New York, N.Y: The battleship Pennsylvania sails for Southern maneuvers. Golden, Col: Students of the School of Mines are given practical mine rescue work. Philadelphia, Pa: Lawrence Huntington breaks the world's piano Marathon record by ...See moreNew York, N.Y: The battleship Pennsylvania sails for Southern maneuvers. Golden, Col: Students of the School of Mines are given practical mine rescue work. Philadelphia, Pa: Lawrence Huntington breaks the world's piano Marathon record by playing the piano 65 hours and 14 minutes. San Francisco, Cal: The San Francisco Model Yacht Club hold the annual mid-winter races. Frankfort, Ky: The State's prison is damaged by fire, which results in the death of nine prisoners. Pensacola, Fla: Mr and Mrs. Chas. Wellman, of Chicago, have an ambition to speed around the world in a forty-foot motor boat. Jacksonville, Fla: Practicing dentistry on a large scale "Alligator Joe" looks after the molars of his alligators. Marblehead, Mass: The U.S. Government will conduct experiments to test John Hays Hammond, Jr.'s radio controlled torpedo. Denver, Colo: Despite snowdrifts, blockaded trains and nippy weather, State Representative Frank W. Murphy hikes forty miles to the State's Capitol. Washington, D.C: Thomas D. Schall, blind Congressman from Minnesota, is guided about the Capital City streets by his young son Thomas. Written by
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