Big Four Hos American Polo Return Shots for 1924 Cup
The American polo Big Four are favored to defend the International Cup at home in 1924 with Meadow Brook trials starting July. Veteran stars Devereux Milburn Hitchcock Watson Webb and Malcolm Stevenson headline a field of about a dozen, with former captains and contenders Peters Rodes Gerhardt Hast Cowdin Roe Strawbridge and Hopping among candidates after Boeseke Pedley withdrawal.
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New York
Meadow Brook Club
Long Island
Devereux Milburn
Tommy Hitchcock
Milburn
J. Watson Webb
Malcolm Stevenson
Hitchcock
Peter Rodes
Charles Gerhardt
Harry Hast
J. Che
Striped pantaloons identify Scutari tribesmen
Striped pantaloons of Malissore tribesmen proved as distinctive as tribal Indian blankets in North America, marking identity in Scutari Albania.
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Albania
North America
Auto Doodads Irk Style King in Silly Auto Talk
Chicago gossip frames a fashion monarch who ridicules car adornments. He recalls college hat bands and old style pins, mocks radiator mascots, and notes drivers display monograms while choosing a new car with a picky eye.
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Chicago
Somesuch College
Nowner
Wheozistown
Tamerlane's Palace Believed Found in Samarkand
Remains of walls believed to be from a Timurid palace unearthed in Samarkand by excavators. The site features richly decorated frescoes and ornaments. Timur the Lame held a capital at Samarkand and reportedly returned with great spoil including 900 elephants to build his palace.
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Samarkand
Timur
Tamerlane
Timur the Lame
Volga
Persian Gulf
Hellespont
Ganges
Smarkand
Orient
India
Freight cars loaded at record pace in United States
Georgia public statements from Atlanta report freight cars loaded weekly reaching one million for the year. Growth shows 1925 to 1927 milestones with May 1926 and March 1927 first million car weeks. Executives tie activity to rising commerce and industry nationwide.
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Atlanta
United States
Sun Compass Charts Aid Byrd Trans Atlantic Flight
Albert H. Bumstead chief cartographer at the National Geographic Society designed a 3637 mile sun compass route from New York to Paris for Byrd. The chart follows magnetic and true degrees with six landmarks, aiding navigation to Paris and referencing Lindbergh. Bumstead, born Minneapolis 1875, also contributed map projects for the US Geological Survey and Peruvian expeditions.
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Washington
Paris
Richard E. Byrd
National Geographic Society
Albert H. Bumstead
Byrd
North Pole
Bumstead
New York
St. Johns Harbor
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Ireland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Burnstead
Minneapolis
Atlanta University
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Andes
United States Geological Survey
General Pershing
King Resumes Early Morning Park Rides
London report that King George resumes his early morning summer rides in Rotten Row between 7 and 8 a routine he keeps since the court at Buckingham Palace. He notes that today society leaders no longer join the rides before breakfast as in the era of King Edward and Hyde Park’s social mornings.
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London
George
Rotten Row
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Lying as a Science Cited by Sir Herbert Nield
In the House of Commons Sir Herbert Nield declares that lying has become a science in politics and a fine art in public life, reflecting on dishonest rhetoric and deception in current affairs.
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London
Sir Herbert Nield
Georgia Court of Appeals Hands Down 31 Decisions
Atlanta reports the Georgia Court of Appeals issued 31 decisions in one day with 21 affirmed, 2 dismissed, 2 rehearings denied, and 2 rehearings granted. Cases include J Alonzo Wilson manslaughter appeal and other verdicts from Camden Banks Laurens Barrow counties. Springfield note mentions postmaster John Schmelz appointed by Cleveland 30 years ago.
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Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals
Camden Couny
J. Alonzo Wilson
Lawrence Williams
Wilson
Herbert Baird
Banks
Hopt Wood
Baird
Wood
B. C. Fowler
Laurens
Dublin
Greg Boyles
Fowler
T. B. Simms
Simms
Starthan Baptist Church
Barrow County
Barrow Superior
Springfield
Minn
John Schmelz
Cleveland
Four Gurley sons kept off Buck Swamp farm
In Wayne County North Carolina Ed Gurley of Buck Swamp Township preserves family name practice by naming four sons William Bill John and Johnny yet forbids any of them to work on the tobacco rich farm citing Bible teachings against production.
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Raleigh N.C
Ed Gurley
Buck Swamp Township
Wayne County
William
Bill
John
Johnny
Gurley
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Hyde Park
House of Commons
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