Former Kaiser Calls Break With Russia and Unite to Fight Bolshevism
Wilhelm II, exiled ruler, urges Germany to scrap treaties with Soviet Russia and align with Britain, France, and Finland to eradicate Bolshevism. In a Jan 16 letter to Poultney Bigelow, the former ruler praises Finland's stance and urges unified action to stop fighting and rally against Bolshevism.
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New York
Wilhelm II
German Empire
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
France
Finland
Poultney Bigelow
Malden-on-Hudson, NY
Bigelow
City Direct Relief Load Rises From Cold Winter
Mrs Marie S Gilman relief director reported a jump in city relief cases due to a harsh January. Early month 54 cases. by month end 79 cases totaling 239 persons. Of 79, 20 single cases and 59 families. January relief outlay reached 153,432 dollars, with 131,443 disbursed to relief clients and 21,950 for overhead including 182 in salaries.
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Marie S Gilman
Relef
Heatless Light Nearer Says Japanese Scientist
Tokyo scientist Hiroshi Nakamura a 29 year old research worker at Imperial University reports progress toward heatless light He claims a nutrient prolongs luminous water bacteria life from 10 days to over 50 days and strengthens illumination He notes wartime value for munitions plants and blackout interiors while war extends.
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Torkyo
Hiroshi Nakamura
Tokyo Imperia University
Japan
Autograph Received From Deceased Signer in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama Harald Shevinsky, once seeking an autograph from Federal Judge Wal Grubb who died before replying, finally received the signed item four years after Grubb's death. Alssemma Mahoney at the Federal court found the letter and Grubb's reply with old papers and mailed the autograph to Shevinsky.
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Birmingham
Harald Shevinsky
Shevinsky
Wal Grubb
Two Grove City Men Die in Columbus Crash
Two Grove City men, Robert Hall 28 and Melvin Franklin, were killed when their car skidded and struck a utility pole, flipped, and was hit by a Greyhound bus driven by Donald Fisher 31. Three others were seriously injured. Hall, formerly of Ashtabula, taught accounting in Ashtabula schools and was son of Dr and Mrs Ells W Hall of Attica. The crash cut electric power to Grove City for two hours.
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Columbus
Grove City
Robert Hall
Ashtabula
Melvin Franklin
Greyhound
Donald Fisher
Cleveland
Ells W Hall
Attica
Elyria business scion Mussey dies after long career
Funeral plans announced for Renoe Mussey, long time quarry operator and oilman, who built a major business empire in Elyria and Amherst before later years in Gibsonburg. Survived by wife Helen L Mussey, daughter-in-law Mrs Howard E Mussey of Birmingham, and grandson Howard Eugene Mussey. Siblings Flora Metcalf of Oberlin and Renoe Mussey of Elyria. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Elyria
Amherst
Cleveland Stone Company
Mussey
Gibsonburg
Helen L Mussey
Howard E
Bessie) Mussey
Birmingham
Alu
Howard Eugene Mussey
Jiring W
Flora Mussey) Metcalf
Oberlin
Renoe Mussey
Cleveland Street
Alarm Clock Echoes Through Scotchtown Sermon
In Scotchtown N Y a rural church problem ends with an alarm clock placed in a Presbyterian service. Dr Alexander J Kerr 67 faced disruption as the clock set for 12:06 PM rang during his sermon, yet he continued preaching while parishioners debated dinner timing and the clock’s impact on the service.
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Scotchtown
Alexander J Kerr
Presbyterian Church
Accidents Reduced By Non Skid Pavements
St Louis reports traffic accidents at busy intersections fall by more than 50 percent after installing non skid pavings. Frank J Mc Devitt, director of streets, says testing showed cars with average tires need 134 feet to stop on ordinary asphalt versus 57 feet on non skid pavement. The skid prep was developed at the city asphalt plant.
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ST Louis
Frank J .McDevitt
Streets and
SEM Cts
McDevitt
City Asphalt
Persons Past 50 Warned Of Tuberculosis Danger
ATLANTIC CITY NJ Dr Frank A Ennerty of Montclair warns at the New Jersey State Osteopathic Society convention that people over fifty are not immune to tuberculosis and actually contract it more often than other groups His remarks counter the belief that the disease is benign noting it is infectious and a danger to younger people who could suffer malignant forms.
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Atlantic City
Frank A Ennerty
Montclair
Finnery
New Jersey
Chicken thief repays 1901 chicken theft with $2 note
Holyoke Mass Henry J Soutrere received a strange repayment for a chicken stolen from his icebox in 1901. A letter claimed that the theft occurred on Mosher Street before Thanksgiving and included a $2 payment as settlement, with an offer for more if available.
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Holyoke
Mass
Henry J Soutrere
Mosher St
Rain Triggers Surrender Of Road Gang Fugitive
Salisbury Md Weather aids escape attempt by Willard Ennis 19 who grabbed a revolver from a toolbox and fled after surrendering at the prison door amid steady rain. The report notes the rain as a factor in the fugitive’s capture. Tidnish is a small river in Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scota
Educators Discuss Secondary School Problems in Oberlin
In Oberlin on February 7 educators of Group 45 will meet in the Oberlin College Library to discuss coordination of high school activities. Mr C J W Luttrell of Lorain High School chairs the sessions with a panel in the evening. Topics include athletic and scholastic activities, class period division, guidance for small high schools, and the role of teachers and principals in fostering citizenship. Public attendance invited for both sessions.
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Oberlin
C J W. Luttrell
Lorain High School
Oberlin College
Luttrell
Ohio
Oberlin Tavern
Alter
Stevens
Oberlin College calendar notes and club gatherings
The concise schedule lists events for February including Oberlin versus Case swimming at Crane Pool and Oberlin versus Hobart basketball at Warner Gym, plus church services and student activities. A Literary and Social Club meeting, a Community Garden Club session with expert speaker IMAN Alter, and a Coterie Club gathering with Martha Farrar presiding are also noted along with reminders of recitals and campus rehearsals.
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Oberlin
Case
Crane Pool
Hobart
Warner Gymnasium
Finney Chapel
R W Bradshaw
Science
Allegheny
College of Arts
Jand Sciences
Conservaiory of Music
Oberlin Community Garden Club
Obetla Inn
Iman Alter
Oho Agriculture Experiment Station
Coterie Club
Carol DeFazio
Prosser Court
Mesdames
Martha Farrar
Alma Osmer
Doris Wheeler
Frances Revers
Avis Spaulding
Bonnie Hodoevan
Sue Flory
South Pleasant Street
Court approves coal purchase for courthouse heating needs
County commissioners voted to buy 680 tons of coal at 574 per ton from Quistion and Helfrich Coal, the lowest bid from local firms, for heating the courthouse and jail. Also noted were lawsuits and fines from various local matters including divorce filings and a speeding arrest.
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E- Quistion
Helfrich
Seeing Eye Dog Goes With Bicycling Couple
Victoria B C A reports Mrs Hopkins of Tacoma Washington is sightless and travels with her husband Carl Hopkins on tandem bicycles through the Pacific Northwest. Their seeing eye dog rides in a wicker trailer or guides on roads, offering companionship and aid on crowded streets and country lanes.
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Victoria
Bca
Carl Hopkins
Tacoma Wash
Vancouver
Slend
Irs Hopkins
Carl
East Gets Ammunition In Drive For Movies
New York reports that Max Fleischer moved his cartoon plant from Broadway to Florida and produced a seven reel feature Gulliver’s Quirrels costing over a million with 405000 scenery shifts. He argues this proves epic pictures can be made far from Hollywood, challenging western dominance.
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New York
Hollywood
Max Fleischer
Broadway
Florida
Shami
LaGuairdias Campagn
Flencher
Old Trees May Yield New Weather Data in Argentina
Buenos Aires researchers plan to forecast the weather by examining trunks of 690 year old trees. The Argentine Agricultural Variety Society urges an early start to the extensive study as part of a new climatology effort leveraging arboreal ring data for long term patterns.
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Buenos Aires
Juliette’s scheme unravels over stolen blueprints
Curt confronts Juliette in her living room when Dicey unveils old papers behind the dressing table. The papers prove Juliette stole the blueprints to ruin Carrington & Broderick, prompting Curt to threaten government action and legal damages as he contemplates delaying bids.
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Aliette
Curt
Juliette
George Poulton
Julette
Curt Rose Angwly
Sara
Dicey
Miss Julie
Sle
Cort
Maruban Government Commission
New York
Remo Dam Commission
Tree Ring Analysis Traces Past Weather Cycles Across Regions
Researchers propose examining concentric rings in tree trunks from various areas to reconstruct centuries of rainfall and climate. The method could help predict future weather patterns by analyzing yearly growth bands and their thickness linked to precipitation.
Lightning chief cause of Idaho forest fires
Boise Idaho forestry headquarters disclosed that dry lightning fuels most Idaho forest fires this year and storms without rain account for more than 60 percent of the blazes. The report attributes the majority of fires to natural phenomena rather than human carelessness.
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Idaho
Boise
No Uniform Will Fit 285-Pound Prisoner in Maine
Augusta Maine Philp Butler 52 of Madison is the sole prisoner at Kennebec county who refuses a uniform The supply room lacked a size 56 trousers and size 211 shirt for Butler Augusta clothiers would not furnish the clothes The note recalls the California gold discovery era with San Francisco’s 1848 population at 82 souls
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Augusta, Me
Philp Butler
Madison
Kennebec County
Augusta Clothiers
California
San Francisco
Office Building Tenancy Highest In Past Decade
The Mortgage Bankers Association of America reports 1939 end occupancy in 64 principal cities at 64.8 percent, the highest since 1929. Southern cities lead at 85 percent, with the Midwest and East at 83 and 84 percent, the Far West at 62 percent. Improved tenancy reflects better business conditions.
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Chicago
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Far West
County to buy three new cars under budget
County commissioners approved purchasing a new car for Dog Warden Lee Minkler at a cap of 850 with trade in of the old car. Bids for two sheriff cars up to 650 each, with trade in of two old vehicles, were to be received by February 19.
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Lee Minkler
Carl R Finegan
President Roosevelt Arrives at Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt arrives at his Hyde Park residence for a weekend holiday. He is accompanied by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr and plans to remain until Monday.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgetthau Jr
Exposition Costs 1904 Water Mains Locating Tool
ST LOUIS The Louisiana Exposition held in Forest Park in 1904 still costs the city as the water department purchases a device to locate mains. A divining rod or electrical device signals when it passes over buried metal objects, chosen because old maps failed to show certain connections and routes.
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ST Louis
Forest Park
Water Department
Ety
Sea Lions Refuse Food When Feeder Wears Blue Shirt
Three sea lions at Marine Park Aquarium boycott meals whenever a blue shirted attendant approaches. The animals eat eagerly when keepers wear white or colored attire other than blue, but retreat and avoid food when the feeders are in blue.
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Boston
Marine Park Aquarium
Postoffice Receipts Rise in January at Elyria
Postmaster C J Sartor reports Elyria post office receipts for January totaling 14045 7 dollars, up 79318 dollars or over five percent from January of last year. The prior year figure was 13252 49 dollars.
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Ely Tia
C J. Sartor
Finns President Defiant After Parliamentary Statement
In Helsinki on February 2, President Kyosti Kallio declared that no nation with a lower standard of civilization can conquer Finland. He spoke to Parliament asserting resolve and national resilience amid mounting tensions.
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Helsinki
Kyosti Kallio
Parliament
Mayor's Office Reports January Receipts of $1121.70
Kenneth Barclay, clerk, releases January revenue totals: mayor's court receipts $1121.70. Fines $727.50 and court costs $195.30, parking fine $34, mayor licenses $70, wine licenses $30, soft drink licenses $18, tax licenses $45 and miscellaneous $190.
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Kenneth Barclay
Frnss
Police to File Laundry Marks Across Pennsylvania Counties
Police in Montgomery and two other Pennsylvania counties will file laundry markings to be kept in Berks and Bucks counties. The marks will aid in checking clothing found at crime scenes and in identifying swindlers and amnesia victims.
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Pennsylvania
Norristown
Montgomery
Berks
Bucks
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