Kansas City Cripples Study Reveals Begging Self Support
A Kansas City report by James Ford surveys 150 cripples north of Ninth street. Seventy percent of the men under thirty are self supporting, while eighty percent of those over forty rely on others or avoid work. Alcohol correlates with begging, and many disabled lack homes or relatives. Ford urges personal attention over street doles.
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Ansas City
Kansas City
James Ford
The
Board of Public Welfare
Ford
Ninth Street
Jackson County
Wyandotte County
Mr. Ford
Something Better Than Booze in This Suitcase
A tiny farmer-type passenger boards a streetcar bound for the railroad depot with a heavy suitcase. A man offers help as he struggles to pass the crowd, but the suitcase moves ahead under the guard rail. The conductor hints the luggage contains booze and the man gets off at Union Station. The Red Cross booth reveals magazines and a story of sending books to soldiers. Two locals exchange wary glances as the scene unfolds.
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Red Cross
Persee
Tsatah Ghsas
BAC
Josus
Christ
Jesus
Pilate
Barabbasi
Barabbas
Harabbas
Sander
Simon
Cyrenian
Galgotha
Remarkable birth names Cincinnati baby Frank after hospital dash
In Cincinnati a mother named Isabel Dowle, en route to a hospital, fell ill and was aided by Dr. Frank Moskowitz. An emergency ambulance retrieved them as passengers were moved to an express track. The baby was named Frank after the physician amid the celebratory moment.
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Frank Moskowicz
Conductor Teaches unruly youths a hard lesson
A motherly woman conductor on a Sea Beach express in New York disciplined six knickerbockered boys who disrupted the car by demanding tickets and tossing caps. She boxed the loudest offender and told the group to tell their mothers she had done what they should have started years ago as the train neared Fifty ninth Street.
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Sea Beach Express
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Fifty-ninth Street
Germany
New York
America
Europe
France
Belgium
Ines
Crowded Third Avenue Car Spawns Grim Yet Humorous Tale
A rush hour Third Avenue car became tightly crowded with 18 riders unable to move, passengers standing on steps and wedged like sardines. The scene sparked grim humor among straphangers as they endured the cramped ride.
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Third Avenue
Elther
Submarine Menace Dwindling as Depth Bombs Prove Effective
London reports the German submarine threat to Allied shipping is easing week by week thanks to hydrophones depth bombs and swift destroyers. Convoys now use classified speed groups and more destroyers plus seaplanes protect Atlantic routes reducing losses, with end of the menace anticipated by August.
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London
North Sea
British Isles
Germany
Atlantic
Forth Sea
Mediterranean
Irish Sea
Channel
Dover
Boar Attack Drives Oregon Man to Tree Rescue
Jasper Patten of Cottage Grove Oregon escaped a violent boar by climbing a tree and summoning his dogs. One dog was killed before the animal was driven into an enclosure. A horse had been attacked as Patten went to help.
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Oregon
Cottage Grove
Ore
Jasper Patten
Mr. Patten
The Hospitable Gate and the American Idea
Abbie Farwell Brown recalls America’s open doors to immigrants from many nations and the wartime shock that forced a reevaluation. She argues hospitality carried democracy abroad and shaped citizens and allies, even as spies and traitors lurked at home. The piece extols liberty as a guiding gate that defined American identity.
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America
Earth
Tas
Belgium
New York
Greece
Chicago
Hungary
Philadelphia
Rome
Boston
Moscow
Austria
Germany
Red Cross
Totem Poles Are Going From Coast Communities
Vancouver notes totem poles fading under wind and weather as Haidas and Tsimpsean craftspeople decline in pole carving. Many poles disappear yearly though a few remain in original positions along Kit Wanga and nearby Skeena river villages.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Alaska
Pacific
Ithe
Wanga
Free Egg Settings Offered by Oregon Washington Poultry Group
Members of the Oregon and Washington Poultry Breeders association offer free settings of eggs to anyone who will hatch and raise the chickens for market. The plan is a war measure to boost supplies of both chickens and eggs and ease meat demand. California industry reportedly plans to implement a similar program to secure egg production.
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Little, Rock, Wash
Oregon
Washington Poultry Breeders' Association
California
Tozhave
United States Faces German Spies as War Rhetoric Intensifies
In a wartime address, the speaker denounces German espionage as pervasive and dangerous, urging collective action against alien enemies. He recalls Civil War memories, laments German sympathy in the U S, and warns that spies undermine national resolve while flagging government responses and public sentiment during the war effort.
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Washington
United States
Chicago
America
Odd US Post Office Names Across States
A list recalls quirky post office names from Ace Missouri to Braggadocio Missouri and Bigfoot Texas. Officials note that legible names plus county and state ensure proper routing despite oddities.
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United States
Ace
Missouri
West Virginia
Georgia
Texas
Itaha
North Carolla
Wyoming
Ideals Raised by Lord Syndenham on India Mission
In Calcutta Lord Syndenham, Bombay governor, argued after years of study that missionary effort in India has greater responsibility than commonly believed. He urged aligning aims with local conditions and duties to fulfill the nation’s spiritual needs.
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Bombay
Calcutta
India
Aindaz
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