Photographic egos and upscale society in New York
A satirical collage notes Simon of New York Lights avoids photographing women for decades while admiring male portraits. It recalls Hunter College an era of strict rules, a Leavenworth fund for Yale, odd bequests of trousers with hidden gold, a London Express tale of a housekeeping blunder, and backstage theater quirks about dressing rooms and star treatment.
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Hunter College
New York
College For Girls
Thomas Hunter
Hunter
Park Avenue
Leavenworth
Yale
Bell Syndicate
Submarine Humane Treaty Marks Turning Point in Naval War
The London conference yielded a treaty to curb submarine warfare, promising warning before torpedoes and an end to maritime murder of noncombatants. It recalls how U boats reshaped WWI, from Britain’s early strikes to America’s entry, and notes later raids near Cape Cod and the Atlantic coast, with U boats costing Germany vast losses.
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Germany
England
Great Britain
E-9
Heligoland
Hela
Aboukir
Hague
Cressy
Triumph
Majestic
Jutland
von ‘Ti
Newport
R. L
Nantucket
America
John Phillip Holland
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Baltimore
Paul Koenig
Atlantic
von Hindenburg
Admiral Sims
Hindenburg
British Empire
United States
William Bell Clark
Little, Brown and Company
Clark
Cape Cod
Ticonderoga
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
Newfoundland
North Carolina
New England
Canadian
France
American
Cape Hatteras
Thermopylae
Cradock
Cornel
English Channel
John Paul Jones
American Merchant Marine
Hit by Conscience Sends Stamps to New York Finance
A troubled conscience mailed about 198 two-cent stamps to the conscience fund of the City of New York Department of Finance, sending a quiet note on civic remorse and payment to the public treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City of
Giant 275-year-old spruce felled in Vermland parish
A giant spruce over 125 feet tall and more than 275 years old was recently cut down in Gasborn parish Vermland. The historic tree’s removal marks a notable loss for local forestry and heritage. The event highlights aging timber resources and regional environmental history.
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Stockholm
Gasborn
Vermland
Reins Catch Fire in Lightning Fatality Near Strathroy
In Adelaide township near Strathroy Ontario, farmer Orville Wad dell died after a bolt of lightning struck during plowing. The lightning killed a horse, causing the reins to tighten around the farmer's neck and choke him, authorities reported.
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Farmer
Bolt
Strathroy
Orville Waddell
Adelaide
Why We Behave Like Human Beings by George A Dorsey
A Carnegie lab test shows a 134 pound man losing 28 pounds in a month on water only, with senses sharpened and learning improved. Hunger and appetite are learned biologic drives shaped by first meals, culture, and habit, while civilization creates institutions as humanity progresses.
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George Dorsey
Carnegie Laboratory
Carlson
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Simon
Pirie MacDonald
MacDonald
Kitz
Yale Fund
The
New Yorker
London Daily Express
Fielden
Jock
Broughton
Major
Jack Coats
Anthony Weldon
Sir Anthony
Yorkshire
Ireland
Anthony
Titel Cs Madeo
United States Navy
C.S. Bushnell
Augustus Rice
Halstead
N. J
Elmo Scott Watson
Children of the
George A. Dorsey
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