Captains of Adventure in Drake's Treasure Laden South Seas
The piece recounts Francis Drake's 1573 voyage from Plymouth, his battle with mutiny, and raids along the Spanish Main. It details captures near the Cape Verde islands, the galleon at Santiago, the Cacafuego, and the wealth taken, leading to Drake's knighthood and later actions against Spain. It notes Parson Fletcher’s account and Drake's enduring fame and fate.
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Judith
San Juan d'Ulloa
Francis Drake
Devon
Spain
Drake
Plymouth
South Seas
England
Cape de Verde Islands
Brazils
Magellan's Straits
Straits
Chile
Santiago
Peru
Moon
Fletcher
Elizabeth
Greenwich
Parson Fletcher
Francis Fletcher
Indies
Philip I
Lord Howard
Portugal
John Hawkins
West Indies
Nombre de Dios
Scandalous Village Echoes In A Curious Tale
A London Mail piece humorously argues that scandalous applies to many village quirks. It notes cottages with many gables, a waterlogged ditch, a curling baby, and a famed resident nicknamed Old Scandalous. The author muses on word origins and ends with a road that seems endless but stops suddenly near the gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Fr. Ramsey
London Mail
London
Thatcher
Dialogue Snippet Shows Request for $50 Loan
A fragmentary exchange reveals a caller asking Mac McPherson for a $50 loan and promising to relay the request when he arrives. The brief dialogue captures a casual solicitation between individuals.
Anne Stillman Engaged to Henry P. Davison of Morgan Line
Pleasantville New York announces the engagement of Miss Anne Stillman twenty two to Henry P. Davison twenty six son of the late H P Davison a partner in J P Morgan Co. The October wedding plans and each party's family and education are noted.
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James A. Stillman
Pleasantville, N. Y
Anne
Henry P. Davison
H. P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
America
Miss Stillman
Mr. Davison
F. Trubee Davison
Kate Trubee Davison
Davison
Yale
Naval Air Service
Trinity College, Cambridge
Morgan Firm
Baker Gives $5 Million for Harvard Business Ethics Center
George F. Baker of New York donates $5,000,000 to Harvard to equip and finance the graduate school of business administration. The gift, named the George F. Baker foundation, aims to instill high ethical and professional standards for future business leaders. Baker, age 84, is a leading financier and bank chairman, with over $10,000,000 given to public institutions in eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Baker
New York
Harvard University
Baker
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Bishop Lawrence
First National Bank
Wanamaker S Eternal Light Dedication in Madison Square
Rodman Wanamaker presents an Eternal Light shaft in Madison Square New York. A 125 foot high gold star on a 25 foot Knoxville marble base lists New York troops battles and is intended to burn forever as a memorial to fallen heroes. Wanamaker hopes the glow will inspire reflection and prayer.
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Madison Square
New York City
Rodman Wanamaker
Oregon
Knoxville
New York
Mr. Wanamaker
Don Tyler Wins National Oratorical Contest in Washington
Don Tyler of Los Angeles won first prize in the final national oratorical contest in Washington. Ruth Newburn of Washington and John M. Dallam II of Philadelphia finished in second and third, with prizes of 3500, 1000, and 500 dollars, as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and President Coolidge attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Tyler
Los Angeles
United States
Washington
Willis van Devanter
Pierce Butler
George Sutherland
Edward Terry Sanford
United States Supreme Court
Golf Ball Dilemma Baffles British Legal Minds
Legal experts in Britain wrestle with definitions that could label golf balls and clubs as missiles and firearms. A Cowley parish clash over crossing a public footpath triggered questions about highways and ancient ordinances, prompting the health minister to weigh whether a golf club is a weapon under the firearms act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York Times
Wheatley
Mr. Wheatley
London
Cowley
Oxford
Ministry of Health
Arabs Boost Horse Racing In Bagdad And Basra
Horse racing in Bagdad organized by the British fuels breeding with desert sheiks racing in Bagdad and Basra. Over 1,000 Arab ponies shipped abroad last year. Desert motor service grows with private cars increasing and convoys planned to Haifa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Basra
New York
Desert Motor Service
Desert Mail
Air Force
Haifa
Italy
Europe
Youthful Mind Exhibits Stir Controversy at Houston Museum
Mrs. H. N. June guides schoolchildren through a Houston Art Museum exhibit featuring Remingtons from the Will Hogg collection. A piece titled The Punishment of the Transgressor shows a dark brown Indian hanging by a foot from a cliff, prompting a pupil to ask what the trans-greaser had done.
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H. N. June
Houston Art Museum
Will Hogg
June
Houston Post
Fish Eating Golf Greens at Madison Country Club
George N. Mannfeld of the Indiana conservation department reports receiving a letter from golf enthusiasts near Madison about flooding from the Ohio River after heavy rains. They request permission to seine the greens to remove buffalo fish blamed for eating grass, but Mannfeld cannot grant such permission.
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Madison
George N. Mannfeld
Indiana Department of Conservation
Madison Country Club
Ohio River
Mannfeld
Indianapolis News
Chippy Chappy and Sharpy Engage in Nutty Frolic
Chippy Chappy the chipmunk and Sharpy the squirrel play tag and hide and seek, argue over a single nut, and end with tired, hungry insubstantial meals while other squirrels find food. Their daytime quarrel costs them a feast they could have shared.
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Chippy Chappy
Sharpy
Chippy
Chappy
Squirrel
What Happened to Goliath
A minister's daughter reads about David and Goliath in an illustrated paper. When asked what happened after Goliath's head was cut off, she replies that all the sawdust waned out, revealing a childlike humorous misunderstanding.
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Goliath
David
Windy Rain Sends Vivian Back Home
Little Vivian sets out for a walk but as rain begins she returns to the house crying that the wind is all wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian
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Captains OF Adventure
Bobbe-Merrill Company
Sir Frances Drake
Mac
Mac McPherson
Clermont
Batavia, Ohio
Anne Stillman
Wanamaker’s
Eternal Light
Gotham
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