Thrift by Home Ownership For Wage Earners
A St. Louis manufacturer moved a plant to the open country, bought 125 acres, laid out 100 in home lots, and sold them to workers at 5 percent above cost with monthly payments. Despite few advancing funds, all installments were paid, proving housing can spark annual savings and thrift. Capitalists seek farm land prices to help workers buy, avoiding speculator profits. wage earners should seize this home ownership path.
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St. Louis
Safety First movement to protect children in New York City
New York City forms the Safety First organization to educate children on accident precautions. Committees in each school district train boys for safety patrols at street corners and promote traffic safety through signals, cards, and displays in buses, trains, and stores.
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New York City
the “Safety First
Am Correction
Fraternal press urged to avoid bigotry
The Fraternal Press condemns the spread of bigotry in the country and urges fraternal organizations to uphold religious freedom. It laments that some members promote religious strife while editors strive for peace among neighbors.
Conservatory Players Delight Haileybury Audience
The Conservatory Players drew a crowded Assembly Hall at Haileybury High School as the chairman praised the troupe describing it as the best talent of its nature to visit Haileybury. The group performed last evening in a lively program noted for its skill and stage presence.
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Ont
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Conservatory
Haileybury High School
Cobalt
Lincoln Chautauqua
Timely Topics in a Turbulent Year
A mosaic of headlines and opinions on politics abroad and at home. mentions of Delware man killing a snake, Villa and Carranza in Mexico, suffrage debates, Roosevelt and Parker, and looming battleships and passports amid unrest.
A Bit of Everything For The Press Readers Where Men Were Plentiful
A fragmented lighthearted piece surveys dating norms and fashion in a social column. It riffs on education myths about marriage, department store quirks, and playful banter about modern women, corsets, and domestic life with humor and regional chatter.
Bad Teeth Tied To Boys’ Bad Behavior In New York
Charles D. Hilles argues delinquent boys are sick and malnourished, with anemia from poor diet and irregular living. Examinations show most problems stem from defective teeth, based on studies at the Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry.
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New York
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
New York Juvenile Association
Dobbs Ferry
Hilles
Ireland's rise and New York skyline awe observers
Miss Levins praises Ireland under Home Rule as unrest ends and industries grow. She envisions prosperity in Galway cottages and tax relief for peasants. Separately, London hosts the Anglo American Exposition as New York's skyline, led by Woolworth, Singer, and Bankers Trust towers, captivates British observers.
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Drogheda
Anna Frances
West Coast
Miss Levns
Miss Levins
Galway
Eingland
London
Ghent
New York City
Woolworth
Singer
Bankers’ Trust
Rev G A Gibbons Joins The K P
Rev G A Gibbons of Romney was given the three ranks of the order at a Saturday lodge meeting. Former Christ Episcopal pastor now in Romney attended the Grand Council in Morgantown and, by special dispensation, received full work at one ceremony. Several candidates took the first degree as the exemplification was praised and a large number of members attended.
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Gibbons
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Episcopal Church
Morgantown
Fairmont Times
Temperance plans active in Garrett county meeting
A Garrett county temperance meeting is set to organize a house to house canvass for a local option vote. The arrangements committee includes Rev. Archibald Moore Rev. Isaac Abernathy Scott T. Jones R. F. Jones and A. D. Naylor with Justice L A Rudisill as secretary.
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Mountain Lake
Archibald Moore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakland
Isaac Abernathy
Church of the Brethren
Scott T. Jones
Garrett National Bank
R. F. Jones
A. D. Naylor
Justice L. A. Rudisill
Sayings of the Editors
A collection of editorials satire notes from major papers. The Washington Herald jokes about pension clerks facing layoffs if war comes. The New York Herald questions militants fake plans. The Boston Record imagines George Fred Williams mediating Albania. The Cleveland Plain Dealer riffs on the New Haven millions mystery.
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Washington Herald
George Fred Williams
Albania
Champ Clark
Bryan
Boston Record
New Haven
Captain Kidd
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Diplomat Charlies S Francis Born in Troy New York
Charlies Spencer Francis a Troy New York native born June 17 1852 began at Troy Academy learned printing in his father’s shop and graduated from Cornell in 1877 A Republican who never held office he was appointed in 1900 as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece Roumania and Servia resigning in 1902 to run Troy based Daily Times as editor and sole owner.
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Charlies Spencer Francis
Troy
N. Y
Troy Academy
Cornell
Francis
Republican Party
United States
Greece
Roumania
Servia
Daily Times
Armory Bid Rejection Delays Oil City National Guard Center
Harrisburg June 17 the State Armory board refused all bids for the National Guard Armory to be erected at Oil City offer no reason. The board will re advertise for bids at a later date.
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Harrisburg
State Armory Board
National Guard
Oil City
June 17 in History Highlights of 1812–1912
On this date in history high profile events occurred including the sale of the Decameron of Boccaccio in London for 12000 dollars in 1812, the 1850 Griffith steamer disaster with 300 deaths on Lake Erie, and 1912 Taft veto of an army bill affecting General Leonard Wood.
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Marquis of Blanford
London
Griffith
Lake Erie
Gaylior
Iowa
Taft
Leonard Wood
Rail fares set for California expo travel next year
Advice reached Cumberland offices that fares from central passenger and trunk line territory to two California expo sites next year will be 2 cents a mile in each direction for short line mileage to Chicago. A notice issued in April fixed the Chicago Pacific round trip at 362.50, to which the mileage rate will be added to form the complete fare from territory points.
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Cumberland Railroad
Chicago
Pacific
Democratic convention to be addressed by national figures
Chrietown in Jefferson County West Virginia hosts the Democratic district convention tomorrow with speakers including Champ Clark speaker of the House United States Senator W E Chilton of West Virginia John W Davis solicitor general and Representative M M Neely of West Virginia.
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Jefferson County
W. Va
West Virginia
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
United States
W. E. Chilton
John W. Davis
Wilsons Choice endorsement and remarks at Carnegie Tech
Frank A. Van derlip president of the National City bank of New York praised the men named by President Woodrow Wilson as members of the new Federal Reserve Board. He also delivered the commencement address at Carnegie Technical Institute to the graduates.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Woodrow Wilson
New
Federal Reserve Board
Vanderlip
Carnegie Technical Institute
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