Opium Ring Smuggling By American Ring In London Women
London reports a world wide drug cartel led by Americans that uses film tins and pellet forms to smuggle opium into the United States and distribute through London docks and New York. The network targets society women and actors, evading English law with disguised trade and lax penalties.
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China
India
Egypt
London
Soho
West End
Ring
United States
England
East
America
Limehouse Causeway
San Francisco
Morris M
South Africa
Joburg
Cape Town
Rosenthal
Lost Chicago girl found in Wisconsin domestic work
Fourteen year old Etta Bollonerno, sought for a year in a nationwide search after vanishing from Chicago, was found in Merton Wisconsin working as a domestic. Sheriff Sleep notified her mother Mrs Anna Bollonerno in Chicago. The girl offered no reason for leaving home and had traveled from Chicago to Milwaukee before taking the position with former Sheriff Peter Snyder in Merton. The mother then took her daughter back to Chicago. The widow and reputedly wealthy mother arrived to recover her child.
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Peter Snyder
Bollonerno
Chicago
Married by Fake Preacher in Reading Remarriage
Sylvester Rose, an electrical engineer, and his wife Elsie Helen Arnold were remarried in Reading after learning their first ceremony in Cleveland was performed by a man posing as a minister. The imposter was convicted of fraud, prompting the couple to wed again in civil ceremony.
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Reading
Sylvester Rose
Elsie Helen Arnold
Rose
Miss Arnold
Cleveland
Gold Dust Sack Travel Leads to Potsdam After 16 Years
A sack of gold dust mailed in 41899 traveled thousands of miles over 16 years. It began in Dawson City, Alaska, sent by Frank Wires to Christopher Lalone in Potsdam after passing through Schenectady, Terre Haute, Seattle, Southern California, and Alaska. Three tags with 20 addresses accompanied the sack as it wandered before reaching Lalone.
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Watertown
Christopher Lalone
Potsdam
Lalone
Dawson City
Alaska
Frank Wires
Wires
Schenectady
Dawson
Terre Haute
Ind
Seattle
California
Alagka
Garrison Leaves Wilson Cabinet in Resignations
Washington reports Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison and Assistant Secretary Henry Breckenridge have tendered their resignations to President Wilson. Wilson accepted Garrison’s resignation citing policy disputes and Philippine amendments. Breckenridge’s resignation similarly accepted. A critical juncture is noted as the administration weighs national defense policy and military strategy.
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Washington
Dindley M. Garrison
Henry Breckenridge
Wilson
Garrison
Continental Army
Clark
War Department
Lindsey M. Garrison
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Tion
Lindley M. Garrison
Secretary of War
Breckenridge
Mr. Breckenridge
President Wilson
Garrison urges clear national force policy over Hay plan
Lindley M. Garrison argues that supporting Hay’s military program would betray national defense and mislead the public. He urges President to declare that only national forces under federal control can settle the issue, warning of illusory outcomes and political backlash.
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Hay
Mr. Hay
Lindley M. Garrison
Seed Corn Week Proclaimed for Iowa Farmers
Governor Clarke designates February 28 to March 4 as Seed Corn Week to urge testing of seed corn and public focus on improving seed vitality. Also reports Iowa fire losses in 1916, census updates, state contests, and measures affecting rail shipments, hog cholera, and reformatories.
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George W. Clarke
Bankera
Iowa
Job
O. O. Roe
Clarke
Guthrie County
Page County
A. A. Swan
Witty
Shenandoah
Clarinda
Panora
Stuart
Guthrie Center
Iowa Animal Health Commission
Illinois
Towa
Shaping the Tree and Pruning Principles
The article explains pruning to control height by trimming new growth each year. It notes each tree variety has its own growth pattern and pruning style. It discusses increasing corn yields through better farm practices and modest investment.
Truth About Soil Study Reveals Soil Truths
A brief note emphasizes that understanding soil requires direct study and observation. It argues that exploration, testing, and sustained attention are essential to uncovering accurate information about soil properties and health.
Charcoal in Rations for Hens and Hogs
Charcoal enhances poultry and hog rations. Cob charcoal is easily produced on any farm and should be kept available for hens and hogs as a beneficial additive.
Iowa Farm Optimism and Local Obituaries in State News
J F F Deems on a 200 acre Burlington model farm aims to raise net income to 50 dollars per acre annually, claiming $36 per acre already. Osmond O Stole longtime Story City postmaster dies at 70 after service under Taft and Wilson. Phyllis Starkweather 3 dies swallowing a pencil. Pella High students pledge no smoking with improved conduct. Col William Peters Hepburn dies at 82 in Clarinda after long public life. Fort Dodge reports reduced crime after saloon closures. Fort Madison Farm Tool Co wins 30 609 hoes contract for South Africa after Britain halted supplies.
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Deems
Iowa
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Roland
Story City
Stole
Jie
Taft
Wilson
Culd
Phyllis Starkweather
Muscatine
Pella High School
William Peters Hepburn
Congress
Clarinda
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
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