Janitors Salaries Slashed by Ten Percent
School board members voted Tuesday to cut janitors pay by 10 percent to trim operating costs. The cut excludes extra help and those earning 20 dollars monthly, affecting head janitor 122.86, second 108.70, third 99.00, and two night janitors at 90.99 each. Reverend Shafer questioned why night workers earn far less, noting heavy nighttime duties. The board defended daytime building responsibility during school hours.
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Wnn
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
D. P. Shafer
Brazilian President Arthur Bernardes Emerges as Strong Leader
Brazil installs Arthur Bernardes as president, marking him as a strong figure in the South American republic. The intellectualist leader joins national politics with a powerful presence shaping early policy and international stance.
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Brazil
Arthur Bernardes
South American Republic
Elect Ligo Head Janitor At Junior High Building
S.G. Ligo of 202 Pina street was elected head janitor at the new Benjamin Franklin Junior High by the school board. John McGaughey was named assistant third janitor. second janitor position remains open. Head salary set at 132,860. second 108.70. other janitors 90.00.
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S.G. Ligo
Pina Street
Benjamin Franklin Junior High
John McGaughey
Ligo
Measles and Pink Eye Prevalent Among School Children
Emma Dodds, school nurse, reported to the school board on Tuesday evening that measles and pink eye were prevalent in May among students. The May cases included suspected measles 15, suspected mumps 12, chicken pox 2, pink eye 2, impetigo 10, lacerated wounds 10, burns 2, stomach issues 4, poll? 2, meningitis following measles 1, pneumonia 2, rheumatism 1, tuberculosis 1, swollen glands 1, peditulus capitif 5, and heart trouble 2.
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Emma Dodds
Witchcraft Book Printed in England in 1682
Toledo reports Joseph Glanvil's Saduclamus Triumphatus published in 1682 in two parts. It discusses spirit phenomena and witchcraft with shameless seals and table rippings. One copy in Toledo, another in New York, once owned by Cotton Mather.
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Toledo
Joseph Glanvil
England
New York City
Cotton Mather
Erie Co Grapes Best Frees Self of Disease
Harrisburg June 14 Prof J G Sanders director of the bureau of plant industry reports from Erie county that the grape and fruit crop is in splendid condition and that extensive disease control has been achieved. He notes that forty power sprayers have been sold and put into service by a local firm across the 89 000 acres of fruit growing district.
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Harrisburg
J. G. Sanders
Bureau of Plant Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Erie County
Saanders
Thirteen HooDoo For This Fowl
Mrs N L Anderson of Fitchburg Massachusetts hatched thirteen eggs after a hen abandoned her nest. A hot water bottle was used as an improvised incubator and six healthy chicks now roam the yard.
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International News Service
Fitchburg
Maass
N. L. Anderson
Fly Trap Lands Him In White House Cage
A Kansas City man named Hugh Welty arrives at the White House with a cage and claims a new fly trap will rid the world of flies in two days. He offers $5,000,000 to the president to launch the device, prompting secret service involvement and bemused officials as coverage notes ongoing political chatter.
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Fly Trap
White House
Washington
Kansas City
Hugh Welty
Secret Service
Mr. Welly
Mr. Welty
Colonel Starling
Official Asten
Welty
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