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Scenes and Persons in tie Current News
1—The Erie, first of a new dais of 2,000-ton gunboats, floated at tbe Brooklyn navy yard. 2—Group of
A. it. past eonunanders received by President Boosevelt when Jhey were in Washington to make ar
' its for the national encampment in September. 8—Model of th^ million dollar memorial shaft that
be erected on the San Jacinto battlefield near Houston, Texas, for the Texas Centennial celebration;
be 660 feet high.
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ess Smelled
Took L
a few year*,
of Deylne, Texas, neaaea
enterprise and was know
J “World's Bermnda Union
The depression 'came, bank
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failures wrecked the financial struc
ture of business, and today he Is
| fighting his way back to economic
, 'Independence as a salesman of toys
t In a store In Pasadena, Calif.
Emperor of japan at Army Review
Mounted on his favorite charger, “Shlrayukl,” the emperor of Japan,
Hlrohlto, with princes of the blood and military leaders of his empire,
reviewed the 10,000 troops-stationed in the Japanese capital on the Yoyogi
parade grounds.
Museum to Show President’s Sailfish
W. L. Brown, chief taxidermist of the Smithsonian Institution, mounting a 9 foot 8 Inch sallfish landed by
President Roosevelt at Cooes Island, off Costa Rica, last October, which will be placed la the^Natlonal Museum.
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Old Man Winter Is
Viola’s Best Sweetie
Miss Viola Smith of White Plains,
N. V., Is. the, versatile snow qneen ol
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Would Check Foreign Importations
Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, who Will shortly
open a drive against the importation of foreign-made goods in the United
States. Mr. Randolph's drive is especially aimed at Japanese and Russian
articles being sold in this country.
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When the Snow Flies
ItVaV frmltl
Orville Borgeraen of Seattle doe*
not recommend this stunt unless yon
know yonr stuff and have plenty of
fresh snow to land In. Borgersen
has gone to the winter Olympic
games where he will locate training
quarters for American contestants
and assist In training. He could
teach ’em a few tricks, all right!
He does'stuff like this just to “warm
up.”
Bone of Contention in the Aegean Sea
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View of the Island of Eeros, one of the Dodecanese islands, which the Italians term the "Helgoland of the
Aegean.” The Island was taken by Italy In 1912 from Turkey, and heavily fortified. Now Turkey Is thinking
of taking it back while Italy is engaged In Ethiopia. However, the island is predominantly populated by
Greeks and Greece believes that In case of a redistribution she should be given the Islands.
This Little Lady Gets
Younger Every Year
Fannie Ward; the little lady who
seems to have learned the secret of
eternal youth, pictured on her ar
rival at New York from Europe on
the liner Bremen. She was accom
panied by her daughter and son-in
law, Lady and Ldrd Terence Con
yngham PIunkeL
Here’s a New Musical Instrument
The solfia, a new musical Instrument Invented by Bans Kaulbersch
of Berlin, is hetre shown. It can be operated either by blowing through
the rubber tube or by a bellows. The solfia is intended to supply a
demand for a low-priced musical Instrument for homes of persons In
moderate circumstances.
Champion Amateur Gardener and His Garden
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