Society Women Turn To Charity Theatrics For War Relief
London rumors tell of society women shifting from nursing and munition work to charity matinees and public performances to aid soldiers. Led by Miss Muriel Wilson and featuring Miss Maxine Elliott and others, society amateurs perform with respected professionals at venues like The Theater Royal Winchester.
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London
Muriel Wilson
King George's
Maxine Elliott
Elizabeth Asquith
George Keppel
Lady Ashburton
Frances Belmont
New York
Aurea Baring
Queen Mary
Miss Baring
Lord Rosslyn
Theater Royal
Winchester
Countess of Essex
Adele Grant
Gaiety Theater
Diana Manners
Duchess of Rutland
Pauline Pappenheim
Miss Wheeler
Philadelphia
England
George
Can of Corn 27 Years Old Proves Can Goods Keep
Indiana Food Commissioner H E Barnard reports a 27 year old can of corn submitted by the Indiana Wholesale Grocers association remained bright in color and flavor with no deterioration in food value. He concludes properly canned goods keep indefinitely with minimal palatability change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Barnard
Indiana Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Five Generations Honor Elder Pioneer in Ione Birthday
Mrs. I B Gregory, aged 89, celebrated with a 34-member family spanning five generations. Born March 8 1827 near Springfield Illinois she crossed the plains in 1853 with her husband and one child in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. The family settled in Ione in 1854 where they built a home and still reside.
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Ione
Colo
I. B. Gregory
Gregory
Music Soothes Horses At Milwaukee Stable
Milwaukee report says Ray Biggs placed a piano in his Waukesha stable for horses. An employee played and observed calm behavior in horses returning from a funeral when they heard a popular waltz. Biggs plans to extend music to his farm cows at milking time.
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Milwaukee
Ray Biggs
Waukesha
Girl of Eleven Shoots Fox in Prentiss
Birdie Sibley an eleven year old girl top of her class at school cooks sews knits gardens drives a horserake and hunts game with a .22 rifle. She spotted a fox by the woods aimed ahead of the animal fired twice and killed it proving capable in field and home tasks.
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Prentiss
Birdie Sibley
Birdie
Prefers Insanity to Knife Over Brain Injury Suit
In New Brunswick Anton Michal refuses surgical treatment after a skull fracture from a fall at Nixon Nitration works. Doctors warn without operation he will go insane or epileptic, yet he sues for 3600 dollars and the company cannot force the operation due to fatality risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Anton Michal
Nixon Nitration
Here
Michall
Young Kansas organist thrills Centralia choir at 13
Edward Everett, a thirteen year old boy from Centralia, is claimed as the state’s youngest church organist. He plays voluntaries, anthems, and hymns for a grownup choir, with staff ensuring his safety. His hobbies include baseball and other sports. The town notes past difficulties keeping women organists.
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Centralia
Kan
Edward Everett
Edward
Evangelist Receives 35 Dollar Conscience Letter
In Hagerstown Indiana twenty two years ago J N Baldwin then a huckster was robbed of 35 dollars by three masked men on a public road near his home. The incident ended with no investigation. Baldwin now travels as an evangelist and received a letter from the town enclosing 35 dollars and a confession from a former youth who admits involvement and seeks forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ind
J. N. Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Cowan
Muncie
Parrot Announces Visitors In Pulaski Home
Mrs. M. L. Halladay of Mexico keeps a thirty year old parrot from Mexico now living in Pulaski New York. The bird is highly intelligent and alarmingly attentive to visitors it calls guests by name. It greets hunger with a call and its distressed cries draw neighbors and observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski
N. Y
M. L. Halladay
Mexico
Syracuse
Halladay
Remembering His First Prisoner Stirring City Tale
Bridgeport Connecticut recalls Chief Eugene Birmingham who, forty years after his first arrest, recognizes Michael Frawley now an old man accused of theft. Frawley faces transfer to New Haven after serving sentence in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Eugene Birmingham
Michael Frawley
Derby
Frawley
Birmingham
New Haven
Camden Acquitted in Cole County Shooting Case
Oscar Camden, age twenty, is acquitted by a Cole County circuit court jury after a Jan 20 shooting that killed W. J. Crandal and wounded four others. Crandal’s father W D Crandall congratulates Camden, who claimed self defense against Crandal and others pursuing him.
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Jefferson City
Cole County
Oscar Camden
W. J. Crandal
Camden
W. D Crandall
Harry Barron
Crandall
Lost brother returns to brighten a Kalamazoo home
In Kalamazoo Michigan Miss Lucy Vandyke no longer works long hours in a rag room of a local paper company. A long lost brother believed dead has returned from Alabama bringing improved fortunes. He had spent years seeking his sister, and the reunion follows twenty years apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lucy Vandyke
Kalamazoo County
Alabama
Vandyke
In Favor of Conscription Says Harriot Stanton Blatch
Washington. Mrs Harriot Stanton Blatch, president of the Woman's Political Union, urges conscription as America’s defense. She advocates a Swisslike plan with an initial two month service and shorter yearly terms, aiming to harmonize national defense.
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Washington
Harriot Stanton Blatch
Woman's Political Union
America
Switzerland
Enlistment Proposals Span Regions and Roles
A speaker advocates wide conscription extending to women to create a homogenous nation. Citizens would be required to serve, with men sent to different regions and women trained in civil service and posted nationwide to gain knowledge of the country.
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