Yesterdays Todays Anniversaries And Birthdays
A compact list notes anniversaries and birthdays from 1833 to 1965 with figures like Thomas Platt and William Wheeler. It mentions events such as the Yazoo river action, Peary’s Arctic voyage, a Klondike gold shipment, and the first no hit no run game, plus a London gathering for the World's Christian Endeavor convention.
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Thomas C. Platt
U. S
New York
Oweno
New York City
Arkansas
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Vicksburg
William A. Wheeler Af
Lieut. Peary
St. John’s
Newfoundland
M. Stambulof
Tromier
Bulgaria
Sofia
Vitoria
B. C
Klondike
Adriatic
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Ludwig Fulda
V Prankfort-on-Main
Mme. Scchumannteink
Prague
Alfonso Louis Jerome de Bourbon
Galatz
Rumania
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Randolph
Mase
Mickey Walker
Elizabeth
Nog
London
Christian Endeavor
Yale Scandal Prompts Fresh Look at College Ethics
The expulsion of six Yale students for cribbing in exams and the call to halt the Yale Harvard boat race reflect a broader critique of college ethics. The piece argues athletics have overshadowed scholarship and praises decisive actions to restore education as the primary aim, urging similar discipline in other colleges and high schools.
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Yale
Harvard
United Tes
Eorn
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Eliot
Honor to Gallieni statue veiled at Invalides in Paris
A new statue veiled at the Esplanade des Invalides honors Gallieni for saving Paris in 1914. The article recalls how General Gallieni seized the gap in Germany's flank and moved his forces to halt the German advance, earning posthumous marshal status and a high water mark monument.
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Gallieni
Esplanade Des Invalides
Paris
Rman
Llieni
von Kluk
Germany
Surfeited With News and Shifting World Focus
The piece notes that rapid news coverage dulls interest in big events. It cites frequent Central Sumatra earthquakes since June, with 222 killed, and argues the world feels smaller due to communication and travel advances making readers desensitized to major happenings.
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Sumatra
Governor Ferguson Delays Extradition Papers Until After Primaries
Governor Ma Ferguson will not issue extradition papers to extradite Ponzi suspects until after the July 4 primaries. The ruling was made at a hearing attended by her husband, the only hearing she has held this term. He was away campaigning for her election. A Dem column in Urbam noted a three heart chicken found in New Jersey, noting a three drumstick bird would have been more interesting.
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New Jersey
Urbam
U. Democrat
Automobile travelers urged to carry fault information
A fragmented report notes a call for motorists to equip themselves with fault details to aid reporters in accident coverage. The snippet mentions June and August as placeholders, with unclear attribution to Akron and Beacon publications.
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Pine
Examiner
St Swithin’s Day Weather Lore Notes Deletages
A brief note on St Swithin s Day saying rain today implies forty days of rain, with delegates from thirty countries referenced in the fragment.
McNeary bill fails. family hopes winter in Florida
Abe Martin notes a secretary Mellor dismissing the McNeary bill as unworkable while Mrs. Laurel Kite and her family, with her husband serving a life sentence, anticipate a Florida winter pending pardon.
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Mellor
McNeary
Laurel Kite
Florida
Ode to Arthur O Shaughnessy Dreamers of Dreams Headline
Fragmentary poem excerpt from Arthur O Shaughnessy titled We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams. References to dreamers as forces shaping worlds and empires with lines about poets and movers of the world. Included from Palgrave's Golden Treasury.
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Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Palgrave
Who's Who in the Day's News Miss Sara Wambaugh
Miss Sara Wambaugh has returned from Tacna Arica after studying the Chile Peru impasse over territorial dispute. Daughter of Eugene Wambaugh professor emeritus of law at Harvard she is an authority on plebiscites and was named to the League of Nations secretariat. She also serves on the commission appointed by Peru to represent that nation.
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Tacna-Arica
Chile
Miss Wambaugh
Peru
Radcliff College
Wellessely College
Sara Wambaugh
Miss Wambangh
Eugene Wambaughb
Harvard
Secretariat
League of Nations
How Things Look To The Farmer By O M Kile
Washington DC July 15 a federal survey shows the average farm net income for the year was 1207 with 16250 farmers surveyed nationwide. The Minnesota study highlights a single 19 acre farm near Cottonwood county that earned 1669 labor income versus 495 for the average due to larger yields and long term clover alfalfa practices, despite similar crops and no natural soil advantages.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Department of Agriculture
Minnesota Farm
Staw University
Couty
Cottonwood County
Iquestion
Herat
The Gink and the Street Act of 1926 Chronicle
The piece cites a man who whistles to attract attention as a playful, irritating street act. It then shifts to a Minnesota farm report praising efficient farming methods that boost profits, noting hog production, forage use, and better management. It argues gains come from practical methods rather than legislation, urging immediate adoption by farmers.
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Republic Syndicate, Inc
Minnesota
National Farm Organization
Dolor
Congress
Paris Women Fight for Civil Rights and a Writer's Suicide Note
Paris letters reveal women marching for civil rights amid dated law reforms. married women lose control of money and assets without contracts. A Paris writer, Philippe Delerier, writes a 450 page work, seeks publication, then shoots himself in attempt to immortalize his writing and provoke public interest.
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Paris
Philippe Delerier
Leon Blum
Blum
Lamboisiere
Tme
American artist Albert Herter murals unveiled in Paris
A newly unveiled mural at Gare de lEst in Paris honors Everit Herter, killed in 1918. The fifty by sixteen foot work, unveiled with French and American officials present, depicts mobilization days with tense family faces and departing soldiers. The piece remembers the artist's son and marks a stirring wartime moment.
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America
Gare de Vest
Paris
Albert Herter
Everit Hertet
Chateau Thierry
Trao
Tra
Gare de l'Est
British churchmen see American prohibition as trade strength
London July 15 American prohibition is cited as the world slump’s main driver by British leaders of the local option movement. Viscount Astor inspires the campaign of the Primitive Methodist Church to close public houses on Sundays, push earlier weekday closing, and seek the destruction of the drink traffic. If the United States keeps prohibition for fifteen years, English business leaders will demand the drink traffic be destroyed there too.
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London
United States
Viscount Astor
Primitive Methodist Church
Sunrslay
England
Sixty years old today Miss Marie Tempest shines on stage
Sixty years old today Miss Marie Tempest remains a favorite of the English stage and famed as the best dressed woman in London. Her long career began in comic opera and spread to America where she later shifted to legitimate comedy in 1900. Her notable roles include Nell Gwynne in Haglish Veil and Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair. Born in London she trained in Belgium Paris and at the Royal Academy. Her first appearance as a prima donna of light opera came in 1530.
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Miss Marie Tempest
London
Miss Tempest
America
Nell Gwynne
Becky Sharp
Messenger unveils hardening process boosts cutting efficiency
Charles O Messenger, a Minneapolis machinist, has perfected a new hardening process for cutting stems. University of Minnesota engineers say it will raise cutting efficiency from 400 to 508 percent.
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Charles O. Messenger
Minneapolis
University of Minnesotas
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Elks
George W. Bradley
St. Louis
Somershby
Lincolnshire
Tennyson
Oklahoma
Eufaula
Okita
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Baptist Young People's Union
Putte
Mont
Montana State Bankers’ Association
HIE Chronicle-Telegram
Mambere
Second Street
Ligris
Ohio
Robert E Ward, Inc
Gricago
Wabash Ave
New. York
Fifth Ave
Akron
Beacon
Abe Martin
Con Uample
O. M. Kile
Daily ‘News
Napoleon
Dite
Studebaker
Society of Automotive Engineers
Elyria Auto Service Co
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