England's war drink curb halves public drunkenness says lord
London April 21 Lord D Abernon chairman of the Central Liquor Traffic Control Board reports nine months of wartime regulation cut public drunkenness by about fifty percent. He notes gains vary by area and warns the policy remains limited to England Scotland and Wales with further reforms aimed at hours licensing and prohibitions on treating and credit. He argues fewer licensed houses and better organization could improve trade efficiency and curb intemperance while preserving national war effort.
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Lord D’abernon
Central Liquor “Trafic Control Board
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Wales
Lord D'Abernon
United States
Canada
Forte
Liquor Traffic Board
Dominions Royal Trade Commission
Govarnor
Constantinople
Curioux
United Bites
Blind Man Maintains Furnaces And Trees In Lynnhurst
Peter Hanson, blind for twenty years, is hailed as the handiest resident of Lynnhurst Minneapolis. He tends seven furnaces, clears snow for neighbors, and does odd jobs around homes. He trims dead branches from trees by climbing and cutting from the side, using methods learned in Sweden. Hanson, born in Sweden ninety nine years ago, moved to America in 1879 at age 28 and later settled in Minneapolis after his wife’s death.
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Peter Hanson
Colfax Avenue
Peter Hattn
Lynnhurst
A. W. Armatage
Froment
Agence South
Hanson
Lynnharat
Sweden
Tropelinn
Henry
America
Eeoma
Nald
Philono
Atiesota
Gary
Lowell of Harvard Urges Peace by Force of Arms League
Morgantown April 28 reporting Dr A Lawrence Lowell Harvard University president urged Taft and others to back a League to Enforce Peace. The article outlines Lowell and Taft’s push for a jointly armed league to deter war, with emphasis on arbitration before hostilities and the need for strong sanctions to deter aggression.
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Harvard
Morgantown
Dent Frank B. Trotter
Virginia University
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard Unive Ty
League
Taft
Lownis
Matt
Des Lowell
Independence Hall
League of ‘Nations
Philadelphia
Bose
United States
Europe
Atlantic
New York
Acta
International Tribunal OF
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Outdoor modeling stunt on Flatiron roof shocks New York crowd
Mort Burger director of the School of Illustration invites reporters to witness a live outdoor class atop the Flatiron Building. A blonde model posed on a rug with chairs and drawing boards as movie operators urged poses while editors and staff watched from nearby windows. The scene aimed to showcase an outdoor fashion and art demonstration despite windy conditions and rooftop hazards.
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New York
Gtort N. Burger
Mort
School of Illustration
Associated Art Studion
Flatiron
N Ist
Arty Imamortals
Congress
United States French Academy
N. ‘M. Butler
George M. Cohan
Olive Herford
Reat
Mort Durger
Nak Whethar
Kroon City
Ataira
Elk
Mir
Mont Burger
Metropolitan Life
Surpas
Madison Square
Mort Burger
Bert
Faditon Satiare
Windlows
Metropolitans
HATCHINGS FROM THE BOOBY HATCH HATCHINGS
A jumble from multiple clippings includes tongue in cheek tips for housewives about doughnut holes and home remedies. It notes wartime era chatter from Campbell Ga and mentions Verdun France Hasenpfehr Germany Ypres Belgium Pilgen Austria and a Billy Sunday meeting with J Franklin Baker. The scraps reference a planned motion picture theater and a prophecy of millenniums plus various society notices and local deaths and births.
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