Orkney Islands A Vivid Highland Sea Frontier
The Orkneys, ninety islands of which only thirty are inhabited, lie near Scotland and host Stromness harbor. Kirkwall, with 4000 residents, forms a Norse linked archipelago famed in literature and history from Harald Haarfagr to Sir Walter Scott. Mild gulfstream climate supports barley oats potatoes and livestock amid herring fisheries and growing tourism.
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Washington, D. C
Orky Islands
Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
Pentland Firth
England
Stromness
Pomona
Orkney Archipelago
District of Columbia
Kirkwall
North Sea
Harald Haarfagr
Orkneys
Shetland Islands
Norway
Christian I
Denmark
James III
Scotland
Sir Walter Scott
Cleveland
John Gow
Islands
Shapinshay
William Irving
Washington Irving
Montrose
Cromwell
Labrador
Orkney
Gulf Stream
Shetland
Luvury Mrs Jiggs and Mrs Noggess Exchange Witty Rejoinder
In a humorous dialogue a Mrs Jiggs asks about weathering married life with a surgeon while Mrs Noggess replies with a light cut about affording an appendicitis, illustrating comic banter on domestic life and medical care.
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Jiggs
Aeather
Rookies Ent ertains Civilians in Camp Hop Night
Social Calendar notes a Wednesday night post gym hop from 9 to 11 30 for civilians in training. Thursday the Englewood Methodist Missionary Society meets at 3 30 p m with Mrs G H Redmond at 3519 South Flores street. Married Ladies Sodality hosts an ice cream social 6 to 10 p m in St Marys auditorium to raise church funds. Red Cross Volunteers Circle meets in Highland Park school domestic science rooms in the afternoon.
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Missionary Society of Englewood Methodist Church
G. H. Redmond
South Flores Street
the Red Cross
Highland Park School
Mrs Cecil Bingham Captivates London Hat Buyers at Society Sale
Prominent London socialite Mrs Cecil Bingham wife of General Cecil Bingham and former Mrs Chauncey delights war function crowds. She showcases a clever hat stall at the Caledonian market, arriving daily in new straw hats and drawing fashion buyers who want to purchase her design.
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London
Cecil Bingham
Chauncey
Earl of Lucan
Obituary for Ernest E. McAnerry Dallas Architect 32
Word reached relatives in San Antonio on Tuesday of the Dallas death of Ernest E. McAnerry an architect aged 32 He leaves a widow and five brothers KR R Eldo Gladden De Shay and Stanley McAnerry all of Devine The body was sent to Devine for funeral there Thursday
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Ernest E. McAnerry
San Antonio
Dallas
KR. R
Eldo
Gladden
DeShay
Stanley McAnerry
Devine
National Music School Plan Planned By Mrs Keon
Mrs May Tait Keon of Boston announced a plan to fund a national university of music, following Mme Lillian Nordica's wishes. The project, backed by Mrs Champ Clark and notable artists, includes building a Hudson River amphitheater and drawing major musicians this year.
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The
Washington Star
National University of Music
Mme
Lillian Nordica
May Tait Keon
Boston
Norica
Mme. Nordica
Keon
Washington
Willard Hotel
Champ Clark
Hudson River
New York
Rock diving accident at Brackenridge park sends man to hospital
A diver struck a rock while swimming at Lambert pool in Brackenridge park Tuesday afternoon and suffered a scalp wound. He received stitches, was taken to the city hospital, then home. His condition was described as not serious.
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Nelson Jones
Townsend
Broadway
Lambert
Brackenridge Park
Shelley- Loring
A. Cadena
Ruiz Street
West Houston
North Laredo
Cadena
L. M. Brown
Brown
Election law bars unnamed candidates from ballot
Notes list three eliminated contenders C A Davies T W Lillie and T T Tucker due to unpaid fees. Also items report naturalization petition by Philip Zalensky born Vilna Russia 1892 who came to the U S from Bremen Germany in 1910.
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Terrell
C. A. Davies
Congress
T. W. Lillie
T. T. Tucker
United States
A. I. Campbell
Philip Zalensky
Saunders Avenue
Zalensky
Vilna
Russia
Bremen
Germany
Prisoner Arrested in Brownwood Over Auto Thefts
The United States Civil Service lists jobs from July 18 to August 10 with arrests in Brownwood Texas. The prisoner is accused of stealing several automobiles from Texas cities and selling them in Waco. An automobile owned by the Witherspoon Oil Company of San Antonio sold for 317 dollars.
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United States Civil Service
Inter State Commerce Commission
Brownwood
Texas
Waco
Witherspoon Oil Company
San Antonio
Auto Chief Suspect Arrested in Cross-State Case
Lancaster police received a long distance call from Guy McNamara of Waco reporting a white man tied to an incident. San Antonio Houston and Waco officers have been pursuing the suspect across multiple cities. The case involves an auto chief as a principal figure.
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Lancaster
Guy McNamara
Waco
San Antonio
Houston
Sutherland Springs Return Ride Buys 60 Cent Fare Sundays
Advertisement notes a Sunday round trip for 60 cents to Sutherland Springs and back, with departures at 8 15 from Southern Pacific.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Psychology of Food Quip Sparks Dinner Table Debate
The Washington Star quotes a lively remark on male cooks and Welsh rabbit. Mr Growcher counters that men hesitate to judge but would eagerly sample a handsome woman’s cooking, highlighting gendered views on food and taste.
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Epicure
Armour
J. E. Hoban
Crockett
Atmos
Leal Lardure’’ Lea Cleverbloom Batterie
Oleomargarine
Frankfort Style Sa
Orkney Islands
Nestlé
Nestlé’s
Nestie
Nestle’s Food Company
Woolworth
Bidg
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Hertzberg
Houston and St. Mary’s Sts
Grand Opera House
Billie Burke
Gloria
Otellie Kuhfuss
New Braunfels
A. J. Jasmin
Harry B. Jordan
San Antonio Arsenal
Arsenal
Mesdames George Bell Jr
Roy Campbell
Herbert Slayden Clarkson
H. Y. Williams
Pitcher
Davids
Anderson, Lamont
William Aubrey
Henry Smalley
W. S. Wood
Maria B. Fenwick
Galbraith
Ireland
Luther B. Clegg
Winchester Kelso
W. C. Silliman
Sarah
Coast
Rockport
Corpus Christi
Elizabeth Gunkel
Fort Worth
Doris Jones
Travis
Carleton Adams
Will
Adams
Grand Lake
Colo
Mr. Adams
John Booth
Henrietta King
R. J. Kleberg
Tom Fast
Kingsville
Bennett
West Nueva Street
Nichols Gro. Co
Ph. Cr
Ave. C
Mrs, Cecil Bingham
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
National Music School
Henri Therrien
Paula Sigerist
Telephone
T.B. Baker
Orchestra—Crockett
Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Adv
Marshall Eskridge
Brady Building
Young & Ramsey
Cro
W. G. Schuwirth & Co
W. Commerce St
Kehoe Loan Co
Commerce St
Eddie Moe-Kinney
Tuesaday
Weesatchie
F. Carl and Jr
Ward— Lawyers
Bedell Building
Horace FE. Wilson
State Bank
Houston St. Bridge
Union Orch
Kuntz- Albaugh Lumber Co
Advy
Laredo
R. L. Barnes
United States Bureau of Investigation
Lakeview Avenue
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co
Palm Beach
Victoria Tailor
John W. Tobin
Antonio Diaz
Austin
Tobin
Diaz
Bandera County
Dr. Foster
Gibbs Bldg
O'Connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Louis Brehm
Bexar County
Just
Kampmann
Bldg
Robert I. Uhr
German-American Alliance
I. & G. N. Railway
Hummel
Commerce Street
George Parkins
Tampico
Huastica
John W. Vann
Avenue C
Parkins
Mr. Parkins
Civil Service
Little Farms
Dalkowitz Bros
Daikowitz Bros. Go
North Flores
West Commerce
Sis
Veaver
Veaver Ice Crean
Ina
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