Girl Killed by Banker’s Auto in New Jersey
Four year old Gertrude Daker died after stepping into the path of a car driven by William F. Arnold, Plainfield city treasurer. Arnold was arrested for manslaughter by Public Prosecutor Silver and held for bail.
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Metuchen
N. d
Ocean Grove
N. J
William FP. Arnold
Plainfield
City National Hayl
Gertrude M. Daker
Arnold
Flaherty
Middlesex Avenue
Chet
Police Proberty
Mr.Arnold
Silver
Walter Metfield
Union County
Had Presage of Death Before Lumber Tragedy
John Husselman of Harrison New Jersey predicted danger days before a lumber yard accident. At quitting time a 30 foot pile of timber toppled. Husselman was crushed and died while fellow worker John Bissell survived with broken arms and internal injuries.
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Harrison
N. J
John Tusselman
W. McClare & Co
John Bissell
Monroe Street
Newark
Husselman
Bissell
Fusselman
Tusselman
Unreasonable Man Demands Wife Hurry for Aria
An impatient husband paces the room asking his wife to finish her toilette so they do not miss Caruso's aria in the second encore. She retorts that he is the shameless one and that she has endured delays for hours.
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Caruso
Aria
Henry Hurison
Government Plan Aims to Organize Farmers for Profit
The Department of Agriculture launches the rural organization service under Secretary Houston and Dr. Carver to solve farm disorganization. Funded by the General Education Board and Rockefeller philanthropy, the effort aims to unite farmers, improve marketing of crops, lower living costs, and remove middlemen with co operative demonstrations in the south and new markets division.
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Department of Agriculture
Education Board
Rockefeller Philanthropy
Uncle Sam
Rural Organization Service
Niousten
TN Carver
Hlurtard
Division of Markets
Houston
Carver
Farm Economics
Dr. Carver
Pacific Coast
California
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Southern Education Board
General Board
Department
South
Baldhead Club Plans Second Annual Banquet
Baldhead Club of America president Robert J. Orr held a meeting in PittsfieldMass to set October 16 as the date for the second annual banquet in Canaan Conn at a hotel run by a bald headed proprietor. John Rodemeyer editor will be toastmaster and the Karl brothers of Litchfield Conn will provide music. The club has 96 members.
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Robert J. Orr
Baldhead Club of America
Pittsfield
Mass
Canaan
Conn
John Rodemeyer
Karl Brothers
Litchfield
Franklin Essay on Liberty and Necessity Sells for 5025 in London
At a London sale a 1774 edition of Franklin's Essay on Liberty and Necessity realized 5025. Only 100 copies were printed and the suppressed edition is nearly unique with one other known copy besides the mentioned item. The copy was once bought by Henry Stevens and offered to the British Museum about fifty years ago for five dollars and later sold for fifty cents.
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London
Franklin
Henry Stevens
British Museum
The Summer Girl
poem excerpt in archaic diction comparing a summer girl to a butterfly and clouds. narrator advises the son to view her beauty with calm judgment while noting her lively, ever-changing charm. mentions breezes, tenses, and airy imagery. ends with a moral about not neglecting rivals.
Plan Fight On Currency Bill In High Stakes Debate
President Wilson presses for immediate currency reform warning of action now as he speaks to Congress. Republican Leader Mann calls the plan a jumble of ideas and vows to fight it while Democrats signal possible backing if it gains broader support. Secretary Bryan's backing could sway lawmakers allied with the commoners.
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Washington
Courtesy
Wilson
Somuenace
Congress
Representative Mann
Mann
Bryan
Collier Plans Transatlantic Flight Of Fast Hydroneplane
Robert J. Collier, New York publisher, plans a fall cross Atlantic flight in a 200 horsepower hydroplane built at Burgess Curtiss in Marblehead. The metal and aluminum craft weighs 2200 pounds, with 45 foot wings and eight foot mahogany propellers, carrying 100 miles per hour speed and 50 gallon fuel tanks.
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Robert J. Collier
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Burgess-Curtiss Aero Plant
Marblehead
Mass
Navy Department
Collier
Church Garage For Babies At Tacony Church
The Henry Disston Memorial Methodist church in Tacony Philadelphia plans a garage for baby carriages as part of its under construction facilities. Pastor Cornelius Studson says the feature will attract more families to attend services and keep carriages secure during worship. He notes many babies and 100 families with infants could attend with this amenity.
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Henry Disston Memorial Methodist
Tacony
Philadelphia
Cornelius Studson
Harvard Professor Breeds Higher Yield Tobacco Hybrid
Harvard University professor BE M. Wast reports a cross between Sumatra and Tavana garet leaves producing a tobacco hybrid with 50 percent higher yield and improved quality. The plant suits sunny districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut and another cross from broad leaf and Cuban shows even higher yield and potential quality gains.
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Harvard
BE. M. Wast
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Classified Ads Offer Great Deals Daily
Daily notices urge readers to check the classified section for bargains. Listings promise useful items at low prices, urging careful reading to grab a good buy.
Monopoly Not Always Evil Bill Seeks Railroad Monopoly Forms
Washington June 24 A bill by Representative Levy of New York would legalize certain railroad combines under interstate commerce commission supervision. The measure argues some monopolies could benefit public interests by suspending Sherman anti trust law when appropriate.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Representative Levy
New York
Two Girls Die of Poison in Chicago Mercury Tablet Alert
Chicago physicians call for quick action to restrict sale of mercury tablets after two young girls die within 24 hours and a third is hospitalized. Doctors fear an epidemic via bichloride route as public concern grows around the Dr. Sanders Walker case in Macon Georgia.
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Chicago
Sanders Walker
Macon
Tax on Opium Set at 200 Dollars a Pound in U S
The House Ways and Means Committee approved Rep Francis Burton Harrison's bill to tax smoking opium at 200 dollars per pound manufactured in the United States. Importation is already banned. The measure imposes heavy fines and prison terms for violations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
United States
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Lowat
Son
Arthur James
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Calle Gill
Atlantic
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Willard C. Wiseman
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