Census officer shot in Cheney Washington office call
An enumterator for the census, Mr. Greene, was shot in the leg by Mrs. B J Womack at her Cheney Washington home during a routine call. Greene mistook the invitation to enter for a request of identity and the incident left him wounded.
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Intermountain
F.C. Greene
Cheney
Wash
B. J. Womack
Halt Lake City
Oregon
Washington
California
Farma
Idaho
Farm Bureau
Extension
Fred L. Wil- Homa
University of Idaho Extension Division
Abe Majora
Pardessd
Utah
Lex Angelen
United States
Tedrow
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Colorado
Garment Crafting Notes With Embroidery and Fringe Trim
Fragmentary rustic craft notes describe constructing blouses and garments with embroidery, fringe trim, and sash ties. Mentions collars, waist shaping, landwork, and fabrics like brown scorprtte and silk hints. The text reads like a set of sewing tips in a home arts column with vague pricing and patterns.
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Garane
Progress of Philippine Women in Education and Trade
Mme. Jaline De Veyra reports to New York women that Philippine women enjoy legal and economic rights, hold property, and enter professions. Women share management with men in business, with 1907’s 30 clubs growing to 807 by 1910 and a 18000-signature suffrage petition.
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New York
Mme
Jaline de Veyra
United States
New York City
Washington
Mme. de Veyra
Philippines
Great Britain
M. de Veyra
Luzon
Mindamao
Visayas
Lawanukers
Sand Digger quits job after finding fortune in river
In Pittsburgh a sand digger quit work after discovering a wet $1350 coin hoard in the Olio river. The finder claimed the money by discovery and resigned on the spot, amid laughter from onlookers.
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Pittalurgh
Portune
Olio
Alvence
Manila Women Lead Progressive Efforts and Clubs
Women in the Philippines pursue public health measures, day nurseries, and progressive legislation. They support profit sharing in factories, push for police matrons, and industrial teachers for the insane. The Woman's Club of Manila joins the Federation of Women’s Clubs and forms new local groups.
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Philippines
Woman's Club of
Manila
Federation of Women's | . A
Wrote Her 10 000 Letters Court Record in London
Miss Maud Birch testified in Southwark county court that her former lover William George Cooke a discharged soldier sent her 10 000 love letters. Cooke sought return of a diamond ring and brooch he gave Miss Birch before she jilting him.
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London
Southwark County Court
Maud Birch
William George Cooke
Cooke
Miss Birch
France Faces Long Sugar Shortage After War Devastation
France faces a multiyear sugar shortage due to wartime destruction. Of 206 raw sugar plants, 145 were taxed, half a million acres of sugar beet land damaged, and transport limits hinder recovery. Production may meet half normal output only after two years, with full relief unlikely for three.
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Soissons
France
Preas
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Paris Union Aids U S Students Seeking Knowledge Amid War
Paris hosts American students and aims to shelter and guide knowledge seekers after the war. Mr Kraus foresees US students applying to top universities like Yale Johns Hopkins Princeton and Columbia. The Society for American Fellowship plans twenty entrants yearly to Sorbonne and other French schools with twenty five scholarships for American girls in Paris already announced.
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Society For American
Sorbonne
Alaaan University of Straaturg
Preece
Indians Enter Industry in West Thinker Plan
Fragmentary account notes Native groups joining industry efforts to drive economic growth in the West. It mentions competition with white workers, payroll details, and local business involvement, though many words are garbled.
Whistling Language Across Cultures Noted
The article surveys whistling communication in various regions from Australia to New Guinea and the United States. It notes groups using tuned whistles to converse over long distances and warns of dangerous whistling in New Guinea. It also mentions weather alerts from whistling wells and the existence of squeaks in dry Colorado sands and a Nubian acacia tree linked to wind-induced whistling.
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Australia
Ran Howet
Weighter
New Guinea
United States
Kanaan
Aqualic
Nouth
Colorado
Nubia
Sudan
Old Names for Modern Cars and Their Origins
The fist hedana were portable en closed chulra carried on poles by the wen. They were popular in England and are used in China and India. Limousine, from Limousin in France, now denotes chauffeur driven enclosed cars. Roadster started as tide-powered vessels then bicycles, evolving to two and now four door versions. Touring car, used for long motor tours, features an open or enclosed body and four doors for seven passengers.
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Wen
England
China
India
France
Limousin
Iwts
Opem
Mocking Bird Praise From Northern-Born Florida Lovers
Bird lovers now permanent Florida residents praise the mocking bird for its varied song, claiming it compensates for the robin sparrow and oriole they miss from their Northern homes. The mocking bird secures its place in the South as the robin does in the North.
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Florida
Celal
The Best Way to Appear Sincere in Adversity
A note on authenticity in hardship argues that people pretend to be excellent to seem better than they are. It suggests the best path is to actually become what one would seem, not merely counterfeit appearances.
Bound to De Same Good Seeds of Joy Across Nations
Fragmented OCR notes mention sowing seeds of Joan Tony Kindiewn near mast and wheat production. References to harvest yield and relations between Britain and the United States include a figure of 10 bushels per ape and a general commentary on happiness tied to agricultural exchange.
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Joan Tony
Britain
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Giebs
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railroad Administration
Board of Wages and Working Conditions
Billy” Sanday
John Bar | Asycorn
Norfolk
Mockoberquim
Harry New
Proda Leaner
Topangy Canyon
Low Angeles
Reds
Bolshevinia
United States Navy
4. L. PB. Stone
Bay
Hildge Naval Station
Ageerpetiona Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Lake Michigan
Oliver Lodge
Hrittah
Hrittah Ecleutiet
Spir Mualiem
Spirituallam
Sgbt Dolubeylam
Mew Tork
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Enomy
Asiatios
Kanens
Lanna Wood
Shawned
Ohin
Walior ‘Tabor
Mande Tabor Virgo
Tabor Homwetoal Af
Senate
House
Congress
B. Dupont de Nemours & Co
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kremer
House Appropriations Committee
Mexico
Haw
Greece
Belgium
Spain
Japan
Brazil
Council of the Lague of Nations
Paris
League of Nations
Leon Bourgelois
Maic Drummond
Georges Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Poincare
Basen
Hhenlah
Prussia
Krupp
Buford
Emma Goldman
Alexander Borkman
Rudicald
Baltic Sea
Gotland Island
Port-au-Prince
Haitien
Bolshyiam
London Evening News
Acton
Rowstov-on-Don
Moscow
Cork
Sinn Fein
Paria Temps
Fiume
Medenico
League of Netions
Bolsheviam
Bunora
Tehusalepec
Supreme Council
Yellowstone
Devere
Yellowsine Park
Port Yellowstone
Philippine Islands
Stree
Busines
Mme. Calderon
Sheila
U. S
University Union
Kraus
Luxembourg
Ayerue
America
Anurivan Walvertitiow
Yale
Columbia
Johns Hopkins
Princeton
United
Bnilh
Krang
Associated Pres
Tanciedy
Bihten
Freie Pinlenta Alresig
Amierivnih
Douglas
Falkrond
Miia
Lare City
Mary Ana
Marbere
Army Berg
Halt Bane City
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