MIAMI, FLA., Feb. 14. -- Clarence Buxton's Missionary, six-year-old son of Hourless and Mission, this afternoon won the Croissant Park Handicap, the most important number on the card at Haleah Park, beating five others over the course of a mile and seventy yards. With M. Buxton up and carrying top weight of 122 pounds, Missionary ran the distance in the fast time of 1:44 3-5, one-fifth of a second slower than the track record.

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MRS. BUDLONG GOES ON A HUNGER STRIKE; Locks Herself in a Room of Husband's Apartment After Losing Her Divorce Suit. SAYS SHE'S A PRISONER Police Say She's Not and Refuse to Interfere -- Husband's Whereabouts Unknown. MRS. BUDLONG GOES ON A HUNGER STRIKE

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Mrs Budlong goes on hunger strike in her husband's apt

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Notable Births

1925Angella D. Ferguson, American pediatrician^[†]

Angella Dorothea Ferguson is an American pediatrician known for her groundbreaking research on sickle cell disease.

Historical Events

1925The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.^[†]

The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5½ days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from a developing epidemic of diphtheria.