Navy catapult launches aeroplane from ship in tests
Washington observers from foreign governments watched the navy yard tests of Capt. W. S. Chambers’s compressed air catapult for launching aeroplanes. The Curtiss aeroboat flown by Lt. Theodore Ellyson achieved a successful flight, marking a practical naval launch method from a turret top.
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Navy
Glenn Curtiss
Theodore Ellyson
Eugene Ely
Birmingham
Pennsylvania
Ellyson
Hammondsport
Mike the Mail Horse Sets Washington Post Route Standard
Harles B. Matthews praises Mike a white horse in the Washington post office who originated the block mail delivery system. Mike guides carrier Ernest Miller, checks street safety, dictates tempo to hotels, and ensures timely mail by not allowing loitering.
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Harles B. Matthews
Washington Post Office
Mike
Ernest Miller
Alexandria
Indian Reservations Ban Alcohol For Whites On Red Lands
The Indian bureau imposes a ban on alcohol for whites on Indian reservations not even for medical or refreshment use, except sacramental wine under church authority. Circular No. 695 signed by Acting Commissioner F P Abbott directs strict enforcement and notes irregularities in compliance.
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Indian Bureau
F P. H. Abbott
Secretary of the Interior
Interest Grows in Muskrat Farming Across U S
The annual Biological Survey report to Secretary Wilson notes fur bearing animal farming remains active in the United States. Musk rats minks and foxes are bred or preserved, with high prices for breeding black foxes limiting entrants. Muskrat farming thrives on Maryland’s eastern shore, surpassing many cultivated farms in income per acre.
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The
Biological Survey
Wilson
United States
National Zoological Park
Maryland
Illinois Dairymen Elect Officers At Springfield Meeting
The Illinois State Dairymen’s association closes its thirty ninth annual convention in Springfield electing Joseph P. Mason of Elgin as president and F G Austin of Effingham as vice president. New directors include Mason, Austin, J N Beyney, Joseph Newman, W Dendorf, Charles Gilson and N O Crissey. Butter scoring honors go to P J Peterson of Round Lake with 94 percent. dairy class winner Mrs G W Duger of Hettick. The state pure food commission work was endorsed and Governor Dunne urged to retain J B Newman in his post.
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Springfield
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association
Joseph P. Mason
Elgin
F. G. Austin
Effingham
Lewis N. Wiggins
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Sterling
J. P. Mason
F. Bd. Austin
John
Wbney
Joseph Newman
W.dendorf
Charles Gilson
Marengo
N. O. Crissey
Galesburg
P. J. Peterson
Round Lake
G. W. Dugger
Hettick
Cat
Bull
Fred Daughenbaugh
Fred Schuster
Walter Garvey
Thayer
Helfers
Garvey
State Pure Food Commission
J. B. Newman
Higin
Dunne
Niman
B. Deneen
Illinois Railroads Seek Car Aid From Road Commissioners
The Illinois railroad and warehouse commission sent circulars to town clerks urging road commissioners to cooperate with railroads to relieve coal car shortages. They found gravel and crushed stone shipments sit on sidings, reducing coal transport capacity, and propose scheduling such consignments between April 1 and October 1. Governor Dunne will attend Woodrow Wilsons inauguration. Gen Frank S Dickson to arrange travel and entertainment. Illinois National Guard not attending due to no appropriation.
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Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Wii
Dunne
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Art
Frank
Dickson
William L. Sullivan
Illinois
Illinois National Guard
Wilson
Resignation from Illinois Mine Workers Board
John Tuttle resigned as a member of the executive board of the Illinois Mine Workers amid claims of unjust criticism. President John H. Walker granted his request to be removed from further duties. George McArtor of Herrin was named to fill the vacancy and had previously been a candidate for a board position.
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John Tuttle
The
Illinois Mine Workers
John H. Walker
Tuttle
George McArtor
Herrin
Walker
McArtor
Illinois Railroads Then and Now Across the State
Illinois hosts 48 railroads totaling 12 618 miles led by the Illinois Central with 2047 miles and Burlington at 1686 miles The list includes Northwestern Chicago & Alton Big Four Wabash Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the McKinleyIllino is Traction system The report highlights interurban Illinois Traction and the McKinley line as the only electric road to run sleeping cars and full block signals The Stallion Board reports 9677 licensed stallions with 69 percent purebred and shows breed shares by region The state prison health study shows improved inmate health over two decades with low death rates relative to the general population The Chester penitentiary deaths per year average 5 to 8 in recent years and 4 in 1912.
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Illinois
Illinois Central
Burlington
Northwestern
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
Wabash
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
McKinley
Illinois Traction System
Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Vandalla
Santa Fe
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois Traction
Glover
Decatur
Peoria
Stallion Board
Stallion Registration Board
Ilois
Rades
Thois
Chester
J. S. Johnson
State Board of Health
J. 8. Johnston
James B. Smith
James Smith
Illinois Corn Growers elect new officers at Champaign
Mingisorn Men Elect officers for the Illinois Corn Growers Association in Champaign naming W. B. Mills McQbb as president and a slate of six vice presidents and officers including William bb Lockport Walter H. Rowe De tum L. F. Alexander Charleston T. Wilson Winchester F. I. Mann Gilman Leigh Maxcey Curran H. A. Winters Winona.
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Illinois Corn Growers
Champaign
W. B. Mills
Mc Qbb
William Bb
Lockport
W. G. Griffith
McNabb
Walter H. Rowe
Detur
L. F. Alexier
Charleston
T. Wilson
Winchester
F. I. Mann
Gilman
Leigh Maxcey
Curran
H. A. Winters
Winona
Mysterious Miss Bell and the car romance
Clarence Banks falls for Betty, a quiet stenographer at Varnum’s office who hides her true role. After a tense confrontation, Banks discovers Betty earned a family car for her mother, not Miss Bell, and the pair reconcile as Betty gives her heart to Clarence Banks.
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Clarence Banks
Miss Bell
Varnum's
Banks
Varnum
Mia
Betty
Mr. Varnum
Mr. Banks
Mother
Clarence Bante
Rheumatic Advice Prominent Doctor's Beat Prescription
A home remedy is pitched for rheumatic pain using Toris compound and syrups jarsaparilla mixed in whiskey. The ad claims rapid relief after the first dose and urges demanding the genuine original sealed pack from a druggist. Published by the Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories of Chicago.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of
Chicago
Cuticura Cure for Infant Eczema Promised in Ad
A 1911 letter from Mrs. BE Sulzberger of Ransom Illinois describes a two and a half year battle with a severe head to body eczema in her infant. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying an eczema advertisement and other remedies.
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Ransom
Ill
Literal Sense of a Flaming Mountain Lesson
A classroom scene shows a teacher using colored crayons to depict a volcano on the blackboard. Sam, a pupil, jokes that the drawing resembles hell, illustrating how juvenile remarks surface in a playful misinterpretation of the lesson.
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Small Sam
Sammie
Chicago Record-Herald
Her Great Love under the Mistletoe
A couple linger in a festive drawing room as mistletoe inspires romance. He asks if she could love him with only one coat, and she replies she could only if he sacrificed all others to buy her a new dress.
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Uncle Sam
Solfi
Ourrage
OTHER
Helinois State Dairymen's Association
Joseph Mason
Mingisorn
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