Manlius Bank Paint Incident Prompts Civic Action
George Schuneman of Manlius urged measures to stop yellow paint on the Schuneman bank building. The city council adopted an ordinance regulating fire traps after discussion of enforcement and appeals, with the ordinance to be printed for readers to review. Lieutenant Harry J. Kelly of Ottawa, wounded in Verdon region, received the cross of war for gallantry in a raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schuneman
Manlius
Princeton
Hhe
Schuneman Bank
George
Schuneman
James McGuire
Harry J. Kelly
Ottawa
Verdon
Fred Fouth
Peru
Cherry
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Spring Valley
Werll
Margaret Hahn
Bertha
Edith
Arthur Fouth
Valentine Link
Lena Pettigrew
Hollowayville
Leonard Weill
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul Brauns
Penn City
Salesman Wanted for Lubricants and Paints in Cleveland
Riverside Refiring Co seeks a salesman in Cleveland Ohio to sell lubricating oil grease and specialties part or full time. Commission basis preferred candidate should have a car or rig.
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Riverside Refiring Co
Cleveland
Ohio
County fair offers premiums to recruit youth workers
County leaders and representatives from the Illinois State Pig Club and U S Department of Agriculture promote Boys and Girls Clubs. Meetings were held in Dover Malden LaMoille with sessions today in Buda Sheffield and Wyanet. A Friday meeting of county livestock breeders seeks funding to provide calves and pigs to enrollees, aided by local bankers. The fair will publish an attractive premium list for entrants who show at the event.
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J. H. Chuckley
Ilinois
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Dover
Emma Harford
Malden
S. V. Sitter
Vincent
LaMoille
S. C. Walker
Charlie Ecklund
Hester Hopps
Edna O. Clark
Walnut
Buda
Sheffield
Wyanet
Tiskilwa
Illinois pig club project launches with county leaders
Two disinterested persons and a record aim to secure accurate cost of production. The pig club project begins June 1. John W. Coddington supervises Boys and Girls Club Exhibits at the County Fair, with District Club Leaders Mrs Edna Clark Mrs Belle Hight and Mrs Wilbur Blake as contacts. There are 19 counties with County Leaders, 15 cities with garden clubs, and 50 to 60 counties without leaders. About 4000 to 5000 club members in 860 clubs vs 1481 in 79 clubs last year. The State Office at Urbana provides free record books, guidance, and access to extension specialists as available. It will coordinate plans and inspiration as leaders and communities back the effort.
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John W. Coddington
Edna ©. Clark
Belle J. Hight
Wilbur Blake
Ilinois
Urbana
Hbe
Insane man hanged self in Peru jail
Clemens Bednash a 28 year old Peru man with a history of mental illness hanged himself in the Peru city jail where he had been held for safekeeping pending a petition for asylum to a sanitarium. He improvised a rope from a blanket and used a chair and steam pipe to end his life.
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Clemens Bednash
Peru
Avein
Joseph
Samaj
Two Die in Fulton Area Car Crash
Lawrence Stern of Hopkins township Whiteside county died when the car driven by Fred Doigte left the road near Fulton and metal toppled into a ditch. Stern was crushed under the back seat and Doigte injured with a fractured right collar bone. Stern died before rescue. Doigte sought help and was hospitalized in Clinton. The pair had left Union Grove Mill to have grist ground prior to traveling to Fulton.
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Lawrence Stern
Hopkins Township
Whiteside County
Fred Doigte
Clinton Hospital
Fulton
Union Grove Mill
Morrison
Mr. Stern
Doigle
Gifts of the heart outshine silver and gold
The passage extols inner goodness cheerfulness sympathy helpful hope and blessing. a truly generous person moves through life like guiding stars on dark seas leaving unseen light in others.
The Chic Hat Misunderstanding at School
A teacher misreads a pupil hat remark as insulting. After a tense moment the teacher apologizes and clarifies she meant chic pronounced chicue. Both laugh and cry with relief as students and teacher reconcile over a misheard compliment.
Rich mineral wealth spotted in southern Siamese Malay states
Mining engineers who toured the southern Siamese Malay states report one of the world’s richest mineral regions. Wolfram lodes and tin alluvium found in many hills with ample water for washing tin. Potential water storage for dry season and nearby waterfall can power operations. Northern Siam near the railway also yields antimony lead with zinc and some silver.
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Siam
Mammoth American Supply Store Rises in France
Capper's Weekly reports a vast supply complex in France for American soldiers. Survey completed in August, railroad laid by September, with a six by two mile spread resembling a seacoast yard, capable of 50 000 tons daily for 200 pounds per man per day of food clothing ammunition medical and gear.
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France
Removing Costello Hill to Vent Rio de Janeiro
A Brazilian syndicate seeks government permission to level Costello Hill in Rio de Janeiro to vent winds and reclaim submerged land. The project would remove 47 million cubic yards of earth at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Scientific American
Sawdust Used as Fuel Substitute in Frugal French Homes
In parts of France where coal is scarce and costly, the poor use tightly rammed sawdust packed in metal boxes with a few drops of petroleum. The resulting fire serves for cooking and domestic needs, burning for several hours per use, per Popular Science Monthly.
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France
Popular Science Monthly
Potash Found In Searles Lake For U S Use
The Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines report waters of Searles Lake California contain 20 million tons of potash. This could supply U S fertilizer needs for decades, reducing dependence on German imports of about 500 thousand tons annually.
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Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Searles Lake
California
Germany
That's Different. Molly and the Violin
Dialogue reveals Molly admiring violin music while Cholly dismisses it. The back-and-forth touches on Glen, a neighbor who owns a violin, and hints at a longer scene in which music influences the characters.
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Molly
Glen
You are old and yet still wooing the girl of twenty one
A reflective verse fragment recalls aging and love as the speaker notes youth passed yet charm remains. The speaker and companion acknowledge rocky journeys and varied fortunes while insisting they are not betrayed by age. The final note laments the impossibility of wooing the twenty one year old queen despite lingering charm.
Peace minded Pacifist Sparks Train Car Conversation
A London Mail excerpt describes a newcomer in a railway compartment who proclaims himself a pacifist and urges pacific moves if victory is not achieved in three years. A stern woman confronts him calling him a heathen, and a passenger jokes that he is no winner after years of war.
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John Tamson
London Mail
Unique concert in a prisoner camp by Russian musicians
A German camp hosts a concert by Russian prisoners who formed a chorus and orchestra. The town's people hear Russian sacred music in the principal church, with proceeds going to German prisoners in Russia. Singers include two who have sung at Drury Lane.
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London Daily News
Germany
Russia
Drury Lane
Saving Bison Elk and Antelope
The United States counted 246 buffalo 184 elk and 49 antelope in big game reservations last July. The Montana bison herd grew to 194 from 37 in fall 1909. Antelope are kept at Wind Cave South Dakota where the herd is rising. Antelope born on the range are wilder and hardier than refuge stock, with aim to build a satisfactory herd.
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United States
Northwest
Montana
Wind Cave Preserve
South Dakota
Improved Wire Entanglements in French Defense Fences
The French have designed a barbed wire fence that uses a series of six large barrel hoops. wire is strung along them and the hoops are attached to a wooden frame. Each entanglement section can roll like pushballs and is hidden under darkness to ambush advancing troops, leveraging terrain to conceal deployment.
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Popular Science Monthly
Father Still Opposes Marriage Over Drinking
A daughter asks if the father will permit her to marry Fred. He answers he will never consent to a marriage with a man who drinks. She suggests prohibition progress might persuade him to change his mind.
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Fred
Double-Cross Work and War Relief Charge
A courtroom scene with the judge scolding a pickpocket as a parasite harming national effort. The thief retorts he is engaged in relief work, highlighting wartime sacrifice and social tension in a Gargoyle feature.
Could Hold Her Nicely
A brief dialogue fragment shows a flirtatious exchange about a college boy who allegedly can lift 200 pounds with one hand and a girl weighing in. The conversation hints at pride and playful bravado in social banter.
Wyoming Star County Boy Dies for Royal Flying Corps
A Wyoming mother learns that her son Henry Townsend, a Royal Flying Corps member, died of wounds in France on April 23. He is the first Stark County boy to fall at the front. Memorial services were held at the Congregational church in Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Royal Air Forces
France
Henry ‘Townsend
Royal Flying Corps
Stark County
J. E. Townsend
Air Ministry
London
British Flying Corps
Congregational Church
Newlyweds in Class One Draft Ruling
Newly married men of draft age will be placed in class 1 of the select draft under a new ruling by the pro v ost marshal. The order stops all marriages to avoid military service and tightens exemptions. Appeals boards will disallow most engagements claimed to be honorable and longtime, with few exemptions to be allowed and details not yet published.
Marriage notices blur in fragmented record
Fragmented text lists names Paul Brueckner and Louise Keller plus others unclear. Marriage notice appears incomplete with several unreadable lines and additional names, insufficient details for full item.
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Paul Brueckner
Louise Keller
Mis
Cod eggs and sizes reported in Scottish catch
Report notes cod emit around 80 million eggs per fish with estimates near a hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand eggs per ovary. A Scottish cod measured 82 inches long and weighed several pounds, with an ovary 11 inches long revealed when opened, containing up to many thousands of eggs.
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Scotland
Philippine legend of Moon and Igorot head hunter tale
A fragmented folklore fragment describes a Philippine legend where an Igorot head hunter targets victims. A woman named Moon and a young child observe events as heads are said to be taken or returned, with the tale hinting at magic or ritual causes.
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Moon
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