Bad Teeth Make Boys Bad Says Hilles
Charles D. Hilles, chair man of the Republican national committee and president of the New York Juvenile Association, argues that delinquent behavior stems from sick teeth and poor nutrition. He cites a study of 634 boys at Dobbs Ferry’s Children's Village, finding 91 percent with dental issues and shows a dentist led program reduces delinquency by about 90 percent after two years.
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New York Juvenile Association
New York
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Hilles
Ife
White House Bride Quiet Family Wedding at the White House
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson wed William Gibbs McAdoo in a small family ceremony May 7 at the White House. Unlike the 1914 Jessie Wilson-Sayre wedding, this event drew fewer than 100 attendees, limited to close relatives and cabinet members amid public concerns over current affairs.
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Eleanor Randolph Wilson
United States
Woodrow Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
White House
Great East Room
Jessie Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
Mies Jessic Wilson
Mexican federal mines rail line to Mexico City
Information from Vera Cruz to the war department says Mexican federal troops have mined the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railway, with mines spaced half a mile apart and fuses to be lit if hostilities occur. Generals monitor the threat as defenses grow along the 263 mile route through dangerous mountain terrain.
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Federate
Vera Cruz
War Department
Mexico City
Funston
The Colorado Strike and U S Troops Mediate Tragedy
The Ludlow clash in April near Ludlow Colorado ended with the tent colony fire killing 33, mostly women and children. Troops and guards enforced order, a truce followed, and Wilson ordered federal troops to disarm civilians to restore peace. The piece debates causes of persistent labor unrest and the shift from individual bargaining to collective bargaining in Colorado.
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Ludlow
Colorado
Bach
Mexico
Trinidad
Wilson
United States
Garrison
Uolbrook
Colo
Commonwealth
President Wilson Predicts Business Revival and Trust Legislation Push
President Wilson told Virginia editors at the White House that a new constitution of freedom for business is the aim of the anti trust legislation program. He predicted a forthcoming business revival, said the mood would lift once the measures pass, and asserted the administration would push ahead without postponement, declaring it the real friend of business. He warned delays would threaten stability.
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Washington
Virginia
White House
Wilson
Ife
Busines
Claflin Company Fails Largest U.S. Mercantile Debacle
New York report declares the H. G. Claflin firm insolvent with debts exceeding 30 million dollars. Receivers appointed. assets valued at around 44 million. John Claflin heads a network of dry goods stores. similar actions planned for related firms. Creditors include 3,400 to 6,000 banks nationwide. Claflin cites shifting trade centers and financing needs as causes amid failed loan efforts to Morgan and others. Also in St. Louis a Chinese wife is sentenced for murder. Jen Ion Yeo receives ten years in the penitentiary for fatally attacking her husband with a hatchet on April 1.
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New York
United States
H. 4. Claflin Company
John Claflin
Claflin
New York City
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wall Street
St. Louis
Jen Ion Yeo
Children Start Big Blaze in Neck City
Fire in a Neck City rooming house, started by children playing with matches, nearly destroyed the mining town near Joplin. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars.
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Joplin
Neck City
Here
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Chinedingt
MNS
William Cgidas Madoo
Hfit Brydaal
Victuresque
3. W. Brown
Photon
Wilson Lees
Claflin Company
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