First International Yacht Race Run 69 Years Ago
New York July 16 The first race in seventeen years for the America's cup was run off Sandy Hook with Resolute defending against Shamrock IV. The article traces the cup history from its 1851 origin aboard America through key races, challengers, and defending yachts, noting noted times and rule shifts. It highlights winners, notable disqualifications, and the evolution of boat designs from schooners to modern sloops.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Resolute
Thomas Lipton
Royal Yacht Squadron
Isle of Wight
England
Commodore John L. Stevens
New York Yacht Club
Commodore Stevens
New York Yacht Club In Trust
Lord Dunraven
Columbia
Livonia
Leeward
Windward
Lower Bay
Cambria
James Ashbury
N. Y
Magic
Idler
Mr. Ashbury
Valkyrie Sr
Shamrock Jr
Valkyrie
Shamrock
Shamrock III
Pocahontas
Poghontas
Atlanta
Mischief
Constitution
Former Drunk Cure Now U S Hospital Opened
An American Red Cross home service note says the Keeley Cure Sanitarium at Dewight Illinois has been taken over by the government for U S P H Service No 53. The facility will aid 200 beds for general cases with Dr Jonathan S Boggess as surgeon in charge.
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Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Keeley Cure
Dewhight
Illinois
U. S. P. H. Service
Jonathan S. Boggess
Fairfield Building Company Advances 46 Modern Homes
Fairfield launching of the Fairfield Building Company seeks to construct 46 modern homes on cleared land between Tenth and Briggs Hempstead streets. Ed Angstead designed and supervised building. 24 homes nearly finished, with no two alike, while a separate building and loan association will aid buyers.
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Fairfield Building Company
Gage
Tenth Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Briggs Hempstead
Grimes and
Broadway
R. B. Louden
W. H. Bangs
W. L. Long
Ed Angstead
Angstead
Woories
North Fourth Street
Building and Loan Asociation
House Building Company
Cedar Rapids Gas Company Faces 2500 Deficit
Cedar Rapids July 16 The Cedar Rapids Gas Company faces a 2500 deficit this month after council restored the prewar rate of 90 cents instead of the requested 1.55. Manager H J Carson told officials the treasury was nearly empty after May bills and June expenses, with experts working to avert suspension.
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Cedar Rapids
H. J. Carson
Rainbow veterans hold first reunion in Birmingham
The Rainbow veterans closed their first annual reunion in Birmingham naming Cleveland, Ohio as next convention city and electing national officers. Col Matthew A Tinley was chosen president with Col William P Serens honorary president. A massive parade featured nearly 2000 veterans including an automobile division with disabled veterans and Gold Star mothers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rainbow Veterans
Cleveland
Matthew A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
William P. Serens
Montgomery
Carl E. Talbot
Texas
Maj. A. Maede
Illinois
John Wirshing
California
A. G. Brown
Ohio
Col
George Leach
Minnesota
Francis P. Duffy
New York
Cause of Liberty
Rainbow Viaduct Homecoming Reunion Closes
The Rainbow viaduct dedication honored the division known as Alabama's own. A year earlier the unit marched through downtown streets to Woodrow Wilson Park for the homecoming, where thousands cheered and the parade disbanded as officers declared the first annual reunion officially closed.
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Rainbow
Alabama
Woodrow Wilson Park
Shark meat sold for halibut report prompts prosecution
San Diego officials report that shoppers given shark meat instead of sole halibut sea bass cod and other fish in local markets may face prosecutions. The fair price commission announced the dealers involved will be pursued, noting shark meat sells for fertilizer at 12.50 a ton.
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San Diego
Cal
Perasons
Fair Price Commission
Justice Greatest of Virtues Quote by Sir Richard Cooke
A quotation exploring justice as a divine virtue and the flowering of all other virtues. It contrasts justice with human instincts and natural non-justness, attributing justice to rare, great souls.
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Sir Richard Cooke
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the Register
George Richter
Towa
Richter
Democratic National Committee
Tam
Porter
Herring
Harding
Harry Evans
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