The Stingaree motorboat ride at Smithtown Bay
Inventor George Thorpe builds a fast motorboat named Stingaree to reach thirty miles per hour. Dorothy Benson and Mollie White, aboard without authorization, ride it as it circles Smithtown bay causing chaos. Thorpe captain rescues the craft, averting disaster while spectators marvel at the stunt.
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George Thorpe
Smithtown Bay
Mr. Thorpe
Smithtown
Placid
Dorothy Benson
Mollie White
Molly
Miss Dorothy
Mollie
Lake Placid
Cupid
Dorothy
Grand Bay
Frank Thorpe
China to Have Parliament Earlier Than Planned
China advances the date for national parliament to 1918 under the prince regent guidance. A modernizing push follows the Russia Japan war, with a European style army navy railways and western administrative methods expanding across provinces and senate activity already felt this year.
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China
Senate
Russia
Japan
Excellent Method of Preparing Market Poultry
A detailed guide on shipping and handling poultry to preserve flavor, appearance, and keeping quality. It covers the need for rapid transport systems, proper raising and slaughter, and emphasizes thorough bleeding to prevent unsightly discoloration. Step by step killing, bleeding, and braining methods are described with cautions on improper cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Pennington
H. Betts
Foreign-Born Gardeners Boost Connecticut Market Trade
A local Connecticut merchant reports a decade of buying five percent of his goods from native American farms and five percent from West or Southern garden truck handlers. He notes strong business with Italians and Poles farming around the city, whose vegetables are fresh and varied. Some farms are run by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Italian alienist urges abstinence over moderate drinking
Prof. Pagio Amaldi, renowned physician and scientist, denounces moderate drinking as harmful. He cites Laitenen on reduced resistance and argues abstinence strengthens health, condemning temperance campaigns that accept a harmless glass. Amaldi cites his forty years of sobriety and calls for radical prohibition to prevent social alcoholism across Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagio Amaidi
Amaldi
Laitenen
Moralista
Italy
Evils of the liquor habit among Northwest Indians
A Norman reform movement led by Shaker Indian priests in Washington and Oregon targets alcohol. Guided by John Slocum, they crusade against whisky and assist authorities by naming alcohol sellers. Mud Bay near Olympia houses a new church funded by Peter Kalama and built by local Indians.
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Northwest
Collier’s
John Slocum
Washington
Oregon
Moses
Mud Bay
Olympia
Whellington
Peter Kalama
Mud Bay Indiana
Mud Bay Sam
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Chas. A. Grubb
4Th and
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
T. B. Swan
Iowa
J.B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BEN U. Wood Co
W. Savery
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Max Emmert
Musson
Bel
G. Clark
State University of Iowa
DR. R. A. Gamble Opera House
Black Bell
Ch S. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Musion
A. S. Mullins
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Opera House
W.C. Heers
Smiley
Music Store
Green
TOWA
G. R. Miller
Gillesme
J. A. Giffen
C. Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Chestnut St
Tal
Butler
M. H., Butler, Proprietor
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