Salem Eyes High School Bond Vote in April
Salem voters weigh a plan to issue bonds for a new high school while retiring existing debt. The plan suggests a 32 cent total bond and building levy, with a 20 cent sinking fund to pay interest, arguing taxes may not rise. A special election and a post to attend the Hamilton meeting in Clarksburg are arranged, with church groups backing the effort.
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London recruits fortnights appeal for more men
AP dispatch from London reports two week campaign by military recruiting offices to draw additional volunteers for Britain’s new armies. mass meetings in parks squares and halls with bands and speakers from all three parties aim to spark local pride and prompt enlistment.
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Associated Press
Ylondon
Greater London
Great Britain
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Lord Kitchener
Centennial Week Brings Fraternity Leaders to Allegheny
Amid Allegheny College centennial events June 19 to 24 in Meadville Pa prominent frat men from across the United States will visit. The six Greek fraternities plan open houses and social events with houses owned by chapters or alumni. Alpha Chi Psi has recently established digs. Phi Wappa Psi and Phi Gamma Delta houses are newer, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta inhabit renovated mansions. Nonfraternity students belong to Allegheny Common Clubs. Five sororities including Kappa Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Gamma Delta plus nonfraternity Teutonia participate, with sorority rooms in Halings Hall.
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Kappa Alpha Theta
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Halings Hall
Problem of Dimming Head Lamps Solved
An old explanation compares headlamp dimming to filling two water tubs from pipes. It discusses two methods to reduce current: tying lamps in series or cutting holes in pipes to waste water, and notes the first economical way is to run both lamps in series with one supply while the other pipe is shut off, saving electricity much like lowering gas in a gas light.
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Cippert Brothers
Maynesuight
Indian Wants a Buick in Happy Fpinnting Ground
A 92 year old Blackfoot delegate Many Tail Feathers joins a Panama Pacific Exposition group touring in a six cylinder Buick across the Presidio and Golden Gate park. Chief Eagle Calf views the machine with awe and asks for a similar car in the afterlife if the great spirit grants it.
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Great Highway
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Barrie’s Little White Bird Figure Killed In Action
London Apr 24 Lieutenant George Llewellyn Davis of the life brigade the adopted son of novelist Sir James M Barrie has been killed in action in Flanders. Davis aided Barrie by suggesting a line in Little Mary for which he earned a royalty of one cent per production. Davies mother also appeared in some of Barrie’s books.
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London
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James M. Barrie
Peter Pan
Flanders
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Sim James
German Textbooks Dominate Sorbonne Examinations
Paris April 24 The Associated Press reports German editions dominate Greek and Latin literature texts used by students preparing exams at the Sorbonne. Doyen Monsieur Crosit says French publishers are to blame for weakly adapted texts. Publishers and Sorbonne faculty plan reforms with major houses to replace German works.
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Associated Press
Paris
Monsieur Crosit
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Germany
Mule convoy reaches London amid quiet war effort
A large consignment of mules intended for service drawing German ammunition wagons has arrived in London. The animals, harnessed to army and navy delivery carts, are described as following a more peaceful occupation in the city streets. One mule named Jenny is noted as having been taken from a German slaver en route home from the Pacific.
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Associated Press
London
Army
Jenny
England Must Fill Germans with Love Says a Professor
A London correspondent reports on an experimental female auxiliary force in Essex during Easter week. The Girl Scouts, now open to women up to 40, practice drilling, signaling, map reading, and target rifle use. Patronage includes Lady Frederick and Mrs H B Irving. The unit emphasizes practical service from serving coffee to trench work if required.
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Associated Press
London
Brown
Girl Scouts
Essex
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H. B. Irving
Pat
Sanitation Expert Urges a Clean-Up
Morgantown Apr 24 Dr Arkin head of the state hygienic laboratory spoke at the Baptist church on public health and sanitation He warned that sunlight can destroy tuberculosis bacilli and that future doctors may be government employees focusing on prevention He cited flies and contaminated towels as disease sources and urged a state wide clean-up day noting North Yakima cut typhoid deaths from 22 to 2 through such effort
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Arkin
The
Baptist Church
Woman's House League
Juantern
United States
West Virginia
North
Yakima
Washington
Gifts to Soldiers Not Appropriate
A Berlin letter humorously condemns some trinkets sent to troops at the front. It mocks paper weights and perfumes, favors masonry over a paperweight, and notes a can of water as a wash after fourteen days. The writer Ot to signs off with a sardonic wish for peace and a puzzle picture from Sunday.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lotta
Ffrench
Mr. Schultze
Otto
Increase in coal trade eyed for US export boost
A National City Bank pamphlet distributed via Baltimore and Ohio outlines world coal production and consumption, war disruptions, and the U S export potential. It argues American coal may gain by Panama Canal routes, with US coal potentially cheaper at Cristobal than at Port Said, and notes 2015 US output around 508,971,540 tons or about 40 percent of world production.
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National City Bank of New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nes
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Port Said
Suez Canal
Orient
Maine Man Buried With His Pet Dog
Skowhegan Maine April 24 Horace K Parkman filed will directing a tombstone over his dog grave in the local cemetery and a apothy over his own body He died recently and was buried with the dog He was eccentric and lived alone in a cottage most of his life He left about 2000 dollars to various friends.
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Horace K. Parkman
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