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Hookworm work was carried on during the year in Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Australia, Fiji, Siam, Ceylon, Mainland India, Mauritius...
Peter B. Kyne, writer of sea stories: " I instructed my attorneys to sue the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for $100,000, charging damage to my pen reputation in the film Homeward Bound, which the Corporation advertised as an 'adaptation' of my short story, The Light to Leeward. I called their film 'a picture for morons.' I called their perversion of my story a betrayal of the public. I added: 'Jesse L. Lasky wouldn't know ethics if he met them in his grog. I hazard the opinion that he never heard of the word...
...Safford standing almost on the goal line. Phillips pounced upon the ball and made a touchdown. The Williams men then braced up and worked the ball up the field, and Safford and Wells made some good rushes. This position was maintained until good kicking again sent it to the leeward end of the field. Gilman made a touchdown and soon fater the try at goal failed time was called. The umpire for Williams was Mr. Dixwell Hewit, for Harvard, Mr. Appleton,'84, The referee was Mr. E. T. Cabot...
Abother novel by F. Marion Crawford, entitled "To Leeward," is soon to be published...