Redfield's Private Secretary Mrs Agathe Stewart Named
Mrs Agathe Olsen Stewart born in Norway on July 18 1888 became the first woman private secretary to a cabinet officer. She rose from stenographer with the American Blower company to confidential clerk for Congress member Redfield and later to private secretary in Washington. She married Thomas E Stewart and then returned to public service after a brief move to Staten Island.
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Agathe Olsen Stewart
Norway
John Olsen
Treadwell Avenue
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Stewart
Curtis High School
New Brighton
Public School No
American Blower Company
William ©. Redfield
Alcomueyl T Requee
Nitrate Wizard Bradley Advances Atmospheric Nitric Acid Work
Charles S. Bradley, the nitrate wizard, leads U S government efforts at Musselshell shoals on the Tennessee River near Sheffield Alabama to erect a large nitrate and cyanide plant. He is a gray haired yet youthful inventor, educated at Rochester University, who once worked with Thomas A Edison and pioneered making nitric acid by fixing atmospheric nitrogen.
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Musselshell Shoals
Tennessee River
Sheffield
Ala
United States
Charles S. Bradley
Bradley
Victor
Ontario County
N. Y
Mr. Bradley
New England
Rochester University
Tyndall
New York
Thomas A. Edison
ArchBishop Germanos Urges Syrians to Fight in War
In Detroit Archbishop Germanos, head of the Syrian Antioch Orthodox Church in North America, calls Syrians to join wartime effort and defend democracy. He praises the United States for aiding oppressed nations and urges brave sacrifice to avoid being seen as cowards or traitors. He spoke during the corner stone laying for St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church after arriving from Turkey just before the war declaration.
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United States
Detroit
Germanos
Selephkins
Baalbek
Syria
North America
St. George’s
Turkey
Anne Martin Seeks Nevada Senate to Make History
Reno profile highlights Anne Martin known as Governor Anne who aims to become the first woman in the U.S. Senate. Born and raised in Nevada, she studied at the University of Nevada, Stanford, Columbia, and Cambridge, with a Nevada mountain pass named after her and a longtime constitutional history professor at the University of Nevada.
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Reno
Nev
Anne Martin
Anne
Nevada
United States
United States Senate
Senate
Washington
University of Nevada
Stanford
Colomsia
Cambridge
England
Bre
Major Robert Lea shot at Camp Perry during NRA matches
Major Robert E. Lea of Danville Virginia attending NRA matches at Camp Perry was shot in the chest by a stray bullet while in front of his tent and likely fatally wounded. The incident adds to a rundown of war related events and local reports across Ohio including arrests, accidents, and public notices.
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Robert E. Lea
Danville
National Rifle Association
Camp Perry
Major Lea
Henry County
Napoleon
Springfield
Martha A. Wilson
W. A. Bayliss
Prohibition Party
Carl D. Hyre
Dayton
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Emile Watson
Berg
O. L. Lake
Marion
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
George Rind
Miners’ Union
Bradley
Jefferson County
Alex Fergen
Camp Shernan
Elks
L. A. J. Kroner
Ohio State Association of Stationary Engineers
Sebring
State Food Administration
Toledo Terminal Railroad Company
Toledo
Ethel Hupp
Elmer Hupp
Charles E. Rowe
L. N. Fellows
Fulton
Supreme Court
H. Lifford
James Hall
Baron Kapitan Nierde Darry
Springfeld
Austria-Hungary
Reed
United Brethren Church
Bloomdale
Camp Sherman
J. B. Monger
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
West
Henry V. Chambers
Larue
Marion County
France
Half and half dairy farm leases studied near Chicago
A United States Department of Agriculture report analyzes the half and half system on 143 farms in Green County Wisconsin and Kane County Illinois. Landlords provide land and stock, tenants supply labor and part of inputs, with income and expenses shared. Lease lengths vary from one to five years, most one year. Dairy cattle and products constitute the majority of farm income, with notable home-raised heifers and varying rates of cow discard and purchase behavior indicating a dairy cow purchase region in Illinois.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Green County
Wisconsin
Kane County
Elgin
Illinois
North Central States
DONTS FOR DAIRYMEN GUIDE CALF REARING
A dairy bulletin warns farmers on rearing dairy heifers with avoidable mistakes. Do not overfeed as overstunting is common. transition milk types slowly. keep barns clean, ventilated and dry. feed from clean pails. maintain consistent feeding times and temperatures. limit alfalfa before three month olds. prevent calf fighting while feeding. ensure access to water and provide grain in stanchions.
Now raises 600 chickens in Oregon and Ill
An elderly Oregon Illinois farmer writes how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her recover from tormented health that kept her from work on a small farm with six hundred chickens yearly. The letter urges others suffering similar troubles to consult Mrs Alters and consider the remedy. It also promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney issues with mail order sample and pamphlet offers.
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Oregon
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Forty Languages in Camp Devens Show Many Tongues
A census at Camp Devens Massachusetts records 40 languages spoken by 2260 French speakers 1354 Italian speakers and other tongues among soldiers. It notes English as the common language and urges English language instruction for immigrants as part of national war efforts.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Omaha World-Herald
Quite a Difference in Safe Keeping
A sharp exchange reveals a slum visitor learns Bill Bashem, known for safes, faces a bust for safe breaking. His smirking son confirms the motive, noting the old man is away for safe keeping as a quip.
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Bill Bashem
Bill
Peat and Chalk Fuel Trend in Canada
Peat and chalk are widely used for briquetting in Canada. The fuel is described as efficient and economical, offering an eco friendly alternative for energy needs.
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Canada
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Redfield’s. Private Secretary
Tracy Thompson
Delaware
Ralph
Lawrence
George
Wilbur Boyd
Marton
Pershing
Portsmouth
Mack Hibbs
Rarden
Samuel Curtis
Dorris Weaver
Oscar Moore
Youngstown
Ohio College of Agriculture
Cox
Lewis Newland
Washington D.H
Dwight
William Wright
William J. O’rourke
Wright
Akron University
Akron
Ohio Mechanical Institute
Toledo University
Fullington
Republican State Central Committee
Newton M. Miller
Charles E. Hard
Eli M. West
Eugene V. Debs
Arthur Morehouse
Moorehouse
Angelus Bell
St. Mary's Catholic Church
America
Stanley H. Grimes
Joseph Welsh
Margaret McFadden
Ella McFadden
J. B. Reemtsa
Findlay
Orilla Voris
Xenia
Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Woodrow Foch Pershing
Lowell E. Hein
Sandusky
Earl K. Shoemaker
Newark
W.O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Italy
Department of Agriculture
McAdoo
Charles H. Baker
Benson W. Hough
166Th
Fourth Ohio
Ashville
Pickaway County
William J. Conrad
Union County
Frank Gilchrist
Conrad
Federal Food Administration
Croxton
State Milk Price Commission
Pairy
Lydia E Pinkham
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