New York Immigrant Boom Shapes Nation and City
The National Geographic bulletin notes 33 million immigrants in 144 years, with 11 million born Black or foreign born. New York City houses three of four residents born abroad or of foreign birth, driving public health, education and job programs. Vocational education aids the immigrant youth toward economic independence while city schools handle thousands of language groups and connect graduates to work.
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Memorial to Farragut Window at U S Naval Academy
Memorial window honoring Admiral David Glasgow Farragut will be placed in the chapel at Annapolis. The design depicts his Mobile Bay actions urging divine guidance and to sail over the torpedoes. Presented by Naval Academy graduates.
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Mechanics Drive Spike in Muncie Marriage Licenses
In Muncie Indiana the first quarter saw 170 marriage licenses issued with 127 to mechanics laborers and farmers. Clerks and other salary workers showed far fewer marriages amid a shift toward mechanical occupations.
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Births Surpass Deaths in Washington-Births Region 1918
Census Bureau reports 1,863,649 births and 1,014,620 deaths in the registration area in 1918. Infant mortality fell slightly to one in ten. male infant deaths exceeded female by 23 percent. Twin births reached 15,342 pairs and 147 triplets were counted. first-borns numbered 345,027 while the twentieth or more child appeared in 58 cases.
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Lion and Lamb Bond Amid Farmyard Tale in Marion County
A dog in Marion County mothered two orphan lambs after her puppies were taken away. The dog cared for the lambs, seeking them out and nursing them, a striking example of animal empathy.
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Belled Buzzard Spotted in Indiana After Long South
Carl Taylor of Milltown reports sighting the famed Belled Buzzard in Indiana, marking its farthest northward reach after thirty years of sightings in the South. The bird reportedly wears a bell like those on sheep, a curious feature noted by observers.
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Grave Traps Kill Six Mashuds on Abyssinian Frontier
British officers set a grave trap on the Abyssinian border to deter Mashuds who desecrated buried soldiers. A grave appeared to hold a British officer but contained gun cotton and explosives. Six tribesmen died and a survivor detailed the incident. Syrian garets noted as valued stones.
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Redwoods National Park Move Spurs Conservation League
Lawmakers consider assigning Sequoia Sempervirens land in California for a national park and possible donation to the United States. The debate touches jurisdiction over forest reserves and the creation of a Save the Redwoods League as public support grows nationwide.
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Senators and their playful nicknames in the U S Senate
A humorous look at how Washington reporters nickname members of the Senate calling Hitchcock “Twitchy-Stoo” and Lodge “Cabbage” while others are known as “Polonius” “Sweetheart” and “The Dev orator” revealing human quirks behind politics.
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Old Veterans Prove Ability At High Ages In Public Notice
In a pension discussion a letter cites veterans aged 82 to nearly 100, highlighting active lives. Comrade W B Bayne at Dayton Home and figures like Cannon, Jefferson, Humboldt, Galileo, Vanderbilt, and Watterson illustrate continued achievement. The Pleasant Hill post reports 17 veterans averaging 80 years 11 months at a recent meeting.
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Dewey House on Rhode Island Ave Becomes Shop
The 1747 Rhode Island Avenue home given to Admiral George Dewey in 1899 is sold out of the family and is being converted into a store. The dismantling permit goes to Frances Pitney of New Jersey, wife of John Ballantyne Pitney, with ties to Supreme Court Justice Mahlon Pitney.
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Scientists Debate One Universe or Many Universes
A National Academy of Sciences session featured a split among astronomers over whether there is a single vast universe or a league of independent universes. Dr Heber Curtis argued for multiple universes, while Dr Harlow Shapley advocated a single immense universe larger than previous estimates.
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Odd Advances and Curiosities From Early Inventions
Various 19th century ideas range from timber insulation and decay resistance to new spring devices recording work, automatic parcel post weighing, and shipboard sulphur oxide fumigation. Reports include cloth mimicry from slaughtered hide, tea licensing quirks, turquoise talismans, and costied women’s outerwear outfits priced in Philadelphia.
Inherits Ten Million From Late Captain Lamar Estate
Alice Antoinette De Lamar of New York inherits ten million dollars from the estate of the late Captain Joseph Lamar. The estate shows an increase of eight million eight hundred forty seven thousand seven hundred twenty dollars in the reported period.
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Ting
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de Tamir
Evicted Widow Receives Marriage Proposals in Newark Tent Colony
Margaret Staunton, the first evicted tenant to move into a Newark tent colony, has received three marriage proposals from men seeking a wife. They knew she is a widow with four children and read of her eviction.
Anne Boleyn Clock Relics and Walpole Auction Notes
A Windsor clock linked to Anne Boleyn bears the motto Dien et mon aroun and the initials FL Aw. It measured four inches deep and ten inches high, once bought by Queen Victoria for 551 dollars at Strawberry Hill in 1842. Diplomatic Room Restored: Bainbridge Colby ordered reconversion of the State Department’s diplomatic room from wartime offices to restore its use for formal events and treaty exchanges.
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