Infant Mortality Surges in Major Cities
Across New York City and Chicago infant deaths rise sharply from May to July, with 3530 under two year olds dying in NYC versus 2980 the prior year. Hospitals overflow. Mrs. Richard Aldrich opens her home as a sick-baby refuge. Authorities seek Ellis Island buildings. Chicago launches multilingual feeding education to curb preventable disease and improve parental knowledge as key to conservation.
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New York City
New York
Richard Aldrich
Ellis Island
Chicago
Health Department
Chicago Civic Federation
National Conservation Commission
Hope to Escape Work Through Education Says Shaw
Former Treasury secretary Leslie M. Shaw blamed modern education for youths fleeing farms for cities. He argued schools teach disdain for manual labor and that society rewards escape from work, urging a balance of effort, purpose, and domestic duties.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Log Cabin College
Hartsville
Bucks County
Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Croxton-Keeton Motor company assets and debts report
A committee led by Isaac Kinsey Toledo H J Mallory Flint Mich Christian Girl Cleveland J A Leichot Canton W F Ricks Massillon outlines debts of 300 000 against assets near 300 000 They aim to operate at 50 or 60 cents on the dollar and warn liquidation could yield only a small dividend The Citizens Savings and Trust Cleveland is depository M R and H H Johnson Cleveland serve as general counsel
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Isaac Kinsey
Toledo
H. J. Mallory
Flint
Mich
Christian Girl
Cleveland
J. A. Leichot
Canton
W. F. Ricks
Massillon
Croxton-Keeton Motor Company
Citizens’ Savings and Trust Company of
M. R
H. H. Johnson
Slaughter of 100 Chickens Follows Turtle Gas Meter Stunt
Funeral ceremonies were held behind Herman Jacobs’s barn in South Norwalk for 100 chickens and three pins. A snapping turtle tied to a stake lunged toward the gas meter, bit the pipe, releasing fumes that suffocated the birds and pigs. Two farm hands fainted while trying to rescue them.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Herman Jacobs
Jacobs
The Great Director Schedules Love on Life’s Track
A reflective meditation on fate and timing notes that life and love follow a grand timetable. It argues the unattainable attracts many and meeting the right person happens when destined, warning against rushing or forcing relationships and highlighting the dangers of modern social schedules.
Stock Plan Aims to Buy King’s Bridge House Over Race Issue
A stock company is being formed to buy the property of a negro realty firm that sold a house on the King's Bridge terrace to a Black family. Neighbors within a mile are asked to invest to keep the color scheme from being broken. Bronx Brooklyn Realty, owners, show no sign of lowering the price.
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United Press
New York
King's Bridge Terrace
Sarah Hunter Christopher
Bronx-Brooklyn Realty Company
Fitzherbert Heads to Fort Erie for Dominion Handicap
United Press reports S Hildreth ships the gelding Fitzherbert to Fort Erie to race in the $10,000 Dominion Handicap on Saturday with 133 pounds top weight. Olambala is withdrawn leaving Fitzherbert as a leading contender. The same horse also aims at the $7,500 Saratoga Handicap a mile and a quarter next week.
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United Press
New York
Hildreth
Fitzherbert
Fort Erie
Canada
Olambala
Various Light News Snippets From 1909 Era Papers
A collection of brief quips and humorous notes from Chicago Record-Herald Charleston News and Courier Boston Transcript New York Tribune Louisville Courier Journal New York Herald Washington Times New York World Cleveland Leader and Atlanta Constitution reflecting social commentary politicking and playful jabs on topics like labor immigration finance aviation and political figures.
Potter Department Receives Blank Submission
A blank form is sent to the Potter Department of the newspaper for processing. The action indicates a submission awaiting completion and official routing within the newsroom. No names or dates are specified in the readable fragment.
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Potter Department
Quotes on life ambition and relationships from Chicago News
A collection of aphoristic lines discusses respectability excuses, the limits of mulelike persistence, open books of life, generosity to self, the fate of politicians, and gender dynamics in romance. It reflects social observations rather than a single event.
Saved by His Song Poem From Woodland Path
A poem recounts a hunter in the woods who suspends a double barreled gun aimed at a red bird. The speaker chooses not to shoot, valuing the song above death and continues homeward while the bird continues to sing. The piece is signed by John Franklin.
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John Franklin
Advice on a married couple facing a demanding mother in law
A reader asks whether the husband should support his widowed mother in law at the cost of honesty or ask her to leave. Laura counsels a plain talk with the wife, avoid anger with the mother in law, and not to live under one roof with her. End with a calm discussion and just decisions.
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Earth
Horoscope for July 28 1910 Mars boosts adventuring spirit
The reading says Mars yields strong drive toward heroic acts and energetic work. It warns against risky investments and quarrels while praising clear thinking for science and skilled crafts. Weddings and organized groups show good fortunes. children may be sensitive and need patient guidance.
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Mars
Canton Teamsters Plan Euclid Beach Outing
Canton Teamsters and team owners met at Cummins Storage rooms to arrange an August 1 excursion to Euclid Beach with a special 7 00 am train from Canton and 6 30 pm return from Cleveland. Committees selected for general arrangements entertainment and advertising. next meeting set for Friday at 5 0 pm.
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Canton
Euclid Beach
Cummins Storage Company
South
Walnut Street
W., W. Bordner
F. Kuntz
Howard Fry
P. M. Snyder
James Steiner
J. ©. Neely
S. Ferrall
Frank Baumberger
John Schubach
William St. Clair
Ben Baum
P.M. Snyder
Henry Wackerly
Joe Perry
Roland Spelman
Cummins
Bolt Hits Car and House in Weekend Storm
A July 28 storm swept Alliance causing car 39 on Stark Electric to catch fire and be moved to a barn badly damaged. Telephones were knocked out by a Tuesday night storm, hindering fire response until a bucket brigade saved Joseph Close's residence. A wheat stack on the James Leisure farm near Lexington also burned.
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James
Lexington
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Sophie Kuebner
The family thanks friends relatives and the quartet and Rev Bolling er for kindness and beautiful flowers after the death of wife and mother Mrs Sophie Kuebner.
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Bollinger
Sophie Kuebner
New York Men Indicted for Bucket Shop Conspiracy
Louis A. Cella Angelo Cella and Samuel W Adler under indictment in the District of Columbia on conspiracy to run a bucket shop. They were held by U S Commissioner Shields for removal to Washington for trial October 1. They are at large on $5 000 bond.
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New York
Louis A. Cella
Angelo Cella
Samuel W. Adler
District of Columbia
United States
Shields
Washington
Young Lady Delays Flight After Propeller Breaks
Parents inquire about the delay of a young woman who was traveling with her boyfriend. She explains there was no accident, only a propeller failure that caused them to drop in on friends of Harold. This incident is reported in Life.
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Harold
Why Girls Should Not Read Men as Lovers
A columnist argues many friendships between men and women are misread as romance. She urges women to value friendship without assuming every pleasant male is courting, notes men need time to marry, warns against financial pressure, and advises enjoying multiple friendships while maintaining realism about intentions.
Artificial nitrates compete with Chili nitrate in fertilizer trade
Norway produces artificial nitrates extensively and competes with Chili. Chili's nitrate of soda output was 18 000 tons annually, with expectations of reaching 2 560 0 tons in 1920. Norwegian production could exceed 200 000 tons, about 12 percent of Chili's. Other arteries may expand total output. Experiments suggest artificial nitrate is as good as calipeter fertilizer and may suit some lands better.
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Norway
Artificial rubies rival natural gems in Paris factory boom
The piece notes artificial rubies produced in a Paris workshop rival natural stones in color hardness and composition. Enthusiasts claim this makes natural rubies obsolete as financiers in cities balk at pawns over inconclusive ruby identification. Jewelry use spreads widely.
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Paris
Seashore Mystery Asks Why No News Item Emerges
Quoted dialogue questions why no reported incident about a woman slipping through a boardwalk crack has appeared. The exchange suggests a regional curiosity about unexplained seaside mishaps and local reporting gaps.
Guilt Revealed on the Baseball Field Exchange
An oral cue from a St Paul Dispatch snippet shows a tense exchange with a boss prompting a cigar from Johnny. Johnny hesitates and admits to a small smoking act as tension builds over a private room and a looming demand.
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Johnny
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