Wingdale youths sweep county spelling bee honors
Wingdale students Lewis Brown and Richard Darling Rich achieved perfect scores amid a county wide spelling contest at Poughkeepsie High School on June 2. The event drew about 100 candidates from towns including Dover and cities Beacon and Poughkeepsie. Officials planned possible attendance at the New York State Fair spelling championship in Syracuse, with congratulations from Superintendents Shearer and Benson.
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George W. Brown
Wingdale
Dutchess County
Vimes
Pawling Chronicle
Lewis Brown
Richard Darling Rich
Poughkeepsie High School
Beacon
Poughkeepsie
Dover
Richard Derling
James Orniets
Shear
Dubois
Hichard Darling Suh
F. E. Benedict
Albany
Syracuse
New York State
Richard Derting
Lew
Brown
H. S. Bensor
Richand Darling
H. S. Benson
Hair restoration ad promises color by Q-Ban product
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Fes ret dane as a safe, permanent solution to gray hair with a money back guarantee. It claims even aging hair becomes even and soft and directs readers to Getal Pharmacy and other stores for purchase.
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Getal Pharmacy
Mit
Raf
Hessig-Eilis
Ce Memphis
Society Cannibal story shocks Chicago society figures
Actress Helen Raymond declares a new beware: the society cannibal. She says she married an ostensible millionaire in Buffalo in 1914 after meeting in St Louis, then left after six weeks when jewels and life promised vanished. Her divorce suit cites lavish promises turning to deception and debt.
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Tacernational News Service
Cricaco
Helen Raymond
Afrs
R. J. Perry
Buffalo
Miss Raymond
Perry
St Louis
St. Louis
Statue dispute over Uncle Sam design ends in suit
Henry Borzone sues Frederick W. Eichorn for 350090 alleging Eichorn copied Borzone’s Uncle Sam statue showing the figure carrying a flag with sleeves rolled up. Borzone claims the only change is the rolled sleeves. Copyright and design copying dispute filed in Chicago.
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International News Service
Chicago
Frederick W. Eichorn
Uncle Sam
Henry Borzone
Borzone
Eichorn
Sam
Efficiency the First Requisite in Red Cross War Work
Washington June 14 Henry P Davison chairman of the Red Cross War Council outlines plans for a $100,000,000 War Fund. The council will recruit top talent in medicine sanitation and logistics to establish mobile hospitals shipyards and supply networks, mobilize ambulances and sanitary units, aid allied and domestic relief, and extend aid to Russia and Roumania while coordinating with French authorities.
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Washington
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Seward Prosser
Red Cross War Finance Committee
Wall Street
New York City
Mir. Prosser
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Ted Cross
United States
War Council
France
Army
Navy
America
Europe
Grayson M-P. Murphy
Russia
American Red Cross
Roumania
Balkans
East
Barrage bumping newest air hazard in war
London reports a new air warfare phase called barrage bumping. British artillery fires to block German reinforcements while planes fly low to observe positions. Planes pass through own shell bursts and German shrapnel as pilots endure intense noise and danger at about 506 feet.
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3Y International News Service
London
High Angle Artissery
Peterson's Ointment Said To Cure Chronic Pile Pain
A Columbus Ohio reader touts Peterson's Ointment as lifesaving for chronic piles after trying many remedies and doctors. He reports relief in days and no return for six weeks, praising the 25c to 26c price and urging others with sores, eczema, and related conditions to try it.
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Peterson
Columbus
Ohio
Wabash College Men Enlist for Two Wars in History
International News Service reports Wabash College sent nearly its entire senior class to service in Civil War times when Lincoln called for volunteers and repeated enlistment occurred in 1917. Of fifty five seniors in 1917 only thirteen remained for commencement, with others joining the armed forces. the text notes a small remaining student body soon to don khaki.
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International News Service
Crawfordsville
Ind
Lincoln
Wabash College
Assembly Hall
Cali
Aymas
Play At Otisville Wins Much Praise
Otisville June 14 The Girl from Porto Rico a witty comedy farce at Lyceum Hall drew large audiences and praise. Cast members B Holley Curtis Carter Austin Anderson Horace Patterson Ruth Ander son Archie House honored the show with strong turns. About 50 dollars profit will be shared by Mrs Alfred Ketcham and Mrs Bailey. A note of condolence accompanies news of Mrs Mary Bates’s death at Port Jervis.
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Otisville
Porto’ Rico
Lyceum Hall
B. Holley
Robinson Dodd
Curtis Carter
Jack Jenkins
Austin Anderson
McGinty
Horace Patterson
Abraham Alice
Ruth Ander- 501
Violet
Ruth Dodge
Sera
Archie House
Jabez
Alfred Ketcham
Bailey
Ethel King
Mary Bates
Port Jervis
L. J. DeWitt
Burgalows
D. D. Campbell
Metropolis
J. J. Crane
Tymeson
Municipal Sanatorium
Eddie” Clark
New York City
H. A Holley
James J. Behan
Isabella
Charles
Joseph Bova
Wellman
Academy Avenue
Isabella Behan
Charles Roesch
Garrett Tymeson
Walter Summers
Frank P. Howser
Helen Park
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Thomas Meany
Joseph Cook
Robert Teng
Westbrookville
Norfolk
Neb
Lydia Shoemaker
Middletown
Adam A. Storck
Harold Benton
National Associacor For
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. L. Rathbun
New antiseptic aims to wash brain and blood safely
A New York report notes a chlorinated antiseptic perfected by Dr Wilfred Fralick Dr Oscar Exkstecin and Dr A C Allen that can be used in the brain abdominal cavity and directly into the bloodstream without danger Unlike the Carrel Dakin solution it may treat blood poisoning The Brooklyn Cumberland Street Hospital doctors demonstrated its use on septic glands and a skull fracture case with no pain reported by the patient
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International News Service
New York
American Medical Association
Yrebaing
Wilfred Fralick
Oscar Exkstecin
University of Berlin
A. C. Allen
University of Chicago
Cumberland Street Hospital
Brooklyn
Soctors
F. B. Fierson
Two Long Years He Suffered
A 1914 testimonial from Oximua recounts two years of constipation dizziness and headaches ending after trying Fruit-a-tives. Dan McLean reports improved appetite and relief with the product sold by Fruit atives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Oximua
Dan McLean
Fruitatives Limited
Ogdensburg
X.Y
Church Sues for Rum Sunk 119 Years Ago
International News Service reports the 1826 shipwreck of eight American sloops carrying rum to Bermuda and the West Indies. A San Pedro descendant, Mrs Addie Watkins, left her inheritance claim to the Episcopal Church Sawtelle, which now sues other heirs for their share of damages in the rum cargo loss.
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Church
International News Service
Los Angeles
Bermuda
West Indies
John Marshall
Henry Clay
France
Addie E. Watkins
SanteHe
Women Thugs In Cleveland Park Robbery Case
Four women were arrested in Cleveland as police say war era shortages drive crime. They lured a man into a park alley, beat him and stole his money, with authorities noting women taking part in such acts.
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International News Service
Cleveland, O
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