C. R. Henderson
J. W. Langfitt
Fort Dodge
Shipping Association
L. E. Garlock
H. H. Grove
C. E. Watts
Laurens
White Shrine
W.W. Wheeler
American Legion
John Fisher
John
David Hood
Perry
Homer Osborne
P. J. Shaw
J. H. Bucher
Rolfe
A. M. Climpson
N. H. Shaver
Centre College Eleven Shines Under McMilin Moran Leadership
Danville Kentucky’s Centre College football team, led by quarterback Bo McMilin and coach Charles Moran, delivered a great showing in Cambridge. More than 6000 fans from Danville attended the game against Harvard, underscoring Centre’s strong performance.
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Bo” McMilin
Charles Moran
Centre College
Danville
Cambridge
Maas
Kentucky
Centre
Harvard
Teachers Attend Convention and Local Visits Noted
The article notes teachers taking advantage of a vacation to attend a teachers' convention in Des Moines. It records Fort Dodge visitors Will Hoffert and A. M. Hofert, Pocahontas visitor Wm Horsman, and Cedar Falls trip with daughter Clara who had undergone hospital surgery. It also mentions M. & St. L. workers at Plover adding a news platform and a suggested walkway to the station.
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Des Moines
Will Hoffert
Fort Dodge
Horsman
Plover
Plover School Notes Highlight Lunch Program and Debating Coach
Warm lunches are now served daily in the home economics department to aid students who must bring dinners. About two thirds of the pupils come from the country, making the program beneficial to many. Mrs. Bessie B Wilson coaches the declamatory work with sixteen contestants showing progress. The Plover girls and boys basketball teams played two games at Bode last Friday night.
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Bessie B. Wilson
Suervision
Plover
Bode
Plover Boys Edge Opponents in Close Thanksgiving Games
The Plover team won 22 to 16 with Bode scoring 16-11 in a tight contest. Gilmore and Superintendent Donovan were noted in local coverage of the games near Des Moines during Thanksgiving week.
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Bode
Plover Boys
Supt
Donovan _of Gilmore
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Bert Peterson
Salvation Army
Ruth Crowl
Zola Bucher
Leota Smith
Phyllis Heathman
Dorothy Swanson
Dorothy Shaw
Edith Shaw
Wilma Mueller
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Frank Bagley
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Phelps
Audurbon
W. J. Krejer
L. S. Garlock
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Andrew Rasmussen
M. I. Helvig
Ray Seaman
A. G. Heathman
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C. P. Lathrop
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