Final Hour Draws Near For Famous Old Hotel
Saratoga Springs reports the Grand Union Hotel is up for auction on Sept. 15 as the historic spa landmark nears its end. Once 600 feet of frontage with 12 acres of carpeting and 847 rooms, the hotel rose to fame in the Gay Nineties hosting figures like Lillian Russell and Diamond Jim Brady before fading after the 1929 crash and later ownership changes.
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Mammoth Grand Union Hotel
Gideon Putnam
Saratoga
Europe
Grand Union
Lillian Russell
Jim Brady
Victor Herbert
Great Ballroom
the Grand Union
Avon Lake Reunion Attends Battery B 326th Field Artillery
Avon Lake resident Charles Bersmag n of Point Drive joined about 150 veterans at the World War I Battery B 326 Field Artillery reunion held in Louisville Kentucky on Sunday. A Kiwanis director’s meeting is set for Sept 10 at 7 30 p m at W P Dalgleish home. Larry and Barbara Strohsack of West River Road visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith of Walker Road last week.
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Charles Bersmagn
Point Drive
326 Field Artillery
Louisville
Kentucky
Kwanis Club
W. P. Dalgleish
Larry
Barbara Strohsack
West River Road
Clarence Smith
Walker Road
Kindergarten's Too Rough For This Boy
Salina Kansas five year old Gary Dean Peterson started kindergarten but fell from a merry go round and broke his leg on the first day. He refused to return, saying he is not going back while in the hospital.
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Salina, Kan
Gary Dean Peterson
Disaster Worsens as Dike Breaks in Gifu Prefecture
In Gifu, a river dike breach drew political candidates to the scene. They used the displacement of victims to deliver campaign speeches to those with nowhere else to go.
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Japan
Asahi
Gifu
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