Fitting Aliens as Useful Citizens
Washington reports nearly 2.5 million foreigners sought citizenship in eight years of federal supervision. About 1.75 million declared intent or filed first papers, 750,000 sought final papers with roughly 650,000 admitted as citizens. Over 85,000 were denied citizenship, over half for mental or moral unfitness.
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Rescue in Chimney Saves Patient at Philadelphia Ward
In a Philadelphia four story hospital ward a man named Benedict Strun wedged halfway down a chimney. Hospital attendants worked from the ground and roof to free him by rope and picks, pulling him up after he grabbed the line.
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Philadelphia
Benedict Struw
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Americans in Canadian Army Ten Thousand Men in Service
Major General Sam Hughes reports about 2000 Americans serving with the Canadian forces in Flanders. He notes letters of gratitude to mothers of more than 100 American soldiers who died alongside Canadian troops and says many more volunteers could join, including West Pointers offering as officers.
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Sam Hughes
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Meteor's Dash Brilliant Naval Exploit Sinks Meteor
Berlin reports the meteor dash of a German auxiliary, Meteor, who after a clash in the North Sea escaped with crew and British prisoners aboard a commandeered merchant ship. She mined and sank British ships, then sank herself after capturing Englishmen and Danish sailors before exploding.
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Her Hair Saves Girl's Life In Auto Accident
In Philadelphia Miss Ella Tolle twenty kept from a fractured skull by her wealth of hair after being thrown from her brother's car when another vehicle tried to avoid a child. She suffered severe scalp lacerations and probable internal injuries. The other car was driven by Gustav Eberle of Germantown.
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Gustav Eberle
Germantown
Griffing Will Provides Lifelong Support For Faithful Horse
Dr. George P. Griffing of Greenpoint Brooklyn and South Jamesport New York created a trust fund of 5000 dollars in his will filed for probate in Riverhead. The income from the fund is to maintain his faithful horse Frank in comfort for the rest of his life.
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N. Y
George P. Griffing
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Jamesport
Frank
Device Against Torpedoes Gains Rome Approval
A new torpedo defense device invented by Italian engineer Quarini has passed tests and will be supplied to naval fleets. The Rome dispatch reports the invention can drive torpedoes off course and cause them to explode harmlessly.
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Quarini
Rome
Pittsburgh Man Claims Invention of Unsinkable Battleship
A Pittsburgh man claims to have invented an unsinkable battleship with secret materials and interior construction. His attorney John C Thompson says plans have been given to the secretary of the navy and a new advisory board will review the invention. The design supposedly keeps outward appearance the same while lightening armor and preserving guns, making the vessel effectively invincible after hits.
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Pittsburgh
John C. Thompson
Secretary of the Navy
Thompson
Daniels
United States Navy
Buying Sheep in Kansas Boosts Post Flood Food Plan
Topeka reports floods fail to dampen spirits as Kansas converts ruined grain into mutton. Farmers order sheep from every county and expect over a million sheep feeding statewide within thirty days, while rains ruined over a million and a half acres of wheat and oats, easing harvesting burdens.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lonely girl in Stroudsburg posts plea to postoffice
Sadie S. Smith of Stroudsburg Pa warns Postmaster John M Decker that unless she calls for 200 letters awaiting her at the Stroudsburg postoffice the office will seek enlargement. The lonely girl wrote an egg message and has not yet claimed the mail.
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Stroudsburg
Sadie S. Smith
Lonely Farm Girl Inspires City Letter Drive
A Monroe County paper spreads word of Sadie the lonely farm girl who, after a sage egg tale, inspired 200 letters from suitors in Wilmington Delaware. The editor urges Sadie to consider a neighborly life and cautions about city temptations before choosing a partner.
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Guy Hanby
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Sadie
Monroe County
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Motorman Saves Girl From Walking Between Tracks
James Lavelle a Brooklyn rapid transit motorman saved a four year old girl who wandered onto the West End line between tracks near New Utrecht avenue Forty first street. He blew the whistle jammed the emergency brakes and reached forward from the front platform catching the child and dropping her aside. She escaped with only slight bruises.
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James Lavelle
Brooklyn
Bath Beach
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New Utrecht Avenue
Boy sleepily hidden under buggy seat ends family search
In McKinney Texas Bart Hodge finds his six year old daughter asleep under his buggy seat after two hours of frantic search by wife and neighbors. The child was missing when he drove off and later crawled out unharmed.
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Tex
Bart Hodge
Longneck
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