Mind and Work: Psychopaths in the Workplace
A historical overview from a Massachusetts hospital on mental health, describing three fault lines in temperament and IQ. It notes the value of emotionally stable workers, the danger of ego-centrism, and how early help can keep skilled minds employed. It cites famous figures and cases like Anna the store worker as illustrative.
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Puble Psychopathic Hospital
Alexander and
Caesar
Napoleon
Peter the Great
Russi
Gor Allen Fd
Lord Byron
Oscar Wilde
Guy de Maupassant
Teodore Dostoevsky
Tystoy
Mergenthaler
Massahopathic Hospital
Drur
Raye
Reson
Anna
Boston
Fragmentary World Facts From Scraps Of History
A collection of assorted statements touches on human anatomy zinc in Japan farming in Serbbia copper purity a university student in California Belgium’s wartime population 7 700 000 a rotating cross atop a San Francisco steeple gout health camel speeds 90 miles per hour fast freight cars 2 500 000 with 20 year average life.
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Japan
Amy D. Winship
California
Belgium
San Francisco
Muddled Quotation Exchange Sparks Local Scribble
In a brief exchange, two men dispute a trivial quote about money and waste. One mocks the other for failing to pass a ten dollar manual, while the other boasts about cleverness in discarding the issue. The impromptu row underscores a pocket-sized feud over words and value.
Good Night Exchange Shows No Crank Label
A brief chat where one person defends not being a crank, noting the other has many ideas and implying no single idea defines them. The vice versa response reveals mutual respect and a light, humorous tone about creativity.
Smythe Caya wedding prompts hush over gifts
Unclear text hints at a wedding joke or scandal about Smythe and Caya. The fragment mentions a bride, a giver, and money, but details are missing. The tone resembles a gossip item in a local column with cryptic dialogue about who officiated or funded the wedding.
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Smythe-Caya
Burglar's Snoring Awakens Victim in One-Legged Robbery
Walter Jones, a peg legged thief, attempts housebreaking on Mr. and Mrs. Vennom. He hides under a bed and falls asleep, triggering Mrs. Vennom to light a lamp as he wakes and threatens her. The alarm rises and Jones escapes, pursued by police with evidence including both wooden legs.
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Birmingham
Walter Jones
Jones
B. P. Vennom
Pal
Escape Through Barrel Got Man Back To Prison
John Johnson a convicted murderer serving ten years in Baltimore peniten tiary used a barrel escape plan by swapping with hollowware. A guard and driver overlooked the freed arm emerging from the excelsior covered barrel and Johnson was returned to confinement.
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Baltimore
Johnson
Skunk Scent Convicts Them in Bedford Case
In Carmel Indiana William Schultz and his son Helmuth were convicted by Police Justice W A Adams of violating game laws after scent of skunk on hunting clothes convinced the court. Be Townsend, game warden, said the defendants hunted a skunk out of season. The hides were not produced until the coats showed they were on the right scent. Schultz and Helmuth Schultz paid fines of 10 and 15 dollars, Arthur Thornton paid 10 dollars for illegal skunk hunting.
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Carmel
Ind
Bedford
William Schultz
Helmuth
BE. L. Townsend
W. A. Adams
Sehulta
Arthur Thornton
Rockville grocer stops burglars with formaldehyde shield
Brazil Ind Thomas Thompson of Rockville a local grocer devised a tactic to deter bandits by suspending a large bottle of formaldehyde in his safe. When thieves forced the safe open the fumes caused them to flee empty handed, ending the attempted burglary.
Monumental Washington suffrage parade planned for inauguration
At Cameron House leaders of the Congressional Union announce a massive March 8 1917 suffrage demonstration to rival the 1918 parade. Western organizers speak of a nationwide pageant aiming to illuminate women’s voting power and influence on Congress during the inauguration period.
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Ashington
Washington
Cameron House
Congressional Union For Woman's Suffrage
Aar Council
Congress
West
Perpetual motion device shown by Belgians inventor
Jacob Hues demonstrates a "spring motor" in his basement at 1108 Sixteenth Street NW. He envisions a self powering system where a large wound spring drives a dynamo and motor to run wheels, generate electricity, and wind the spring, potentially supplying power to homes and industry while reducing coal use. He plans adding gears and extra dynamos to sustain operation.
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Jacob Hues
Sixteenth Street
Rues
Georgetown Cats Prove Clever in Garbage Can Heists
Georgetown residents debate whether local cats are unusually intelligent after nightly raids on galvanized metal garbage cans. Neighbors report noiseless cover removal and back porch feasts, sparking talks of locking cans to curb the clever culprits.
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Georgetown
Agricultural Department Library and Its Keeper
The United States Department of Agriculture houses the world’s most extensive agricultural library, managed for 48 years by Miss Claribelt Burnett. About 183,000 books and pamphlets fill the library, supporting 4000 scientists with official publications and continental agriculture literature for farmers.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Thisbrary
Miss Claribelt
Burnett
University of Michigan
New York State Library School
United States Department of Agriculture
Ubsary
Mittens
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Matsiger
Fred Seranoy
Jim
Anni
John
Massachusetts
Doctor Adler
Agricultural Department Library
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