Nacional essay winner from San Diego on safer highways
Stanley Newcomb eighth grade pupil of Lincoln School San Diego won the national essay contest on How I Can Make the Highways More Safe beating over 400000 contestants from every state and territory Miss Merlene Beck and James Edward Gillenwaters won secondary prizes 478 state prizes included 54 gold medals and checks for 15 dollars the essay urged personal safety crossing streets caution for others and widespread traffic rule respect
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Washington
Highway Education Board
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Merlene Beck
Draper
Utah
James Edward Gillenwaters
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry
Mars
John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
Thomas H
The False Note and the Park Bench Exchange
A young couple on a park bench share tender words and tentative plans to meet, while a playful terrier distracts them. The boy cannot come that week, leaving their budding romance uncertain as he looks toward the little dog and next chances.
County Fair Highlights and Quips From Hopeful Talk
Amid small town chatter at the Kicker County fair residents trade jokes about stage villains and telephone girls. A boastful note reports first prize awarded for blooded tractors while hopefuls discuss coal stock and winter assurance.
Sundays on the farm with horses and family life
Margaret W. Jackson describes peaceful Sunday mornings on the farm. Bill milks and feeds, the baby is held after breakfast, and nine horses thunder from the barn as Pansy leads, Whitefoot and Ike race, Kate follows with her colts in tow, a lively rural scene for Farm Life.
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Bill
Old Tom
Ike
Pansy
Buckskin
Whitefoot
Old Kate
Kate
Indy
Argaret W. Jackson
Britain Breaks With Greece Over Treason Trials
Britain severed diplomatic ties with Greece as Athens reported executions of ministers and military leaders for treason after Greece allied defeat by the Turks. The court martial sentenced ministers to death and generals to life penal servitude, with heavy fines and degradations. The Greek government pledged to uphold order, reform the army, and protect workers’ rights amid the crisis.
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Athens
F. C Lindley
Great Britain
Greece
H. Bentinck
Financial Control
Serbia
Gounaris
Baltazzis
Theotokis Protopapadakis
Stratos
Hadianestis
Stratigos
Aetor
Gomitris
Protopapadakis
Theotokis
Goudas
Revolutionary Committee
Constantine
Simple wholesome puddings and kitchen tips from old recipes
A compact collection of homey desserts and kitchen hacks. Recipes include Minute Pudding Kiss Pudding Fifteen Minute Pudding and Talent Pudding with steps for steaming and serving, plus lemon juice stain removals, scenting tips, and methods for freshening brushes, all framed in a mid‑century domestic voice.
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New Orleans
Conversation on Opinions Between Gentlemen
In a terse exchange two unnamed gentlemen debate the value of opinions and attention. One dismisses a fool's view while the other defends the need to heed reason. The brief skirmish hints at social decorum and the banter of status.
Child Fires Gun Into Crowd at Livingston
Pearl Tinsley fourteen year old daughter of C E Tinsley a railway shops employee fired a shotgun into a crowd of women and children in Livingston injuring two women seriously and peppering six children with bird shot. French May Act Independently Paris reporters note majority of reparations commission oppose Poincare plan for direct action to collect German indemnity and fear France may act alone if Brussels conference fails to materialize.
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Livingston
Mont
Pearl Tinsley
C. E. Tinsley
Paris
Reparations Commission
Premier Poincare
Germany
Brussels
Explosion injures ten at Birek cleaners in Chicago
Ten persons including a girl were injured when a naphtha tank exploded at Julius C. Birek cleaners and dyers. More than two dozen workers were imperiled, six families on the building’s fourth floor were driven to the street as windows shattered and a fire began. Among the injured was Frank J. Prasil, president of the concern.
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Chicago
Julius C. Birek
Frank J. Prasil
The
Concern
Children Burned to Death at Covington School Fire
Three children died in the High Point school blaze near Covington Georgia while about forty other students were injured or burned. The fire started on the first floor trapping many on the second floor where exits were cut off.
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Covington
High Point School
Here
MacSwiney Sisters Meet During Hunger Strike Release
Mary MacSwiney, just freed from Mount Joy after a hunger strike, met sister Annie in a private Dublin hospital. Annie, weakened by fasting at the prison gates, collapsed on seeing Mary and was carried away on a stretcher. The provisional government issued Mary MacSwiney's release order.
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MacSwiney
Dublin
Mary MacSwiney
Mount Joy
Annie
Thousands of women urged to try Swamp Root remedy
A vintage advertisement appeals to women readers about kidney and bladder problems. It claims kidney health affects overall wellbeing and touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a solution. Readers are asked to request a sample bottle by sending ten cents and can buy larger sizes at drug stores.
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SPOHN
Sporn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen
Indiana
Reassuring Note on George’s Red Cross Driving
A London Opinion piece quotes a wife telling a nervous friend she feels safe with George at the wheel since he joined the Red Cross. He is learning first aid and knows hospital locations, offering reassurance during anxious times.
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George
Red Cross
London
New York Seaworthy Sewers Reach San Francisco Distance
New York's miles of sewers stretch corridorwise with Manhattan alone hosting 536 miles. The note muses that if laid end to end the sewer tunnels could nearly reach San Francisco, a fact that would alarm the Golden Gate residents. A Shakespearean aside on appetite, attire, envy, happiness, and contentment follows in the column.
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New York
Greater
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Manhattan
Telephone service in Constantinople grows with demand
British private company runs telephony in Constantinople where about 8,000 telephones exist and rising. Operators must speak Turkish and French, with many multilingual staff. Cuticura ads promote soap ointment talcum as skin care essentials.
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Constantinople
You Have to Be an Optimist
An amateur gardener digs weeds in a potato patch and jokes that thick weeds make the task easier because he does not have to walk far to reach the next weed. The quip comes from Wheeler Magazine.
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Wheeler# Magazine
First British Cotton Mill Fueled by Animal Power
A historic Birminham mill built in 1874 marks the first cotton mill to use machinery driven by power from two mules walking around an axis. The prompt urges others to explain, asserting duty before others.
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Birmingham
England
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University of Pittsburgh
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Chicago Journal
Bolton Hall
Britain
Turkey
Romain Rolland
Castoria
Carter
Vaspirin
Lumbago
Bayer
Putnam
Shakespeare
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