Lipton Details Shamrock's New Ocean Race Plan
Sir Thomas Lipton discusses the new Shamrock construction and plans to race in England for six weeks before preparing for an Atlantic crossing at end of June. He seeks permission to tow the vessel in calms to gain time in America and expresses strong confidence in victory. He also makes a quip about people who preach cold baths.
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Bombay
Sir Thomas Lipton
England
Atlantic
America
Sir Thomas
Duke of Abruzzi Seen Dancing Tango in Rome
Rome March 7 The duke of the Abruzzi famed tango enthusiast attended a court ball and reportedly danced the tango after others left. The king's master of ceremonies denied any such dances and listed the music played. The Vatican newspaper echoed disapproval, while the duke continued dancing nightly.
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Rome
Abruzzi
Italy
Quirinal
Oor
Romano
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
The
Admiralty Board
Six Hundred Entries For Bowling Contest
More than 600 bowlers from New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Canada enter the fourteenth international tournament of the American Bowling Congress at the Broadway Auditorium Buffalo starting Monday night and running to March 21. Sixteen alleys will be used no practice games allowed during the event. Special grandstands and gallery seating aim to set a record crowd.
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International News Service
Buffalo
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Canada
American Bowling Congress
Broadway Auditorium
National Bowling Association
American Women Appear Best Dressed in New York Visit
Mme Leone Georges Reboux of Paris praises American women as the best dressed and most elegant in the world while visiting New York. She notes their height and commanding carriage, contrasts with shorter French women, and admires shop girls and restaurant staff. She also observes American mothers spend more time with children and value independence.
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New York
Paris
Honeymoon Trip on Calamares Prompts Cheerful Observation
New York report describes Lilian Russell and her husband Alexander Moore aboard the Calamares en route to the tropics. A reporter asks if the voyage counts as a honeymoon, and Mr Moore, a Pittsburgh editor, confirms it as such with playful remarks about the couple.
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New York
Lilian Russell
Alexander Moore
Tropics
Lillian
Moore
Pittsburg
Bachelor Girls Are in Majority in San Jose
Jay McCabe, appointed agent for Mayor Monahan, seeks husbands for three Brooklyn girls as San Jose reports three eligible women for every man. A letter from R V McNeil of the Plumbers' Bachelors' Club asks for wives for five plumbers ready to marry, each earning six dollars a day.
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Cal
Jay McCabe
Thomas Monahan
Brooklyn
R. V. McNeil
Plumbers’ Bachelors’ Club of
San Francisco
McNeil
Monahan
Plumbers’ Bachelors’ Club
Cardife Statues Cause of Quarrel
London March 7 The Royal Society of British Sculptors faces disruption over the selection of sculptors for statues presented to Cardiff City Hall by D A Thomas the British coal magnate en route to the United States aboard the Lusitania The plan began with a competition but he then asked the council to appoint an adviser Sir George J Frampton was named adviser and the commissions were to be selected.
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London
Royal Society of British Sculptors
Cardiff City Hall
D. A. Thomas
United States
Thomas
Society
George J. Frampton
Sea cow captured by Miami bay fisherman at Tuttle pier
In Miami on March 7 an enormous sea cow weighed about 2600 pounds after being netted in the bay by Captain Charles Thompson. The creature was tied at Tuttle pier as local crowds gathered to view the unusual catch.
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Miami
Fla
Tuttle Pier
Charles Thompson
John H. Hanan
Joe H. Jones
New York
Wilmer Hanan
Mavies
The Gent Who Dares Consequences in Other Matters
A terse remark hints that a man who dismisses consequences may be entangled in different concerns. The quote suggests risk taking or indifference shapes his actions. No specific individuals or events are named in the observable text.
Suits Don’t Suit Mary in Court Bizarre Demeanor
Mary Span complained after three suitors John Paimozic Martin Vigie and Ray Kumtauch celebrated an Austrian Hallowe en by stuffing their best suits with straw and propping dummies before her house. She woke to kneeling dummies and neighbors watching. The three suitors were fined six dollars each and the suits were returned.
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Chicago
Mary Span
Avenue L
John Paimozic
Martin Vigie
Ray Kumtauch
Hallowe’en
Scott
Tobacco Mars Tabernacle on Zion City's Gala Day
Zion City Illinois observed its gala day with bells and bands as elders and believers filled the main tabernacle to praise. In Tabernacle No 2 across from F B Cook elect works, followers of Wilbur Glenn Voliva allegedly smeared tobacco juice on the steps and poured hot tar on the floor after clashes with smokers.
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Federal Rceivers
Tabernacle
Nacle No
F. B. Cook
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Tabernacls No. 2
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