Head Hunters Life Described by Doctor Dickey in New York
Dr and Mrs Herbert S Dickey returned from a nine month journey through South America bringing a mummified head. He recounts head hunting practices, the role of women, and the use of blow guns and poisoned darts carried from Hamburg.
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New York
Herbert S. Dickey
South America
Dickey
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Andes
Napa River
Anguashi
Hamburg
Germany
Cross of Sacrifice to honor Yankee dead in Arlington
A Canadian commission chose a site in Arlington cemetery for a monument titled The Cross of Sacrifice to honor Americans who died serving with Canadian units in World War I. The delegation, led by Col. H. O. Osborn and Ernest H. Scammell, met War Department officials and toured the cemetery with Merchant Mahoney of the Canadian legation.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Canada
Ottawa
Col. H. O. Osborn
Department of National Defense
Ernest H. Scammell
Department of Soldiers
War Department
Merchant Mahoney
Canadian Legation
Barefoot Pupil Returns to San Francisco School
A barefoot eleven year old, Robert Anderson, was expelled from Harrison grammar school for attending classes in overalls. After public protest, San Francisco authorities ordered his return. His father is a World War I veteran in a government hospital and the family supports itself on $50 a month.
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San Francisco
Harrison Grammar School
Robert Anderson
Robert
Overalls Spark School Dress Controversy
Public outcry grows after Bobby Anderson is ordered home for wearing overalls to school. Superintendent Gwinn reverses after three hours, arguing there will be no aristocracy of dress, noting the boy’s clothes were clean and he behaved well.
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Alice R. Norton
Eity
Gwinn
Bobby Anderson
Bobby
Kenosha Group Proposes Higher Airplane Scrutiny
The Kenosha Advancement association favors curtailing flights over the city for public safety. It warns pilots often fly too low, risking trouble and objects to cross city flights unless at a height enabling an emergency glide to open country.
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Kenosha
Wis
Kenosha Advancement Association
Association
Love of wireless leads to three months hard labor
Clifford Roberts was found guilty of stealing radio apparatus worth about £200 in Wolverhampton England. His defense blamed love of wireless, but the magistrate sentenced him to three months hard labor.
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London
Clifford Roberts
Wolverhampton
England
Roberts
Man Offers to Reimburse Fiancee Expenses After Missed Altar
Wilfred Martel of Worcester writes to the fiancee's parents in Chicopee Mass offering to cover any costs she incurred in preparation for the planned wedding, giving no reason for his sudden departure.
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Chicopee
Mass
Wilfred Martel
Worcester
Five Million in Oil Is Woman's Record
Tulsa story of Mrs. Charles Murray named Oil King in Petticoats. She heads a $15,000,000 oil concern and is Oklahoma's first woman oil operator. She built a fortune after six months in the field and plans to stay, managing geology finance drilling while wearing overalls.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Murray Oil Company
A Partnership in the Trout Business
Leslie Brown and her grandfather start a trout-raising venture after discovering trout in a spring. They reinforce a homemade net, expand the spring, and turn the activity into a family partnership. A visiting patron offers fifty cents per fish, prompting further expansion and plans for a future education fund.
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Leslie
Grandfather
Grandfather Brown
Trout
Eastern Coolies and the Origin of the Term
The Pathfinder Magazine traces the word coolie to the Hindu kull or quilt and describes coolies as unskilled laborers from India, China, and the East. They were first imported under contract for a term of service, a practice seen with Chinese immigrants in the United States.
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Pathfinder Magazine
India
China
Orient
United States
Brunettes Outshine Blondes in Motion Picture Roles
A Liberty interview notes brunettes appear more photogenic on screen due to darker hair and eyes under normal lighting, cited as a reason for casting bias in films.
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Liberty
Antitoxin Lowers Diphtheria Mortality Rates
The piece notes that before the diphtheria antitoxin, about thirty-three of every hundred children who contracted diphtheria died. It highlights the historical mortality burden prior to the antitoxin breakthrough.
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Yale
Yale University
Foe
Doctor
Walsh
Randfattier Brown
John
St Topkins
Toek
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