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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
3
The Bloomington Illinois area features William Stong a twenty eight year old prodigy from Taze well county who can solve any arithmetic problem and recite vast sums. He answers complex challenges quickly including car rail totals and long distance brick counts with precise figures.
For sale a Hereford bull described as carving prices right by Charley Sumner stock. The ad notes do not write, come, and see, signed S. Rea of Riddle New Mexico. Also offers choice improved lots and directs inquiries to the State Record office. Express delivery available to any city area via Luis Escudero.
Brong recalls a gift that emerged in childhood enabling rapid problem solving that outpaced teachers and peers. He claims no mental strain, as answers appear promptly. Though offered chances to travel with a circus to showcase the skill, he has declined all such offers.
Miss Elizabeth du Puy Scott, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Hutchinson Scott, married Capt Walton Clark Jr of Company L Second regiment at Mount Gretna after sending a telegram to end an earlier engagement with James Gould Jr of Philadelphia. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Robert J Ridge with the regiment in attendance.
John Black, a Baltimore financier, leaves 275000 to Episcopal institutions and Jol Hopkins University as residuary legatees alongside a 1,000,000 estate. He disowned sister Tarret over a 40 year old marriage to Doctor Adler, a Jew, while Harriet remains estranged and Elizabeth may have forgiven her.
Amsterdam authorities push housing reform as the famous ghetto on the Zugier Zee is cleared in a drastic move. The Tend Burg quarter is emptied, with 380 new houses planned in another district and rents projected under $1.20 a week, signaling a major urban transformation in the city.
In Sranton Pennsylvania Miss Margaret Clarke a telephone operator told her mother she was attending a wedding. The next day she returned with Tack Scanton a chauffeur and revealed the wedding was theirs, a surprise for the family.
Eugene Oregon Beatrice Yoran daughter of former Mayor D A Yoran finishes 12 years of perfect attendance at the high school. She has not been absent nor tardy during her entire school career.
Classified note solicits location description and lowest cash price for a government homestead relinquishment. Mentions sender in Denton Texas and asks for response in first letter. Also lists piano for sale and a Minnesota farm inquiry with names and contact hints.
In Paris the voice of a Southern American soldier abroad asks if America will enter the war. A Black American member of the French army asks for American uniforms and expresses a strong desire to fight the Germans but to do so at home if needed. He recounts his longing to return to Norfolk and Hampton Roads and to see action under American command.
Rudolph Michelui a train rider from Birdebonn Virginia was taken into custody by Reading railroad police after using his irons to resist and escaping while attempting to flee a freight train.
An Orphiget onster from St Marys Ohio reports a rooster with a sliver of bone lodged in its cranial region. The owner John Orphat believes the fowl’s wobble is a temporary result of a disease and will improve. Neighbors and the flock observe the bird’s unusual gait with concern.
Fragmentary report from London notes military band uniforms with white tape edging and black neck gear. Mentions Nelson and Copenhagen, Nile, and Wrafilint as part of a test adoption by Nelsons seater Sak mark of mutreine for their dead.
A Paris report describes a proposal to render chloroform a compulsory part of certain medical procedures in the army. It notes cases of typhoid and linked surgical needs, with a committee warned to address whether anesthesia should be mandatory when deemed necessary by the medical authorities.
Frederick Wright, 22, described a man in a blue coat and veil as a deserter from the Royal Fusiliers. The disguise involved a womanly appearance, including a tong blue coat and white kid gloves, as he claimed to be a valet who fled the army and wore female clothes.
Edward T. Kuhn and Anna Moore Davis, both aged 45, were married at the First Baptist parsonage in Indiana after Kuhn, who came by car while she rode a late train, got a license and was locked in a clerk’s office overnight. Sheriff Daniel B. McKennie helped unlock the office and united the couple.
Six mud wall panels are being tested at Camden Hill grounds by King’s College for Women to explore affordable housing material. Each wall uses a different mud preparation and additives to assess suitability for rural cottages and wartime workers housing.
Fragmented OCR text outlines life in Washington for children connected to war efforts. The readable lines reference Bakers and a family, with garbled phrases about numbers and locations, presenting a disrupted wartime social vignette without clear events or names.
A man named Morrison was arrested after a shooting incident and offered a choice between ten dollars and one hour in the rackup. He chose the suit, but could not find a man to fit Morrison's position. Justice O Neil released the prisoner on promise to return next morning to work on a storm.
An infant was found floating in the Mississippi River and rescued by a bystander who boarded a boat and pulled the child from the water. The recovered infant was later identified as Mary Swee, granddaughter of Michael, with family details noted.
The battleship Pennsylvania, newly commissioned and unseen in action, is described as the most powerful ship in the American fleet. Navy crews say its fourteen inch guns and fuel endurance would deter or destroy threats from Vera Cruz to Mexican ports, with a crew drawn from experienced engineers and machinists across ships like the Louisiana and Vermont.
Police hunt for a suspect linked to a string of burglaries across four stores and five residences. A man was found in a home after an alleged failed disguise and attempted escape, with nine cases of beer stolen from a city vault and other liquor items missing during the spree.
Western Newmaper Union News from London reports large Allied forces along the Balkans with cannonading from Saloniki to Monastir and possible offensives. Turkish lines and Heltekia gains are noted amid Austro German forces retreating in Volhynia and Baltic region activity.
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