Five Death-Row Inmates Meet in English Court Waiting Room
Five men sentenced to death gathered in a Strand court waiting room as they appealed their convictions. Among them were Wilfred and Lawrence Fowler, linked to the Francis William Plummer murder, and others including Arthur Gleave and Alfred David Bostock, highlighting Britain’s grim judiciary moment.
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Cecil
Rotherham
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Muderer
Baxter
Fowlers
Wilfred
Lawrence
England
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Erice
Engen
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Lawrence Fowler
Francis
William Plummer
Sheffield
Arthur Gleave
Travel Not Always Excuse For Defeat
Henry L Farrell notes travel and climate excuses have long affected football and tennis. A British women’s tennis team traveled 3100 miles to Forest Hills with success, disproving travel as a disadvantage. The piece discusses modern labor saving tech aiding rural and city life while urban congestion eases.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press
New York
California
Ifornia
Forest Hills
London
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Decline in Farm College Enrollment After War
The text notes a drop in enrollment at agricultural colleges after World War I, with a rise immediately postwar followed by a continued fall into 1920. It mentions a drift away from farming, skepticism of Back to the Land campaigns, and a sense that American youth prefer forward-looking life paths despite propaganda efforts.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Agricultur
Americans Retain Wightman Cup With Narrow Loss to Britain
The United States women’s tennis team defeated by Britain in the Wightman Cup at Forest Hills while visitors faced unfamiliar balls and quicker American pace. Highlights include Miss Wills and Miss McKane, and notes on travel handicaps and alternating hosts.
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Hazel Hotchkiss
Wightman
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Forest Hills
Farhittor
Helen Wills
Chapion
Europe
Wimbledon
Paris
Miss Wills
Tehcco
England
United States
Miss MéKane
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