First Jewish Idaho Governor Moses Alexander Recalls Humble Start
The article profiles Moses Alexander the Democratic governor of Idaho, the first Jewish U.S. state chief executive, detailing his rise from a $10-a-month job in Missouri to Boise political leadership. He recalls early struggles, marriage in 1874, city council service in 1886, and mayoral election in 1887, urging perseverance for poor boys seeking success.
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Moses Alexander
Idaho
United States
Mr. Alexander
Chillicothe
Jacob Berg & Co
Wallbrunn & Alexander
Boise
St. Joseph
Samuel J. Tilden
Phelps
Milwaukee Railroad
Livingstone County
Missouri
Most Beloved Child Princess Marie Jose Captures Hearts
A homeless little girl in exile in England, Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, is a symbol of hopeful childhood. Postcards and plaster busts bearing her portrait are widely distributed, touching hearts worldwide as Lars Anderson recalls meeting the princess and describing her charm.
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Europe
Princess Marie Jose
Belgium
England
Lars Anderson
Marie Jose
Marie Jose de
Exponent of Safety First McChord Leads Rail Safety Drive
Charles Caldwell McChord, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is the leading advocate for rail safety in the United States. He has reorganized the safety division, overseeing safety appliances hours of service and wreck investigations, turning figures into a compelling case for prevention.
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Charles Caldwell McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
United States
Kentucky Railway Commission
Division of Safety
Commission
Maharanee of Kapurthala On Tour With Maharajah
The Maharajah Jagat Jit Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala travels in the United States with his Spanish dancer wife who became his fourth wife after a $6000 dowry. The couple plans a US visit then a trip to France while his son fights in Flanders.
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Jagat Jit Singh Bahadur
Maharajah
Raga-I-Rajgan
Kapurthala
United States
San Francisco
Europe
India
Punjab
Flanders
America
France
American labor best foreman says New York fast workers top
A foreman in a Chicago based piece argues that New York plasterers set the pace for American labor. He cites a German foreman traveling to Detroit to manage New York crews and notes foreign born workers improve with time but still lag behind native trained New Yorkers.
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Glasgow
America
New York
Detroit
Bar-le-Duc Post Office Aids Red Cross With Special Stamps
Belgian Bar-le-Duc sits near Dutch territory aiding the Red Cross. its post and telegraph link France and Holland. Special five ten and twenty centime stamps sell for ten twenty and forty centimes with half dedicated to charity. The Belgian Monaco post office notes rising demand for Red Cross souvenirs.
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Bar-le-Duc
Antwerp
Holland
Britain
Flushing
Tilbourg
Resuscitation Machine Delivers Hour Ten Underwater
A young woman was kept alive underwater for one hour and ten minutes using a government mine rescue breathing device. The test, part of a safety exposition in New York, showed the efficiency of mechanical respiration with a hand-operated lung apparatus and a glass-front tank.
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United States
New York
United States Bureau of Mines
The Zeigler Turtle Sighting Recalls Family Carvings
The Zeigler turtle now eighty six years old is seen again on the Zeigler farm near Kirksville. It was captured in 1861 by Harrison Zeigler who carved his name and date on its shell. Perry Zeigler later added his own name and date and released it.
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Zeigler
Kirksville
the Express
Harrison Zeigler
Perry Zeigler
Kansas City Times
New Cotton Flags Tested For Navy Vessels
The navy flags formerly cut from imported wool are now being produced from domestic American cotton. A new carding and weaving process is being tested on two revenue cutters, with optimistic estimates that cotton flags will resist fraying longer than the traditional woolen ones.
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Revenue
Mobilize the Kitchen in Germany Inspires Women’s Rise
Berlin reports Crown Princess Cecilie guides a national effort to mobilize women into kitchens and nursing, expanding education and employment beyond domestic roles. Women attend lectures, run free kitchens, sew for soldiers, pack Liebesgaben, and feed frontline troops while trades unions face no major clash with female labor.
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Berlin
Cecilie
Germany
Hausfrau
Reichstag
Liebesgaben
Trades Unions
Great Britain
Cecelie
Neighbors Seek Shutdown Over Pet Lioness Queenie
Neighbors of Max Gould in Paterson New Jersey appeal to the board of health to confine his year old pet lioness Queenie. Gould values the animal at 1200 dollars after noting it romps with children in the yard. Rhoda Gould appears with the lioness in a photo.
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Honess
Max Gould
Paterson
N. J
Board of Health
Queenie
Mr. Gould
Rich ore shipped from old Allamore mine discovery
M. F. Jarrell has shipped a carload of rich copper ore from the old Allamore mine found near here last Christmas. Skeletons of twenty men were found in the abandoned shaft and nearby relics suggest Spaniards once worked the property, with the mine lost through time.
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Allamore
Tex
M. F. Jarrell
Ancient copper mine discovery near El Paso stirs prospecting rush
The find at Jarrell’s site drew excitement as prospectors crowded in and staked claims for miles around. Ore from the surface shows copper values around $30 per ton with notable gold and silver, and future mining will begin after shaft clearing.
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Jarrell
el Paso
White School for Indians at White Earth Minn Forms Day School Shift
White Earth Becker county district No 112 creates a unified district embracing the whole village and nearby areas to replace the current government day school. Officials may transfer buildings desks books and equipment to the new district if Indian children face no discrimination. The change signals possible nationwide merger of Indian schools under local district control.
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White Earth
Minn
Becker County
Indian Affairs
Somnambulist Ruth Retherford Breaks Arm
Miss Ruth Retherford of near Alexandria Indiana awoke in a tub of rain water and fell from the back porch while asleep, breaking the bone in her right arm. The incident occurred as she wandered in her sleep and remained unaware of the accident until after the fall.
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Alexandria
Ind
Ruth Retherford
Aztec Skeletons Found Near Pentwater Michigan
A farmer, Carl Schrumpff, unearthed a pine stump with a well preserved skeleton at its taproot and later 18 more skeletons nearby. The burial goods include arrowheads, spearheads, pottery, and the bodies faced east in a seated position.
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United States
Carl Schrumpff
Pere Marquette
Schrumpff
The Man Who Goes About His Task
A man who performs his work typically leaves behind a tired, tangled mess. The statement notes perseverance can produce disorder and fatigue in routine duties.
Bread and Butter Slice Sparks a Romance in Town
Mary Jane Martin, a 1915 magazine office clerk, earns eight dollars weekly packing envelopes. She starts a bread and butter lunch club, profits from which fund her fare and spark a romance with John Henderson after he notices her homemade meals. The couple meet at Mary Jane’s farm and plan a future together.
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Mary Jane Martin
Mary Jane
John Henderson
John
Cora
Cora Henderson
Martin Farm
Nuts as a Valuable Addition to Household Provisions
The article promotes nuts as a concentrated, digestible food. notes energy content with walnuts providing nearly three times the energy of steak per pound. urges households to utilize abundant local nut supplies rather than waste them. advocates including walnuts, butternuts, and hickory nuts in rationing.
Fiendish Delight Dialogue Between Broggs and Moggs
In a sharp exchange, Broggs mocks the listener about his mother-in-law and the phonograph. Moggs revels in the mischief of starting the machine and stopping it mid sentence, delighting in the control.
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Broggs
Moggs
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