It's Hard Job for Wilson to Travel
The piece explains the extensive planning behind President Wilson's campaign travel for preparedness through the Middle West. It details invitations, itinerary mapping, hotel and route arrangements, and heavy security measures, noting the president's journey required numerous coordinating departments and state troops in Milwaukee.
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Wilson
Middle Western
White House
Middle West
Smithtown
Jonesville
Pittsburgh
Robinsonburg
Miller’s Junction
Chicago
Milwaukee
Secret Service
Washington
New York Sees Crime Drop Linked to Anti Gun Law
Police Commissioner Woods reports 1915 felonies lower amid Sullivan law impact. Murders 246 in 1915 vs 257 in 1914 and 286 in 1913, with 123 by firearm. Total arrests 23,171 for felonies, record high convictions at 161,121 or 79.94 percent. Burglaries declined, grand larcenies eased then rose late year.
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New York
Woods
City
Moonshine cigars and counterfeit bands sold in twenty five center packs
A report lists illicit Moonshine cigars with fake bands, boxed in sets of twenty five centers. A separate item notes a train crash in East Orange New Jersey where a woman died, with eggs she carried unharmed.
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East Orange
N. J
Government Urges Saving of Paper and Rags
A Washington dispatch reports the War-time drive to conserve paper by saving rags and other stock. Secretary Redfield and Charles A Holder discussed shortages as France restricts rag exports. A million circulars will be mailed to post offices urging saving, with Commerce Department linking savers to manufacturers.
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Washington Dispatch
United States
Redfield
Charles A. Holder
France
Department
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and Trade
Absorbing German Gases With Hypo Solutions
Allied forces use sponges and gauze soaked in hypo to absorb chlorine and bromine gases in trench warfare. Hypo reacts to form acids, but adding sodium carbonate neutralizes the acids, creating a stabilized solution with water glycerol and precise chemical portions.
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Scientific American
Razor Edge Curves Under Microscope Revealing Fragile Steel
A micro scope reveals razor edges bend to one side after strokes on the strop. When the bend faces skin it cuts, when away it glides yet pulls hair. Light final strokes limit bend. edge brittle from constant direction change but can recover after resting or boiling. Razor steel is comparatively soft, tempered around 450 F versus other tools.
San Miguel Church Erected in Santa Fe Historical Tale
The church of San Miguel was erected at Santa Fe New Mexico seventy seven years before the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock twenty years before the landing of St Augustine in Florida and forty five years after the landing of Columbus.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Plymouth Rock
St. Augustine
Florida
Cary proposes moving capital to Milwaukee
Milwaukee congressman William Joseph Cary introduces a resolution to relocate the U S capital from Washington to Milwaukee citing a potential dry District of Columbia as a threat to society and governance. Cary, born in 1865 in Milwaukee, rose from messenger boy to representative with brewer backing.
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William Joseph Cary
Milwaukee
United States
Washington
Cary
District of Columbia
Feeding Needy Livestock in Winter
The instruction urges giving a portion of minced meat mixed with their food each day and ensuring they receive gravel, old plastering, or powdered egg shells. The shell material is essential for forming a protective shell when the ground is frozen or snow-covered.
Leap Year Marital Odds By Age Range
The article lists marriage prospects by age groups in a leap year context. It shows percentages: 0.25% for fifty to fifty six, 0.375% for forty five to fifty, 2.5% for forty to forty five, 3.75% for thirty five to forty, 15.5% for thirty to thirty five, 15% for twenty five to thirty, 52% for twenty to twenty five, and 14.5% for fifteen to twenty. These figures outline varying chances of marriage by age bracket.
Woman Fanny R Stanton to defend her own divorce case
Mrs. Fanny R Stanton of Thief River Falls Minnesota will defend herself in district court in a divorce action filed by her husband Edwin M Stanton attorney He will receive help from several lawyers but she declares she will win unassisted and not let him gain the divorce The source notes her defiance amid a lineup of legal talent and cites Minneapolis as a referenced location or context.
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Fanny R. Stanton
Thief River Falls
Minn
Edwin M. Stanton
Stanton
Tents Na Zee
Minneapolis
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Bruises
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as relief for soreness from house cleaning. It claims fast pain reduction and better sleep, urging readers to keep a bottle for bruises and neuralgia with a 25 cent price at druggists.
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Sloan
Proud Papa at Ninety Six in Kentucky
Uncle Bob Bates of Letcher County Kentucky has become a proud papa at ninety six. He has been married three times and is father of twenty four, seven of them by his present wife.
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Bob” Bates
Letcher County
Spokane Plans $425 000 Zinc Ore Treatment Plant
A proposed plant costing 425000 dollars aims to treat zinc ore in Spokane. The project envisions modern apparatus and local job potential, with consideration by city officials and investors.
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Spokane
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