Rookies Routed 80000 Civilians Learn to Shoot at Plattsburg
In Plattsburg New York June 11 1918 the first business men's camp faced weather delays moving camp to higher ground. General Wood directs the shift as regular troops absorb extra work while rookies endure mud and confinement. Major Murray reorganizes tenting and camp routines. Albert Gallatin of New York hospitalized with malaria joins a growing list of light cases. Navy and War Department push for aero and rifle training with millions in funding and thousands of volunteers joining camps and clubs nationwide.
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Kima
Tribune
Piattsburg
Wood
Harrison Hall
Coast
Plattsburg
Tead Dorey
Banholts
Mexico
Corey
Teter Murray
Ates
Albert Gallatin
East Sixty-newenth Street
New York
the Post Hospital
24 Cavalry
Johnny
Machine
Post
Johnson
Troop K
Howard J. Acton
War Department
Aeronautic Section
George C. Squier
National Board For Promotion of
Yale
United States Navy Publicity Bureau
R. K. Crank
Thas
Chamberlain-Hay
Wilson
Aero Club
Congress
Army
Taft and Noted Figures Set for National Education Meet
The National Education Association convention in Madison Garden July 3 to 8 will feature speakers including William Howard Taft Senator Owen William of the Treasury Samuel Gompers Anna Shaw W K Wellington inst China William Jennings Bryan Governor Whitman Mayor Mitchel and Thomas More Osborne. Lectures will be given daily in school buildings at Columbia University and in hotel ballrooms.
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Regan
Senator Owen
National Education
Madi Garden
William Howard Taft
Owen
Oklahoma
William of the Tressury
Samuel Gompers
Elle Plate
Anna Shaw
W. K. Wellington
China
William Jennings Bry
Whitman
Mayor Mitchel
Thomas More Osborne
Columbia University
Woman Dies After Morphine Poisoning At Home
Mrs Esther Obligeberts, 38, was removed from 61 Willett Street to Gouverneur Hospital yesterday suffering morphine poisoning. Patrolman Hayes said family members summoned him and found her unconscious in her bedroom. He could not determine if the drug was self administered.
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Mra
Esther Obligeberts
Willett Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Hayes
Crusade Against Fake Kosher Butchers Nets 57 Arrests
Commissioner Hartigan of the Bureau of Weights and Measures announces the arrest of fifty seven alleged violators for selling meat preparations falsely labeled as kosher. Seven fined, charges against the rest pending. He will address over five hundred rabbis and church leaders at City Hall this afternoon to discuss methods to curb the practice and educate households on what to avoid.
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Hartigan
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Aldermanic Chamber
Harlem
Evie Dence
Building zones suit women city club backing plan
Several hundred women real estate owners from the Women's City Club of New York favor a joint districting exhibit opening next Wednesday at the Men’s Chey club to advertise the Commission on Building Variety and Restrictions plan. The plan calls for city districting to ease congestion, provide parks, and separate industrial from residential areas. the Board of Estimate will discuss it next Monday.
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City Club
Women’s City Club of
New York
West Forty-fourth Street
Commission On
New York City
Board of Estimate
Women's City Club
Board of Estima
New York Gasolene Exports Hit 1211 Gallons Last Year
New York Chamber of Commerce figures show gasolene exports rose last year with Europe noted as a major buyer. The data indicate a strong international demand and pricing signals shaping the market.
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Europe
Yok Chamber of Commerce
New York City Exports Highlight Record Oil Shipments
During the year 150,521,211 gallons were exported through New York City alone with millions more leaving the United States via New Orleans Philadelphia and Sabine Texas. New York supplied other ports in refined and crude oils while 580,179,700 gallons went out from the six leading ports totaling 1,128,587,444 gallons. France and Great Britain bought most automobile oils with Brazil also a large customer. Falls 4 Stories from Fire Escape near 219 West 140th Street. Hugh Hagen 54 hospitalized with internal injuries.
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New York City
United States
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Sabine
Tex
New York
Tha
Gardene
San Francisco
France
Great Britain
Brazil
Marjorie’s Army 185000 Strong and Missing Addresses
The article notes Marjorie’s army has grown to 185000 volunteers, many sending money but failing to include their addresses. It urges contributors to provide addresses with donations to show loyalty to the United States. It mentions total cash raised and calls for new members to double the amount quickly.
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Marjorie
United States Army
Wilson
Divorced Wife Hounds Husband Across Continent
Yonkers woman Mrs. Elizabeth Weiss Berger pursued her former husband across the country after filing for divorce two years prior. She tracked him from Yonkers to Reno where she established a residence and obtained a divorce, then continued the chase to Los Angeles where she had him arrested after months of pursuit.
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Yonkers
Reno
Elizabeth Weiss Berger
Eleanor Place
Berger
Lon Angeles
Hix Patches
Health Department seizes liquor from Brooklyn man
The Health Department seized and destroyed alcohol products from 3% to 4% strength Saturday, involving Raffaele Casone of 148 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn. Casone provided names of liquor suppliers, with federal inspectors flagging the case.
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Health Department
Raffaele Casone
Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn
Raffaele
Montclair Cat Bell Campaign Aims to Protect Birds
Montclair’s animal warden reports roaming cats numbering 308 over two months. Bird lovers pressure city to enforce bells on cats while owners adopt ringing to warn birds, though activists say bell sounds fail to deter cats from climbing trees and harming birds.
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Montclair
No 1
Earrings Theft Trial Of Cedar Manon Official
Superintendent Charles Roberts of 21 East Forty-ninth Street was bound over for examination on charges of stealing diamond earrings valued at $9,000 from Helen Boweland, a philanthropist with an office in the building. The jew elry, usually kept in a safe, was pawed by Roberts who admitted pawning one earring for $150.
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Charles Roberts
East Forty-ninth Street
Turelay
Yowville Court
Helen Boweland
Mise Harland
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