War era births: more boy babies in British towns
British registrar records show in 36 towns England and Wales that male births exceeded female by wide margins from January to September 1915, with higher ratios anticipated. experts differ on causes, noting war stress and prenatal anxiety may influence sex, while others see no scientific basis. A separate item reports the Grafton Hotel Company seeking an injunction in a hotel sale case involving Col. Joan T. McGraw and bonds secured to a debt.
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London
Registrar-General
England
Wales
Austria
W. J. Halliburton
King's College
Arthur Dendy
Zoological and
Animal Biological Faculty
King’s College
Feo
Bugland
Grafton
Frederick County Clergy Draft Bill to End Liquor Permits at Fairs
The Frederick County Ministerial Association formed a committee to draft a statewide bill repealing liquor permits at county fairs. Dr Thomas Freeman Dixon Rev A C Day and Rev R L Shipley were named to present the proposal to Maryland lawmakers.
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Frederick County
Thomas Freeman Dixon
A. C. Day
R. L. Shipley
Maryland
Accuses Husband of Boasting Love Conquests in Divorce
Mrs. Misa Cook Greenfield Tracy wins an interlocutory divorce from Capt. James Kennard Tracy of the U S M C after alleging he boasted of affairs with other women. Judge George Cabaniss grants the divorce after a brief hearing and a property settlement is arranged out of court.
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San Francisco
Misa Cook Greenfield-Tracy
George Cabaniss
James Kennard Tracy
Mexican
Captain Tracy
Cabaniss
Elsa Greenfield
Charles Kenyon
Exposition Marine Barracks
Tracy
San Diego
Bob” Cook
Yale
New Haven
Teddy” Greenfield
Rer
National Americanization Conference Opens in City
A national gathering on foreign born populations begins in Philadelphia with delegates from governors mayors and employers. Col Theodore Roosevelt will speak on immigration after the war and Americanization alongside John Fahey Mary Antin Frank Trumbull and William Knox.
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Philadelphia
Palan
America
Metropolitan Opera House
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John l. Fahey
Boston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mary Antin
Frank Trumbull
The
Chesa
Observing the 1916 Moon Eclipse Across the U S
American astronomers prepare telescopes for the first 1916 moon eclipse. The penumbra begins at 1 65 a m Eastern time, with total coverage peaking at 8 40 am when about 14 percent of the moon is shaded, ending at 4 24 am and leaving the penumbra by 6 14 am.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Waste cuts save big business money over years
A concise mailable thought notes that most large firms save by reducing waste each year and urges workers in manufacturing to consider efficiency. The idea highlights the link between waste reduction and long term cost savings for industry.
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Wilbur
Forrest
United Press Staff
Elsa Cook Greenfield Tracy
Peake and Ohio Railway
William K. Knox
American Bankers’ Association
Maclay Shoe
N. Centre ST
Anaickenemseier Aiken
Baltimore St
Desales Glick Real Estate
Cumberland, Mal
Morrison Musec Company
Cumberland, Vd
Cumberland
Pianola
Aeolian Vocalions
Edison Diamond Disc
Victor Victrola
Cience
Cumberland, MD
Sale Women’s
Great Reductions
Household Department
Swift Pride
Claritanion
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