Poincare Wins Popularity Contest Among Frenchmen
Paris polling shows Raymond Poincare as the most popular Frenchman in a nation wide poll by Dimanche Illustre. In a referendum to form an Ideal Academy of France, Poincare received 10 110 votes, signaling strong public support for the financier and statesman.
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Poincare
Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Dimanche Ilustre
Ar ‘Ideal Academy of France
France Voters Favor Poincaré List in National Poll
The survey shows Raymond Poincaré leading the national favor list with 45 percent, Madame Curie trailing, and a spectrum of notable figures ranked behind. It notes France’s absence of stars among voters and lists scientists, aviators, and politicians in order, with Gas ton Doumergue and Rene Fonck among high rankings.
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Louis Bleriot
Paul Painleve
Marshal Lyautey
Paul Bourget
Apire Michelin
Jean Charcot
Came
Edward Branly
Aristide Briand
George Clemenceau
Henri Robert
Marshal Petain
Louis Lumiere
Pierre Roux
Pasteur
Riches Rise as Augua Caliente Gambling Booms
American players flock to Augua Caliente Mexico where gambling profits exceed $4,000,000 in 19 months. Private bungalows offer four guests comfort at $40 daily with in-house chefs. A new $2,500,000 race track is planned as whippet racing attracts crowds. betting shifts from the casino as night gambling rebounds.
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Mexico
San Diego
Tia Juana
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Angua Caliente
Hope To Develop Potash Deposits In U S Within Four Years
Congress aims to open commercial exploitation of undeveloped potash resources in the United States within four years. It allocates 50 000 dollars annually for four years to joint work by Agriculture and Commerce. The Bureau of Chemistry and Soils adds 25 000 dollars yearly for investigations beginning in 1911.
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America
Sears
California
Congress
J. W. Turrentine
Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Raritan
Delaware River
New Jersey
Georgia
Utah
United States
Washington
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Grand Sachem Near 100 In New York Tammany Society
A spry 99 year old man serves as grand sachem of the Tammany society for the 18th term. John R. Voorhis, president of the board of elections, will be 100 on July 27. The Braves have kept him in office by bypassing a rule against successive terms, failing to elect any successor.
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New York
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Tammany Society
John R. Voorhis
Board of Elections
Braves
Danish Dinner Etiquette Shakes Hands After Meals
In Denmark the custom persists of shaking hands after meals or at events following dinner and expressing the hope that the food agrees with the guest. This practice reflects polite social ritual centered on hospitality and courtesy in domestic settings.
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