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Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial, No. 40 (1916)
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Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial, No. 40 (1916)

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Marseilles, France: Russian troops arrive in France to help the Allies repel the German hosts and are given a joyous welcome by the French military authorities and the populace. Philadelphia, Pa: Princeton's crew wins the Childs Cup, the ...See moreMarseilles, France: Russian troops arrive in France to help the Allies repel the German hosts and are given a joyous welcome by the French military authorities and the populace. Philadelphia, Pa: Princeton's crew wins the Childs Cup, the feature event of the American Henley Regatta on the Schuylkill River. San Francisco, Cal: Inventor of the novel fire escape risks his life and that of his young daughter in a leap from the top of a twelve-story building. Chattanooga, Tenn: Negro Baptists hold baptizing ceremony and immerse recent converts in the river. Oyster Bay, New York: Colonel Roosevelt is host to the Glen Cove and New York Boy Scouts at his home on Sagamore Hill. Seattle, Wash: Water sports are features at the University of Washington Junior Day Celebration, and some thrilling stunts are performed by the daring students. Chicago: Agricultural exhibition is made practical here by demonstrations of blasting and uprooting tree stumps to make way for cultivation of timber lands. Benicia, Cal: A new automobile ferry will be used here by touring motorists is christened and launched. New York: Private William Cohen, of the United States Army, who was killed in Mexico, is accorded high honors at a military funeral in a Hebrew Tabernacle. Cardene, Cal: Ten thousand plates of ripe and appetizing fruit are given away at the first annual celebration of strawberry day. Chicago: Unique motor train is introduced in Lincoln Park to carry visitors through the Zoo. The train is facetiously dubbed "The Caterpillar Express." London: Sir Roger Casement, Irish leader, awaits trial in Old Bailey on the charge of high treason, the result of the recent uprising in Dublin. Louisville, Ky: Twenty-five thousand race fans flock to Churchill Downs to see the Kentucky Derby, the turf classic of the year. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less