Roosevelt Memorial Celebrations Planned in New York
The Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association schedules two events the Mid-summer Roosevelt National Fete on Oct 6 and the Roosevelt Birthday Festival on Oct 27 to honor Theodore Roosevelt. They aim to restore his house on East 657th Street as a national shrine and invite public support and publicity to their cause.
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Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason Defies Prohibition Water Law
The verse criticizes strict laws as drastic yet insists on drinking water despite prohibitions. He recalls Hostetter’s Balm of Ginseng and Cu cumbers and a spiriting tonic, then vows to avoid breaking the law while respecting state authority. He imagines the water wagon and laments the entangled rule of law.
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Roosevelt Memorial Push Draws Women’s Club Support
A movement led by the General Federation of Women's Clubs seeks donations from millions of American women to memorialize Theodore Roosevelt by funding a birth place memorial. The drive urges every member to join the Roosevelt Memorial Association to show appreciation and affection.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association
Fragmented reminiscences of hardship and old era quirks
A stream of quirky questions recalls hunger, street life, truck peddlers, and odd customs. The narrator evokes a past era with vivid images of appendices, hoboes, and women in bustles, hinting at social memory and humor.
John MacCormack Knighted by Pope for War Charities
Opera notes report John MacCormack receives the title Knight Commander of the Order of Gregory the Great from Pope Benedict for wartime charity work. He will wear a purple robe at church events and be called Sir Knight. A cardinal in America will confer the honor in August. Mexican opera plans announced for winter with recruits from Metropolitan and Chicago groups including Muzio Lazzari De Luca Chalmers Van Gordan and Schipa to sing leading roles.
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Mexico City
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Chicago
Claudio Muzio
Carolina Lazzari
Guiseppi de Luca
Thomas Chalmers
Cyrena van Gordan
Tito Schipa
Two Washington tradesmen ride with unknown Lindy in town
A stranger Lindy offers a ride to two weary Washington tradesmen and leaves a warm impression. The event renews faith in humanity says one worker, while readers are reminded of late summer frost forecasts and local recollections from the Fairfield Tribune.
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Twilight Music Masters Highlight New York Town Hall Series
Frank La Forge, veteran accompanist, and Ernesto Berumen have opened a piano studio in New York and titled their concert series Twilight Musixies. They perform at Town Hall, delivering notable vocal and instrumental offerings in a new venue endeavor.
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Opera Rivalry and Paris Dance of Silence News
York reports 6:16 o clock concerts featuring Rosa Raisa with the Chicago Opera Association and Claudio Muzio of the Metropolitan in an artistic duel. Also from Paris, Yvonne Serac debuts a “Dance of Silence” where music is banished from ballet, drawing notable Parisian enthusiasm.
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Sermon draws few youths at West Chester Union meeting
Local notes report a splendid sermon by Anderson at the M.B.E. church Sabbath evening, but few young people attended. Community updates include stock shipments, health notes on Mrs. Forish, and remarks on farming economics and grain pricing amid threshing season.
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F. McFarlane
Chicago
Roy Staffer
Virginia
Brewer Offers Beer Donation to Veterans Hospitals
Wisconsin brewing official Charles B. Labahn offers Port Washington brewery aid to veterans, donating nearly 1,400 barrels of beer to the U.S. Public Health Service for military hospitals and homes. He will supply labor and materials to ready the beer for government shipment as orders for destruction proceedings proceed.
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Port Washington
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Manufacturing Billiard Balls From Elephant Tusks
The article describes making billiard balls from elephant tusks. Blocks are cut to length, traced for circumference, shaped into spheres, and polished after six months. Balls are kept in dark drying chambers during the aging period.
Fight at Hedrick Over Consolidation
After a long dispute Hedrick district population approved consolidation fining the district to proceed with ninth and tenth grades for 1921 22. The state supreme court upheld consolidation. county school board affirmed the decision amid petition to dissolve. Key figures include Senator Whitmer Macy Campbell and Ottumwa attorney Jacques.
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Iowa Publishes First Exclusive State Geography Text
Advance copies of Iowa's first exclusive state geography book arrived from Ginn & Co. for use in elementary grades. Author Alison Aitchison of the Iowa State Teachers College spent over two years compiling the material from many sources to provide a comprehensive text for state pupils.
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Iowa State Teachers College
New Geography Text Aims to Familiarize State Facts
Miss Aitchison publishes a complete geography text designed for intermediate grades. It includes more than one hundred illustrations and uses problem and picture methods to align with modern teaching. The work aims to improve students understanding of state geography and address curriculum needs.
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Thermopak quits Muscatine plant to be closed
Thermopak Company in Muscatine is closing after operations end late next week. The plant has been run since May by Gordon Lawless Co of Omaha under an involuntary bankruptcy petition. Material on hand will be finished into Thermopak containers, then plant operations halt. William Randall of Omaha remains in charge of disposal as receiver.
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Breeding Foxes in Captivity in the United States
United States fox ranches report about 4 840 silver-brack foxes bred in captivity. The USDA Bureau of Biological Survey data from 215 ranches estimates a livestock and equipment value near 84 279 dollars. AM reports pending, with conservative counts placing the silver black fox population around 5 000 to 6 000 nationwide.
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French engineer claims Sahara river once flowed northward
A French engineer presents evidence suggesting a great inter Saharan river once crossed northward into the Mediterranean, directing waters toward a corridor lined with prosperous communities. The claim, if validated, would reshape views on prehistoric trade routes and settlement patterns along the Sahara and northern coast.
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Ramsey Pushes Iowa Tax Law Overhaul
Des Moines reports Walter Hameau secretary of state calls for a state tax commission to review and equalize assessments. He notes railroad valuations are guesswork under current system used by the state executive council and cites rises in telegraph and telephone line valuations, with examples from Northwestern Bell and American Express.
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Passenger and freight train schedules listed in June update
The notice presents a railway timetable with multiple trains, including Golden State and Washington Branch lines, detailing numbers, types (Local Pass, Local Freight), times, and daily services. It notes corrections as of June 1 and lists departures from various hubs and connections.
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