Why are congress members dying off so fast in Washington
Washington lawmakers face a troubling rise in mortality with seven Senate deaths and similar House losses in a year. Arthur W. Overmyer notes overwork and worry as the likely cause, citing a personal efficiency study: 76 hours of work in one week.
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Ashington
Congress
Senate
House
Iichmikers
Washington
Baltimore
Arthur W. Overmyer
Olio
Lo Ne
Overmyer
T K
Flag Made for Tuscania Burial Placed in Museum
A flag crafted by five Scottish crafters for the Tuscania burial of American soldiers now rests in the United States National Museum. The hand sewn Stars and Stripes, 87 by 67 inches, was sent to President Wilson by Hugh Morrison of Islay House and is displayed with three photographs. Frank M. America of the London Associated Press and Jim were involved in delivering the relic, honoring those who perished aboard the Tuscania.
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Wilson
United States National Museum
United States
Jessie McLelleon
Mary Cunningham
Catherine Methregor
Mary Armour
John McDougall
Frank M. America
London
Islay
Hugh Morrison
Islay House
Jim
Morrison
Melville BE. Stone
Associated Press
Colin Campbell
Fort Ellen
Tuscania
Port Elfen
Mull
District Housing Effort Expands Rooms For War Workers
Washington’s district defense registration office adds hundreds of rooms to house war workers. Officials expected shortages by May but new listings keep pace. Government housing plans include a 5,000 capacity dormitory and remodeling of major buildings to shelter thousands more workers.
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HAT Washington
District Council of Defense
Otto M. Bidlitz
Washington
Capitol
Housing Bureau
The
Department of Labor
Burleson Restores Old Messenger Salary After Complaint
An elderly post office messenger, long service with no complaint, faced a salary cut from 900 to 720. Interceding congressman questions the pay change, and Postmaster General Burleson signs an order reinstating the worker to his former 900 grade.
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Post Office Department
Eleventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
House
House Post Office Committee
Burleson
John
Congress
Lima City of the Kings and Plaza Mayor Heritage
Lima, capital of Peru, sits in a valley fed by the Rimac river and anchored by Plaza Mayor. The cathedral, the palace, and Torre-Tagle mansion anchor a bustling center with electric cars, markets, bands, and Peruvian independence history read aloud to crowds.
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Pacific
Lima
Pizarro
Plaza Mayor
William A. Reid
Bulletin of the
Pan-American Union
Peru
Meyor
Boli
Torre-Tayle
Appenrance
Natonal
Coliro
Chorrillos
Barranco
Miraflores
la Patta
Bay of Chorrillos
Chosica
Exposition Park
Capital
Paseo Colon
Plaza Bolognesi
Exciting sport in Nam Ting camp hunting gibbons
Roy Chapman Andrews describes hunting monkeys in the Nam Ting river camp. Gibbons, tree walkers of Hylobates, outrun humans in arboreal chases, with vivid scenes of treetop pursuit and a yellow gibbon’s prize catch. A later domestic anecdote about Nora and a roast beef mishap ends the piece.
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Namting
Roy Chapman Andrews
Harpers
Ioro
Obe
Hylobates
Namting River
Norah
Browns
Nora
Jay Whixz
Philadelphia Bulletip
Prodigal Son-in-Law Faces Grave Question
In a tense courtroom exchange a prodigal son-in-law asks for the late man’s last words. The reply reveals the deceased’s only wish before death was a chance for one good bit at him, framing a somber, sharp exchange.
First Settlement on Manhattan Began in 1618
The first white habitations on Manhattan were huts built in 1618 on the site now occupied by 41 Broadway, marked by a bronze tablet. A collection of hovels grew into a town almost wiped out by fire in 1826. The first fort began in 1682 near Port Amsterdam’s main gate facing Bowling Green, where settlers played. In 1653 a wooden wall for defense became Wall Street.
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Manhattan
Broadway
New York City
Port Amsterdam
Bowling Green
Wall Street
Old Clothes Dealer Reveals Hidden Profit in Salts
An New York second hand clothes dealer explains how pockets in discarded garments yield cash, jewels, or papers. He estimates about one in twelve salts contains value, averaging potentially $5,000 yearly in cash and valuables across his Washington Heights territory, with occasional rewards for returning items.
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York
Yao
Washington Heights
Saloons of Hoboken Converted Into Libraries
In Hoboken three former saloons have become libraries as part of a wartime effort. Book receiving and packing stations have shipped 100,000 volumes to the French front, transforming drinking rooms into storerooms for learning and placing books where beer once stood.
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EW York
Uncle Sam
Hoboken
Brary War Service
Hand of Mars
William Old-Bear in Chicago Riot Brawl Ends at Jail
William Old-Bear of Cushing Oklahoma caused a street fracas on West Madison in Chicago. After buying a large drink he struck pedestrians, dropping three, spurring a riot call. Police from Des Plaines station restrained him and he was taken to a bridewell hospital. The delirium revealed wild visions, ending with a diagnosis of D T s.
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Inhicago
West
Madison Street
William Old-Bear
Cushing
Okla
William
Prairies
Wil- Mam Old-Bear
Jefferson
Madison
Marshall
Joiner
Gall
Desplaines
William Old Bear
Bridewell Hospital
Airedale Popular With Signal Corps in Chicago
The Airedale dog, praised for intelligence and courage, gains favor with the U S Army Signal Corps in Chicago. Training courses expand as camps report progress, with females in high demand and dogs used as one man war messengers despite war department delays.
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Central Department
United States Army
Europe
War Department
Aire Valley
England
Signal Corps
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Mr. Burleson
Old John
Twless
Historical Plaza Mayor
Burmah
Oklahoma
Chicago
Airedale
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