Regulation to curb auto parking near fire hydrants
New ordinance proposed to regulate parking across New Castle, prohibiting autos within 50 feet of fire hydrants and banning parking on Water Street East Street and Neshannock near Washington Street. Some streets and the East Washington Street bridge to be restricted at certain times. Council plans to introduce the measure next week at the mayor and police chief request.
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New Castle
Water Street
East Street
Neshannock Avenue
Washington Street
East Washington Street
Boys Earn Money To Join The Red Cross
The 11 boys from the Second U P church Sunday school taught by Robert Whitla earned money to join the American Red Cross. Known as The Hustlers, they showed notable patriotism as Mr Whitla matched their earnings so each member joined the Lawrence county chapter and now wears campaign buttons.
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U. P. Church
Robert Whitla
American Red Cross Society
Whitla
Lawrence County
Julian R Williams to stop taking piano organ pupils
Julian R Williams son of Dr and Mrs M B Williams recently moved from Lincoln Neb to visit his parents and begin piano and organ classes He will not take any more pupils after July 1 He runs a residence studio at his parents home and uses the organ in Greer music hall for instruction The paragraph notes Chile hosts the world’s greatest iodine works with an annual output of 490000 pounds.
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Julian R. Williams
M. B. Williams
Lincoln
Neb
Williams
Greer Music Hall
Chile
Save Cigar Ashes Is Recommended
The war teaches nations to reuse waste as Germany’s potash supply vanishes. Prof Burrell of London shows that tobacco ashes contain potash and phosphorus, with 20 percent potash and 5 to 6 percent phosphorus extractable. He cites high ash yields from cigars, cigarettes, and pipes and estimates large potential UK and US tonnage and value if ashes are collected for chemical use.
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Germany
France
England
United States
B. A. Burrell
London
Burrell
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mystery of eel explained in Century Magazine excerpt
Ed win Bjorkman notes that the eel’s mating mystery has been solved and used to shroud life in further mystery. The text maps eel breeding grounds across the North Atlantic triangle of Farie islands, Azores, and Bermuda, with eels born deep in cold midsea depths under immense pressure.
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Edwin Bjorkman
Century Magazine
North Atlantic
Farie Islands
Azores
Bermuda
Rain Not Due To Gunfire Says Harvard Professor
Professor Alexander McAdie of Harvard challenges the idea that heavy gunfire can make rain. He explains that rain is caused by dust particles lifted into upper air currents, which promote condensation. He notes volcanoes can trigger rain, but gunfire would require far greater scale to affect weather.
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Alexander McAdie
Harvard
Krakata
Metal Substitutes Are Now Wanted
The price rise of common metals prompts manufacturers to seek substitutes or alloys. Bureau of Standards input guides such substitutions, noting many factors—manufacturing quirks, durability, and chemical properties—shape viable choices. The inquiry opens a wide research field with potential high returns.
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Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Scientific American
Beggars Arrested in New York for Wealthy Alms
Several beggars who for Sundays confined themselves to stopping people on their way to church for alms were arrested in New York City. A search at police headquarters revealed each carried a large roll of bills, and one allegedly held deeds to several valuable parcels of land.
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New York City
Thief’s Failed Safe Cracking at Penn Coal Office
A would be safe cracker broke into the Penn Coal and Supply office at 910 Moravia Street last night. He pried a rear window, unlocked the door, and used a V shaped clamp to attack the safe but left without stealing cash, causing about 50 dollars in damage.
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Penn Coal and Supply Company
Moravia Street
Penn
Canton
Burns
Bender Coal Companies
Levine
Patterson
Penn Company
Killing Cutworms In War Gardens
Article explains cutworms as pests harming crops, active at night and hiding in soil. It details a poison bran mash recipe using wheat bran paris green lemons or oranges molasses and methods to apply it to gardens and fields to prevent cutworm damage.
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Paris
Decorating Cannon To Fool The Enemy
The Bataillon de du Camoufle in France hides munitions by painting and shaping decoys. Artists impersonate trees, roads, and shelters to mislead enemy planes, with leaders like Foran and sculptors such as Bouchard and Landowski coordinating fakery.
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France
Mme
Bernhardini-Sjostedt
Cartoons Magazine
Versailles
Foran
No Man's Land
Bouchard
Calvin
Geneva
Landowski
Stolen Blankets Reported From Auto on Lincoln Ave
James Duff of 310 Locust street reported to the police last night that two woolen blankets were taken from his car parked on Lincoln avenue near the high school. Police were given a description of the missing blankets.
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James Duff
Locust Street
Lincoln Avenue
Blue Glass Keeps Flies Out in Lighted Rooms
English experimenters report that rooms with blue glass windows seen from the outside deter flies, while white, yellow, or orange windows invite them. They conclude flies see blue as dark and seek light in other colors, proposing blue louvers for ventilated spaces to reduce screens.
Ringworm Vaccine For Barbers' Itch Progress Report
Drs. Engman and McGarry of St. Louis report two severe ringworm cases in Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital cured in fifty six days by six injections of Strickler's vaccine given under the skin between the shoulders. They state results are striking and superior to methods used before.
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M. F. Engman
R. A. McGarry
St. Louis
Journal of the American Medical Association
Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital
Strickler
Manipulating the Alphabet in Local Volunteer Canvass
A local volunteer captain explains a brief canvass method to recruit under the new act focusing on Classes A B and C. Corporal Jones demonstrates with a clipped example and a joke about reversing classes. An electrically driven envelope sealing machine is noted as having been perfected.
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Jones
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D. McGoun
Sport Oxfords
Herb D. McGou
Atrenal
Arthur R. Christie
United States Army
Government Aviation School
Ashburn, II
Science
Midocean
Haney Furniture 66
Best Furniture Store
Kot
Willow Rockers
Dan’s
Fountain Inn
Jefferson Ave
Corporal Jones
Ben
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