Grayson Elevates Role as President's Private Physician
Washington profile of Cary T. Grayson U. S. N. the president's personal physician and confidential adviser. The article notes his influence over White House hours, press interactions, and the president's health and exercise routine during Wilson's administration. It details Grayson's duties at the White House and Naval Hospital.
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Washington
United States
White House
Cary T. Grayson
Cary Z. Grayson
Medical Corps of the Navy
Grayson
Archibald Butt
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Naval Hospital
New York
Cornish
Rooster Kills Child in Los Angeles Feeding Incident
In Los Angeles a two year old boy, John M. Seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seaman, died after a large rooster attacked him while he fed chickens at his grandparents ranch. The bird jabbed his scalp, leading to blood poisoning and a prolonged death in hospital.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John M. Seaman
Harry Seaman
Ontaro
V. Lawrence
John
Mistake yields large profit from wartime chemical order
Anton Gamer, a Parsons dry cleaner, ordered 100 gallons of carbon tetrachloride by mistake, paying 1.29 a gallon. The supplier refused to take back the 90 gallons, and price rises during the war later led the chemical company to pay 30.15 a gallon for the ninety gallons. Gamer's net profit surpassed 2,500.
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Gamer
Parsons
Kan
Anton Gamer
Chemical Company
Raise a cow Swede says and get rich
A Swedish immigrant C N Nelson recalls arriving in Minnesota with 50 cents and a suitcase. He found work through nearby Swedes, earned board by milking, then switched to a milk route after an accident and eventually saved $1,000. His story illustrates starting a life in America via dairy work.
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St. Paul
C. N. Nelson
Anoka County
Nelson
Minnesota
Sweden
Minneapolis
America
Mr. Nelson
Hackman
Judge A Model Man Promises Lincoln Forever
Chester, Pa. Federal Judge Simeon Woodrow King of Chicago, visiting relatives, is eighty four and in good health. Appointed by Lincoln at twenty one and a half, he claims to have kept his pledge never to smoke chew tobacco drink alcohol or tell a lie. Columbus, Ind. Mrs. Margaret Jane Cathers, eighty, learns she is daughter of Drewery A. Massey, 108, who died in Rush county, after living near him fifty miles away for fifty years without knowing him.
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Lincoln
Chester
Simeon Woodrow King
Chicago
United States Court For
Northern District of Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
King
Columbus
Ind
Margaret Jane Cathers
Newbern
Drewery A. Massey
Rush County
Expensive cigar leads to a robbery claim in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana Joseph Cegelka a Romanian resident says a man named Jonos Adams gave him a cigar at the Martha Jones boarding house that was later blamed for doping and caused him to be robbed of 450 dollars Adams left the house after an hour together and Cegelka reported the loss to police. Authorities consider the cigar indo doping as a likely factor in the robbery.
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Muncie
Ind
Joseph Cegelka
Adams
Clocks Tell Of Theft At University Of Washington
Instruments logged a theft on the Seattle campus with no suspect or location. The university found the master clock stopped at 3 40 p m and the time piece torn from an empty cottage, with part of the telephone stolen.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Gerard's Wife Wins Praise in Germany
Mrs Gerard wife of the American ambassador in Berlin appeals to American friends for funds to run the Berlin relief kitchen aiding about 200 women and children of aliens in Germany. British and French internment sparked support. Red Cross honors arrived Nov 11 for work helping German prisoners in Russia.
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Berlin
Gerard
Germany
Great Britain
France
American Association of Commerce and Trade In
Schlesischestrasse
Russia
Jail Empty 120 Hours In Minnesota Town
In East Grand Forks Minnesota a jail record of 120 hours without an inmate was broken when J W Lafferty a transient was arrested for passing fraudulent checks Police say the force cut in half by a new city regime and drought impacts led to fewer arrests elsewhere in Grand Forks North Carolina where no drunkenness arrests occurred for more than a week and the mayor plans police cuts
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Minnesota
East
Grand Forks
Minn
J. W. Lafferty
N. C
Man Freed After 15 Years Gained 100 Pounds
Edward A. Martin, released from Oregon State Penitentiary after fifteen years for murder, claimed West Point education and Fordham ties. He reportedly weighed 200 pounds at release, doubled his weight from the start of his sentence, and said he was innocent as he headed to New York with his wife to visit his parents.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Nathan Wolfe
Edward A. Martin
Fordham College
United States Military Academy
West Point
New York
Woman Becomes Rural Mail Carrier in Neosho Falls
In Neosho Falls Kansas Mrs Lessie Reynolds is appointed substitute to her husband Logan Reynolds and covers a twenty four mile rural route daily. The town gains its first woman mail carrier as Reynolds takes over the daily circuit.
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Neosho Falls
Kan
Lessie Reynolds
Logan
Reynolds
Spingarn Medal to be Awarded at Park Street Church
Governor McCall will present the 1916 Spingarn Medal at Park Street Church Boston to a selected nationally notable Black recipient for distinguished service and scholarship. Taft and Villard head the award committee with Dr James H. Dillard and Bishops Hurst and John Hope among others. The ceremony February 22 marks a major national event for civil rights progress and press attention. The article also notes the National Baptist Publishing House's participation in the Evangelical Publishers meeting in Richmond with Rev R H Boyd and others.
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McCall
Park Street
William HoWard Taft
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Association
Park Street Church
Spingarn
J. B. Spingarn
New York
Columbia University
William H. Taft
Oswald Garrison Villard
James H. Dillard
Slater Fund
John Hurst
Baltimore
John Hope
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Edward E. Just
Howard University Medical School
Whitman
New York City
Washington
Moorfield Storey
Meeting of Evangelical Publishers
National Baptist Publishing House
Nashville
Indians Good Farmers See Record Growth in Last Year
Washington reports a rise in agriculture and stock raising among Indians, surpassing previous years. Commissioner Cato Sells highlights Papago efforts in southern Arizona, noting their ABC education for children and resilience after centuries in desert conditions.
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Washington
Cato Sells
Indian Affairs
Arizona
ABC
United States
Medal for obstinacy in Kansas corn dispute
In Smith Center two stubborn farmers boast of their stand against buyers. One refused to sell 2000 bushels, letting the field rot into sunflowers. The other stored 1000 bushels in an uncovered crib, waiting for 75 cents a bushel, but heavy rains ruined the crop.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Smith Center
Farmer's Idea Saves Him Time and Money in Washington
Wenatchee reported farm innovator James Keane of Rock Island devised a pipe line system for wheat marketing. He lays 2500 feet of galvanized iron piping down a hill to a town warehouse, cutting transport costs from 15–20 cents to 2 cents per bushel and delivers at about a sack per minute using an automatic weighing device.
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Wenatchee
Wash
James Keane
Rock Island
Keane
Silver Dollars by Mail Across a Decade
Federalsburg Maryland reports a quirky gift saga. Henry P Wright of Aberdeen began sending silver dollars to his sister Mary Fleetwood ten years ago. Each year the coin arrives on time with her address and a two cent stamp, never lost or stolen. In neighboring Pennsylvania a Sumneytown farmer trains a rabbit dog to scent and chase rabbits, a talent he claims rivals trained hounds.
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Federalsburg
Henry P. Wright
Aberdeen
Mary Fleetwood
Pennsburg
Harriot Blatch Advocates Universal Conscription Plan
Washington front page report quotes Mrs Harriot Stanton Blatch president of the Woman's Political Union urging America to adopt a Swiss like conscription system. She proposes two months service then shorter terms yearly for both men and women with cross regional postings to foster unity and civilian service in civil departments.
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America
Harriot Stanton Blatch
Washington
Woman's Political Union
Switzerland
Chase 20 Cents 20 Years in Bank Claim Suit
In St Louis Circuit Court Kling claims 20 cents owed since 1895 when Mullanphy Bank fell to receivers. Senator Stone, bank receiver, attends with Kling and two other claimants Mrs Christina Meyer seeking 3.02 and Mrs Mary Schwartz seeking 62.08 as final settlement actions proceed.
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Tells Court
St. Louis
Mullanphy Bank
Kinney
Gottlieb Kling
United States
Stone
Kling
Christina Meyer
Mary Schwartz
Odd Indian Names At Carlisle School In Pa
Carlisle Pennsylvania readers learn that Carlisle Indian School students carry long and unusual names. Examples include Katie Owns many horses and Henry Knocks off-two, with surnames reflecting body parts like No-shin-bone and White-face. The roster also lists famous names such as Abe Lincoln and David Copperfield.
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Carlisle
Katie
Abe Lincoln
David Copperfield
Junk dealers profit from metal trade in Eugene
An Eugene junk firm reports eight months of shipments totaling eleven tons of rubber nine tons of brass and thirteen tons of copper and other metals sent to Seattle. Receipts exceed 23000 dollars as two collectors with a rickety wagon gathered the junk around Eugene.
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Oregonian
Eugene
Seattle
Bloomington boy finds $610 in tin can treasure
While playing near an old barn in Streator Illinois George Chamberlin unearthed a tin can containing 610 in gold and bills. The can was found on property owned by Mrs Alice Riley now deceased and unclaimed. The finder has filed suit to recover the treasure from the estate.
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Bloomington
Ill
George Chamberlin
Streator
Alice Riley
Mra
Riley
Calf Born With One Body Half Missing at Farm
Hickman Kentucky farmer C. G. Higgs reports a cow gave birth to a calf and a half two calves one normal and the other malformed missing legs and tail the half calf died.
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Hickman, Ky
C. G. Higgs
Here
Tesla’s World Wireless System Hopes To See And Speak
Nikola Tesla announced a patent enabling wireless telephony free of static and interference and a world system linking New York to subscribers worldwide. He described transmitting pictures and secret conversations, with a Long Island station acting as a central exchange. He credited experts and Professor Korn of Munich for advances in picture transmission.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
Long Island
Nikola Thila
Arlington
Mare Island
Pearl Harbor
Telephone Central Exchange
New York City
Korn
Munich
Lost cat trust prize in Warder will
In Chicago John H Warder left 2000 to fund care for his angora cat Boyse in a Massachusetts clinic, but the will was filed for probate after Mrs Warder said the cat had been given away a year ago and she does not know its present whereabouts.
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Chicago
John H. Warder
Boyse
Massachusetts
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