Beware of household animals spreading dangerous diseases
Doctor Ziegler of the Philadelphia Health Department warns that pets and other animals can carry serious illnesses into homes. Cats and dogs may transmit whooping cough diphtheria and rabies. cattle tuberculosis typhoid scarlet fever and other diseases can arise from contact with animals or undercooked meat.
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Iestealer
Philadelphia Department of Health
Eltari
Bunyan
Ziegler
Doctor Ziezler
Doctor Ziegler
Keeps His Promise To Judge Keeps His Promise To Judge
In Brooklyn a man named Charles Hobbins pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and was jailed 20 days by Judge Roy. He asked for a chance to deliver a truckload of goods and return, and the judge agreed. Hobbins returned within an hour, and the sentence was reduced to one day.
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York
N. Y
Charles Hobbins
Roy
Brooklyn
Livingston Street
Hobbins
Tobbins
Brides Are Sought by Bachelors in Wheeling Area
In Wheeling during April, a Mechanicsburg bachelor asked the Wheeling board of trade for inside info on brides, noting a past report of 30 Wheeling girls seeking husbands. The board replied officers have no personal knowledge but believe many local women seek mates and invited the bachelor and friends to move to Wheeling.
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Wheeling
We -Va
Board of Trade
Mechanicsburg
United States
HH. Ta
Ohio
Walker Whiteside Leads Big Coat Production in Melting Pot
Walker Whiteside, famed stage star, accepts film work in The Melting Pot for Cort Film Corporation. Production uses hundreds of extras, a Misheneff massacre scene with two hundred horses, and a recreated Metropolitan opera house interior with Whiteside as a conductor. Whiteside pursued film due to friendship with John Cort and reportedly commands a large salary.
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Walker Whiteside
Israel Zangwill
Cort Film Corporation
John Cort
Cort
Mr. Whiteside
World of Pictures
Metropolitan Opera House
Whiteside
Mr. Cort
Ohio goose lays big egg every Thursday
In Ohio a peculiar goose named Weyler has laid unusually large eggs for years. This Thursday the egg reached seven eighths of a pound, coinciding with the 13th anniversary of Weyler’s arrival. Motter contemplates a future stage career for the bird as the strain grows.
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Ohio
Nowa
George Mot
Weyler
Motter
Cottonseed meal urged for cattle feeding in United States
Washington April 24 specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture say farmers should use cottonseed meal, noting its higher protein content and feed value compared with linseed oil meal. They caution on quantities, advise silage as roughage, and recommend limited use for calves.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Farmers’ Bulletin
Midget Automobile Is Good Luck to Man
In Cleveland on April 24 Glenn J. Peters bought a small car and enjoyed a single ride when the vehicle hit a rut and overturned. He was trapped beneath it but escaped unharmed, reflecting philosophically that a full size car might have caused more serious injury.
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Cleveland
Glenn J. Peters
Peters
Shortage of Cradles Hits England Prices Soar
Cofresne reports a 7% shortage in cradle supply across England with prices doubling in three months. Osier beds, key to wicker cradles, are in Belgium or under German control and there have been no imports since the war began. A London war roll notes university and college contributions averaging just over 50 percent.
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Cofresne
Associated Press
Londo
England
Belgium
Associated Prasa
London
Bureau of Universities of the
British Empire
Colonies
Bonnet Famine Feared in New York Millinery Trade
The Millinery Workers' Union has raised 10000 dollars to tie up New York city shops this spring and summer, forcing union label usage and enforcing union rules. Mass meetings of thousands of milliners were called to discuss a general strike as wage declines persisted over the past year.
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New York
Milinery Workers’ Union
Millinery and Ladies Straw Hat Workers’ Union
Panama Railroad Looks to Rail Freight to Cut Losses
Panama City Apr 24 The Panama Railroad Company plans to resume transporting broken and small cargo lots by rail across the isthmus to avert monthly deficits of 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. If adopted the plan could remove Panama Railroad Steamship Line boats from using the canal with destinations at Christobal as before canal traffic. The steamship line is reportedly still profitable and would remain so despite loss of through trans isthmian freight.
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Carrespena
Associated Press
Panama
Panama Railroad Company
Sten
Panama Railroad
Christobal
Disease in Paris on the Decrease
Paris reports 17 typhoid cases last week with no deaths from smallpox and no new cases. Scarletina also declined while overall sanitary conditions improved. Army sanitary department collaborates with local authorities near the Marne amid battlefield deaths and many workers digging trenches.
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Associated Press
Paris
Scarletina
Sanitary Department
Army
Marne
Grand Morin
Oureea
Labor Leader John Wilson Dies at 78 in Durham
John Wilson veteran Labor member of the House of Commons dies at his Durham home aged 78. He rose from pit boy to founder of the Miners Association in 1869 and led trade unionists while serving in Parliament from 1899 until his death. His autobiography recounts early hardship as the son of a poacher, travels, conversion, and rise as a union agitator.
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Associated Press
London
John Wilson
House of Commons
Tdurham
Miners Association
United States
Waiters in Paris Protest Extending Women’s Jobs
Paris waits rage over a proposal to extend women’s employment in popular priced restaurants and new bars. They fear postwar labor conflict and say business is down, arguing women’s placement would threaten jobs and widen tensions in the industry.
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Prdéas
Paris
English railways plan dining car elimination in wartime
London April 24 dining cars to be removed by all English railways for the rest of the war. The plan, prepared by the directors of this service branch, awaits approval from managing authorities. It follows a policy to euphemize civilian traffic claims in favor of national needs and to free able bodied men for the fighting line.
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Associated Press
London
Oianaging
Poincare Villa Destroyed by German Shells During War Visit
Paris reports that President Poincare found Lampigny villa in ruins after a German bombardment. Amid debris he recovered intact the bronze statue of the Soldier of Marathon, a gift from Bar le Duc residents, prized as an artistic and historic keepsake.
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President Poincare
Associated Press
Paris
Poincaire
Lampigny
Marathon
Bar le Duc
Coliin
Lampigoy
Voincaire
Women to Patrol Brighton Beach This Summer
Brighton England plans partial replacement of policemen with women. The first women patrolmen began duties this month in dark blue serge uniforms with riding hat style helmets. Recruits receive training in first aid stretcher work signalling and gymnastics.
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Associated Press
London
Brighton
England
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