Daylight Saving Plan Advocates and Limits
Calder of New York champions a daylight saving bill to move clocks forward one hour from spring to autumn, claiming energy savings, public health benefits, and extended home gardening. He notes nations like France and Italy adopt the change, and asserts railroads and schedules remain unaffected after initial adjustment.
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America
Nat
Calder
New York
Åland
France
Germany
Rosenmark
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Portugal
Pory
Fragmented Verse and 1900s Nostalgia in New York Reminiscence
A damaged OCR blends a dramatic archaic poem about John with a 20th century snapshot of New York twenty years ago. The passage recalls social mores, outdated tech and daily life items such as milk, cream, gas prices, and phonographs, pairing literary lines with stray recollections of era.
American War Losses List From Military War Dept
A tally of American war losses lists entries by category including killed in action died of disease died of wounds and wounded severly or slightly along with names such as Dell Alderman Louis H Lathrop John P Connolly Perry Dodd and Albert W Williams. The notice states families were notified for each named casualty and lists many more servicemen across categories including officers and enlisted personnel.
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Pat
Dell Alderman
Ote
Penberthy
Ben Pryor
Louis H. Lathrop
John P. Connolly
Perry Dodd
Paul Richard Hecht
Raymond F. Solomon
Albert W. Williams
Thomas P. Minogue
Cook Henry Eblert
William J. Haralson
A. Rasmussen
Albert Florian
Charles C. Crouse
Howard T. Harron
Clarence R. Huebner
John B. Nutt
William F. Rigney
Harvey M. Crowe
Albert Sorenson
Roy Taylor
Logan Brouss
George E. Garrison
Francis Higby
William H. Kephart
Wayne Perry
William Potts
Patrick J. Stanton
Leonard M. Stewart
Frank A. Uffelman
Charles E. Walker
Food prices rise in Washington amid 76 percent gain since 1913
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that costs of principal foods have increased 76 percent since 1913 in the national capital, while overall prices were 2 percent cheaper last month than January. The report notes two articles showing declines, with potatoes down 32 percent and coffee dropping 1 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Capital
Cascarets Promote Gentle Liver and Bowel Cleansing
An upbeat ad urges readers to buy a ten cent box and clean up inside tonight. It claims Cascarets liven the liver relieve headaches colds biliousness offensive breath coated tongue sour stomach and gases. The copy promises a grand start to the morning and notes Cascarets are suitable for children as well.
State Motor Patrol Enforces Connecticut Road Laws
State Patrol leaders Robbins Stockel Papee and Egan announce a program to enforce Connecticut automobile laws on all state highways. They will ensure entering motorists comply and intend posters at the state line to warn outsiders of penalties. The goal is to deter violations by making the laws well known to nonresidents.
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Etna
Robbins K. Stockel
Papee Inrendiege
Egan
Stoeckel
State Highway Department
Connecticut
Spiritualism Worked Finds Grave of Father Through Medium
A New York woman, Mrs. W. J. Strickland of Hornell, arrives in Laporte after nine years seeking her father Charles Hays who vanished from Hornell. Believing Daniel Hays, born there a year ago, is her father, she plans to have the body exhumed, saying the medium foretold she would find her father in Laporte. Charles Hays was a known eastern horseman and minstrel and figure in local memory.
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Porte
March
W. J. Strickland
Hornell
N. Y
Charles Hays
Daniel Hays
Father
Laporte
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John
Galysian
Sepulcher
Jules Verne
Welsbach
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State Motorcycle Patrol
Gulf
Baker’s
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
U. S&s
Pat Off
Iaae
Westinghouse
Walter A. Blau
Middletown
The
National Agricultural Association
the Central National Bank
Main Street
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Portland
Durham
Middlefield
Hartford
Kissel
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