Man's Will Names Diamond Ring to Stenographer and Cash to Nurse
In New York a will dated April 21 1914 filed in surrogate court leaves widow Gertrude F Deans $20. The stenographer Margaret Dorothee Klinger receives 1000 and the testator’s diamond ring to be fashioned into a ring worn in memory of him. The residue goes to Mary Susan Hill who is named executrix. Cremation is directed and ashes placed in a silver jar under $100 value. Separate notes mention Centralia school funds and Quincy silica development by American Mill & Produce Co.
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New York
George de Wolf Deans
New York Central Railroad
Edgecombe Avenue
Gertrude F Deans
Margaret Dorothee Klinger
Mary Susan Hill
Rubberneck trip cheers rescued seamen at New York harbor
In New York the Seamen's Church Institute arranged a morale boosting rubberneck tour for 40 seamen saved from torpedoed ships. The voyage drew 500 applicants, with a diverse crew from Russia Sweden Britain Netherlands Norway and Italy aboard. A Dutch cabin boy trio from California will be sent home to Holland. Mrs Jeannette Roper served as chaperon aboard.
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New York
Merchant Marine
Seamen's Church Institute of
South Street
Wilds
George B. Vanderpool
Riverside Drive
Central Park
Carl Podin
Tower of Babel
California
Holland
Jeannette Roper
Institute
Poodle Betsy Finds Cool Haven Under Icebox
A Norwegian born poodle named Betsy, living in Philadelphia for her first summer, could not stand heat above 80. She hid under the icebox to stay cool, spending most of her day there and drinking ice water from the pan.
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Philadelphia
Betsy
Norway
Bend man kills cougar with bare hands in chase
J Donovan of Bend Oregon says he fought a mad cougar while receiving Pasteur treatment in a Portland office. The beast sprang from a rock and knocked him to the ground before he suffocated it with a grip on its throat after a desperate struggle.
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Portland
Ore
J. Donovan
Bend
Pasteur
Donovan
Cat Hunts Rabbits in Alexandria Fire Chief’s Hunting Cat
Alexandria Indiana. Fire Chief J. F. Merker owns a rabbit hunting cat. In two nights Tom mie delivered two large rabbits to the Merker rear door. Friends seek permission to use the hunting cat when the season opens.
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Alexandria
Ind
J. F. Merker
Tommie
Merker
Marooned on Island Near Cody Details Stranded for 22 Days
Cody Wyoming reports David Grootch a Jonesboro Arkansas stenographer told Undersheriff Walter Barber he was marooned twenty two days on a small island in the Shoshone River near Cody. He survived on water only after memory loss left him stranded beneath a wagon road. He lay in tinderbrush till a passerby found him.
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Cody
Wyo
David Grootc
Jonesboro
Ark
Walter Barber
Grootch
Bedrooms for granaries in Wilson county wheat boom
Neodosha Kansas reports show Wilson county farmers harvesting record wheat yields. William Rankin may thresh over 10,000 bushels and Mrs Dora Long's farm produced 7500 with barns filled forcing use of two farmhouse bedrooms as storage. Oats yield 90 to 95 bushels per acre amid high prices and potential millions in gains.
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Neodosha
Kan
Wilson County
William Rankin
Dora Long
Mr. Farmer
Great Northern Lumber Co
Weather forecast expert sought for French front
General Pershing in France needs a meteorological expert for the signal corps to forecast weather and equip allied forces. General George Squier testified before the house appropriations committee that new war branches require advanced weather services and equipment used by French and British armies.
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Washington
Pershing
France
War Department
George O. Squier
Signal Corps
House Appropriations Committee
General Squier
Signal Service
Did My Best For Ireland Statement From Redmond Brother
London, William H. K. Redmond brother of John Redmond, Irish leader killed in Belgium, left 1916 dated statement through his solicitor in Ireland. He expresses faith, devotion to Ireland, and belief joining the Irish brigade to France was for Ireland’s welfare.
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London
William H. K. Redmond
John Redmond
Belgium
Ireland
Irish Brigade
France
Indiana walnut timber aids British war effort in France
Noblesville Indiana sawmill operator ID Neber is supplying walnut timber for British war matériel. Thirty carloads of walnut lumber will be used to build airplanes and gun stocks on the western front. A. L. Purser bought 25 000 feet of walnut timber near Nora at six dollars and fifty cents per hundred feet.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton County
France
ID. I. Neber
Neher
A. L. Purser
Nora
Digging Up Morse and Marconi in Laughing Debate
In Scranton Archie Reeves and Burgess Richards of Lansford argue about telegraphy history. Reeves recalls a Scottish castle wreck yielding wires implying early telegraph use. Richards counters that a Welsh castle yielded no wires, suggesting early wireless knowledge.
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Morse
Marconi
Scranton
Archie Reeves
Burgess Richards
Lansford
Archie
Scotland
Wales
Perfect man from Maine leads New England aviator candidates
Boston notes that Thomas James Abernethy of West Pembroke Maine ranked atop 1999 New England applicants chosen for aviation instruction after Professor Muensterberg found him mentally perfect. The list is alphabetized and Abernethy plans to pursue aviation rather than family business.
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Boston
Thomas James Abernethy
West Pembroke
Muensterberg
New England
Harvard
Abernethy
Occupations for Injured Soldiers Debated by Therapy Group
New York officials discuss vocational education for returning disabled soldiers. Dr. W. R. Dunton urges government action to train crippled veterans in adaptable crafts like cabinet making and wicker work, enabling work even from a chair and after convalescence. Light carpentry could yield commercial value, such as building bird cages.
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New York
National Society For the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
Russell Sage Foundation
W. R. Dunton
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Maryland
Dunton
Steel from his leg shocks Philadelphia inmate
Bernard Hughes, a 70 year old inmate at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, had a two inch long steel splinter removed from his right ankle. He said he believed the piece was carried to his leg during the San Francisco earthquake and remained unnoticed until it later caused pain.
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Philadelphia
Bernard Hughes
The
Little Sisters of the Poor
Eighteenth and
Jefferson Streets
Hughes
San Francisco
Precaution by France on German postcard requests
Paris reports the French government warns citizens against providing illustrated postcards to German prisoners in France. The requests likely come from German authorities and could aid bombing targets. Citizens are advised not to send such cards to neutral countries friendly with Germany.
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Paris
France
Germany
Keep Cool to Study Well in Boston Schools
Boston school principals are urged to save coal for health and study. Superintendent Franklin B. Dyer distributed a circular noting fresh air and cool temperatures aid learning and health, as long as temperatures stay above 60 degrees.
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Boston
Franklin B. Dyer
London Opens Arms to American Boys
London teems with American soldiers and sailors who are warmly welcomed as they mingle with locals and other Allied troops. The crowds accompany their furloughs by flowers, indulgent hospitality, and visits to top hotels while Britons guide and celebrate their presence.
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London
Piccadilly
United States
Familiar face meets familiar name in chance encounter
In Hopkinsville Kentucky a man in Buffalo, Vega, is surprised by a stranger who recognizes his face as familiar. The meeting marks a twelve year gap since they last saw each other as Vega explains they are brothers. In Canton Ohio, Mrs J Himes, recently named honorary captain of Company Eighth Ohio, adopts soldiers families and pledges to care for their children during the soldiers’ absence.
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Hopkinsville
Vexo
Canton. O
J. H. Himes
Canton
Eighth Ohio
Lassoed 1000 Pound Grizzly in Santa Fe Forest
A thousand pound female grizzly bear was lassoed in the Santa Fe national forest by U. S. Biological Survey trapper J. F. P. McMullen. The bear, famed for killing many cattle, was dragged by a 45 pound trap and six foot drag and presented to ranchers and tourists before a death shot.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Santa Fe National Forest
J. F P. McMullen
United States Biological Survey
McMullen
Mountain View Ranch
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