War Declared On Huge Army Of Hoboes In New York
Open war has been declared against the vast hobo population in New York City. City charities and police join to clear the camps in days. Hoboes refuse work, riot in lodgings, and are to be arrested and sent to Blackwell's Island for stone breaking. Over 10,000 hoboes currently roam the metropolis seeking meals and shelter rather than employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Commissioner of Charities
New York
Yorke
Poor Commission
City and Charity Organization
Blackwell’s Island
Department of Charities
East Twenty-sixth Street
Adamless Eden to Be Run by Women at Bellecrest
Mme Davidoff, a Russian native now in New York, plans an experimental year round farm at Bellecrest near Northport, operated by women with men barred from greenhouses. She believes artificial light and a static machine will extend plant growth beyond sundown, aiming for a philanthropic, self supporting venture. Work starts within a month after buildings and electrical setup are complete.
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Ong Island
Mme Davidoff
Russia
New York City
Bellecrest
Northport
S. 1
Mme. Davidoff
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Davidoff
Oliver Lodge
New Profession for Women Pays Well in Stores
New advertising era brings women as demonstrators in department stores across the country.advertisers hire men and women to sit in windows and show how wares look and work. Pay varies from five dollars a day to higher sums for especially stylish demonstrators, with travel across cities and paid expenses. The work ranges from corsets to folding beds and patent beds, biscuits, soups, and shoes, marketed through public demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Forcep
Upper Broadway
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Yerkes Home May Be Sold at Auction Foreclosure
Foreclosure proceedings by Mutual Life Insurance against Mrs Mary A Yerkes widow of the late Yerkes promoter claim a total debt of 242292 with 225000 mortgage on the Fifth Avenue Sixty eighth Street estate. The mansion and art gallery may pass to sale with a plan in his will for a Metropolitan Museum controlled gallery to be formed and eventually given to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mary A. Yerkes
Trac Yon
Worcester's Dry Town Status Tested by Local Prohibition
Worcester Massachusetts, a city of about 140000, has become the largest dry town on earth. The article tracks the economic and social impact since prohibition began, noting the loss of saloons, continued liquor sales to outsiders, and the looming vote on wet or dry status. It compares liquor-related business, brewers’ interests, and bank deposits under dry versus wet conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Sydney Smith
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Ciries
Clark University
Justice Rules His Village in Boquillas Border Town
El Paso Texas reports M A Ernst of Boquillas who as justice of the peace wields wide power over a border territory along the Rio Grande. He has cleared out outlaws and earned respect from Mexicans who seek his advice and, when needed, punishment. He also officiates most marriages in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
M. A. Ernst
Boquillas
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Texas
Ernst
Large Skeleton Found in Indiana Gravel Pit
A large human skeleton, likely an unusually large Indian, was unearthed in a gravel pit north of Whitestown, Indiana. The find occurred after a slight cave-in revealed the bones, which were removed in near perfect condition. A small animal bone, thought to be a dog, was found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Whitestown
Ind
Here
Peculiar Chase Ends as Mail Sack Delivers Letters
A mail sack started from New York and chased by the cruiser Milwaukee across the Pacific finally arrived in Bremerton after a long voyage. The letters, long awaited by the girls back home, were delivered aboard the ship in reserve at the Puget Sound navy yard.
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Seattle
Wash
Milwaukee
Pacific
Puget, Sound
Panama
New York
San Franisco
Newport
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Honolulu
Amapala
Honduras
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Bremerton
Joke Marriage Proves Real in Sunbury Scene
In Sunbury Pennsylvania a prank wedding turned real when Miss Sarah Masser and Joseph Crawford, engaged to others, were legally married after a misdirected joke. Miss Maude Eichelberger and Arthur Orr planned the gag with Miss Janet Houtz. Orr used his real name, while Houtz used an assumed one. The ceremony, performed by Justice Shipman, made the couple legally bound to each other despite the joke.
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Sunbury
Sarah Masser
Joseph Crawford
Maude Eichelberger
Lewisburg
Arthur B. Orr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Orr
Janet Houtz
Phillipsburg
Miss Houtz
Matilda Smith
Eichelberger
Justice of the Peace Shipman
Wants consumptive teacher for tuberculosis ward
New Yorks board of education seeks a teacher afflicted with tuberculosis to work with tubercular patients aboard a floating day camp anchored near Bellevue hospital. The camp, housing 35 children and several adults, faces education concerns as children cannot attend regular public schools. authorities suggest a teacher on the boat, possibly another teacher with the same illness, to provide schooling and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Education
East River
Bellevue Hospital
Baby rules for visitors spark worry at Bradford home
A nine month old Bradford baby has never been kissed. A conspicuous set of visit rules signed by the parents warns guests to keep hands clean avoid touching the baby's face or hair and to refrain from talking or breathing on the child. The rules note displeasure for violations. Dog and Cat Funerals Near Chicago is explored with plans for an aristocratic pet cemetery. Mayor Busse asks draft of ordinance after John J. Millar seeks site option, location kept confidential to avoid local objections.
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London
Bradford
Chicago
John J. Millar
Busse
Howard Hayes
Millar
Abstracts and Wills at Atlantic Real Estate Office
The firm handles abstracts opinions titles real estate and probate law from the corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets in Atlantic Iowa.
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4Th & Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Formerly listed as Interne Hospital State University of Iowa with contact notes: house phone 461 Black office 263 Black Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Office
Atlantic
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Boquillas, Tex
Pesuliar Chase
Sack of
Pacific Ocean
Baby
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
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Gillespie Building
Musson
Atlantis
C. G. Clark
Osteopathia
Opera House
Phone
T. B. Swan
Atlantia
OR. C
Campbell
Ben A. Wood
C. W. Savery Abstractes
U. S. Mullins
Hap
Xno
Zelephone
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut St
Atlantic, Iowa
Nels Brown
Butler
M. HH. Butler
CG. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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