Ex-White House Baby Teaches Blind Soldiers Aid
Esther Totaveland, once dubbed the White House baby, travels from Prince N J to study at the Musylvania Institute for the Samos of the Blind near Philadelphia. She and companion Marti Gsthorpe train to support themselves through handicrafts and plan to sail for France to join American aid efforts in Neuilly. Miss Cleveland, age twenty two, accompanies them.
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Esther Totaveland
France
Prince- N J
Rock
Philadelphia
Musylvania “Institute For
Sam O
Misa Clever
Marti Gsthorpe
Nt Oferica Museum
Neuilly
Miss Cleveland
Bronx Boy Crowned King of 3000 Papers
In New York City the event honors a child known as John the Perfect who received a gold cup and rosette for his “Be Kind to Animals” week. Mayor’s absence allowed Dr. Alfred E. Shiptey to speak. Mrs. Theodore Welt Jr. presented John with the cup as dozens of dignitaries witnessed prize distributions to 12 other winners. The parade featured floats, balloons, and a large crowd, including a Bowling Green Neighborhood float showing national-origin children, while some spectators questioned high prices and farmer burdens. Virginia Seymour of Island won her medal despite a cold. The event concluded with reflection on be kind to animals week and agricultural concerns.
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John the Perfect
New York
Theodore Welt, Jr
John
Mitchell
Alfred E. Shiptey
Am Randolph Hearst
Tohn
Mie
Montattan
Frances Giacomdina
Jomroe Street
George Henderson
East Pitty Eighth Street
Arthur Colle
East 113Th Street
Lazabeth Welch
Columbus Avenue
Bronx
Walter William Wallus
John Brooklyn
Hennessey
Joseph Grunder
Gladstone
Phyllia Castor
Queens
Everett Meeks
Coliewe Point
Lettlé
Virginia Seymour
Island
Richmond
Johan Wisxers
York
Bowling Green Neighbor Hood Association
Bowling Green
Chinese Labor May Replace Men At Front
Paris reports a senate army committee favoring widespread use of Chinese colonial labor in France to substitute for men lost to war. Up to 660,000 workers, including Annamites Berbere and Malagasy, could be brought in, with a three year contract and postwar options. A Franco-Chinese school in Paris trains interpreters and instructors to aid operations.
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Paris
France
Senate Army Committee
Annam
Cochin-China
Tonkin
Senate
Algeria
Tunis
Mo Tecos
Henry Berenger
Kabylie
Madagascar
Bing
Monsieur Aussard
Sorbonne
Messrs
T’asi Yun
Pei
Lo Yu Ying
Conth
Rue Bonaparte
Musterole Ointment Promises Quick Relief Without Blister
An old advertisement touts Musterole a clean white mustard oil ointment for external use. It claims rapid relief from headache congestion sore throat bronchitis croup and many pains without stomach or heart side effects. Available in 25 50 cent and 2 50 hospital sizes from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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Mustbrole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Marriages and Deaths in New England Notices
Marriages and deaths reported for Danbury Stamford Monroe Litchfield Torrington and New Canaan, with dates in early May. Individuals include Haralabos Karsatrate and Anastasea Despote marrying in Danbury, Jas V Anthony age listed, Wupur F Selleck age 76 in Monroe, Ann Abbott Elliott widow in Stamford, Mary Hynes widow in Stamford, Frederik R Karl age 25 in Litchfield, McKensie Peck age 55 in New Canaan, and others.
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Anthony
Danbury
Jas. Vv
Selleck
Monroe
Wupur
F. Selleck
Elliott
Stamford
Ann Abbott
James Hutlett
Mary
Bartholomew Hynes
Karl
Litchfield
Fredeerick R.karl
Johny Peck
Torrington
New Canaan
McKensie_ I L. Peck
Nobel Prizes and early U S coinage facts mix
The article surveys the Nobel prizes origins and award structure, noting Alfred Nobel's 1896 bequest funding five awards for physics chemistry physiology medicine literature and peace. It also answers questions on silver coinage history in the United States, including weights, key dates, and prior church services at inaugurations.
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Alfred B. Nobel
Swedish Academy of Science
Usroline Institute
Faculty of Medicine
Stockholm
Swedish Academy
Storting
Nobel
Agriculture in New England highlights farm growth and youth
The piece notes stellar student-farmers like Lawrence Estes and Hoyt Quimby entering college after high school, plus Mass Agricultural College programs. It discusses alfalfa expansion, soil health, pruning and fertilizing in fruit growing, and optimistic prospects for New England apples, corn, and potato profitability with improved methods.
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Lawrence K. Estes
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Hoyt Quimby
Vermont
Cleon Hammond
Massachusetts
New England
National
Alfalfa Journal
Canadian
Clement
F. M. Clement
Vineland Station
Canada
F.C. Sears
Re Tn
President Wilson sails for weekend Potomac trip on Mayflower
Noting a busy day, Wilson departs Washington for a weekend trip down the Potomac aboard the yacht Mayflower. In athletic news Edward Renz of the Mohawk Athletic Club wins a 15 mile walk championship at Celtic Park in New York and New Jersey. Detroit announces releases of Ray McKee and Geo Massel to the International League. Barnett Baff’s sons surrender to sheriffs over their murdered father. A fire causes 5000 damage aboard the steamship California as she loads at West 24th Street pier. William H. Orpet to stand trial in Waukegan Illinois for the Marion Lambert death. The battleship Oklahoma arrives in New York to install wireless gear at the Brooklyn navy yard. Mothers Day observed with sermons, carnations, and flags on government buildings. Staten Island Rapid Transit wreck injures three and panics 150 at Canal Street crossing in Stapleton.
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Edward Renz
Mohawk Athletic Club
New York
Wong
New Jersey
Celtic Park
Black Forest of Baden and Early English News
The text describes the Black Forest in Baden with its hills, forests, towns, and scenery, noting its location between the Rhine and Neckar valleys and its partial transfer into Württemberg. It also includes a fragmented question on Mexico's population and a note about the first English news sheet, the Oxford Gazette of 1665.
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Baden
Rhine
Neckar
Wurttemberg
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