Costly chimes for cadets at West Point tower
The Meneely Bell company of Troy New York crafts a twelve bell chime for the cadet chapel at United States Military Academy West Point as a memorial gift from Mrs James M Lawton to honor Maj Gen Robert Anderson. The largest bell weighs nearly two tons and the chapel sits on high ground near the Hudson River. The article also offers a window shade fix using a small wooden wedge as an emergency measure.
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America
Meneely Bell Company
Troy
N. Y
Cadet
HB. BP. Silver
United States Military Academy
West Port
James M. Lawton
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
Mays
Watchman
Hudson River
Military Academy
United States Army
Left Them Outside and Damning Description Abridged
A crusty business man questions a stranger who rushed in and claims his manners were left in the main office. The irate caller says he was insulted by clerks. A comic exchange then notes a man who counts cigarettes in a box as a defining trait.
Old Soldier Reassures Comfort Over War Departures
A speaker urges staying hopeful about a son headed to war, saying the loss would be less dreadful if he remains abroad and suggesting the father avoid imagining a future marriage for him. The exchange emphasizes stoic acceptance amid looming conflict.
Bragley's Home Heated by Hot Air Jests
A fragment from a town column notes Bragley jokes that his new house is heated with hot air. The quip reflects his talk and suggests satire of his boastful style in local discourse.
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Bragley
Clear Your Complexion Ad Promotes Cuticura Ointment
An advertisement urges readers to use Cuticura Ointment and Soap to improve complexion, offering free samples by mail from Cuticura, Boston. It also notes a German nitrogen-from-air production increase from 30,000 tons in 1918 to 300,000 tons in 1916 and projected 320,000 this year with a six cent per kilogram cost per the Frankfurter Zeitung.
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Boston
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Lift Your Corns Off With Fingers and Freezone
Vintage advertisement style note describes using freezone to remove corns and calluses painlessly. It claims the drug dries and shrivels the corn with root intact, costing little at any drug store. The piece includes a carpenter from Huntington Lake, California who jokes about draft fate and ends with his enlistment in field artillery.
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Cincinnati
Desmond
Huntington Lake
Cal
Tails
Salt Lake City Scientist Develops Heated Bacteria Incubator
A Salt Lake City scientist has developed an electrically heated incubator for producing bacteria. The device aims to provide controlled warmth and stability for microbiological growth in laboratory settings.
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Salt Lake City
Sciencet
Train sees special service at Morrail road station
The fragmented OCR notes a special motor car railroad service at a station with limited legible words suggesting a notable visitor or event. The readable parts reference a service and a person named Witten in association with a railroad context.
State Wild Bird Season Open and Governor Neville Honors
Open seasons are listed for waterfowl and game birds with dates from September to November and November to February. Deer antelope beaver have no open season while some species are protected year round. License fees for residents are 1 and non residents 10 with fishing and hunting rules and bag limits included. Governor Neville receives praise from Provost Marshal General Crowder and travels to Omaha to bid farewell to guardsmen bound for training camp. Plans to fund education for children of laborers through university loans are discussed at the State Federation of Labor meeting.
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Union News Service
Hiudters
Jack Snipe
Wilson
Bay
Neville
General Crowder
Nebraska
Washington
Keith Neville
Lincoln
E. H. Crowder
Omaha
Deming
N. M
United States
Nebraska War Registration Push Through October 17
Nebraska women registered for government service with pride yet many did not grasp the scope of the effort. Registration continues to October 17 and county and precinct leadership is urged to organize for comprehensive signups. At the state university a slight drop in enrollment is noted with projected 5000 students for the year.
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Nebraska
Altho
Woman's Department of the State Council of Defense
Woman's Committee
Council of Defense
County of Defense
Anne
Uni
State University
Nebraska Troops Head to Training Camp in Mexico
Nebraska soldiers leave for Deming Mexico on six troop trains with from twenty two Nebraska towns represented. Packed care packages and home knitted items promise comfort as schools plan to knit for soldiers under a program by the rural education department and the American Navy League. News also notes a postponement of express rate hearings to November and updates on draft exemptions and enlistment rules.
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Nebraska
Mexico
Deming
Lincoln
Department of Education
American Navy League
Webster
Scotts Bluff
Polk
Stanton
Alice Florer
State Department of Education
Neb
Mins Florer
Express
Nebraska Railway Commission
Railway Commission
The Wise Man Tracks To Ward The Cellar
A fragment notes a wise man making two tracks to ward a cellar as a barometer indicates a brainstorm.
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State Federation of Labor
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G. E. Condra
Nebraska Conservation and Soil Survey
Wattles
War Department
Wrigleys
Wrigley
Belle
Jack
June
Mr. Jinix
Neli
SAXON
Wagner
Tinental
Hyatt Quiet
Fedders
Schebler
Detroit
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Benoit
Saxon Motor Car Corp
France
Flanders
Canada
Poe
Fes
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