West Point Discipline and Hazing Traditions Explored
A 1909 West Point profile outlines strict discipline, routine, and historic hazing lore from plebe camp to daily life. It notes obedience as core, describes drills, reveille to taps, and old customs that punish infractions with extra duty and confinement while recounting anecdotes about Grant, Poe, and Army figures shaping academy culture.
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Ashington
Congress
West Point
West Point Isa
Academy
Church of England
Reveille
Taps
Grant
Cadet Grant
Mr. Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Ulysses
Lord Roberts
United States School
the Hudson
Kandahar
West
Grant and Lee
Sir Military Academy
George Washington
Fred
Washington
John M. Schofield
Army
Schofield
Military Academy
Franklin
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
Joseph Lock
Lock
Des Moines Man Kills Wife’s Parents Then Evades Arrest
Cal Littlepage shot and killed Elmer and Mrs Jamieson on their Valley Junction area farm after divorce from his wife. He barricaded in a neighbor’s home, eluded Dallas county sheriff, and threatened to kill rescuers as a manhunt continued into the next day. His wife fled with their infant amid the violence.
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Des Moines
Cal Littlepage
Elmer Jamieson
Valley Junction
Littlepage
Dallas County
Butler Farm
Ben Littlepage
Butler Place
Five Hull torpedo boat crew badly scalded in boiler burst
On June 30 in San Francisco five men of the torpedo boat Hull were badly scalded when a boiler tube exploded off Alcatraz Island. Fireman B F King was feared fatally injured as the crew fought dense vapor and steam. The boat sustained minor damage and attempts to vent the boiler continued.
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San Francisco
B. F. King
J. M. Rober
Francis Crawford
John R. Carter
Newton Carish
Alcatraz Island
King
Cyclone Leaves Heavy Death Toll in North Dakota Towns
A series of tornadoes swept across Benson county near Niles on Tuesday evening causing many deaths and injuries. Leeds reported eight killed outright while Minnewaukan noted one woman dead and many injured as the town was destroyed. Farm buildings within a 16 mile radius were nearly wiped out.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Niles
Benson County
Leeds
Minnewaukan
Slayers Penalty in Emporium Murder by Joseph Pagano
Pagano was hanged in the county jail for the November murder of Jobo Kibe. The execution followed his conviction for the fatal shooting in Emporium Pennsylvania.
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Emporium
Joseph Pagano
Jobo Kibe
Short Chronicles of a Day's Happere Ings as Told by Telegraph
Reports from The Buckeye Record detail drug law instructions from Dairy and Food Commissioner Dunlap and a warning against misbranding. Fire Marshal Zuber announces a campaign against unsafe fireworks displays ahead of the Fourth with deputy visits to major cities. A formal opinion restricts county funds to extra help under quadrennial appraisal. A penitentiary dining room brawl leaves pickpocket Frank Williams wounded and Edward Conway, a three-time inmate, the stabber. Administrative changes name J F Sadler as district passenger and freight agent for the Ohio Electric lines with Columbus as HQ, plus Hosbury to Toledo and Blum to Dayton. New deputy inspectors join the Work Shops and Factories Dept, while the State Railway Commission adds three Democrats to staff.
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Dairy and
Dunlap
Zuber
Denman
State Accounting Bureau
Frank Williams
Summit County
Edward Conway
Montgomery County
Williams
Conway
J. F. Sadler
Ohio Electric Lines
Columbus
H. Slocum
Reynoldsburg
Sadler
Kent divorce granted after husband insanity post filing
Minnie Kent was awarded a divorce from William G. Kent by Judge Baldwin in the common pleas court at Bowling Green. The suit began 15 months earlier on fault grounds, and despite insanity arising after filing, the judge ruled it did not bar a decree, upholding the merits of the case.
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Bowling Green
Baldwin
Common Pleaé Court
Minnie Kent
William G. Kent
J. W. Grabiel
Kent
Village Accounts Irregular In Cuyahoga County
The state bureau of public accountants finds irregularities and illegal payments to public officials and to contractors in six small Cleveland area villages. Chagrin Falls Cleveland Heights East Cleveland Bratenahl Lakewood and Rockport show discrepancies varying from under ten dollars to thousands.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
State Bureau of Public Accountants
Chagrin Falls
Cleveland Heights
East Cleveland
Brateniahl
Lakewood
Rockport
New Filtration System Completed for Cincinnati Water
Cincinnati completes a new filtration and water supply system after 12 years of construction. The project cost upwards of 12 million dollars and transfers from the board of water works trustees to the city. An intake pumping station at California Creek feeds a 50 acre reservoir lake.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Board of Water Works Trustees
Endowment Fund Reaches Goal at Western College for Women
Hamilton July 1 President Newman of Western college for women Oxford announces the endowment fund of 250000 dollars, two years in the making, has been completed.
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Hamilton
Newman
Western College For Women, Oxford
Ohio Opticlane Convene Opens at Cedar Point
The seventh annual Ohio Optical association convention opens at Hotel Breakers in Cedar Point with F. P. Barr of Lancaster serving as president.
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Ohio Opticlane
Sandusky
Ohio Optical Association
Hotel Breakers
Cedar Point
F. P. Barr
Lancamtor
Dry Forces Issue Paper in Canton Frat Debate
In Canton on July 1 the dry forces publish the Dry fraternity issue from Stark County option committee, intensifying local alcohol debate.
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Canton
Stark County
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ADET
P Int
Kine
John Locke
Joe Lock
Paris
Lisbon
Morgador
Nayia
Spain
Elizabeth
N. J
Edward Conley
Stanley Reed
Boone, Ia
Mary Burwell
Hornell
Archie King
Archie
Ella
Mister
Margaret Bister
Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific
George
Atile
Buckeye Record
Telegraph
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