Allegany Leads In Home Economics Extension Effort
Allegany County embraces a home economics extension begun in May under Miss Katherine A. Pritchett of Columbia University. The program uses demonstrations and lectures to teach gardening canning sewing and home nursing, with clubs forming through May and June and collaboration with public schools and county agent Leona H. Powell to bring practical subjects into schooling.
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Katherine A. Pritchett
Columbia University
Leona H. Powell
Scnpo
Alwaya
Allegany
John E. Edwards
Board of County School Commissioners
Drake and oil industry rise and its founder's fate
A historical account traces the Drake discovery at Titusville from 1859 to 1914, its vast production, economic impact, and John D. Rockefeller's fortune. It details Drake's modest beginnings, setbacks, and a 1873 Pennsylvania grant of a lifetime annuity to his widow, plus later events regarding the Mexican border context and a separate rural incident in Waynesboro.
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M H Park
Pennsylvania
Drake
United States
Milionaires Ince
John Dol. Rockefeller
Wall Street
Vermont
Titusville
Bethlehem
Penn
California
Sherwood Distilling Officers Charged in Directors’ Suit
Officers of the Sherwood Distilling Company were charged with voting themselves excessive salary and mismanaging affairs in a suit brought by two directors.
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Sherwood Distilling Company
Indiana Enacts Workmen Compensation Law
Indianapolis reports Indiana joins states with workmen’s compensation in effect as of today. About 500 employers rejected the law, while roughly 300,000 remain subject to its terms. The measure provides 30 days of free medical care, then compensation at 55 percent of wages after two weeks, with 500 weeks for total disability and partial disability benefits based on lost earning capacity.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Alaska
Eastern Convocation Set at Romney Church
The Eastern Convocation of the Diocese of West Virginia Protestant Episcopal Church will meet at St Stephen's Church Romney on September 14 15 and 16 for the 38th semi annual gathering of the Convocation.
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Dnocese of
West Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's Church
Romney
Maryland Camp Plans Open Despite Low Enlistment
Adjutant General Charles F. Macklin expressed disappointment after finding only 12 enlistments for the Maryland state camp at Saunders Range to run September 25 through October 2. He noted the registration has been open a week and blamed citizen indifference, saying conscription is not an option and newspapers have publicized the plan.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Charles F. Macklin
Boston
Saunders Range
Macklin
Cotton Warehouses Raise Rates in New York
New York September 1 three leading warehouses handling large quantities of cotton advanced rates by about 20 percent. Higher labor costs in handling the cotton are cited as the main reason for the increase.
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New York
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General Assembly
Friends of Workmen's Compensation
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