Boy 13 Beats Girls in Canning Contest at Van Horn
Kansas City December 8 Howard Elser aged 13 won first prize for preserved fruits vegetables and other produce at Van Horn school and Athanaeum exhibit beating girls and housewives. His mother aided him yet he vows not to become a cook and recalls a relay medal and interest in cars and architecture.
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Kansas City
Howard Elser
van Horn School
Athanaeum
Howard
van Horn
U S General to Come Home When War Ends
In Duisburg Germany Major General Osterhaus the last surviving Civil War major general waits for peace in a sunlit apartment on Hindenburg Trasse He plans to return to the United States as soon as the war ends Johnson Lincoln and cabinet memories fill his Civil War era library He once governed Louisiana and served as consul at Havre France after the war.
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United Press Staff
Duisburg
Germany
Navy
Hindenburg
Trasse
United States
Lincoln
Osterhaus
Admiral Osterhaus
United States Navy
U. S
America
Pield Marshal von Hindenburg
Napoleon
France reports loss of battleship Suffren
The French minister of marine states the battleship Suffren is officially lost. She left Gibraltar for Lorient on November 24 and has not been heard from since. The 18 knot, 12 750 ton vessel carried 730 men and cost about six million dollars.
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Paris
Minister of Marine
Gibraltar
Lorient
Alince
Scorff
Brittany
England Asked for Arabia Facts in Ship Sinking Case
President Wilson directed Secretary Lansing to send England an outline of the U S reply in the Arabia case. Any available British facts on the ship’s status at the time of sinking would be welcomed by the U S government.
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United Press
Washington, Dec
Arabia
Wilson
Lansing
England
Nations Champs to Play Indoors
San Francisco reports that four national tennis champions will appear in indoor matches tonight at the municipal auditorium. W Johnston and Peck Griffin, national doubles champions, face Maurice Ky McLoughlin and Johnny Strahan in an exhibition doubles match.
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San Francisco
Dec
W. Johnston
Peck Griffin
Maurice Ky. McLoughlin
Johnny Strahan
Mateh
Municipal Auditorium
Ingenious Safety Razor Mounts Tiny Electric Lamp
A safety razor handle features a small electric lamp of English design. The compact device adds illumination for precise shaving, showcasing inventive integration of light and grooming in a handheld tool.
Evansville Plans Municipal Market Expansion with Rail Access
Mayor Benjamin Bosse proposes a permanent municipal market in Evansville to buy fruits and vegetables in carload lots and sell at cost or minimal profit. The plan leverages railroad routes, targets residents in mills and factories, and aims to reduce prices while boosting the city’s retail and wholesale market operations.
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Evansville
Ind
Eversee
Benjamin Bosse
Hansae
Hesse
Bosse
Thrurail
Chicigo
Bowie
Chicago
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Ite
Anderson’s Grocery
Boy
Jammes
Cerard
James W. Gerard
New York
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Hallelujah
EF. Lawrence & Co
Seattle
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Owl Drug Co
Edwin J. Brown
U.S
New Arabia
Westlake
Fruit & Vegetable Co
Burbank
Zoble Grocery CO
Westlake Public Market
Times Square
6Th and
Virginia
Westlake Shoe Repair Stall
Groceteria No
del Monte
Uncle Sam's Brea
Oriental Gardens
UNION
Soreteas
Rex
Union Gardens Corner
Sixth and
Japan
Washington
Tokio Grocery Co
Arcade Market
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Stall
Daiily Huster
Cooper's Sample Shoe Store
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Doren
Creamery
OLD Holland
OLD Holland Butter CO
Ize
M. Root
Eicher
Yakima Fruit Co
Evaneville
Market Square
Big Ben” Bosse
Big Ben
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Swift
Norris
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