Belgian Relief Still Big Task
The Belgian relief effort remains massive as the Commission for Relief in Belgium faces a winter with 60 000 tons of food to send monthly to feed about 1.5 million nonpaying people and 2 million in the occupied zone. Costs run around $3 million monthly, with the organization established and recognized by all warring powers as the noncombatant food channel.
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New York
Europe
America
Lindon Wallace Bates
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Commission
Bates
Imperium Imperio
Fifteen Year Hunt Ends as Widow May Be Legally Deceased
Denver report says Mrs May Spencer Farrand may be declared legally dead to settle the estate of Captain Charles B Farrand. The search for Mrs Farrand has spanned fifteen years with involvement from the war department and federal agents. If not found, Public Administrator Woodward notes the captain's fortune will largely go to Louise A Ryder, daughter by his first wife, with half the sum potentially due to Mrs Farrand if found.
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Denver
May Spencer Farrand
Charles B. Farrand
Louise A. Ryder
New York City
Captain Farrand
May Lose Citizenship Over War Service Question
Baltimore report discusses whether John Poe John Sydney Howell Alexander Godby and Martin D Monaghan who fight in Europe expatriate themselves by taking up arms. Authorities cite Frank Caswell of Harrison Maine who was barred from returning home after joining the Canadian contingent, sparking debate on allegiance and citizenship rules for Baltimore youths enlistments.
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Baltimore
Europe
John Poe
John Sydney Howell
Alexander Godby
Martin D. Monaghan
Department of Labor
Frank Caswell
Harrison, Me
United States
Rich octogenarian prospecting returns to mining roots
Forest California reports an eighty five year old multimillionaire, James C. Chase, prospecting again in Jim Crow canyon after sixty years away. He recalls early fortunes, camps with modern miners, and says he can still pan for gold as he tours the California gold country.
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Washington
California
Chase
Blind baseball fan seeks nation’s most loyal supporter
John Moore of Decatur Illinois enters the contest for the most devoted baseball fan. Though blind he claims, and will present, evidence that he has not missed a game in eight years for the Decatur Three-I league club. The prize is a ticket to any professional ball game in the country or Canada.
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Decatur
John Moore
Moore
Canada
Say Den Cupid Is Loafing
Ohio marriage figures show Dan Cupid fell short in 1915 with 47 000 marriages in the year ending April 1. Secretary Hildebrand reports 2 561 fewer marriages than the prior year and fewer than 1912 despite a smaller population.
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Cupid
Columbus
Ohio
Little Dan
Hildebrand
Modern Rip Van Winkle Returns From Sing Sing
George W. Cram a modern Rip Van Winkle awoke in New York after more than twenty years. Pardoned by Governor Whitman for killing his wife he reflects on Henry Clay, Warden Osborne and Sing Sing's Mutual Welfare League. He recalls war service and days of confinement before planning travel to California.
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New York
George W. Cram
Catskills
Cram
Sing Sing
Whitman
Grand Central Station
Goodby
Rui
Henry Clay
Osborne
Mutual Welfare League
California
Fifth Avenue
Coney Island
Alligators’ Meat Bill Surprises Indiana City
In Anderson Indiana two three foot long alligators aged about twenty five years inspire the city water department with their meat bill. The latest invoice for meat was fifteen dollars after the animals had fasted since October. City officials Collins and Richter were astonished by the cost which totals about four hundred dollars for the pair over time.
Dinkle’s Bath Brings Scouring to Marion Jail
John Dinkle, arrested for vagrancy in Marion Indiana, claimed he had not bathed in seventeen years. Sheriff O P Wright ordered a bath. jail trusties scrubbed him with soap and brushes, leaving him with a memorable scrubbing.
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Marion
Ind
John Dinkle
O. P. Wright
Dinkle
The Man Who Keeps a Menagerie Within
An aged man explains his daily burden as a living menagerie two falcons for eyes two hares for feet two hawks for hands a bridled tongue a guarded heart and a sick body to tend He remarks the constant toil wears out his strength each day.
Capturing a Giraffe
A Chicago Herald piece explains why giraffes are scarce in public zoos. It notes trapping is ineffective as long legs and neck are fragile and easily broken, and only chase until exhaustion can force a live capture into a bamboo enclosure. Shipping risks include neck entanglement and injury from spars or masts.
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Chicago Herald
Royal titles and pet names in early life
The London Standard notes royal children are never called baby by relatives or nurses. From age five a prince is styled sir and a princess madam by attendants, with children always addressed by name or a simple term rather than a baby nickname.
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London Standard
Man Who Takes His Own Medicine Is an Optimist
An advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Discovery as a cure for colds, claiming optimistic patients see relief as the medicine penetrates the throat, kills germs, and aids nature. It urges readers to buy a bottle and to get butter wrappers at Echo office.
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Dr. King
Echo Office
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Lindon W. Bates
C. E. Farrand
Decatur, Il
Rip van Winkle
George W. Gram
Warden Osborne
Anderson, Ind
A.J. Tower CO
Bre
Boston
The
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
Echo
Leavenworth
Peach Blossom Flour
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
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