U boats With Nets and Motorboats
An overview of anti submarine warfare detailing nets to trap subs, drift nets, and motorboats weapons. Fishermen mobilized for drifter use, patrols by fast motorboats, and the role of sonar-like devices and bombs in pursuit. Mentions the British Admiralty, drifter crews, and the dangers to fishermen.
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Brest
Paolo Gordini
Admiralty
Silthem
Staal
Great Tritain
Waly
Walt
Biel
Sig
Pat Alwi
Metorhold
Miese
Pray Sea
New Zealand stretcher bearers hailed for Somme heroism
Sir Thomas Mackenzie issues extracts praising New Zealand medical corps for extraordinary service during the Somme battle. Bearers and doctors worked nonstop under shellfire, carrying wounded through heavy bombardment with many killed or wounded. Some carried for hours, others worked 24 hours straight, earning enduring recognition for bravery and devotion to duty.
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London
Malcolm Ross
New Zealand
New Zealand Medical Corps
Thomas Mackenzie
New Zealand Medleal Corps
Ae Gor- Than Maou Ata Place
Kawa Toews
Wirt Tran
Thistle Alley
Nihather Station
Mers
Ito
Martin and
Caplain Boyle
Wen
Somme
Brush
Reads Two Columns at Once Child Wonder in Arkadelphia
Arkadelphia observer Velnin Cypert, eleven years old, astonishes with rapid reading. can read two adjacent columns of large print at once. She appears healthy and cheerful, enjoys dolls but dislikes dogs, and aspires to become a teacher.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Woman Confesses Murder Then Requests Cizuretta
In York Pennsylvania Mrs Annie Dentinger confessed to killing her husband Harry Dentinger in jail and then asked for a cizuretta. She denies brutal treatment by her husband and shows little concern for outcomes amid the case.
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York
Annie Dentinger
Harry Dentinger
Hattie
Weathered trees resist gas in New York areas say botanists
A New York Botanicals journal report notes trees in the city endure atmospheric poisons differently. Norway maples and several conifers show relative hardiness while many elms in Riverside Drive and Central Park suffer decline from sulfur dioxide and related gases.
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York
The
New York Botanicas Garda
New Jersey
Mr. Stone
Pricetioe
Central Park
New York
Tiverside Drive
Trefessop Stane
New York Sun
Flower Holders In Wall Atop Los Angeles Garden Wall
Unusual flower containers are built into the center of three sections of a brick wall in front of a Los Angeles residence. Each holder rises about three and a half feet, tapers from a one foot base to three feet at the top, and is formed from rough irregular masses cemented into a chunky vase-like shape.
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Los Angeles
Man's Duty to His Community Admonishes Wealthy Benefactors
A New Coruni Adver tiser item argues that any man who amasses wealth bears responsibility to his community. It asserts money should not be the sole life aim and that generosity is a duty, not charity, urging even unseen acts of giving for communal benefit.
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Fe Han
Rcwlind
Mint
Imu
New Conaiun
Coun
City Managers Proved In Creasing City Governance Role
There are now 40 municipal officials in the United States styled city "mумingers" under the manager form of government. They are professional executives appointed by a five member commission, not elected, with indefinite tenure. Trials in various towns show the plan strengthens democracy while offering expert administration.
Cities Adopt Commission Manager Form in 22 Jurisdictions
Twenty two American cities have adopted the commission manager form of government. The list includes Niagara Falls New York Sumter South Carolina Wickory North Carolina Morganton North Carolina Ashtabula Ohio Sandusky Ohio Dayton Ohio Springfield Ohio Phoenix Arizona The Ragolds Michigan San Grande Ohio Payton Texas Denton Texas Amarillo Texas Manistee Michigan Jackson Michigan Abilene Kansas Cole Musgille Ohio Montrose Colorado Morris Minnesota Lakeland Florida Ad Humble California
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Sumter
C.y
Wickory
N. C
Morgantown
Ashtabula
Sandusky, C
Dayton
Springfield
Phoenix
Arig
the Ragolds
Mich
San Grande
Ores
Paytor
Pex
Denton
Tex
Amarillo
Perfect Garden Planting and Stock for a Lush Year Round
The text describes a garden ideal where flowers are picked daily and no bare soil appears. It emphasizes keeping reserve stock of annuals and perennials to replace spent or dead plants with young annuals or perennials, ensuring a continuous lush display.
State duty to heal wrongdoers and moral illness
The article argues the state must reform criminals, viewing crime as a disease of the morally unsound. It likens offenders to the sick in decaying tenements and asserts society should restore individuals to health through confinement and treatment, referencing reformatories as imperial efforts in reclamation and the divine command to heal the nation.
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Commonwealth
White Supremacy in South Not Menaced by Federal Suffrage
A Southern editorial argues that woman suffrage will not threaten white supremacy. It notes Alabama’s voter qualifications disenfranchise many Black men, cites Supreme Court rulings, and claims white women outnumber Black women in most Deep South states. It asserts white population growth outpaces Black growth, supporting continued white control.
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South
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi
South Carolina
Bureau of the Census
Nation-Wide Prohibition Dominates 1920 Campaign Outlook
With 85 percent under prohibition and 23 dry states, the issue looms large for 1920. The piece argues Congress must move to a constitutional amendment or risk nationwide prohibition becoming the central election theme, condemning the saloon as a source of social wreckage and urging federal action to end its influence.
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United States
Congress
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