Police bring Christmas to New York children in precinct celebrations
Commissioner Woods announces a citywide program to install Christmas trees in station-house dormitories from the Bronx to Brooklyn and Staten Island. Fatest cop will wear Santa garb and give out oranges candy and toys to every child, aiming to foster trust between youth and police and reduce juvenile crime.
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Bronx
Brooklyn
Staten Ishaid
Veeoers
Police Department
Beni
Woods
Podice
Pancho Villa Trousers Displayed In New York Curiosity Shop
A New York curiosity shop window features a pair of trousers claimed from Pancho Villa. They are heavy reddish material with silver fox head decorations along the outer seams. The owner says the garment is well authenticated and valued at 120 dollars, highlighting Villa’s showy fashion and legendary notoriety.
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York
Upper Broadway
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Villa
Chicago Census Lists Big Families and Ward Variations
Chicago school census shows Siiehard Kinemia's family as the largest with eleven daughters and fer sons. Ward data reveal Twenty-ninth ward at top for large families, while Sixth ward has the fewest. Herman Tomschin and Engledbert Drehohel cited among notable large families.
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Siiehard Kinemia
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
William L. Bodine
Boedine
Parnell Avenue
Mr. Wington
John Selewarts
Thirtyninth
Dodine
Conta
Teeenty-ninth
Lighth
George Street
Des Moines Plans Indian Names for New Streets
Des Moines plans a boulevard naming system using Native American terms from Iowa tribes. City curator EL WR. Harlan compiled a list, approving Weeosauaqua as a street name and proposing others such as Mahaska Inkpatn Minniewauken Waoveconda Wa pello Appanoose Keokuk Poweshiek Taine Oskuloosa Pashapalan Nishnabotna Noudawa Rantchewaime Chequaque.
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di Moines
Anel
Iowa
EL WR. Harlan
Des Moines
Good Salesmen and the Psychology of Sales Roles
A concise observation from Industrial Management on the distinction between salesmen and production workers. It argues that an efficient salesman seeks looser control and can secure better positions, while production staff favor stricter wage discipline.
Almanac Dilemma At The Farm Market
A farmer and a helpful peddler discuss two almanacs for sale. One promises the most holidays while the other offers the most good weather, inviting the farmer to choose which contains the preferred guidance.
Friday Wedding Superstitions Questioned by Puck
A light exchange questions Friday as an unlucky wedding day. The dialogue features skeptic replies and a playful note on superstition from the editor’s cartoon voice. The piece surveys beliefs without endorsing them.
Income Tax Totals for 1916 Show Large Government Receipts
Federal analysis of 1916 income tax figures shows personal and corporate taxpayers total 67,943,594.63 in tax receipts. Corporations filing 36645 returns reported 62,700,000 plus income figures while 69,045 individual taxpayers earned incomes between 3,000 and 4,000 dollars, with many under 5,000. Total minimum income for all taxpayers equals 8,703,068,380 dollars.
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Washington
Federal
United States
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Auto Catches Antelope Slams Through South Dakota Chase
John Raney, a farmer, scored a remarkable eight mile pursuit as an automobile chased an antelope along a timbered road in Slim Buttes South Dakota. The exhausted animal was captured and penned after the high speed chase.
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Slim Buttes
S. D
John Raney
Raney
Deer Harvest Report From Berkshire County Hunt
Otis Conn William Winters Newton Frost and Raymond J Snow each shot a deer during a hunting trip in Berkshire county. The group logged one deer per hunter in a brisk forest outing with local woods officers noting the successful outing.
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Signs of the Times
Otis, Conn
William Winters
Newton Frost
Raymond J. Snow
Berkshire County
High living linked to more surgeries says surgeons
Philadelphia doctors at a Clinical Congress clinic report high living increases operations and stomach cancer risk. Dr. M. M. Rehstuss demonstrates five theories that cancer may stem from protein in meat and other foods.
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Philadelphia
Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America
M. M. Rehstuss
Poor Girl Spurns Riches in Chicago Adoption Tale
Mary Smith, adopted by James Pankhurst and his wife in Amboy Illinois, agreed to remain single as companion to the elderly couple and receive 10000 on their death. She now says money isn’t everything and she will return to Chicago, claiming she prefers living in the city over the country.
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Amboy
Mary Smith
Chicago
James Pankhurst
Genius From Hard Labor: Boguslawski's Rise to Fame
Moses Boguslawski, born in Chicago and raised in a musical family, rose from early piano talent to national prominence after a chance encounter with Doctor Pachmann. He performed locally in cafes and bars and credits relentless effort rather than study abroad for his success.
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Ty O
Moses Boguslawski
New York
Chicago
Pachmann
Boguslawski
Boy Pitches 1 000 Stones in Gravel Pit
Leonard Crowder a ten year old from Lynn Massachusetts served a juvenile court sentence by throwing one thousand stones in a gravel pit. Police records show he had previously started a habit of stone throwing. After reaching nine hundred twenty five stones he cried he was done but the counting continued until the thousandth stone was completed.
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Lynn
Mass
Leonard Crowder
Henry T. Lummus
Thomas
A. Farmer
Crowder
Lummis
Chaos Across the Border Tells of Mexico Turmoil
In Los Angeles a Mexican refugee recounts chaotic conditions in Morelia Michoacan as revolutionaries seize cars, demand money, and threaten execution. He details repeated imprisonments, near death, and a rescue by friends after lacking tools to repair his automobile, illustrating widespread lawlessness.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Senor Atsustin Morales
Morelia
Michoscan
Amexico
Morales
Salid Morales
Leo
Ridiculous Milk Wagon Crash Ends With Blaze
Marysville Ohio early morning mishap as 8 D Boyd’s milk wagon loses its front axle bolt. He is thrown into the street among shattered bottles while the horse bolts away with the front wheels. Frustrated, Boyd sets the wrecked wagon on fire and watches it burn.
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Marysville
D. Boyd
Boyd
Boy captures heron after losing eye in clash
In Lake Ronkonkoma New York fifteen year old Fred Hoffman survived a fight with a heron and captured the bird alive. He carried it home and kept the still alive animal in a cage despite losing his right eye in the struggle.
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Lake Ronkonkoma
N. Y
Fred Hoffman
Requests From a Loyal Irish Terrier Named Peg
The speaker, Peg of My Heart an Irish terrier, bequeaths to Nassau the neighbor dog the brown leather collars and the cache of bones. To Vachel the cat goes the blue china plate and drinking bowls. The master receives respect and obedience, the mistress undying adoration. The dog leaves his life joys and memories to his successor or any user.
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Peg
Nassau
Vachel
One's Own Home is Best
The Columbus Dispatch argues that renting erodes personal independence and self reliance, warning that dependence on others to provide and maintain homes marks social degeneration. It credits two centuries of American initiative and laments the drift toward communal housing as a symbol of lost vitality.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
General Cass and the Tecumsey mystery in senate remarks
The Ohio State Journal reports General Cass in the US Senate claiming he settled the Dick Johnson versus Cock Robin question, and recalling a Texas claim by Colonel Skinner. Cass asserts he commanded a regiment at Tecumseh's death but declines to name who killed him, noting Tecumsey was killed with one of his pistols and hinting at the danger of casual pistol use.
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Michoacan
Pantoki
General Pantoja
Pantoja
Domingo Latine
Sumano
Samanu
Pumandivo
Senor
Sanchez
Chamber of Commerce of
Morea
Cass
United States Senate
Dick Johnson
Cock Robin
Skinner
Texas
Tecumsey
Ohio State Journal
Emersons Essays Enduring Value Urged For All Families
A Slight acquaintance with society notes Emerson’s essays are not read as much as before. The Ohio State Journal praises his applied wisdom, saying no American surpasses him. The piece urges Emerson’s works to be in every family library and suggests forming an Emerson club in Columbus.
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Emerson
Columbus
Emerson Club
Ohio State Journal
McTavish Sells Out In Badger Bite Bet Compromise
A Scottish owner agreed to settle a $500 wager on a brute badger against a dog for $250 after suspicions arose. Friends claim foul play as they learn McTavish accepted half the stake, while he declares the badger is dead and the dog unfit to kill a rat.
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McTavish
Mac
One on Old Grouch
Farmer Hayrick complains of heavy rain while Squire Grouch dismisses rain as never wet. Hayrick cites scripture noting a rain of fire and brimstone as a remembered exception.
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Old Grouch
Farmer Hayrick
Squire
Squire Grouch
No Wonder Mrs Crabshaw Comforts Willy After Fall
The scene shows Mrs Crabshaw consoling Willie who cried after falling downstairs with the boy fearing punishment yet receiving a reassuring reply for his quick response.
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Mrs. Crabshaw
Willie
Money as life’s aim and mortality’s reminder
In a reflective piece from the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, a speaker questions the pursuit of money and comfort. They warn that wealth without purpose can corrupt youth, while life’s harsher forces remind humans of vulnerability and the limits of control.
Campers Hear Sweet Songs in a Buttonwood Haven
A riverbank scene describes camping beneath a buttonwood tree with swamps of yellow lilies and sword blades. Birds including a veery thrush, song sparrows, jenny wren, chipping sparrow, bobolink, and phoebe provide a chorus as campers enjoy a simple pastoral meal and reflections.
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Jenny Wren
Bobolink
Phoebe
Richard le Gallienne
Bread Price Control in Georgian England By Lord Mayor
The article describes measures against baker profiteering in 1018 with summonses and fines, and a pledge to curb flour prices. It notes efforts to limit bread consumption as wartime policy, including 1800 proclamations restricting pastry, exports, and family bread intake to reduce weekly consumption per person.
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Foot
Modern Poetry and the Individual Voice in Change
Poetry evolves beyond epic and national scope toward intimate personal expression. It voices public matters from a specialized, personal point of view with sharper critique. Modern poetry’s strength lies in this inward and pointed direction for the future.
Sentry Misreads Orders In Wartime Routine
A sergeant confronts a new sentry who struggles with orders. The guard dutifully recites routine commands but freezes over a special rule allowing passage only for the colonel's wife, creating a tension between protocol and exception.
Cracker Jack Traveling Salesman Cited by Reform Warden
A tailor named Levinski arrives at the penitentiary and is offered work aligned to his trade only if openings exist. With none available, he is asked for other skills and replies, with a smile, that he is a cracker jack traveling salesman.
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Levinski
Remembers Her Bible Love Triangle Revealed
In a clipped exchange a woman’s suitors are described as unable to live without her. The dialogue questions which marriage she will choose and notes her jab about the poorer suitor’s chance at heaven if he were to die.
There is one thing I was wondering about
A dialogue excerpt questions the country’s stocking bank balance and how it would add up. The lines present a curious inquiry into financial totals and national funds with a conversational tone.
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