Uncle Sam aims to breed husky infants through food inquiry
The article reports a government program led by Dr. Harvey M. Wiley within the Agriculture Department to test infant foods for true nutritional value. It seeks data from physicians, manufacturers, and pediatric specialists to identify proper nourishment and treatment, aiming to reduce illness and improve child health, with broader checks on hospital and invalid foods.
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Alfongton
Sam
Herve
Bureau of
Che Mistry
Department of Agriculture
Harvey M. Wiley
Wiley
Bureau of Chemstry
Capital to Undergo Thorough Housecleaning Operation
The capital will be subjected to an extensive cleaning program aimed at making Washington a decently scented place to live. Government experts will lead a wide sweep through hotels and restaurants, with warrants likely for some proprietors, as officials promise a comprehensive sanitation overhaul citywide.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Panama
Women Rural Mail Carriers Challenge Stereotypes
Assistant Postmaster General states women regularly join rural delivery, enduring poor roads and weather with cheer. Lenna Sennot, substitute on a 26 mile New England route, has served three years and feels safe driving alone, driven by smiles and good will.
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Postofce
de Graw
Department
Lenna Sennot
New England
Miss Sennot
Miss Senner
Ex-Envoy Sells Horse to Fund Flight from America
Mehmed Ali Bey, a deposed Turkish minister, fled the United States with cartoonist Homer Davenport and their prize Arabian horse. He sought a $2,000 loan from New York cigarette magnate Mundji Shinasi but was refused and the horse was surrendered. Bey, stranded in Washington, sold the remaining horse to Davenport and left the country via Canada to return home.
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Mehmed Ali Bey
Homer Davenport
America
New York
Mundji Bey
Shinasi Brothers
Mehmed Ali Vey
Washington
New Yorker
Mehmed AN
Schinasi
Davenport
Geft
Canada
New York Millionaire Hunter Challenges Bruins Size
Spokane report on Charles Sheldon, Yale 1890, millionaire hunter, who spent a year near Mount McKinley studying wildlife. He offered to aid the biological survey, sharing specimens with the government and hunting 40 to 50 grizzlies without taking trophies. He notes bears are not as big as some fear, and skin can be stretched.
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New York
Hunter
Spokane
Wash
Charles Sheldon
Yale
Mount McKinley
United States
Sheldon
Biological Survey of
The
Agricultural Department
McKinley
Alaska hunter recalls bear hunts and winter trip
In a detailed reminiscence, the hunter describes not fleeing danger, his wish for a bear to fight, and his careful reporting of bear measurements. He notes collecting hundreds of mammal specimens from the Tanana region, including grizzlies, moose, and mountain sheep, with Washington awaiting verification. He recounts organizing a Mackenzie district expedition, steamer charter, and routes via Kantishna and Toklat, aided by guide Kid Carton, living above timber line during midwinter explorations.
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Tanana
Washington
Alaska
Sheldon
McKinsey
Riverside Divorce Granted Amid Riverbank Court
In Appleton Wisconsin Judge John Goodland sitting by the Fox River on a river bank granted a divorce decree to Ada Ebeling from Wil Naw Ebeling. Mrs Ebeling arrived with her lawyers from Green Bay to seek the decree and the defendant appeared willing to default. The camping style session occurred near Telulah Springs with the judge at his summer home.
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Appleton
Wis
John Goodland
Tenth
Wisconsin Judicial Circuit
Ada Ebeling
Wil- Naw
Ebeling
Watermelons Save Lives in Desert Rescue
A desert caravan of Mojayes and Yumas near Needles faced fatal thirst as water ran out and horses tired. Three wagonloads of watermelons carried by an expedition provided safe drinking water after a young Indian rode to Needles for help, though one old chief perished before relief arrived.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Needles
Pension Office Saves Big Sum Under Warner Administration
Washington reports show 371,089 more pensions issued from 1905 to 1908 versus 1901 to 1904 with a $1,343,866 saving in reduced maintenance appropriations. Warner’s administration issued 887,340 pensions excluding 202,577 increases. operating costs dropped from $15,281,748 to $13,077,162, and unexpended appropriations since 1904 totaled $1,343,666.
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Washington
Bureau
Warner
Interior Department
Birth, Land Values Rise a Thousand Dollars in New York
The New York tax department released its annual report to the mayor showing total city property assessments at 7.158 trillion dollars. Ordinary real estate valued at 6.141 trillion, with an increase of 437.49 billion, outpacing the combined real estate value of five large states. The report claims real estate values rise per capita and notes an average implied tax rise linked to every newborn in the city.
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New York
Florida
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oregon
Wyoming
Girls Indicted for Disrupting Public Worship in Arkansas
Miss Effie Snow and Miss Minnie Utley of Harginsville Arkansas were indicted by the grand jury for disturbing public worship. They gave bond to appear in court. The charges allege they talked and snickered during church service while exchanging gossip, though friends say they were amused by a notable appearance in the congregation and are respected locally.
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Harginsville
Ark
Effie Snow
Minnie Utley
Hardinsville
Atlanta Probate Practice Emerges as Specialty
Wille drawn and probated reports prepared for administrators and guardians with appointments secured. Probate practice highlighted as a specialty in general law business. Atlanta.
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Wille
Atlantla
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