American help marks cornerstone of first rebuilt village in France
Ambassador William Graves Sharp laid the cornerstone for the first rebuilt houses at Vitrimont in Meurthe et Moselle. financier Mrs. Crocker of San Francisco funded the project, with Daisy Polk supervising. Masons faced wage demands but resolved them. villagers, soldiers, and local officials attended as reconstruction advances.
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Vitriment
France
Sharp
Mre
Thia Village
Ata
Gerbeviller
Troyed
William Graves Sharp
William H. Crocker
San Francisco
Misa Daisy Polk
Vitrimont
Leon Pobe
M. Mirman
Nancy
Meurthe-et-Moselle
New Bell for Columbia to mark 1918 commencement
Columbia students will gain a university bell at the 1918 commencement, replacing the old locomotive bell used for chapel signals. The new bell weighs about 2000 pounds and will be mounted over St. Paul’s chapel portico to strike the hours and serve as a commemorative landmark. In Gotham, a separate note mentions a modern counterpart to Samson stealing gates, with 500 pound bronze pieces reportedly removed from Cooper Square prompting a detective bureau inquiry.
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York
Columbia
Columbia College
Madison Avenue
Forty Ninth Street
St. Paul’s ‘Chapel
Ramesa Hay
New York
Samson
Gaza
Cooper - Square
Ithe‘detective Bureau
Harvard Men Smoke Less and Ream Less
Harvard metrics show a decline in tobacco use among students in the test year. The report notes fewer cigarettes and cigars smoked by Harvard men and a drop in billiards play, with curious variations in reading habits among the student body.
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Harvard
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Grison
Upper Hudson Protective Society Formed to Guard Estates
A group led by Vincent Astor Frederick Vanderbilt Robert Huntington and John S Roosevelt filed a certificate for the Upper Hudson Protective Society in Poughkeepsie N Y to guard country estates of wealthy New Yorkers from burglars. Detectives and watchmen will be engaged and the society will cooperate with officials to enforce law and offer rewards for arrests.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Warren Delano
Barrytown
Archibald Rogers
Hyde Park
Tracy Dows
Rhinebeck
Herman Livingston
Greendale
Thomas Hunt
Clermont
Upper Hudson
Astor
Boy Six Years Old Is Mathematical Prodigy
Findlay newspapers report six year old Roy Fork in first grade at West State Street School as a mathematical prodigy. Teacher Miss Helen Gaskill notes his calendar mastery, rapid date calculations, and instinctive month knowledge without formal teaching. He can determine birth years from ages and days of the week from dates with perfect accuracy.
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Roy
Thomas B. Rowland
Rowland
Virginia
Coney Island
Pedding
Salvatore Petroni
Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
Petroni
Suffolk
Leper Revolt at San Lazaro Hospital
In Havana the lepers at San Lazaro hospital resisted a transfer to Martel, threatening violence. After hours of negotiations a promise to move them to a new facility under construction led most inmates to board ambulances, many weeping. Reports say more than twenty may have escaped during the talks.
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Havana
San Lazaro Hospital
Martel
Baving
San Lazaro
Julia Shepard Seeks Wife in Massachusetts
Julia Shepard of Derry New Hampshire, a prosperous farmer, travels to Holyoke and Massachusetts to find a wife, saying he is twenty seven, earns well, and wants a real home, inviting letters from interested women.
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Boston
Julia Shepard
Derry
N.H
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Alice Bennett Celebrates 105th Birthday in Brooklyn
Mrs. Alice Bennett marked her 105th birthday at home in Brooklyn and enjoyed a Christmas dinner with her son, daughter, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Only her daughter was away, while the rest of the family joined the celebration during the holidays.
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New York
Alice Bennett
Brooklyn
Jail Empty for First Time in Seventy-Five Years at Cole
Jefferson City Missouri reports the Cole jail has no prisoners. The last inmate was discharged recently, marking the first time in seventy-five years the jail has been empty. Records show a usual prisoner count ranging from five to twenty five.
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Jefferson City
Cole
Jal
Women sweep Umatilla into new city leadership
In Umatilla Oregon a woman mayor four women on the city council a woman recorder and a woman treasurer were elected to take office January 1. The men supported by a single man in the post of town marshal face unlikely chances with 174 of 200 votes cast. The new regime vows a strictly business administration and economy.
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Kansas City
Umatilla
Ore
Starcher
Cox Wins License on Credit for Macon Marriage
Simon Cox could not pay for a marriage license in Macon Georgia so attorney Herbert I Rawls guaranteed the fee. Rawls and Cox secured a license for Cox and Miss Elia Hardy of East Macon with Cox promising payment in a few days.
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Macon
Simon Cox
Cox
Hubert I. Rawls
Rawls
Elia Hardy
East Macon
Train Robbers Foiled By Mail Pouch Hook
Alfred Lorenzo Yonkers mail carrier notified police that two thieves toppled him at the depot and attempted to seize a pouch of registered matter. A projecting hook on the mail car grabbed the pouch as the express train passed at forty five miles an hour, saving the pouch and letting Lorenzo escape with minor injuries before the robbers fled.
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New York
Alfred Lorenzo
Yonkerg
Lorenzo
Utopia Finds No Poor as Christmas Basket Funds Lie Idle
The Jefferson Democratic club in Utopia Flushing New York reported no needy residents after a drive. The group raised 1500 dollars for holiday baskets but has a thousand dollars unspent and awaits instructions on use.
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Utopia
Flushing
N. Y
New York
Manhattan
Jefferson Democratic Club
Democratic Club
Fifty-cent Bid for 11000 Diamonds, Police Say
New York police report a man stole 11 000 worth Brazilian diamonds from the steamer Yasari and offered 60 cents for the lot as a failed sale. He confessed to the theft and left the scene, later attempting to contact the company.
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New York
Washington
Geometra Laundry
The Temperance Wave and Prohibition Push
The piece argues liquor interests panic as Illinois Indiana Iowa and Michigan move pro prohibition laws while national leaders push nationwide adoption and the Supreme Court upholds anti shipping and advertising bans. It claims John Barleycorn will be driven from the country soon.
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
U. S Supreme Court
John Barleycorn
When We Have Nothing to Say We Say It Differently
A reflective piece arguing that silence can preserve friendships and that restraint in expressing opinions avoids unnecessary friction. It urges choosing restraint over forceful articulation to keep social harmony.
Carbon Paper Largo Sheets for Transferring Embroidery
A classified item lists carbon paper Largo sheets intended for transferring embroidery patterns and other designs available at the Herald Office.
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Herald Office
Notice of Publication is For Nonresident Defendant Hightshoe
State of Olinois Clark County Circuit Court March Term 1917 Thomas Hightshoe sues Viola Hightshoe for divorce nonresident defendant must appear March 12 1917 or decree by default will be entered. Marshal Illinois February 5 1917 Jay Swern Clerk Compt’s Sol T Holk.
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State of
Olinois
Clark County
Circuit Court
Thomas Hightshoe
Viola Hightshoe
Viola Hightshop
Marshall
Sinois
Bill
Timote
Jay ‘Swern
Bill to distribute hog cholera serum state owned
Representative C A Gregory of Lovington pushes a measure to end free serum and have the state manufacture and sell for cost. The aim is to expand Springfield laboratory capacity to meet demand, tighten inspection, and curb irregular private supply. State veterinarian Dr C B Dyson says hog cholera losses exceed foot and mouth disease ravages, and proper serum distribution aids meat conservation.
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C. A. Gregory
Lovington
General Assembly
Springfield
C. B. Dyson
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