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...disfavor, despite the fact that the Sultans always had one. Public opinion in Turkey is against the harem. Polygamy is now bootleg." Dr. Sven V. Knudsen herded 304 U.S. schoolboys aboard the Hellig Olav, bound on a goodwill tour of Scandinavia. What Pilgrim Knudsen told friends at the pier, what he may reveal to awed Scandinavians, is this: "The boy of today is the man of tomorrow." Count Leo Tolstoi, venerable, charming son of the famed novelist, came on the De Grasse with two objects in view. One is to lecture during the Tolstoi centennial in August and September...
Lost: Jewel Case, pink leather; believe left in taxi, picked up at French Line pier and dismissed at Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Tuesday about noon; reward. See Cashier, Ritz-Carlton Hotel...
...ferry pier in Manhattan a crowd of commuters waiting for the boat that would take them to Staten Island saw a line of small boats come round the curve of the harbor. They were racing, each boat a dark point capping a triangle of spray; the commuters looked on with interest. Suddenly one boat choked, caught fire; the men on board could be seen working wildly, throwing something on the burning engine. The other boats swept on, then in a feather of foam one swerved, capsized; a coast guard cutter raced out to pick up the men in the water...
Last week on the Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City, N. J., before 10,000 utility-men, and with more formality, Preston S. Arkwright (now president of the Georgia Power Co.) was installed as president of the National Electric Light Association...
...host to 1200 pilgrims of old England yesterday when the delegation of British Congregational clergymen and laymen was welcomed by Professor E. C. Moore, representing President Lowell, on behalf of the Corporation. The former president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions met the delegation at commonwealth pier yesterday and conducted the pilgrimmage to Cambridge, where the official reception was held in Appleton Chapel...