The White House Guarding Its Secrets The President’s Home
The White House is heavily guarded by 42 daily guards plus secret service protectors. Guards cover exterior entrances, interior corridors, and executive offices with policemen at every door. The article notes the high vigilance due to assassinations by some presidents and threats from cranks in a land of liberty.
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Ashington
America
White House
Swithout
Secret Service
Land of Liberty
Bankers and the elusive truth about counterfeit money
Bankers quickly detect bad currency though exact odds are hard to set. Washington agents estimate a ratio of about one bad bill per 100000 dollars in paper money and two to three bad coins per 100000 in circulation. Counterfeiters face greater risk with larger denominations and require costly equipment. Three reasons counterfeiters are caught: banks, the secret service, and systematic checks.
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Secret Service
Washington
Woman Soldier Seeks Pension For Civil War Service
Sheridan Wyoming woman Louise E Bliss has applied for a pension claiming she served four years in the federal army dressed as a man. She joined Company G Sixty third Infantry Illinois in 1861 and fought through the war, sustaining scars from Vicksburg Corinth and a Confederate saber.
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Louise E. Bliss
Sheridan
Wyo
Company G
Sixtythird Infantry
Illinois
Elisa
Vicksburg
Corinth
Bliss
Mlinola
Jonesboro
Col. McCowan
Sixty-third Infantry
Richardson
Sixty-third
John Sibler
Warns Against Mosquitoes and House Flies in Public Health Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture warns that mosquitoes pose as great a menace as house flies. L O Howard urges communities to remove breeding sites by screening rain barrels and gutters, destroying or hauling away containers that hold water, and cleaning poultry troughs and animal water cups. Even flower vases and unused rooms can harbor larvae, and public dumps become major breeding grounds for these pests.
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Department of Agriculture
Asa
Brande
L. O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Hera
Teach Farming Program Aims to Spread Agricultural Education
Boston reports a state plan by David Snedden to teach scientific farming in public schools and establish six state agricultural schools. The proposal calls for agricultural departments in every high school and aims to reclaim abandoned farms, boost rural population, and promote intensive farming near cities. Secretary Ellsworth supports the plan as practical for training future farmers and utilizing small plots.
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Boston
David Snedden
State Board of Education
J. Lewis Ellsworth
State Board of Agriculture
Ellsworth
Snedden
Commonwealth
Hedgehog Bounty Sparks Maine Food Controversy
Maine advocates claim 150000 dead hedgehogs brought $38000 in bounties, a waste of food. They tout hedgehog meat as flavorful and easy to cook, citing English breakfast and Michigan close seasons. The piece notes a 25 cent bounty law repealed after $38000 was spent.
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Maine
Machias
England
Michigan
Women Hunt for Gold On Cocos Island Treasure Ship Story
San Francisco reports a strange voyage from Ancon as seven men and two women land on Cocos, carrying two tons of supplies and a treasure chart. The expedition, led by Mrs. Till and Miss Davis, aims to recover up to 20 million dollars for London charity, with most treasure traced to the Lima cathedral.
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San Francisco
Cocos
Costa Rica
Ancon
Treasure Island
London
B. Till
L. B. Davis
Lima
Till
Callao
Galapagos Islands
Cocos Island
Mary Deer
Man's Time Is Worth Money In Chicago
Alberta man Tohn Kafman paid 260 for 150 minutes in Chicago as he traveled from Alberta to Pittsburg to meet his wife. He met a stranger, drank, had his pocket picked, and reported the incident to police before returning to Montana.
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Chicago
Tohn Kafman
Alberta
Mont
Pittsburg
Central Station
Montana
Kafman
Clark urges inquiry into cost of all U S wars since 1778
Champ Clark proposes an official inquiry to compute the direct and incidental cost to the United States of wars since 1778. He argues the figure would aid comparing wartime expenses with peacetime spending and help fiscal planning.
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Champ Clark
United States
Germany and Britain share arbitration proposal, Kaiser’s London departure
From London to Budapest and Vienna, reports detail German Britain France arbitration openness, Crown Prince Wilhelm opening East German exposition in Posen, and the Kaisers leaving London aboard the Hohenzollern with royal farewells. Also notes Count Szechenyi’s streetcar protest payoff and Berlin Greater Berlin plans.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Wilhelm
Posen
Conservatory of
Prag
Bohemia
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiserin Auguste
Princess Victoria Louisa
Sheerness
George
Mary
Budapest
Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Reichstag Committee
Plsass- Lothringen
Landtag
Social Democrats
Greater Berlin
Berlin
Charlottenburg
Rixdorf
Wilmersdorf
Lichtenberg
Teltow
Niederbarnim
Duesseldorf
Count Zeppelin
Teutoburger Forest
Vienna
Gustav Mahler
Mahler
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Iha
Uncle Sam
Tica
Utica
Martina Creek
Massachusetts Board of Education
Epicure
Clergyman
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