Helena youths join federal survey crews for seasonal field work
In Helena Montana state and federal survey crews prepare for spring through fall road and boundary surveying. Transitmen like George I Rigby lead teens from Helena Butte and other towns who camp in tents, hike through forests, fish and learn surveying as a paid summer job. Crews operate from Missoula and push to mark Idaho and state boundaries while facing rugged terrain and forest fires. Pay ranges from 45 to 70 dollars monthly with equipment costs 35 to 50 dollars. many expect to return this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Gene Tomlin
Victor Wells
Donald Bartley
Victor Thayer
Montana
Tom Kain
Paris hotel keepers dazzle wartime crowd
A Boston Transcript report records a conversation aboard a ship about combat charges. One man praises French courage comparing Verdun and Chemin des Dames to French hotel keepers charging guests, sparking laughter from a divine commentator. Colonel Arturo Giovanetti, the Italian airman, returns from the war zone.
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Verdun
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Il’rom
Boston Transcript
Arturo Giovanetti
Mediums Lean on Engineer for Proof of Ghostly Rods
In London, W F Hundall of Camberwell offers a $5,000 salary to a reliable medium while Professor W J Crawford of Belfast University presents detailed experiments. He argues that Miss Kathleen Goligher’s levitating tables and moving bells stem from flexible ethereal rods protruding from the body, controlled from within, reaching up to five feet. The demonstrations, in red light, occur in several Belfast homes, with Miss Goligher aged 21 and fully conscious during tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
W. F. Hunndall
Camberwell
Kathleen Goligher
Belfast
Crawford
Miss Goligher
Mining Engineers to Meet in New York February 16
The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers plans its 122nd meeting in New York the week of February 16 drawing engineers and metallurgists from major fields for discussions on mine taxation and equitable government relations. Notables include Ralph Arnold J Parke Channing J M Finlay and R C Alien. The event features a smoker banquet at Waldorf Astoria excursions to local mines and refineries, plus social events and committee leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
New York
Ralph Arnold
Petroleum Division
Internal Revenue Department
J. m. Finlay
State of
Michigan
J. Parke Channing
R. C. Alien
Lake Superior Ore Association
Institute
Waldorf-Astoria
Walking Dairy Brings Milk Direct From Cow To Door
Waynesboro Pennsylvania reports Sherd Dresser a farmer and stock dealer has created a walking dairy. He milks a cow at the customer’s curb delivering fresh warm milk. He carries a milking stool bucket and tin measures claiming milk is free of water and delivered direct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Waynesboro
Sherd Dresser
Sherd
Colored pioneers in Argonne fear grim mail news
In the Argonne Home Sector a Dixie regiment newly inducted into the service receives mail. Jefferson Madison Monroe and Washington Jones brood over misfortune as Monroe learns his girlfriend married another and Jones faces a surprising exemption letter from the draft board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Argonne
Dixie
Jefferson Madison Monroe
Washington Jones
Wash
Jefferson
Engine boilers boost coal power threefold in 50 years
The text notes rapid boiler and firebox advances have increased power per pound of coal to nearly triple what it was half a century ago, reflecting major efficiency gains in engine design and fuel use.
Community Lugs Help Girls Find Housing in New York
In New York, the Girls' Community club offers affordable rooms, meals, and a homey atmosphere for young women arriving in the big city. Located at 109 East Thirtieth Street, the club provides light filled rooms, a cafeteria, and a kitchenette for late suppers, with rules minimal and a non-sectarian stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Community Club
East Thirtieth Street
Cornelia FE. Marshall
E. R. T. Tompkins
Manhattan
Robert Townsend
Bureau of Boarding Houses
Unique Photograph Showcases Battleship by Navy Aerial Branch
The U S Navy aviation and photographic units collaborated to produce the finest aerial image of a major battleship, the U S S New Mexico, flag ship of Admiral Rodman. The plane captured about 20 views from varied angles and altitudes, highlighting a fighting unit with its crew comforts and fleet logistics.
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Aviation Branch
United States Navy
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. New Mexico
Admiral Rodman
New Mexico
Pacific Fleet
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Guantanamo
Navy
Czechs Bar American Money From Leaving Country
Special Correspondent describes Prague border checks as customs officials harassing U S travelers to prevent money leaving Bohemia. Officials demand receipts for dollars or francs and even frisk travelers. one man obtains a finance ministry permit after hours of processing to carry dollars through.
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International News Service
Prague
Bohemia
Vienna
Berlin
New York
D. Gara
Cleveland
Ministry of Finance
Gift to France statue pledge gains governors' endorsement
The MacMonnies statue honoring the Battle of the Marne is backed by governors as honorary state committee chairs fundraise. A $250,000 goal covers a colossal group sculpture to be placed at Meaux near Paris. Beginning in March, nationwide collections start. Myron T. Herrick leads the national drive.
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America
France
MacMonnies
The
Marne
Myron T. Herrick
Mr. Herrick
United States
Bartholdi
Joffre
Varis
Meaux
Paris
Herrick
New York
Gov
R. A. Cooper
South Carolina
Mary Regan 103rd Birthday in Lawrence Mass
Mrs. Mary Regan Lawrence's oldest resident celebrates 103. mother of seven, grandmother to sixteen, great grandmother to five. She smoked a pipe daily, eats ice cream nightly, and has lived with little medical care. Her joy lies in family, and she recalls meeting Daniel O Connell in Cork.
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International News Service
Lawrence
Mass
Mary Regan
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New York Bay
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Horace V. Winchell
A. R. Ledoux
George D. Barron
Bradley Stoughton
Walking Dairy
Margery Ren
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Brooklyn Bridge
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