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...language locally as having, in a more limited degree, the meaning of "madame to which the French journalists objected. You may also be interested in knowing that in "white slave" circles the Panama Canal is referred to as "the sieve," and "slaves" are known as "fresh meat." . . . C. H. CALHOUN...
...lyric tenor voice of Roland Hayes, Negro singer, has "brought down" many a house. Now, with concert box office proceeds, the same voice is to raise some houses -schoolhouses. Near Calhoun, Ga., where Roland Hayes was born, he has bought 600 acres and will build an institution as a memorial to his mother, to whom he ascribes all his success. The name: "Angelmo" (contraction of "Angel mother"). The nature: "a place where inspiration and talent and ambition of any kind among my own people, (and yours, too, if any of them choose to come; the doors will never be closed...
...have wonders here which I doubt can be equaled anywhere. For instance, we have wells here in Calhoun County, W. Va. that produce pure gasoline, that is pumped by machinery from the deep wells. Can Ohio match this? (They've 'flowed' for a while...
Died. Jimmy Calhoun, parachute jumper, at Atlanta, Ga. In "stunting" with his parachute, Mr. Calhoun lost his grip, dove 400 ft. to the ground beside his wife who had been watching...
...artist-father's house on grass-grown Market Street (Newark) was "the resort of notabilities." Thither came Henry Ward Beecher, General McClellan, Horace Greeley, Edwin Booth, Frank Leslie. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun had used to come. Buffalo Bill called next door. Thomas Edison had a shop around the corner...