Princeton Adopts Military Science Expansion and Census
Princeton University moves to widen the military science and tactics course to two years and launches a census of current and past students to assess national service. A 12 member committee will coordinate scientific aid to the national research council and the war department is notified the campus could be offered for government use.
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Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
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Old Westbury reception hosted in Revolutionary attire
At the ex-Representative William W. Cocks home in Westbury Long Island Mrs. Cocks and neighbors hosted a Belgian relief fundraiser. The crowd of over 500 wore period costumes featuring hoopskirts bustles and hobble dresses. The event raised a good sum for Belgian relief.
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New York
William W. Cocks
Westbury
Long Island
Illinois Senate considers bar on low gowns at dances
A proposed amendment by Senator Denvir would add a barred zone rule to a Democratic bill. It would prohibit public dances in Illinois from allowing women to wear dresses exposing the body beneath a line from shoulder tip to shoulder tip.
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Springfield
Illinois
Denvir
Dye stock soars as war boosts British firms
London reports show limited British dye makers enjoying huge profits since the war began. A single firm’s stock rose from 2 to 300 dollars, and a bankrupt investor’s stake expanded to 425000 dollars, while prewar value hovered around 3500 dollars.
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London
Kindness to Hens to Boost Egg Output Tested
In Vineland New Jersey Professor E R Johnstone of the Training School for Feeble Minded Boys and Girls teams with Harry R Lewis to run an experiment with two hen pens. One pen will have a cheerful attendant while the other has a grouchy keeper. Both receive identical feed and conditions as records track egg production to test the theory.
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Johnstone
Red Cross Prepares Nurses for Million-Strong Army
Washington report says the Red Cross can care for an army of a million with 2,970 graduate nurses and over 1,000 doctors. Ninety clinics, base hospitals and 7,000 total nursing personnel are organized, with 26 base hospitals ready for service and 31 navy detachments planned. All personnel have immunity treatment for typhoid and pass medical exams.
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Washington
Red Cross
Navy
Block Captains to Lead New York Litter Crusade
Several thousand block captains will aid the New York Anti Litter league in a drive to keep streets clean. The plan, announced at the Aldine club conference with city officials and representatives from commerce boards, aims to place captains on every block to urge janitors shopkeepers and residents to sweep litter into proper receptacles.
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Yale Men in Aero Unit Headed Back to New Haven
Sixteen Yale aviators arrived from New Haven after enrollment by Commander Yates Stirling at the New London submarine base and returned to the Elm City. William F. Sullivan will teach the unit with experience from F. Trubee Davison. The Yale squad of forty eight traveled from New York to Palm Beach where ten planes awaited daily practice for the group. David McCulloch will also instruct at Palm Beach.
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Yale
New Haven
Yates Stirling
Elm City
William F. Sullivan
F. Trubee Davison
New York
Palm Beach
David McCulloch
Gemmed spectacles for dog in Atlantic City gift
Diamond Jim Brady ordered tortoise shell spectacles studded with rose stones as a gift for Mickers Mallory a terrier owned by William Mallory on the boardwalk. Brady liked the dog and noted its eyesight is affected.
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Jim Brady
Mickers Mallory
William Mallory
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Coin toss chooses Cripple Creek mayoral candidate
In Cripple Creek Colorado Thomas Surber Democratic alderman was chosen as the mayoral candidate after a coin toss with rival alderman Frank Vetter. The pair, close friends, left the decision to tails.
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Thomas Surber
Surber
Frank Vetter
Legends of Gold Coins and Death Omens in War Ranks
Apollinaire notes beliefs among troops that gold coins shield against mutilation and help capture. dreams of autobus signal death and superstition spreads around regiments. A sergeant explains autobus as a new English machine, while soldiers sew coins into a heart shield and some coins lure German soldiers, with many keeping charms despite Bank of France appeals.
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Apollinaire
Bank of France
Lyons Farm
German Submarine Program Keeps Allies Alert
Washington reports no new German capital ships but a spree of submarine production. Experts estimate 200 newer 1000 ton subs with thick skins and long range. Allies wary as German industry speeds up and US war planners prepare for a prolonged underwater challenge. Navy officers expect a difficult but solvable problem with steady effort and routine preparations.
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Navy Department
Germany
United States
Berlin
England
Navy
Peach Basket Masts of Uncle Sam’s Battleships
Washington reports the United States battleships and larger cruisers use cage masts of steel rods forming light shot resistant observation towers. Each mast carries a spotting top where officers observe ranges and relay corrections by telephoning fire control stations while gunfire causes the mast to swing violently.
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Washington
United States
Mule Defies Snow In Rural Mail Delivery
Middleboro Massachusetts reports a mule carrying rural mail through drifts of ice and snow after a March storm. Carrier Samuel Guilford tried horse drawn delivery and then an automobile but failed, while the mule completed the route with no further trouble.
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Samuel Guilford
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Widespread Malady Closes Schools in Galesville Wisconsin
In Galesville four people have died with scores more ill from an enigmatic illness baffling Rochester Minnesota physicians and local health officials. Swollen glands and high fever mark symptoms. no effective treatment has been found. City officials seek help from physicians in other cities to stem the outbreak.
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Galesville
Wis
Rochester (Minn.) Foundation
Baby Week Observed Nationwide May 1 to 6
New York May 1 to 6 is designated baby week nationwide. The Babies Welfare Association of New York City urges local celebrations in districts where they work and advises against a central centralized committee for a national campaign. It argues parental education on baby needs and rights can be done effectively through local efforts.
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New York City
Pistol Threat Forces Maid to Stay in Evanston Society Row
A Chicago area society leader warns she would shoot to prevent a maid from leaving, recounting an old feud over staff hiring. Annie, the maid, says she plans to quit for higher wages with Mrs. Jones, who faces implied threats. The issue centers on control of servants and loyalty within the household.
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Evanston
Ill
Kentucky
Annie
Rich Pearl Haul From Mussel Farm Attracts Market Interest
Mrs. Bertha Bell and her husband Edward Bell harvested a cache of pearls from mussels along the White River near Joplin Missouri. She collected forty one pearls, some pea sized, while her husband found only a few poorer ones. The market valued the bundle at eleven thousand nine hundred dollars after a New York buyer assessed them.
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Bertha Scott
Edward Bell
White River
Mrs. Bell
New York
Bull Associations Cut Dairy Herd Service Costs
The United States department of agriculture reports that the average annual service cost per member in many bull associations is 8.48 dollars. A rural tale contrasts a bachelor friend and a witty exchange about marriage likened to a lottery in Louisville.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Flowers In Tibet Reach High Altitude Flowering
A report notes flowering plants found at 19 200 feet in Tibet marking the highest confirmed elevation for flowering flora. The discovery expands knowledge of plant adaptation to extreme alpine conditions and highlights Tibet as a record setting site.
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Tibet
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