James Gordon Bennett Dies in Beaulieu at 73
James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald died in Beaulieu France after a long life shaping American journalism. Born in New York City May 10 1841 he built a global paper empire directing from Paris and New York and pioneered long distance editing. He married Baroness de Reuter in Paris in 1914 and left a lasting, impersonal newsroom legacy.
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Beaulieu
France
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Mr. Bennett
New York City
Paris
Baroness de Reuter
George Julius de Reuter
Reuter’s Limited
Maud Potter
John Potter
Philadelphia
Bennett
New York
The
Herald
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Livingstone
Jeanette
Pole
Greely
Stanley
Tenderloin
Europe
Two Months Output Of British Munitions Factories
Belford England May 14 F G Kellaway parliamentary secretary to the minister of munitions reports sharp gains in British output for the first two months of the year versus 1917. Light guns up 30 percent medium guns 57 heavy guns 38 machine guns 96 shells 83 tanks 39 airplanes 223 aero engines 245. Average weekly airplane production matched two months in 1915. one week of machine guns equaled five months in 1915.
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Associated Press
Belford
England
F. G. Kellaway
Tragic Maine Island Teaches a Browning Heiress a Lesson
Kathleen Travers Browning, heiress from the Short Hills colony, flees social ease with Pete the hotel waiter on a Maine coast island. Their bond deepens as romance meets class limits. A near-drowning ordeal and a trunk mix up ignite a decision to escape titles, with the pair imagining a quiet Portland minister as a future.
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Kathleen Travers Browning
Short Hills
Pete
Kathleen
Maine
Brownings
Portland
Peter Gordon-Smith
London
England
East Central State Normal School Certificate Guide
East Central State Normal School outlines two paths to teaching certificates in Oklahoma two years state certificate one year state certificate or by examination. It details required courses in psychology pedagogy algebra geometry civics geography history and more with grade thresholds and age limits. It notes positions for teachers and previews the ninth annual commencement with dates and speakers Dr Odell and J W Cantwell.
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East Centralize
Normal School
East Central State Normal School
Oklahoma
State Board of Education
Oklahoma City
United States
Ul School
Gordon
East Central
Arthur Lee Odell
Henry Kendall College
J. W. Cantwell
Oklahoma A
M. College
Odell
Kings Highway Presbyterian
St. Louis
Missouri
East Central Normal
Cantwell
A. and
Summer Term Instructors Listed For Oklahoma School
The list covers Agriculture Biology Commercial Courses Penmanship Drawing Music Education English Foreign Languages and other subjects for the upcoming summer term. Notable instructors include B A Pratt R E Berry E A MacMillan A Stauffer Zelma Glenn Helen A Turner M L Perkins C G Bradford Lucy Peppon Mabyl Rucker Gertrude Graham M B Molloy Esca Rodger Ednah Springs L W Courtney E P Downing Eleanor Morgan John T Butcher R E West C G Bradford Anna Weaver Jones and others.
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B. A. Pratt
the Normal School
R. E. Berry
A. and
M. College
E. A. MacMillan
A. Stauffer
M. L. Perkins
C. G. Bradford
Lucy Peppon
Mabyl Rucker
Gertrude Graham
Normal School
A. P. Lever
Coalgate
N. S. Cowart
Holdenville
T. D. D. Quaid
Tishomingo
Marie Anderson
Port Arthur
Texas
M. B. Molloy
Esca Rodger
Ednah Springs
Fitzhugh
L. W. Courtney
The
Oklahoma Baptist University
E. P. Downing
Shawnee
Eleanor Morgan
University of Oklahoma
John T. Butcher
Pauls Valley
R. E. West
Davis
Josephine Clarke
Lightning Burns J. Richman Barn Near Ada
S. J. Richman, two miles north of Ada, lost his barn Friday night to a lightning fire. It held 80 or 90 bales of hay, 300 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of cotton seed, peanuts and cane seed, farming tools and household goods. Total loss about $3,000 with no insurance.
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S. J. Richman
Ada
Leuine and Harris Wed in Sunday Ceremony
H W Leuine of Rochester New York and Rita Jeanne Harris were married Sunday noon. The couple left for the South and East after the ceremony. Rita Harris is the daughter of Sam and Harris, proprietors of the Harris hotel, and has long connections with Ada. The News extends best wishes for a long and happy life together.
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H. W. Leuine
Rochester
N. Y
Rita Jeanne Harris
Sam Harris
Harris Hotel
Ada
Speed on the Piano Prelude Counts Notes and Movements
A well known pianiste played Mendelssohn presto. A man counted the notes and time, noting 5 595 notes in four minutes three seconds. Each note required three movements of finger elbow or arm, totaling 72 movements per second at 24 notes each second.
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Mendelssohn
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates Sale
A public notice advertises the sale of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates for convenient savings. An amateur musician and a caustic critic exchange witty banter in the text.
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Paden
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Earl Weston
Macomb
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Tulsa Public Schools
Helen A. Turner
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Seminole
John S. Vaughan
Wapanucka
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Henryetta
Science
R. R. Robinson
the Normal
J. B. Ford
Trinity University
Anna Weaver Jones
Sherman
Texas Public Schools
L. Orr
M. D. Res
Nat’l. Bank
L. MB
Overton
Fitshugh, Oklahoma
BR. C. A. Thomas Veterinary Surgeon
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W. D. Faust
M. L. Lewis
DRS. FAUST & LEWIS _ PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Faust Hospital
F. R. Laird
First National Bank
Okla
B. F. Bates
M. J. Beets
J. Richmon
Leuine-Harris
Speed On the
Piano
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