Great Air Routes Promise New World Roads in the Sky
Garrett P. Serviss argues that aviation may create global air routes rivaling ancient sea and land trade networks. He outlines French plans for Paris to Cairo and Paris to Baghdad, plus a Sahara crossing, noting technical and geographic hurdles such as the Taurus mountains and long desert transit, and celebrates aviation as a modern expansion beyond Arabian Nights fantasy.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Palmyra
Damascus
Cairo
Bagdad
Samarcand
Mediterranean
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
Alexandria
Tyre
Carthage
Venice
Antwerp
London
New York
San Francisco
Sahara Desert
Sahara
Algeria
Timbuctoo
Niger
Biskra
Dakar
Valley of the Euphrates
Abraham
Land of
Israel
Tower of Babel
Haroun-al-Rashid
China
Africa
Wellesley Seeks One Million Dollar Endowment
Wellesley College launches a campaign to raise 1 million dollars for a permanent endowment. An anonymous donor gave 100000 and the General Education Board pledged 200000. The move follows Smith College’s successful 1 million endowment drive using similar funding.
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New York
Wellesley College
General Education Board
Smith College
Rockefeller
Smith
Wellesley
Sophie Chantel Hart
St. Anthony hosts Merry Wives' dinner dance crowd
Houston guests attend the Merry Wives' dinner dance at the St. Anthony hotel with six courses and tango numbers. Hosts and guests include Mesdames Pancoast Seeligson De Pew Sullivan Groos and many others among a jesting ballroom full of palms and roses.
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St. Anthony
Mesdames
Aaron C. Pancoast
Arthur W. Seeligson
E. V. DePew
Dan Sullivan
Ernest Groos
A. C. Pancoast
Seeligson
E. V. de Pew
Graham
William K. Ewing
Max Krueger
Wallace Newton
Girdle
Juliet
R. Foard Townsend
Roy W. Hearne
A. W. Houston Jr
Foard. Townsend
Frederick Combe
E. B. Hillie
Walter Napier
Ferdinand P. Herff
George Harrison Moody
N. S. Graham
Rey W. Hearne
John B. Herff
Samuel Alexander Barclay
Alfred Ward
Albert Steves Jr
Amanda and
Dorothea Guenther
Josephine Woodhull
Mildred Mor
Eat Less Meat If Back Hurts Claims
The passage warns that regular meat consumption can cause kidney trouble and backache by overworking kidneys. It advises taking four ounces of Jag Salts in water before breakfast to flush and stimulate kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues. Jag Salts is described as a safe grape and lemon juice based lithia product.
Debate on Capital Punishment to Open Club’s New Rooms
The Jewish Literary Club presents a special evening with a four speaker debate on Capital Punishment. Leo Karren and William Levine support the measure while Abe Wise and Julius Sacks oppose. This is the final meeting in the current quarters before moving to the K of P hall on Commerce Street.
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Jewish Titerary Club
Leo Karren
William Levine
Abe Wise
Julius Sacks
K. of P. Hall
Commerce Street
Amateur Music Club Hosts Birthday Social
The Amateur Music Club held a social meeting with Miss Mildred and Jack Cade celebrating birthdays. Miss Bertha West and Miss Florence Hicks performed a musical program while refreshments and games followed and many guests attended.
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Mildred
Louise Charpentier
Jack Cade
Bertha West
Florence Hicks
Linen Shower for Bride at Mrs. Schilling Home
A linen shower honored Miss Vena Nance, a week‑old bride, at Mrs. A. Schilling’s home 1307 Avenue B. Guests enjoyed chrysanthemums and ferns with prizes won by Irene Nance, Louise Frasch, Edna Soldier, and Vena Nance. About twenty attended. chrysanthemums were plate favors.
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A. Schilling
Avenue B
Vena Nance
Irene Nance
Louise Frasch
Edna Soldier
Feathered fashion sparks New York silliness on Fifth Avenue
A chaotic scene unfolds as a man on a Fifth Avenue bus flees “mouse on a stick” hat decorations. He vows to curb feather length, claiming long plumes endanger comfort. The Society for the Prevention of Useless Trimmings investigates dangerous millinery while witnesses, including nervous elevator riders, describe feather risks.
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New York
Mylady
Fifth Avenue
Albany
Society For the Prevention
London Kennel Club Keeps Half Million Dog Pedigrees
The London Kennel Club, organized in 1873, maintains pedigrees for about half a million dogs. At the annual show in London, roughly 40 000 dollars in prizes are awarded. A committee meets twice monthly and acts as judges in disputed cases, with witnesses called in the ordinary way. owners may be barred from future shows for severe sentences.
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London Kennel Club
Kennel Club
London
Birthday Celebration Honors Inez Ankerson At Home
Mr and Mrs John Ankerson entertained a large group of youths at their home last week to celebrate their daughter Inez sixth birthday. The house glowed with cut flowers and plants as games and refreshments followed. Mrs Ankerson was aided by Mesdames P W Ankerson A Kneuppers C Schmidt P Corley Ed Ankerson Ed Goldenhagen Green Miss Kneuppers and Miss Kelly.
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John Ankerson
Inez
Mrs. Ankerson
Mesdames
P. W. Ankerson
A. Kneuppers
C. Schmidt
P. Corley
Ed Ankerson
Ed Goldenhagen
Green
Miss Kneuppers
Miss Kelly
Woman's Club Directors to Meet Tomorrow Morning
The board of directors of the Woman's Club will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the club house.
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Woman’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church
E. M. Hight
Patterson Avenue
Alamo Heights
A. Sachs
Flower Circle
Travis Park
Woman's Club
Melbourne's fiery temper surfaces at royal dinner
Lord Melbourne, Victoria's prime minister, battled a swearing habit since dawn of her reign. During a dinner with Queen Victoria, he exclaimed about Sir Robert Peel's move to free trade, calling it a damned dishonest act. The queen calmly redirected the discussion to private talks on corn laws.
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Lord Melbourne
Queen Victoria
Robert Peel
Melbourne
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