Bride at Ship's Helm in Lipton Cup Race Drama
The 28 foot Gauntlet sailed 650 miles from Gravesend Bay to Bermuda with Mrs Thora Lund Robinson at the wheel finishing second in the Lipton Cup race. The tiny Brooklyn Yacht Club sloop faced Gulf Stream dangers and rough seas off Cape Hatteras as Lila and Tamerlane also competed. Mrs Robinson, 20, is the bride of owner George W Robinson and served as chief mate and navigator amid a perilous voyage with the crew while weathering the stormy Atlantic conditions.
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Gulf Stream
Cape Hatteras
Gauntlet
Brooklyn Yacht Club
Norfolk Harbor
Hatteras
Atlantic
Robinson
Jefferson Bible sparks Senate demand for copies
The Jefferson Bible once stored at the Smithsonian drew heavy Senate requests after photos and copies circulated. A magazine ad offered free copies via Senators, prompting a surge in demand. each Senator has a quota of thirty copies, with printers planning more reprints as Congress did for other government publications.
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Thomas Jefferson
Smithsonian Institution
Senate
Congress
Heaven on Earth quote inspires righteous living
A compact aphorism urges men to emulate noble character and a life like theirs so that the world becomes a paradise. The quotation attributes the idea to Phil lips Brooks and emphasizes universal virtue.
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Heaven
Earth
God's Paradise
Phillips
Brooks
Diplomats Dine as Russia and Japan Reopen Social Ties
At Washington a dinner hosted by Baron Rosen for the Japanese Ambassador Viscount Aoki signals restored cordial relations after the Portsmouth Peace Conference ending a brutal war. Attendees include foreign diplomats and embassy officials, with Baron Rosen acting as Russia’s peace envoy.
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Washington
Rosen
Aoki
Portsmouth
Japan
Russia
Viscount Aoki
Baron Rosen
Netherlands
Mme. van Swinderen
Mme
Miyoka
Countess Seckendorff
Elizabeth Rosen
Spain
The Jungle Mr Sinclair’s Harsh Exposé of Beef Packers
A critical review of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle highlighting its depiction of Jurgis and his family’s emigration to Chicago, the brutal Packingtown system, deadly working conditions, and the alleged complicity of the meat industry led by figures like Ogden Armour. The critique emphasizes corruption, disease, and the call for reform through land ownership and improved worker rights.
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Jurgis
Ona
Great Corporation
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
Roosevelt
Special Commission
Lithuania
America
Chicago
Europe
Packingtown
Illinois
Ogden Armour
Immigrant tale at Bilis Island reveals law and longing
A stage scene from The Land of the Free shows Luigi and Maria at New York Harbor gates facing immigration law. He pleads love and payoff while officials enforce rules, forcing a painful separation and hopeful future plans amid tearful goodbyes.
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Bilis Island
New York Harbor
Land of the Free
W. C. de Mille
Vassar Aid Society
The
Times
Luigi
Maria
Signore
Carlissima
Mulberry Street
Fabio
Tessa
Neapoli
New York
Naples
Napoli
America
Maria Mia
Luizi
Goa
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Mr. Robinson
J. L. Dunlap
H. Higgins
Sandy
Hamilton
Bermuda
American Spectator
Taft
Cannon
Brian
Shaw
Hobson
Fairbanks
F. Funston
Ohio
Foraker
Tamerlane
Lila
Ttl
Brooklyn
Hearst
Root
Wolsinson
RUSS
Mr. Sinclair
Count Aoki
Robert Paton Gibbs
Hudson Theater
Mr. Gibbs
Horace Smith
Matamon
Geeih Peirceaass
Denver
Srey
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