New York Jail Feeds 30 Prisoners On 2.90 Weekly
At Ludlow Street jail in New York City a 75 year old cook Mrs Rose Taylor runs the kitchen for about thirty inmates daily with one assistant. She keeps meals at about 2.90 for seven days using a simple menu of cereals coffee bread and butter with a larger noon meal including frankfurters hamburger steak goulash and roasts. Warden Johnson and Sheriff Knott oversee the arrangement and buy provisions at regular local prices.
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New York
New York City
Ludlow Street
Johnson
Attorney General Blocks Wild Cat Stock Sales in Ohio
Attorney General Price issued an opinion that will stop numerous wild cat oil mining rubber and similar concerns from selling stocks in Ohio. The ruling targets questionable ventures by barring their ability to offer shares to the public within the state.
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Columbus
Price
Ohio
Lightning kills racehorse at Fountain Park track
A storm night at Fountain Park in Akron ends in tragedy when lightning strikes a barn killing Big Frank D., a 2:1244 pacer owned by A. Holloway of Niles, Ohio. The horse belonged to the Akron racing circuit and disaster halted events Friday night.
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Akron
Fountain Park
Big Frank D
Pacer
A. Holloway
Niles, O
Army imposes half day weekly exercise rule for officers
The War Department requires officers below brigadier general to take a half day of exercise weekly excluding Sundays and holidays. Golf is allowed, with options including swimming, baseball, tennis, fencing, boxing or wrestling. Critics question sufficiency and exemption for higher ranks, while privates and civilians are advised to hike off fat amid profiteering times.
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War Department
Roosevelt
Limits of tolerance in Mexico spark calls for action
The piece condemns Carranza for failing to curb violence against Americans in Mexico. It argues he cannot suppress brigandage or restore order and that the United States must intervene to protect citizens and secure orderly relations.
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Mexico
Carranza
Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Close to Earth I Do Not Fly for Comfort and Age
A reflective piece by a 67 year old speaker who has never ridden in air travel. He jokes about padding the earth with velvet cushions before taking to the skies and prefers the solid ground and unpolished trails to high flights. He likens youth’s boldness to copper and admits his beard is snowy and legs stiff.
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Earth
Aunt Lucy Finds Independence Amid Wartime Wash Woes
In Alexandra a shortage of wash ladies arises from war work. An elderly colored woman named Aunt Lucy explains she no longer washes, noting the Civil War freed them and World War made them independent. The dialogue captures community humor and resilience.
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Lucy
Aunt Lucy
Chile
Assininity of War Department Shown Again
Harrisburg Telegraph reprints an opinion condemning Secretary Baker and aides for ordering all government warehouse foods stored at New Cumberland moved to Philadelphia. The piece argues Harrisburg and nearby towns could have received large or small lots locally, but the War Department sent goods by rail at high cost, favoring Philadelphia and burdening consumers.
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Harrisburg
War Department
Baker
New Cumberland
Philadelphia
Enola
Steelton
Mechanicsburg
Middletown
Breaking a Bad Habit By Turning Your Back Square On Temptation
Ruth Cameron discusses breaking habits with a personal take that favors a decisive single action over gradual change. She argues that quitting all at once is easier, sharing college training examples about limiting sweets and Lent observances to illustrate the power of a firm, singular commitment.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Mr. O'Reilly
Veal Loaf and Classic Dishes From Cottage Kitchen
Veal Loaf recipe details separate veal knuckle cut, cook slowly in water, chop and season, layer with hard boiled eggs and parsley, reduce liquor to one cup, chill and garnish. Fruit salad with oranges bananas pineapple walnuts and lettuce. cornmeal muffins with oil and sour milk. English Madeira cake with eggs sugar flour butter and lemon. Soften hard water with washing soda, cottage cheese hints with sour milk and spices. serve cheese balls on lettuce and greens with marmalade or quince.
Home Made Vinegar and Dinner Stories
Instructions for making three gallons of vinegar using water sugar yeast and toasted bread in a stone crock with cheesecloth. A six week fermentation yields pure vinegar. The second item features a humorous army kitchen scene where a cook quizzes a potato peeling apprentice and he answers that experience in kitchen life prepared him for banking before democracy.
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Kitchen Police
Fragmentary Debates Over Parcel Returns Stir Pennsylvania
The passage notes that recipients must apply by parcel post pay transport charges back to Harrisburg and may not receive the desired quantity. It also reflects on criticism that the Democratic Administration is not popular.
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Harrisburg
Local Social News From Albany Area Highlights Visits and Moves
The Girl Scouts met in the scout room on Thursday. Mrs. Cee and daughter Clara returned from a weeklong outing to Columbus Cleveland Toledo and Akron. Mrs. Wilcox of Salem Center visited with her daughters Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Roberts. Darrell Ziggafoose resigns from Goldsberry store to join F S Stedman Company. Several residents attend events in Cincinnati Columbus and northern Ohio.
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Clara
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
Wilcox
Salem Center
Cross
Roberts
Darrell Ziggafoose
Goldsberry
F. 8. Stedman Company
Missie Wood
Carpenter
Alta Coe
Athens
Dorothy Dailey
Adaline Dailey
John Hursey
Waterford
A. D. Cline
Earnest Martin
C. E. Peoples
Mamie Smith
Pomeroy
James Richardson
McConnellsville
Peter Morse
New Kentucky Cure Claims Relief for Hay Fever Sufferers
A Kentucky man says a simple Mentholized Avcine gargle and nasal spray can conquer hay fever. He reports dramatic relief after using a one ounce bottle mixed with boiled water, then twice daily nasal application for a week to ten days.
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