Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ill After Two Story Fall
London dispatch reports poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox seriously ill after a two story fall while living in a Bath nursery home. Writer and poet Wilcox, widow of George Kateat, has long resided away from Short Beach, Connecticut, and California involvement is noted. The article also mentions two year old George Kateat escaping death by tumbling from a third story window, suffering only a forehead abrasion.
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Daniels Promises Big Trade Fleet at Hog Island
Philadelphia May 30 Secretary of the Navy Daniels declared that the United States will not quit shipbuilding or rely on foreign bottoms for overseas commerce. Speaking at the Hog Island shipyards after five steel freighters were launched, adding 39 000 tons to the American merchant marine, he urged a united effort to revive and expand the nation’s merchant marine and naval strength for global markets and national security.
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Memorial Day Observances Across Washington Honor War Dead
Memorial Day services were held in the national capital and at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ Home under the G A R and allied groups. The Tomb of the Unknown Dead received a special tribute, with Vice President Marshall speaking at Battle Ground National Cemetery. Congress members paid tribute as well to those who served in the Great War.
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Many Bathers At Seaside Beach
A warm spell drew over 1,000 bathers to Seaside park along the beach from the cottage point to the municipal pavilion. Waters were clear for kids as hundreds shed shoes and stockings. Captain Max Baum and staff manned the municipal bathing house, noting water temperature about 10 degrees cooler than average. facilities can handle 3,000 bathers at ten cents.
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If All Mothers Only Knew Signs of worms are
An advertisement by Dr. J. P. True & Co. Auburn Maine promotes Dr True’s Elixir for worm treatment. A Flint Michigan mother, Mrs H N Roberts, reports her baby girl was cured after using the elixir and letters offer free correspondence about the case. The copy urges purchase at local drugstores.
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