Luxuries of West in the Forbidden City
Lord Headley reports Mecca in Hedjaz mirrors Western towns with telephones newspapers and airplanes. He notes 70 000 pilgrims moving toward Mecca along a blazing road marked by camel bones and praises Hedjaz sanitation and camp facilities overseen by an Irishwoman tending 30000 pilgrims.
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Brecca
Red Sea
Lord Headley
Kingdom of
The
Hedjaz
Hussein
London
Mecca
United States
Lord Herdley
Church Services Announced By Local Pastor
Rev. W. F. Clark is pastor. Sunday school begins at 10:00 with morning service at 11:00. Rev. Heyhoe will conduct the morning service. The evening service will be announced from the pulpit Sunday morning.
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W. F. Clark
Heyhoe
Methodist Pastor Welcomes Congregation and Sets Weekly Schedule
Rev E E Pengelly notes growing familiarity within the church. Attendance at Sunday services was strong with 103 in Sunday school and a call for more men aged 25 to 30 to join a class. This week includes W F M S, Square of Stewards, prayer meeting, Ladies Aid, choir practice, and sermons on The Robe of Healing and A Greater than Solomon.
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Frank Hale
Ladies Aid Society
Solomon
School Notes Highlights Fire Prevention and Class Activities
The H. S. held a fire prevention program with talks by Keith Hays Gertrude Specht and Elizabeth Starr and papers by Hazel Blauser Marguerite Green and Robert Diller. Students report exams looming and note seniors possess class rings. A botany herbarium project replaces individual herbariums. Columbus Day events, geography studies, spellings contests, and attendance updates fill the week.
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H. S
Fouts
Keith Hays
Gertrude Specht
Elizabeth Starr
Hazel Blauser
Marguerite Green
Robert Diller
Pauline Ewers
Fairbury
Humanity of Jack London in Los Angeles Tenderloin
Jim Tully portrays Jack London roaming LA’s Tenderloin with a vagrant plea for money. London gives two bits then corrects a miscount, warning the man to move on. The scene shifts to decrepit figures as London reflects on doomed lives and quotes Gorky.
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Jack London
Los Angeles
Jack
London
Gorky
Jim Tully
Riches of Laplander Measured in Reindeer
Dr. W. H. Gantt of Baltimore warns travelers not to probe Laplanders about wealth for riches are measured in reindeer. Some have up to 3,000 animals, but they avoid talking of their wealth as Sweden protects them from taxation. Their villages are primitive and mobile with seasonal migrations between mountains and lowlands.
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Narvik
Norway
W. H. Gantt
Baltimore
Sweden
Horse Returns After Three Years From Frederick Trade
Winchester Va. meat dealer Harry Jones found a horse he sold three years earlier had escaped its new owner’s stable in Frederick Md and wandered back to Jones in Winchester. The animal had been traded to Frank Patton of Winchester before its escape.
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Winchester
Harry Jones
Frederick
Frank Patton
Jones
Mother’s Cook Book Reflects Hospitality Principle
A quotation about true hospitality emphasizes keeping plans unchanged to honor generosity, noting that guests deserve the ordinary, unaltered meal and table setting. The remark frames hosting as consistency and thoughtful restraint in service.
Oyster toast dish with lemon and cayenne seasoning
A simple theater lunch dish combines a pint of oysters with their liquor, lemon, cayenne and celery salt in bouillon. Oysters cook until edges curl and are served on buttered toast for a savory bite.
Oyster Cream Cup Serve Delicately
Instructions describe heating cream to boiling, adding a dozen oysters, cooking briefly until edges curl, then removing and serving immediately. Season to taste for a quick seafood starter.
Escalloped Oysters Recipe Techniques
A kitchen note guides making Escalloped Oysters with celery and cracker crumbs. Layer oysters, celery, and buttered crumbs in a dish, season with salt and pepper, repeat one more time, finish with crumbs. Bake twenty minutes ensuring center cooks through without overdoing the top.
Oysters Chafing Dish With Currant Jelly
A historical recipe describes arranging oysters in a blazer with butter salt and pepper. When curled, add cracker crumbs and beaten egg then serve hot. Simmer oysters in their liquor with celery red pepper butter and milk, then fold in currant or plum jelly for a rich finish.
Father of 33 Children in Michigan Civil War Vet
Charles L. Lucius of Bay City Michigan is described as the father of 33 children, oldest 67 and youngest 14 months, with four sets of twins. A ragpicker and Civil War veteran, he is said to have fought as a guerrilla and Indian fighter and served in both Confederate and Union armies. He remains spry and performs the daily dozen exercises easily.
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Charles L. Lucius
Bay City
Mich
Lucius
Centenarian Anton Linder of Iowa Farm
Iowa City resident Anton Linder is one hundred years old. Born in Coln Prussia on August 12 1823 he arrived in America in 1852 and has lived on his farm for 68 years. He built much of his home and worked as a lime burner, later supporting education and the state university as a Democrat. He worked with Samuel J Kirkwood Iowa’s war governor and has two young great great grandchildren.
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Iowa
City
Anton Linder
Coln
Prussia
America
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Linder
State University
Navy Maps Cuban Waters, Finds Uncharted Shoals and Channel
The navy completes a major survey around Cuba, mapping 760 square miles and 180 miles of shore while taking 6 500 miles of soundings. It uncovers misdrawn shoals and reveals a deep channel near Batabano and the famed White Sea sands that alter charts and knowledge of Caribbean waters.
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Washington
Cuba
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Hydrographic Office
Batabano
White Sea
Columbus
Isabella
Divorcee wife plans young lawyer marriage
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a wife intends to marry a struggling young lawyer, suggesting the suitor should give up his efforts if she has decided.
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Cole
Wood
Yonkers Statesman
Notable Divorce Row Sparks Media Tension
An eminent artist confronts a press agent over divorce notices described as pitiless publicity. The exchange highlights the clash between personal privacy and media coverage in public life.
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Forbidden City
Federated Community Church
Methodist
E. E. Pengelly
L. V. Raymond
Lincoln
Ada Lukas
Archvol
Leonard Patton
Pearl Fasnacht
Genoa
Eyeleen Green
Wilbur Eick
Europe
Shane Yellow
Charles August Joanson, III
Brooklyn
N. Y
Noble T. Wiley Jr
McBurney School of Manhattan
Polytechnic Day School of Brooklyn
Laplander
Reindeer
Conoueror
Providence
Royal Stew
Western Newspaper Union
Michigan
Navy
Cuban
Review
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