New Jersey man jailed for lashing child with strap
Herman Schmidt of West Orange New Jersey began a one year term in the county penitentiary after pleading guilty to whipping a 10 year old boy with a leather strap. Judge Osborne imposed the sentence in Newark. Schmidt admitted using the strap on his three children.
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New York
Herman Schmidt
West Orange
N. J
Bentence
Osborne
Newark
Schmidt
Smail
Cha Holterman
Charles
One Million Idle Workers in Great Britain
A London report states about a million Britons are idle across industries like bricks, carpets, hosiery, and printing. Half a million idle workers come from munition plants. many seek holidays funded by government unemployment allowances. Officials note many could find work but choose not to pursue it, while unemployment claims are routinely stopped for lack of effort.
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Great Britain
Correia
The
Star
N. B
London
Theu
Glangow
Court of Referees
Godfrey Cheeseman
National Union of Manufacturers
McMillen
Hudson
N. Y
Twan
Excuses to See Yank: Patriotic Wife Excused from Draft Task
In Taylorville Illinois Mrs Clyde Mays chief clerk of the Christm county draft exemption board used a patriotic plea to excuse herself from a two week task in Springfield. Adjutant General Dickson praised the excuse and scratched her name off the list. In Chester South Carolina Mrs Rhoda Harris a 115 year old Catawba Indian dies at home on the Catawba reservation after surviving five waves and four generations.
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Taylorville
Clyde May
Christm County
Dickson
Springfield
Mra
May
927Th Field Artillery
Camp Grant
France
Chester
8. C
Rhoda Harris
South Carolina
Catawba Reservation
Prayer Revised by American Soldiers
An American soldier recently returned from Germany wrote a satirical “Private's Prayer” at Knights of Columbus headquarters in Paris. The verse seeks overdue pay, forgiveness for AWOL soldiers, and relief fromOccupation fatigue, naming military ranks and staff such as MPs field clerks and QMs.
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Paris
Army of Occupation
Germany
Knights of Columbus
Wilson
Washington
M. P
Q. M
Grocer Lists MixedPrices for Meats and Beans
A local listing shows item prices including 2 forty five cent packs, 3 pigs at twenty cents, unsweetened medium size goods at 1B8¢ and 10¢, with a total of $1.43 for the basket. The fragment notes cost per item and a combined purchase total.
Tramp Exchange Sparks Fashion Change For George Burnham
In Topeka Kansas April George Burnham long known as a careless dresser faced mockery from wife and a doorstep tramp. After a failed handout encounter the next day Burnham bought a new suit without telling his wife, hinting a change of wardrobe and perhaps pride.
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Topeka
Kan
April
George Burnham
George
Burnham
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