Teachers to be Taught Business Efficiency
Los Angeles public schools link with local business leaders to introduce a business efficiency course for teachers. The program, led by Oto Buehrmann from Chicago, emphasizes business arithmetic, ethics, salesmanship, and psychology, aiming to sharpen daily operations and prepare teachers for wage calculation and economic literacy.
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Los Angeles
See Angeles
Olive Lee Schooh
Angeles
Los Aneeles County
Oto Buehrmann
Chicago
Board of Education
Uned
New Painless Dentistry Method Promises No Pain
Dr Poole introduces a new system using nitrous oxide and oxygen to perform fillings crowns and other dental work without pain. Patients report instant relief and a painless experience with low costs at Fifth and Central Ave.
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Oole Cai-Hold
Ourear
Money Firm in West with Rates Looking Up
Chicago reports a firm money market in the West with 30 and 60 day loans prevailing. Banks and bankers see signs of tightening as easy money diminishes. Strong demand from commercial basins and other sources keeps credit close to banks despite adequate crop needs.
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Money Firm
West
Chicago
Money In
Theirfiddie West
Trial of Mrs Eaton for poisoning Eston to be heard
Plymouth Massachusetts October 16 Chief Justice Aiken will preside over the trial of Mrs Joseph G Eaton widow of Rear Admiral Eston on a charge of killing him by poison at his meals last March The accompanying picture shows her taken at the recent Coroner s hearing
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Plymouth
Mass
Aiken
Joseph G. Eaton
Eston
Private car for Samuel Reed explores Altoona shop wonders
A specially built private car for Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, rolled from Altoona shops. The 82 foot 33 inch car features a fireplace, shower, dining room for eight, two staterooms, drawing rooms, a parlor with a fireplace, large observation windows, metal construction, ceiling insulation, and electric lighting and heating.
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Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Court Orders Wash for Bos Prisoners at Arraignment
Chicago records report Judge O Nolan ordered all prisoners to have their faces washed and hair brushed before arraignment after reviewing a recent incident on Desplaines street. Preliminary hearings will likely occur at the Municipal lodging house nearby.
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Chicago
O ' Nolan
Desplaines Street
Shooting ends chase in Joplin business district
In Joplin Missouri on October 16 a running confrontation with police ended when Charles Barham, after wounding Detective Joseph Reubart lightly, reloaded his pistol and fatally shot himself in the center of the business district.
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Joplin
Joseph Reubart
Charles Barham
Public School Teachers Face Anti-Maternity Dismissals
In New York City, about 100 teachers who have become mothers since January 1 are expected to lose their jobs as the Board of Education orders a list of affected staff. The move follows the firing of Bridget Pelotto after 18 years and cases like Katherine Edgell who sought leave for maternity.
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New York
Board of Education
Maxwell
Bridget C. Pelxotto
Katherine C. Edgell
Brooklyn
Sirs
Edgell
Sarah C. Martin
Bronx
Think They Are a Model Pair Think They Are a Model Pair
A Brooklyn man and his fiancée volunteer for a eugenic model marriage experiment and detail their health and measurements in a letter to Frederic H. Robinson of the Medical Review of Reviews Society. They are J. J. Scheidel and He therington of 205 Cleveland Street, New York.
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New York
Brooklyn
Frederic H. Robinson
Seciological Fund Committee
The
Medical Review of
J. J. Scheidel
Hetherington
Cleveland Street
Ohio Girl Elopes to Cumberland Wedding
Charles Gilman Adair grandson of Lady Gilman of Stafford House England and son of James Adair Chicago married Miss Bessie Matthews Cambridge Ohio in Cumberland. The wedding followed an elopement with Adair a Muskingum College student.
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Cumberland, Md
Charles Gilman Adair
Lady Gilman
Stafford House
Eton
England
James Adair
Chicago
Bessie Matthews
Cambridge
Ohio
Adair
Muskingum College
New Concern
Miss Matthews
Judge Attacked at Peoria Voters Meeting
Mrs. Medill McCormick charged Judge Leslie Puterbaugh with bias in personal injury rulings favoring corporations at a mass meeting of women voters in Peoria. Mrs. George T. Page led followers as she left the hall amid the clash.
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Peoria
Medill McCormick
Leslie Puterbaugh
State Supreme Bench
George T. Page
Mining experts gather in the east to consider new laws
The sixteenth annual convention of the American Mining Congress opens in Philadelphia on October 20. Secretary James F. Breath outlines a program aimed at advancing safety for miners efficiency in operation and conservation of mineral resources.
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Philadelphia
The
American Mining Congress
James F. Callbreath
Sister recalls Roosevelt life saved by daily exercise
New York reports Theodore Roosevelt’s sister Mrs. Douglas Robinson told 400 girls at a new recreation center opening how gymnastics saved his life. She recalled the future president as a child with asthma and described an open air gym built by their father to strengthen him through regular, strenuous exercise.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore, Roosevelt
Theodore
Park Commissioners Plan Park Improvements This Fall
The Board of Park Commissioners met yesterday with the Woman's Civic Commission to expand and improve parks and playgrounds. Planned work includes enlarging Lincoln Park Washington Park and multiple playgrounds with Omwood Riverside and Deer Creek Commons. Mrs C R Holmes donated 500 toward an iron fence at Hunt Street Playgrounds. Architect Keesler expected soon to assist with these landscape features.
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Woman's Civic Commission
Park Commission
Lincoln Park
Washington Park
Western
McLean Street
Inwood
Riverside
Warsaw
Woodlawn
Owls Nest
Deer Creek Commons
Mre. C. R. Holmes
Hunt Street
Keesler
New Yorker Benjamin Altman Built Vast Fortune From Retail Trade
The obituary notes the late Benjamin Altman built a vast fortune in New York retailing, possibly worth 60 million, starting from a small shop. It compares him to Alexander T. Stewart and Marshall Field, and cites smart real estate bets as a key factor in his wealth.
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New York
Benjamin Altman
New York City
Alexander T. Stewart
United States
Altman
Stewart
Moston
Chicago
Marshall Field
Watson jailed for drunken driving in Oakland Police Court
Oakland California October 16. Paul H. O Watson stockbroker was sentenced to one hundred days in jail for driving his automobile while intoxicated. Watson announced he would appeal.
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Oakland
Cal
Paul H. O Watson
Watson
Woodward Display to Showcase Industrial Work
Pictures charts and diagrams from Woodward's cooperative department were sent to Grand Rapids Michigan by Principal Johnson. The display will cover 260 square feet and highlight cooperative work as Grand Rapids hosts a convention of industrial education.
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Woodward
Grand Rapids
Mich
Johnson
Co-Operative Department
Grand Rapides
Writer cites New York papers as source of plots
A penny novelist explains he does not invent stories but borrows from New York papers. He says his plots come from current newspaper ideas rather than imagination. The exchange underscores early 20th century sensational fiction methods.
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New York Papers
Trouble in Arnold rapid transit loop plan
City Engineer Waite reports serious difficulties in the loop portion along the hillside above East Avenue. The Inside One option is being considered to reduce costly construction and save time, per a letter to City Solicitor Bettman.
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Arnold
Bettman
Waite
Street Car Workers Debate Schedule Changes
About three hundred motormen and conductors gathered at Cosmopolitan Hall to discuss the Traction Company schedule. Re-routing may force some crews to work longer hours with ten hours for some and nine for others. Union organizer Rezin Orr spoke.
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Cosmopolitan Hall
Rezin Orr
Fined for Refusing to Vacate Home Under New Ordinance
Judge Fricke fined Gus Wessel and William Wilson $26 plus costs for refusing to vacate a house at 1225 State Avenue. The owner is unknown and the building is unfit for habitation. The Health Department and Chief Copelan ordered the families out. police brought the men to court. This marks the first penalty under the new vacating ordinance.
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Gus Wessel
William Wilson
State Avenue
Health Department
Copelan
Oil King Clark Ends Up In Blair County Almshouse
Altoona Pa October 16 Daniel J Clark once claimed to have aided John D Rockefeller by paying a board bill and lending him $20 after Rockefeller avoided prison. Clark, a former oil prospector and well staker at Oil City, is now an inmate of Blair County Almshouse amid tales of Rockefeller’s early struggles and a move to Cleveland to start business with $50.
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Altoota
Daniel J. Clark
John D. Rockefeller
Blair County
Clark
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Prominent Journalist Kenny Dies at 60
W J Kenny aged 60 longtime New York newspaper figure and former Times city editor died today in Freeport L I He was named by Mayor Hugh Grant as Supervisor of the City Record Kenny covered major events including the Oregon wreck at Fire Island and the Johnstown flood He married Billy Murphy’s daughter former janitor of the Lord’s Court building noted as a financial magnate
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W. J. Kenny
The
Times
Freeport
L.1
Hugh Grant
City Record
Kenny
Oregon
Fire Island
Johnstown
Billy Murphy
Lord's Court
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