Skagit Charge Is Discounted By City Council
Accusations by M. J. Doyle that funds spent on the Skagit river power project were reckless were tabled after City Engineer A. H. Dimeck presented an itemized expenditure to date. Doyle, a former Skagit worker, said J. B. Behinkle would substantiate his charges and his associate Schinkle will present his version before the committee rules.
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M. J. Doyle
Skagit River
Public Utilities Committee
A. H. Dimeck
Doyle
Skagit
J. B. Behinkle
Schinkle
Silk suited for H. C. of L. remedy urged
London reports manufacturers push a durable silk for men garments. The new fabric lasts longer than wool or blends and may prove cheaper. A machine enables use of previously discarded fibers making the tougher textile feasible.
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London
Woman's Party Plans 50 Precinct Teas in Lakewood
Cleveland reports Mrs W G Waitt, publicity chair, arranging fifty precinct teas for the Lakewood women's campaign committee. The plan mirrors the men’s use of cigars, using tea as a political outreach tool.
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Cleveland
Mra
W. G. Waitt
Lakewood Women's Campaign Committee
Woman's Party
Holden will bars heirs from estate without active work
Sir Edward Holden, renowned banker, leaves in his will that his heirs receive benefits only if both sons are actively engaged in a business or profession. otherwise the estate benefits are withheld.
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London
Edward Holden
Man fires at cat injuring boy and damages items in St Louis
H A Ricketts fired four shots at a black cat causing injuries and damage. The first shot pierced a window and struck a boy in the leg, the second tore an automobile tire, the third hit a dog, and the fourth punctured a market basket carried by an elderly woman before Ricketts was arrested. The cat escaped.
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Louis
H. A. Ricketts
Rickett
Atomic Energy May Transform World
Sir Oliver Lodge told a Birmingham lecture that atom energy could power the world. He noted millions of foot tones of energy in a single ounce of many substances and warned the force should not be used until humanity is wiser or the planet would be unsafe.
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Birmingham
England
Oliver Lodge
Thames church theft confessor given twenty one month term
Arthur Dixon aged 64 with a long crime record in England and Australia surrendered to police and confessed to stealing silver from Trinity church Hampstead. He was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment as winter set in.
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London
Arthur Dixon
England
Australia
Trinity Church
Hampstead
Federal raid uncovers large illicit distillery in vacant Chicago building
Federal officers found four distilling stills in operation producing brandy from raisin mash in an apparently vacant Chicago building. A workshop was also discovered where moonshine equipment including attilla was manufactured.
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Chicago
Atilla
Protests Erupt Over Kaiser Portraits Removal in Cassel
In Cassel 2,500 girls protested after the minister of public worship ordered Kaiser portraits removed from religious and educational institutions, as protest meetings and counter-meetings occurred in several large schools across Berlin.
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Berlin
Cassel
Dream Triggered Sailor Kills Stranger in Liverpool
An American sailor, Harry Theman, shot and killed Samuel Emmett, a dock laborer, after dreaming of his dead mother grandmother and aunt who instructed him to kill a desperate intruder. Theman had never met Emmett before.
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Liverpool
Harry Theman
Samuel Emmett
Emmett
Earth Used to Build 'Three-Day Cottages'
London report notes six room cottages built from earth packed under pressure. A self powered plant can fill walls in three days with a crew of four trained men on site.
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London
Delayed 1857 Letter Reaches Elderly Clermont Ferand Woman
An elderly woman in Clermont Ferrand, Auvergne, receives a letter addressed to her mother from June 1857. It was written by her father about a brother now 75. The letter arrived by post with no explanation of the delay and the original addressee has been dead 15 years.
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Paris
Clermont Ferand
Auvergne
Kindness Weapon of Woman Sheriff
MONTPELIER Vermont October 24 Mrs Hattie Tracy wife of Sheriff Frank H Tracy of Washington county is a deputy She goes unarmed and scorns handcuffs but has taken men to state prison and never has lost a prisoner Sheriff Tracy runs his jail on the honor plan Students war on cheaters Philadelphia October 24 Violation of the honor rule in University of Pennsylvania examinations may result in abolition of the system At student meetings it has been proposed that cheaters be expelled and their names posted on the university bulletin boards
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Impressive Rescue as Captain Bails Out Crippled Ship
The British schooner Selene limped into St Johns Newfoundland after a hurricane off Cape Traece. Despite a crushed leg, the captain gave orders during the storm and chose to have his leg amputated after the vessel’s deck load of lumber was swept away and the ship sustained damage.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Cape Traece
Whispering peddlers profiteer in Berlin
Berlin reports police efforts to clear streets of peddlers selling food and goods in violation of restrictions. Women, ex soldiers and others peddle chocolate soap cigarets and matches at high prices, whispering to pedestrians and carrying wares in their pockets.
Perfect Health Is Yours If the Blood Is Kept Pure
An old advertisement states that impurities in the blood cause many diseases and promotes S S S as a blood remedy. It lists rheumatism catarrh eczema malaria and other ailments as consequences of impurity and claims the remedy cleanses the blood. The ad invites readers to request free medical literature from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
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Medical Dept
Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Admiralty to Preserve Battle Flags on British Ships
The admiralty announced that flags flown by British ships in battle will be preserved and mounted in suitable positions on their vessels.
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London
The
Admiralty
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