Putnam Camp Report Details Park Upkeep and Gallery Additions
Judge Robert S. Alexander chairs the Israel Putnam Memorial Camp Ground commission and submits the annual report to Governor Holcomb. The document highlights careful expenditures, well maintained roadways and grounds, removal of diseased chestnut trees and worm-infested wild cherry trees, and an expanding pavilion and grove attracting more visitors by car. Additional facilities, safe swings, slides, and seesaws were added for youth recreation, with the museum gaining interest from locals and guests. The museum houses nearly two hundred relics spanning wars from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War, with two weeks spent cleaning and classifying articles under the commission’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Alexander
Israel Putnam Memorial Camp Ground Commission
Holcomb
Putnam Park
Commission
Espre
Birthday of Tommy West Great Welsh Welterweight
Welsh boxing history notes Tommy West born in Cardiff forty fifth anniversary. He rose in American rings, joined the navy, and turned pro after showing versatility in boxing and slugging. West faced Joe Walcott, Kid McCoy, Tommy Ryan, Marvin Hart, with wins and defeats across 1896 to 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy West
Hardy Sons of Wales
Taffy
Freddie Welsh
Jem Driscoll
Tommy ‘West
Tommy
Cardiffee
America
Uncle Sam
Navy
New York
Joe Walcott
Dick O’brien
Maine
Billy Smith
William
Rockus
West
Joe
Walcott
Kid McCoy
Tommy Ryan
Louisville
Marvin Hart
Knighted English Censor Receives King’s Honor
Frederick Edward Smith solicitor general in the new English cabinet has been knighted by King George. He served as official censor in the news bureau during the early war days and later went to the front as an eye witness with the British army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frederick
Edward Smith
George
Pace
Carranza Orders Wage Increases for Textile Labor
Veracruz March 22 1915 Virrey Carranza issues decree increasing daily wages in spinning mills and weaving factories. Article 1 sets a 35 percent rise for general wages and 40 percent for needle work, to begin April 1. Article 2 maintains increases until a national minimum is set by law. Article 3 and 4 authorize workers to demand full daily pay plus raise and seek indemnification from noncompliant contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalist
Republic
Department of Work
Carranza
Veracruz
Constantinople Falls to Turks After 462 Years
On May 29 1453 the banner of Islam rose over Constantinople marking the end of a Christian empire. Since then the Turks have held the strategic City of Dreadful Smells, the gateway to Europe, shaping centuries of history and power in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Golden Horn
Mohammed II
Constantinople threat and historic siege described in detail
The article recounts the long history of Constantinople from its founding as Byzas through Byzantine and Ottoman sieges, noting repeated threats by Persians, Arabs, Russians, Greeks, and Turks. It highlights 1453 conquest by Mehmet II, massive Turkish artillery, and prior aid from Poland that saved a German city, alongside a stray report of a young wild deer in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Constantinople
Byzantium
Attila
Mohammed II
Adrianople
Macedonia
Greece
Egypt
Servia
Syria
Europe
Vienna
Overhead costs and advertising in retail trade
The article identifies fixed charges as the major obstacle to profit, noting costs like rent, heat, taxes, and depreciation erode earnings despite steady sales. It advocates larger volume to dilute overhead and promotes newspaper advertising as the cheapest, most effective solicitation method. It also reports a strong earthquake at Yale, Alaskan disturbances, Lusitania fatalities reaching New York via Lapland, and a private guard in Philadelphia who shot himself after a fatal car accident.
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Putnam Camp
King of England
Dooree
Mexico
Hollister
New Lordship
Bridgeport
Stratford
Lordship Casino
Prof. Quilty
Lordship
Stratford Avenues
Constantine
Byzas
Philip of Macedon
Severus
Stamford
Conn
Wounde
Yale
Alaskan
Lusitania
Lapland
Liverpool
W. G. Weckesser
Philadephia
White Way Bakery
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