Genius to Be Appreciated in New York
In the Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York a practical psychology experiment seeks to locate gifted children in the lower East Side who lack funds or health and cultivate their talents. Jacob Teller leads the program through the Stuyvesant Neighborhood House nine to clubs, with support from local teachers and Jewish Charities federations. The aim is to identify early promise, provide rigorous guidance, and abandon efforts if the child shows promise only in art or other fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stuyvesant Neiphborhood House
Stuyvesant
Ninth Streets
Jacob Chester Teller
Spcial Settlement
Lower East Side
Teller
Federation of Jewish Charities
Pink-Headed Duck Quest Aids New York Museum Exhibit
Col J C Faunthorpe, famed hunter and former British envoy aide in Washington, begins a multi thousand mile trek in Assam Bengal French Indo China and Jungnah to secure specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. Arthur Vernay leads the expedition from Calcutta seeking the pink headed duck and other rare Indian fauna for display. Despite prior finds of elephants rhinoceros and tigers no pink headed duck white winged wood duck or lion has yet been captured.
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Hiladelphia
Col. J. Co. P Faunthorpe
Washington
American Maseum of Natural History
New York
American Museum
Faunthorpe
Assam
Bengal
French Indo- China
Tuok Plateau
Jungadah
Colonel Faunthorpe
Calcutta
Arthur S. Vernay
Vernay
British Indian Service
England
India
Speehmens
Jungndah
Courthouse arson case ends with lengthy sentence
Samuel Souder once popular in Lincoln county is sentenced to 15 to 20 years in the state penitentiary for arson at the courthouse and for alleged embezzlement as county treasurer. He faces over a hundred counts of embezzlement and forged documents amid dramatic courtroom scenes and appeals plans.
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Oath Platte
Samuel Souder
Lincoln County
State
Souder
Sander
Tewell
North Platte
Malign Influence Surrounding Clara Phillips After Meadows Murder
Clara Phillips the so called lady black smith sparked a chain of misfortune for nearly a dozen associates after her Montecito drive killing of Alberta Meadows. Her escape and trial triggered deaths arrests removals and illnesses among defendants deputies and relatives, while Phillips remains serving a life term in San Quentin.
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OS Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Montecito Drive
Clara
William Werrington
Cornel
Albert Tremaine
al Manning
Meadows
W. S. Treager
Elmhurst Judge Chases Love Again At Ninety
Elmhurst judge George Sawin, nearing ninety, proclaims plans to wed a second time. He recounts life lessons on women, cites a prior marriage and a romance with Arie Tell Mosher of Indiana, and notes a cataract episode during a meeting in Michigan. The tale locates Sawin as a wealthy longtime resident.
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Lmhurst
Ill
George Sawin
Judge Sawin
Elmhurst
Suayin
Lfe
Ulings
Sawin
Tie
Niles, Mich
Mosher
Hocatarner
Win
Niagara Falls to Be Dry in 1924 prediction shocks readers
The piece surveys Prof. Ulysses S. Grant and Prof. John B. Hayford at Northwestern University predicting Niagara Falls will stop flowing by 1924 due to tilting Lake Michigan. It discusses Lake Ontario levels, movable dams proposals, and potential impacts on Great Lakes commerce and regional geography including Windsor and Detroit.
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New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Ulysses S. Grant
Northwestern University
Chicago
Grant
Niagara
Lake Ontario
Niagara Gorge
Michigans
Detroit River
Lake Michignan
West End
Lake Michigan
Canadian
Trofessory Grant
Mebtean
Michigan
Canada
Windsor
Detroit
Detroi
John B. Tayford
School of Engineering
Hayford
Fessor
Sanitary District of
St. Lawrence River
Niagara River
Professor Hayford
Great Lakes
Illinois River
Lake Huron
Lake Union
Lake Superior
Ottawa Valley
Erie
Ontario
Lakes Erie
Lake Erie
Memorial to Heroes Campanile in Baton Rouge Honors World War Vets
A campanile at the entrance of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge is being built as a memorial to the university and state sons who served in World War I and did not return. The tower, Theo C. Link’s final design, honors their sacrifice.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
University
Theo. C. Link
Insane War Vet Escapes Guard on Train
Clifford L. Tate of Greensboro North Carolina, an insane former serviceman patient of the veterans bureau, escaped a guard and a straight jacket aboard a train to his brother I N Tate in Washington. He freed himself, tossed the feather casing from the jacket into a passing car, and was later found sleeping at his brother’s home after hours of search.
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Washington
Clifford L. Tate
Greensboro
N.C
I. N.tate
Aiden
Tate
Veterans’ Bureau
Atunt
Perryville
Couple Awarded 866 for Fall in Theater
In Somerset Circuit Court a verdict awarded Mrs. C M Henry 406 and her husband Dr Henry 466 for injuries suffered in a Newark Somerville theater after an usher failed to assist seating. Mrs Henry stubbed her ankle and was incapacitated for a month due to the fall.
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Somerville
N. J
Somerset
C. M. Henry
Newark
Doctor Henry
Henry
Rates of Erosion at Niagara Falls Through Time
In 1824 Lyell and Hall assessed Niagara Gorge recession near a foot per year, with the gorge length seven miles from Lewiston. Bakewell suggested three feet yearly erosion giving about 11,000 years. Hall in 1842 did a trig survey to anchor future recession readings. Woodward in 1886 estimated five feet per year implying a 7,000 year gorge formation.
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Charles Lyell
James Hall
Lewiston
Bakewell
Woodward
United States Geological Survey
Dutch Crown Prince Learns Dutch From Island Children
Former Crown Prince William of Germany, staying in Wileringen after the revolution, spent time with island fishermen’s children. He says he learned Dutch best by talking with youngsters, drawing them pictures, and playing with them, noting that children’ s curiosity drives language learning. William, forty five, has six children, the eldest eighteen.
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Wileringen
Holland
Wieringen
William
Germany
Willam
Oels
Silesia
Square Mile of Riches Drives UK Income Tax
London figures show the square mile under the City Corporation paid a quarter of the kingdoms income tax. H T McAuliffe, head of the finance committee, spoke at the Guildhall lunch as UK income tax totals reached 1.75 billion dollars for 1920 21.
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London
Corporation of
H. T. McAuliffe
City Corporation
Guildhall
United Kingdom
Japanese Thanking Volume Presented at U S Embassy
A bound volume with signatures from about half a million people from princes to beggars thanked the United States for aid sent after Japan's earthquake disaster. The volume was presented to the American embassy in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
America
Japan
Lines to Be Remembered True happiness in friends
A quotation attributed to Samuel Johnson notes that true happiness comes not from the number of friends but from the value and selectivity of those friendships. It emphasizes quality over quantity in social bonds.
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Samuel Johnson
Hens Stolen From Barn Near Schenectady
John Rifton reports 100 chickens stolen from his barn near Schenectady New York. A wallet with $700 was left at the scene and Rifton offered a bounty of seven dollars per stolen hen to any thief who returns the money.
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Schenectady
John Rifton
Cnop
Rifton
Lita Trends
It Might It Is Not Perfect World Note
A reflective line notes that the world is not perfectly right and suggests endurance may be required if it were. The remark frames a philosophical view on human experience and resilience.
Pender Alleges Harassment Over Will Settlement
James Pender Alolt, recently involved in the out of court settlement of Mrs. A. A. Gelsinger's will, says he is being pestered to death by women. He recounts letters asking for money and attention, noting multiple correspondents claim to know his finances and urge cash gifts.
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Elmhurst
Sawlo
Leura Herbert
Moshee
Methed
Sawineae
Boston
Sherman
Georgia
Clzens
Eiihurst
Bloomsburg
James Pender Alolt
A. A. Gelsinger
Danglitle
Iowa Legislature Debates Tax, Education and Pension Issues
The Iowa House and Senate adjourned for a day to honor Woodrow Wilson and passed resolutions. They approved a $1 combined fishing and hunting license with exemptions for women and youths, debated school funding caps, and considered tuition plans for state schools. A bill to update eugenics and marriage law advanced in the Senate, while efforts on insurance oversight and animal industry regulation moved forward in committee and floor actions.
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House
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D. C
America
Iowa
House of Representatives
Iowa House of Representatives
Clark
State Board of Education
Fortieth General Assembly
Gilchrist-Holdoegel
James B. Weaver
Des Moines
Kendall
Assembly
Weaver
Browne
State Insurance Department
Farm
Educational
Galagher
Socrates
O. A. Oatjes
Grundy County
Civil Service Bill Passed In Iowa House During Long Session
The Iowa House approved a civil service measure placing clerks and bailiffs under civil service and barring political activity. The session also urged Congress to back farmers with a government export corporation and McNary-Haugen style price support, while debates on game warden terms and Bible teaching in schools shaped the long proceedings.
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House
Iowa
Congress
Baliiffa
Civil Servicean
Public Safety
Bowman
Central West
Henry C. Wallase
Agriculture
Iowa Farm and Civic Notes Highlight 1920s Iowa
The report covers AdaI County achievement day in Dallas County, paving plans in Marshalltown and Scott County, a 106th birthday claim in Red Oak, and a health board urging pollution penalties. It notes a Lamont railway station completion, 1923 fire loss drop, dairy cattle values, seed corn tests, Maquoketa name origin, What Cheer school plan, and Des Moines temple plans. Also mentions Tama bovine tuberculosis tests, a vast Odeboldt ranch, and a Grinnell gravel discovery for road surfacing.
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Dallas County
Adel
Marshalltown
W. A. Wilson
Red Oak
State Board of Health
Lamont
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Maquoketa
Maquoketa River
Bear River
Commercal Club
What Cheer
J. Allen Wallis
Close Fork
Durango
Iowa State Dairy Association
Towa
Mason City
Scott County
Iowa
Union
United States
Federal Labor Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Standard Rate and Data Service
Iowa Bank Commission
Conrad Dykeman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Imperial Shrine Potentate
North America
Des Moines Shriners
Hugh I
Iowa Humane Society
Co. M. Young
Odeboldt
Sack County
Adame
Tama County
Bankers
Commercial
Toledo
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Museum
Parg
Spring Street
Tophly
Gene Hiscuiluz
Unider- Sherif
Eugene Piseuiluz
Honduras
Daamer Wielder
John Cowan
Philips
Civil Service Commission
Treager
San Quentin
Miss Arie Tell Mosher
South Bena, Ind
Globe Circling Flight
Douglis
Army Air Service
Seattle
Lleuts
Lowell H. Smith
Erik H. Nelson
Leigh Wade
Maj
F. L. Martin
Frances Hall
Crown
U. S
Trong
Buser
Town City
State Board of Control
Muscatine County
House Committee On Judiciary
C. F. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Iowa House
Code Commission
Iowa Senate
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brooking
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Federal Reserve
Des Moines Electric Company
Des Moines Automobile Club
Dea Moines
Associated Press
Iowa’ Federation of ‘Women's Clubs
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