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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Berlin Bars Skyscrapers; Unhealthy, Says Ministry

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 1d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes #iran

SHAH NOT BOTHERED BY LOSS OF THRONE
Ahmad Kajar Has Long Been Familiar Figure in Casinos of France.
HIS FUNDS ALWAYS AMPLE
Deposition Is Expected to Make No Change in Life of of Pleasure He Leads.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 2d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes #iran

PERSIAN ASSEMBLY DEPOSES THE SHAH
Overthrow of the Ruling Dynasty is Declared by Vote of 85 to 80.
POWER GIVEN TO PREMIER
Young Potentate Had Declined Summons to Return to the Country.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 3d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

COLD SNAP SHARPENS THE FUEL SHORTAGE
No Distress Reported as Yet, but Charity Organizations Express Anxiety for Poor.
SUBSTITUTES NOT POPULAR
Landlords Slow to Prepare for Use of Soft Coal—Jersey City May Buy a Mine.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 4d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes #oil

Predicts the End of Our Oil In 25 Years, World's in 100

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 5d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Seaplane, Skimming Surface, Hits Submarine Periscope

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 6d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes #dukeUniversity

Duke University Will Get $40,000,000 More; Will Then Be Wealthiest in United States

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 7d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes #kingTut

Tut-ankh-Amen Tomb Opened; Inner Scophagus Revealed

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 8d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

NATIONALISTS QUIT THE REICH CABINET
Party Caucus Calls Them Out, Backing Leader's Opposition to Locarno Treaties.
RURAL DIEHARD VICTORY
Talk of Hindenburg Dissolving Reichstag and Appealing to Country.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 9d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

J. B. DUKE'S EX-WIFE DIES IN POVERTY HERE
Grief at Tobacco Man's Death Said to Have Hastened End of Mrs. Lillian N. Duke.
HE DIVORCED HER IN 1905
His Will Silent About Her—Swindlers Got Her Money—She Gave Music Lessons.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 10d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

JAMES B. DUKE WILLS BULK OF $100,000,000 TO WIDOW AND CHILD
Leaves Another $10,000,000 to Endowment for University at Durham, N. C.
$2,000,000 TO RELATIVES
Daughter, 12, Gets Power Stock, Widow the Residences and Executors $500,000.
NO MENTION OF FIRST WIFE
She Is Reported Dying in Studio Here—Condition Due Partly to Lack of Food.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 11d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

WOOD SAYS HE MADE FORTUNE IN FLORIDA
General's Son, Here on Visit, Tells of $100,000 Profit in Land Deals in Six Months.
DENIES HE EVER WAS BROKE
Blames Gambling for Loss of $1,000,000 Won in Stocks—Going Back to Tampa.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 12d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

EPISCOPAL HOUSE DROPS '39 ARTICLES'; 'OBEY' FINALLY OUT
Declaration of Faith Contained in Book of Common Prayer Called 'Excess Baggage.'
MARRIAGE RITUAL CHANGED
'Endowment of Worldly Goods' Also Is Stricken From the Wording of Service.
CALLED LIBERAL TRIUMPH
Another Effort Will Be Made to Have Church Join In Activities of Federal Council.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 13d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Censor Crossword Puzzles In Hungary to Curb Royalists

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 14d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

TRIBUTE BY MOSES TO RESCUER FOUND
Dr. Grimme, German Philologist, Deciphers Inscription on Stone Dating to 1500 B. C.
FIRST ALPHABET IS SOLVED
Writing on Tablet Unearthed on Mount Sinai Cleared Up After Twenty Years' Study.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 15d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

15 YALE MEN HURT IN FALL INTO QUARRY
Professor and Geology Class Drop Into 40-Foot Middletown Pit as Staging Slips.
ALL TORN BY JAGGED ROCKS
Five Are Severely Injured—Rescue Effected With Rope and Ladder.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 16d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

STEAMER COMANCHE BURNS OFF FLORIDA;
10 MISSING, 6 THOUGHT TO BE DROWNED;
OTHERS ARE TAKEN OFF BY RESCUE SHIP

FIRE ORIGINATES IN HOLD
Tanker and Pilot Boat Rush to Aid of Stricken Vessel Off Mayport.
RESCUE MADE IN HEAVY SEA
One Lifeboat Smashed and Another Upset, Throwing Party Into the Water.
TWO BOYS SEEN TO DROWN
Vessel Had 67 Passengers and Crew of 100—She Burns to the Water's Edge.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 17d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

FRANCE AND GERMANY HAIL NEW PEACE ERA AS FIVE TREATIES ARE SIGNED AT LOCARNO;
COOLIDGE SEES DISARMAMENT NEARER

STEP TOWARD PARLEY HERE
President Believes Locarno Success Leads to Arms Conference.
SEES PERMANENT EFFECT
He Hails Result as Climax to Dawes Plan and Settlement of War Debts.
LOOKS FOR STABILIZATION
Executive Thinks Europe, Assured of Peace, Can Now Turn to Reconstruction.

SESSION ENDS IN TRIUMPH
Stresemann and Briand Promise Old Hostility Will Be Dropped.
ENGLAND BINDS COMPACT
Statesmen, Grouped at Window, Receive Applause of Crowds at Little Swiss Resort.
MEETING BREAKS UP TODAY
Mussolini's Reception to Press Boycotted—London Meeting for Signatures Set for Dec. 1.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 18d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Mexico and Washington Agree On New Border Convention

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 19d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

SIMS, IN BROADSIDE, RAKES NAVY CHIEFS; SAYS POLITICS RULES
Rear Admiral Tells President's Board Untrained Men Fill High Places.
"HAVE NO AIR POLICY"
Censures Secretaries for Many Years and Asserts "Daniels Cabinet" Still Controls.
LOW MORALE DUE TO HEADS.
Lauds Mitchell but Opposes Single Air Force—Calls Battleships Vulnerable From Air.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 20d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

PLANE BROKEN, FLIER THRILLS COMRADES BY A DARING LANDING
Captain Duncan Brings Big Bomber Safely to Earth After One Wheel Drops Off.
SAVES HIMSELF AND HIS AID
Ambulances and Doctors Rush Out Upon Mitchel Field in Race, but Are Not Needed.
LIEUT. HARMON IS WINNER
Flies at 119-Mile Gait—Parachute Jumper Scares Crowd When Caught in a Wire Outside Plane.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 21d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

White Bobbed Wig Decreed For Ladies' Evening Hair

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 22d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

11 Drown on Tourists' Cruise in Florida; 14 Others Rescued, Some Badly Injured

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 23d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

JAS. BUCHANAN DUKE, TOBACCO KING, 68, DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Succumbs at 5th Av. Home With Wife and Daughter at Bed-side—Ill Several Weeks.
BEGAN WORK IN LOG CABIN
Fortune Put as High as $150,000,000-$40,000,000 Set Aside to Found University.
RESOURCEFUL AS A YOUTH
Lived in a Hall Bedroom and Ate In Bowery to Turn $50,000 Income Back Into the Business.

nielb.bsky.social @nielb.bsky.social · 24d

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

AMUNDSEN ARRIVES; TELLS PLAN TO FLY TO POLE IN DIRIGIBLE
Undaunted by Shenandoah's Fate, His Italian Airship Will Start Next May.
ELLSWORTH AGAIN PARTNER
Eighteen Men to Make 2,000-Mile Jump From Spitzbergen to Nome Across Polar Waste.
BELIEVES LAND IS THERE
Explorer Expects to Pioneer Air Route Across Arctic Region—Seeks $400,000 for Expedition.