War Orders Drive City Factory Boom
Reports say Clemson company sees record orders due to European war. Night shifts at Cottage Street plant run for additional hours as large war orders and shipments arrive daily. Richard D. Clemson and George N. Clemson confirm increased demand and ongoing night work.
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Clemson
Cottage Street
Times-Press
Richard D. Clemson
George N. Clemson
Mr. Clemson
Madden
Morrison
Dolstuayvorn
John IH
Leaves Requests to Institutions
Paterson New Jersey December 24 It is learned that in his will the late Chas D McKelvey railroad superintendent and former city official allocated his residuary estate among First Presbyterian Church General Hospital St Josephs Hospital Paterson Orphan Asylum St Johns KR C Church girls orphanage and the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children An eighth of the residuary estate is understood to go to the First Church.
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Paterson
N. J
Ita
Chas, DD. McKelvey
First Presbyterian Church
General Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Empire 10 Aerie Elects Four New Members
At the regular Empire Aerie 544 meeting held Thursday night four new members were elected. The fifth meeting night of the month will feature only an initiation and social time. Empire Aerie received an invitation from New York Aerie to attend their installation of officers on January 4. The Empire Aerie officers will be installed on January 6 by installing officer Past Worthy President A C Reynolds.
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Empire Aerie
F. O. MB
the Aerie
New York Aerie
A. C. Reynolds
Gift for Justice by Grand Jurors
White Plains Dec 24 County Judge William P Platt who nears the end of his term before becoming a Supreme Court Justice was honored by the September Grand Jury The jurors through foreman Charlies EB Hartehorn Yonkers presented a bold mounted wolves tooth to be worn as a watch charm Judge Platt thanked the jurors for the sentiment behind the gift
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White Vlaina
William P. Platt
Supreme Court
Charlies EB. Hartehorn
Yonkers
Platt
Christmas Eve supper and program at Pine Bush church
The Sunday School Board of the Methodist Church in Pine Bush plans a Christmas supper December 4 from 6:30 to 8:00 with entertainment to follow. Sunday services feature a 11:00 am sermon on Lessons from the Old Year and Aspiration for the New Year and a 7:30 pm Life of Christ illustrated lecture. Epworth League meets 6:45 pm with the topic Looking Onward to the God of All Years led by Miss Ter viliger. A New Year’s Eve illustrated lecture Around the World, plus a dime sociable and watch night, are planned. All invited.
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Epworth League
K. ‘Terviliger
Evangelistic Meetings At Warwick Draw 20087 Attendances
Evangelistic meetings conducted at Warwick under John McKay drew 20 087 attendees.
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McKay
Warwick
John McKay
Not all heroes are on the battlefield this war
The piece highlights that many of the war’s greatest heroes work in hospitals and on missions, showing frontline courage away from combat and honoring health workers and aid staff.
Alienist to Test Sanity in Miss Samuels Case
Miss Theresa Samuels of Goshen, arrested over alleged poison pen letters to engaged and newly married couples, will undergo a mental examination by Dr D A Mc Auliffe of 50 Central Park West. The test was arranged by Assistant U S Attorney McDonald with input from Isaac H Levy, counsel for Miss Samuels.
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Missa Theresa Sarmguels
Goshen
D. A. McAuliffe
Central Park West
McAuliffe
United States
McDonald
Isaac H. Levy
O'Gorman, Battle & Vandiver
Misa Samuels
New Counterfeit $10 Gold Certificate Circulated
Secret Service warns of a new counterfeit ten dollar gold certificate from 1907 Series A check letter A with face plate 19 bearing Parker and Hilegan signatures. Printed on two paper pieces with silk threads to mimic genuineness, the note is thicker and longer than real. one specimen shows number 16646548 and imperfect back engraving.
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Secret Service Office
Gabe EK. Parker
United States
Michael Hilegan
One Assemblyman Less for Ulster
Schenectady county is said to be assured of a new assembly district after the Legislature reapportions seats based on the latest census showing population gains for the county. The split into two districts will fall to the incoming Republican board of supervisors. Broome Nassau and Richmond are reported to gain an assemblyman while Jefferson and Slater counties are to lose one.
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Schenectady
Board of Supervisors
Broome
Nassau
Richmond
Jefferson
Slater Countion
Paper Quality Test Described by London Globe
The London Globe notes a paper’s quality by rubbing in the band to reveal flaws. Excess whitening shows earthy impurities while excessive bleaching causes cracks. Leather-like appearance signals degraded paper from overprocessing.
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London Globe
Wenders of America Sulphur Islands and Big Trees Exchange
A humorous exchange quotes a New Zealand man boasting about sulphur islands a mile in circumference and an American retort praising large trees in the United States as a counterpoint to the remark. The dialogue reflects playful cross continental bragging.
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New Zealand
Louieville Courter Journal
Twenty Quakes In Guatemala Report No Major Damage
In Guatemala City and surrounding areas there have been twenty earthquakes over the last two days. Officials say no serious damage or casualties have been reported. Local residents report shaking and light structural concerns in some buildings.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
New Cabinet Named by Mayor Thompson for Yuletide
Mayor-elect Thompson reveals appointments for city offices including Korschen as Public Works Commissioner Degnan for Public Safety Macardell for Taxation and Assessment Robinson as City Engineer and Surveyor Taylor as City Clerk and Treasurer Mith of Fire Alarm System and two Health Board members Shelley and Ballman. He kept Consulting Engineer vacancy and two constables unannounced. He stressed openness, school building as priority, and a harmonious two-year staff with no secrecy in city matters. He urged public support for school improvements and promised full information on actions taken. The Times-Press predictions are acknowledged as correct.
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Thompson
John A. Korschen
John C. Degnan
Abram EB. Macardell
Lester H. Robinson
I. B. A. Taylor
Deda Tendent
Frank Tmith
Board OF Health
H. J. Shelley
M. D
Jacob M. Ballman
Civil Service Commission
Choieau
Penn's Old Woods Long live the white pine forest
In the mountains north of Pittsburgh a vast white pine forest survives from colonial times. The Cook forest spans thousands of acres with veteran pines two to five feet in diameter and up to 1590 feet tall. A legislative committee urged the state to acquire and preserve this historic remnant of Pennsylvanian woods.
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Pittsburgh
Plymouth
Maine
Maryland
Cape Cod
Dakota
United States
Seven Seas
America
Cook Forest
Pennsylvania
Andrews Heads to Florida for Jacksonville Winter
Goshen dispatch notes winner Andrews left for Jacksonville Florida to spend the winter after today's departure.
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Goshen
Andrews
Jacksonville
Pla
Fire walker of South Sea Islands display at American Museum
The American Museum of Natural History in New York completes a Tahitian life hall with three groups including a prominent fire walker figure. It explains the umuti ceremony and describes a trench pit with porous basalt rocks heated until red hot while priests walk the ridge, aided by heat conduction properties.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York City
South Sea Islands
New York
France and Greece Swirl in Coalition and Power Shifts
Briand forms a broad coalition in France as premier amid a multi party cabinet, while Greece sees Venizelos ousted then restored influence, with Skouloudis named premier and Entente observers watching for a possible return to power and renewed war dynamics with Bulgaria.
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France
Briand
Greece
Venizelos
French Republic
Aristide Briand
Viviahi
de Freycinet
Ribot
Bourgeois
Jules Cambon
Washington
Madrid
Berlin
Paul Cambon
M. Clemenceau
M. Briand
Cobra
Socialist Party
M. Poincoare
Venezelos
Zaimis
Stephanos Skouloudis
Constantine
Venexelos
Bulgaria
Dodging an Avalanche in an Alpine Crossing
An English climber and two guides faced a narrow crossing across a fresh avalanche zone on an Alps peak. They weighed whether to hurry or pause as a looming snow wall could trigger another slide. After careful survey they chose a silent, stealthy crossing and moved through the deep, broken snow.
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Alps
Los Angeles Times
Head of Servian Forces General Poutnik Highlighted
General Radomir Poutnik chief of the Servian general staff is described as a veteran soldier aged sixty eight who won high honors in the Balkan war and remains energetic despite acute asthma. The Servian army presses a strong fight against Austro German and Bulgarian forces with mobilization extending even to women volunteers.
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Poutnik
Radomir Poutnik
Wutilness
Servia
Man Arrested After Noting Banknotes in Pocket
A report from St. Louis details an arrest last night of a man caught taking notes as he reached for banknotes in another person’s pocket. Police say the effort appeared to be criminal and the suspect is in custody.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The End In View Classified Ad Venture
A fragment from the New York Times appears in a classified ads section. The text features a mock dialogue about devotion to a husband and a wife promising to pamper him so no other woman can live with him if she dies.
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New York Times
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