NEWS OF THE WORLD AS SEEN BY
THE CAMERA’S EYE.
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BABY BORN 20 MINUTES AFTER MOTHER DIES
Atlanta, Ga —Dr. J. T. Tidewell of the Grady Hospital,
holding baby Lillian Landers, bom 20 minutes after her mother
had died. The child was born thru a Caesarean operation by
Dr. Tidewell and Dr. Otto Steiner. Mrs. Landers died from
heart failure. Baby Lillian is apparently normal and weighed
eight pounds four ounces at birth.
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marooned on fire island
The "Little Mother of the Volun
teers of America” who is now recov
ering from the shock of being ma
rooned on Fire Island by the rising
tide. She was found at 3 o’clock
in the morning by coast guards in
search of rum runners.
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE BUYS FIRST POPPY.
Grace Newton, daughter of Representative Newton, of
Minnesota, started the Poppy Drive for the American I-egion
by selling the first Poppy to President Coolidge, who smiled
broadly on the occasion. The proceeds of the sale are used for
the relief of veterans and to decorate graves of our war dead.
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FLIERS DROP SMOKE SCREEN OVER N. Y.
Lieut. Devereaux Myers of the Army Air Service piloted his plane equipped wjth chemjcals for creatjng
smoke screen, over lower New York City. Between the Battery and Governor s Island he dropped the
smoke screen cutting off from view the lower end of Manhattan.
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An interesting portrait of Mrs. Cor
rinne Roosevelt Robinson, sisttr of
the former President who is staying
in New York City for a short while.
Because of her patriotic efforts she
has been called “The American Flag
Lady.*’ She is a poetess of note.*
St. Paul, Minn.—Miss Luella Watkins, who claims the
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. 'harmonious marathon all by herself, and played 48 houis as
r of a wager with her instructor. During the record mus
icale she played 576 selections, from lullabies to jazz tunes.
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Detroit,—Sophie Lyons Burke,
underworld queen, died recently from
cerebral hemorrhage, believed a re
sult of work of underworld charac
ters she befriended She, is said to
have gathered two million dollars
cracking safes, then went straight.