Air militia must be started at once says Rear Admiral Peary
In New York Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary urges immediate creation of an air fleet with sixteen inch guns and accompanying ships. He calls for a federal department of aeronautics independent of army and navy, training naval militia officers as aviators, and a $1.5 million appropriation to begin within three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Department of Aeronautics
Army
Navy
New York
United States
Robert E. Peary
Mount Morris Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Air Service
Department of
Naval Militia
Secretary of the Navy
Retires at Thirty-Six After Short Army Career
San Juan Porto Rico reports Peder Pederson has set a record for early retirement from the U S army at thirty six with a pension of sixty seven dollars a month. He served fourteen of sixteen years abroad in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines and retires as a sergeant of ordnance living in Washington. He is single and plans hunting fishing and a later government position for an ex soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States Army
Peder Pederson
Cuba
Philippines
Pederson
Washington
Boy Sues City to Reenter High School After Work
Lowell Massachusetts eighteen year old Fred H Desmond files a $10,000 suit against the city alleging the school board refused his readmission after leaving to work in a cartridge factory. The board said it is for the best interests of the school and the boy that he not re-enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Fred H Desmond
Desmond
Milk Puts Out Fire in Tyrone Dairy Barn
Lightning struck A. M. Wasson dairy barn near Tyrone Pennsylvania as Mrs. Wasson and sons Alton and Robert milking. Fire spread quickly but a dozen gallons of milk saved the barn and stock, proving milk can extinguish flames though costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
A. M. Wasson
Tyrone
Time Tells by Cows in Small Illinois Towns
Assessors in Fort Russell and Fosterburg Madison county arrive to deliver annual assess reports finding no clocks in the wards. Time is measured by evening shadows, cows returning to barnyard and roosters crowing. Residents dine by appetite and follow a quiet routine without clocks or alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fort Russell
Fosterburg
Madison County
Search of Years Rewarded in Decatur Family Reunion
Archibald G Bottoms returned to Bowling Green Missouri after the Civil War to learn his wife had died and his baby daughter was missing. Fifty-one years later Mrs M H Roberts of Decatur found him through the pension bureau in Washington and the pair reunited. Bottoms is now ninety one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Archibald G. Bottoms
Bowling Green
M. H. Roberts
Pension Bureau
Washington
Illinois
Mrs. Roberts
J. C. Walsh
Bottoms
Girl Insists On Shave At Chicago Barbershop
Helen Wade demanded a shave at Charles Collins barbershop on West Chicago Avenue. After a lengthy dispute and a police intervention, the officer pretended to shave her face and declared she had been shaved, leading to her arrest when she denied the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Helen Wade
Charles Collins
Chicago Avenue
Collins
John J. Hourigan
Hourigan
Wild dogs terrorize Gardener and farms in New Jersey
A large pack of wild dogs reappears across Greenwood Lake area after last winter’s extermination. About twenty five to thirty animals have been seen raiding farms and attacking a gardener at the Hewitt estate in Ringwood. Game Warden William C. Klein plans another extermination expedition after leaf fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Lake
N. J
Here
Lake Mombasha
New Jersey
William C. Klein
Hewitt Estate
Ringwood
Klein
Value of Baby's Eyes Settled in San Francisco Court
Judge Frank J. Murasky fixed the nominal value of a baby's eyes at 25000 dollars in superior court. He awarded that amount to the parents of Mary Rubio a one year old girl who became blind after alleged improper eye care at birth by midwife Ama lia Razzuoli. The judge said a baby's eyes are priceless and monetary damages cannot compensate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frank J. Murasky
Superior Court
Mary Rubio
Amalia Razzuoli
Murasky
Twelve Dollars For Snakes
Oxnard, Cal James Benton, a Santa Barbara resident who traps rattlesnakes for a living, sold thirty six snakes for 12 dollars each to Oxnard Chinese for medicinal use. Benton has been bitten several times, nearly losing his life on one occasion, while catching the reptiles with a pronged stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxnard
Cal
James Benton
Benton
Santa Barbara
Oxnard Chinese
Lonely voyage aboard Cu nard liner Pannonia
The Cu nard liner Pannonia docked here with a mixed crew including Lascars Icelanders Greenlanders Siamese Madagascar and Malays. The cargo ship carried no passengers and the captain called it the loneliest voyage he ever sailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madagascar
Cunard
Pannonia
Blood chemistry aids New York murder investigations
Police in New York employ a dedicated police chemistry lab at central testing headquarters. Detectives now receive rapid blood stain analysis to confirm blood versus other substances and guide early inquiries. The narcotics unit handles heroin, cocaine, opium, yen shee, and morphine testing, with experts testifying in court when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woods
Scull
Central Testing Laboratory
Detective Bureau
Judge Votes While Serving as Oiler Aboard Lurline
San Francisco report says W. N. Thomas, Santa Ana superior court judge, traveled aboard the Matson liner Lurline from Honolulu and, due to an accident preventing passenger service, voted while posing as an oiler to reach California for the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. N. Thomas
Superior Court of Santa Ana
Matson
Honolulu
California
Thomas
Mail dog rewarded in Mount Carmel by Postmaster General
Sam the faithful parcel post guard at Mount Carmel Pennsylvania has been rewarded by Postmaster General Albert S Burleson. He receives a brass studded collar inscribed with U S Mali Presented to Uncle Sam's Faithful Friend by Albert S Burleson Post master General Oct 25 1916.
Prisoners to Work on Ten Mile Road Near Here
Jefferson City officials assign 200 state penitentiary prisoners to clear a ten mile road near here. The governor and mayor authorize cigars and watermelons for the convicts. For good progress each day they may gain twenty days off their sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
State
Whippings for Penalty in Jamaica Court
Edward Schults fifteen of Jamaica was sentenced to three thrashings over three weeks after admitting to cutting down three trees on property owned by John J Bilsa president of the Citizens' association. Justice Morgan L. Ryan urged the father to deal with the boy using switches. The item also discusses the origin and meaning of Thanksgiving in American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jamaica
Edward Schults
John J Bilsa
Citizens’ Association
Morgan L. Ryan
I Thank Thee Lord Poem By Rose Pastor
A devotional poem by Rose Pastor expresses gratitude for moments of sweetness and friendship, tears and burdens, and the strength gained through faith. It thanks the Lord for loving eyes, kind words, and providence in joy and sorrow.
Public Auction Notice for School Land Timber 1917 Wenatchee
Notice sets January 2 1917 sale time from 10 a m to 4 p m at the county courthouse Wenatchee Chelan County Washington for timber on NE NW SW and SE of section 16 township 26 north range 18 east W M total 640 acres with appraisals 156 317 450 50 dollars per acre and cash payment required. Sale governed by Board of State Land Commissioners and Commissioner of Public Lands with sale orders on file in County Auditor office. Clark V Savidge commissioner of public lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
City of
Wenatchee
Chelan
State of Washington
Board of State Land Commissioners
Township
W.M
East W. M
W. M
Commissioner of Public Lands
State of
Washington
Clark V. Savidge
Ownership Statement for Leavenworth Echo 1916
Deed H. Mayor swore before Notary E. H. Fox that he is sole owner and publisher of the Leavenworth Echo with no bondholders or mortgages. The notice notes no circulation statement required for weekly papers. Mrs. George T. Sterling traveled to Seattle and back. post office key left for owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth
Wash
Echo
E. H. Fox
Notary Public
Practical Home Calendar Promises Colorful Useful Year
The Youths Companion Calendar for 1917 presents a striking artistic calendar named the Practical Home Calendar. It highlights well blended colors and practical use for subscribers paid through 1917. The piece notes Mr. O C Moore now based in Salt Lake City active in box agency and lumber trades and describing Salt Lake as lively and prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Moore
Leavenworth
F. S Jacobsen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake
Contractor W L Clement Heads to St Paul for Snow Shed Work
W L Clement of the W J Hoy Co contracting firm, working on the canyon snow shed, left for St Paul Wednesday and expects to return in about two weeks to find the project completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Clement
W. J. Hoy Co
St. Paul
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AIR Militia
Peary
American Press Association
Rear Admiral
Boy
City
Girl
Barber
California Superior Court
City Laboratory
Police
Sam
Lincoln
District of Columbia
America
Tabernacles
Plymouth
Cape Cod Bay
Bradford
New England
James Lane Allen
Munsey's Magazine
Earth
Turkey
Toggery
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Mattory
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhart
Leavenworth Undertaking
Mrs. Amanda ©. Towne
Mother
Sammy
Puck
George T. Sterling
Seattle
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
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