Girls Refuse 10 Wear Skirts While Bathing
In Pettsburg Pennsylvania Aug 21 society girls from Sewickley and Sewickley Hollow display Annette Kellermann style bathing outfits despite Westmoreland County district attorney orders for skirts. The craze spread to Oshmont and Verona with ministers urging arrests of declared immodesty. Pennsylvania Railroad blocks Sunday swimming at Sixmile Island by Sharpsburg police.
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Pettsburg
Fone
Westmoreland County
Ohio
Allegheny
Sewickley
Annette Kellermann
Allegheny County
Oshmont
Verona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharpsburg
Sixmile Island
Postmaster Says His Office is Boycotted
FELGUS Fales reports Vin ing Minnesota post office boycott by local businessmen since February last. After appointment in February he says firms began routing mail on the train. He gained authority to cancel stamps on letters aboard trains to prevent loss of mail. The trouble stems from a suit against the bank of Vining years ago.
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Felgus Fales
Minn
H. Froslee
Vining
Frossess
Bank of Vining
Young Husband Arraigned in Newark on Larceny Charge
Russell Hollenback, 17, of 561 Orange Street Newark, appeared before Police Judge Edward W. Woodman in Orange New Jersey for stealing a bicycle. He was remanded to Sussex County probation on desertion charges amid dispute over his child’s christening and marriage to Mary Owen of Newark. Bail set at 300 dollars.
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Orange
N.J
Russell Hollenback
Orange Street
Newark
Edward W. Woodman
Hussex County Probation Office
Jad
Shen Jone
Mary Owen
Hollenback
Female chemists in London urged for shell making
Aug 21 London officials announce plans to employ women with scientific education in the munitions effort. Shell production requires technical chemistry, and trained chemists are in high demand. Many women have long studied chemistry for research or abstract science, now appearing in the register of women for war work. Special departments for women chemists will be created in factories.
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London
Ministry of Munitions
Boys snip sword knots to taunt German troops in Brussels
In Brussels August 21 Brussels street boys taunt German soldiers by stealing and cutting off sword knots. A 15 year old was sentenced to three months for boasting of 54 knots. A Belgian banker offered 300 dollars for anyone to depose General von Bissing, with proceeds aiding the Red Cross.
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von Bissing
Red Cross
Fire horses bolt through Hazleton business district
Hazleton Pa August 21 two horses of the Pioneer company pulling a rock wagon bolted after hearing the fire alarm tearing through the business section with a load of broken rock in the wagon they narrowly missed teams and autos before colliding with Earl Deltrich’s car wrecking the machine
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Hazleton
Pioneer Company
Earl Deltrich
Half Million Bond Votes For West Virginia Road Improvements
Charleston reports a statewide push for durable roads with more than 500000 dollars in bond issues authorized for permanent highway construction. Monongalia Summers Wyoming Logan and Cabell counties plan votes Sept or Aug on bonds ranging from 30 000 to 270 000 tied to brick and earth road works, while additional counties may follow.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Monongalia County
Union
Morgan
Summers
Greenbrier
Talcott
Wyoming County
Logan County
Cabell County
Mirage Illusions Haunt Troops in German Southwest Africa
In a field letter General Botha’s troops report exhausting cam paign conditions in German Southwest Africa. Mirage effects under moonlit dust caused fatigue and hallucinations, turning riders and horses into surreal visions as they pressed on mile after mile.
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Pansy
Capetown
Africa
Botha
Ramadan fasting shifts meals for Mohammedan soldiers
Ramadan spans July 13 to August 12, prompting Mohammedan soldiers in the French army to eat at sunset and fast through daylight. To honor religious observances, the minister of war ordered the commissary department to supply meals aligned with these traditions for all Mohammedan troops in the trenches.
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Paris
Aue
Africa
Commissary Department
Belgians Tie Macaroni in Place of Flags on Belgian Day
In Brussels, after Italian arms left the Italian embassy signaling war with Austria, authorities banned national insignia. Belgians wore macaroni on lapels as a substitute, leading to arrests for flag displays. Black flags later appeared on many homes during a Belgian holiday, with some leaders jailed for alleged color violations.
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Jay
Belgium
Holliday
Cfeaders
Prisoners in Siberia Well Treated Despite War Status
Moscow reports a detailed view of prisoner life in Siberia. Over 14,000 prisoners in one town with 10,000 more expected, kept under humane rules. Germans segregated, allowed gym, games, and gardening. Food matches Russian soldiers. many work outside. German convoys restricted. some labor in roads, camps, timber, and farming. New arrivals told to keep order. complaints heard and punished.
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Moscow
kRussia
Siberia
Aerial playground hubs at Oakland Bank of Savings
Oakland bank clerks claim a rooftop recreational area above the Bank of Savings building. During lunch they ascend nine floors to a roof garden with a cafe, shooting gallery, and overhead baseball where clerks play and relax away from the city noise.
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Oakland
Cal
Deal Bank
Oakland Bank of Sayings
Oakland Bank of Savings
Oldest US editor Henry Reeves returns to work at 83
Henry A. Reeves, editor of the Republican Watchman of Greensport Long Island, resumes duties after recovering from major surgery. At 83 he faced serious illness but rebounded, with physicians doubting survival before he regained health. Friends urge him to consider marriage, but he says he will wait until he feels he has years of discretion.
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New York
United States
Henry A. Reeves
The
Republican Watchman
Greensport
Long Island
Reeves
Mr. Reeves
Serbia Guarded by Allies Around Belgrade
Serbia is guarded by French aviators and an English naval contingent protecting the river boundary with two Russian batteries of artillery entrenched behind Belgrade, forming a joint defensive line.
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Belgrade
Scientists Identify Dextrose as Diabetes Cause
New York August 21 Two Rockefeller Institute physicists Dr Samuel J Meltzer and I S Kleiner report discovering the primary cause of diabetes They say dextrose the sugar in fruits and animals drives the disease by increasing blood sugar and stressing the kidneys They also show the pancreas helps ward off diabetes and that removing it kills the subject or causes severe forms The findings come from experiments on live animals indicating excess dextrose is the key factor and that normal animals can handle occasional surges but pancreatic removal leaves no defense against them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Medical Institute
Samuel J. Meltzer
I. S. Kleiner
Lonely Girl Writes Message on an Egg
Stroudsburg, Aug 21. Sadie S. Smith must call for the 200 letters awaiting her at the post office or the office will seek an enlargement. A lonely farm girl sent a note on an egg and it led to a scramble for a reply from suitors in Wilmington. A local paper urges Sadie to consider the consequences before a leap.
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Stroudsburg
Sadie S. Smith
Post Ofice
Decker
Guy. Hanley
Wilmington
Del
Guy
Sadie
Monroe County
World mercantile marine losses rise in 1914
Lloyds summary shows 667 vessels totaling 926,134 tons lost or condemned in 1914, with 491 steamers and 275 sailing ships affected. UK lost 101 vessels and 229,179 tons to war causes, Germany 13 vessels, while wrecked ships account for nearly 40 percent of total losses. Neutral countries incur similar percentage losses.
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London
Llioyd
United Kingdom
Germany
Costly to France mobilization aid plan grows
Paris August 21 France spent 384,006,000 during the first year of the war to feed the wives and families of mobilized soldiers and workers thrown out of employment. At present 3,000,000 persons receive allowances from the government to sustain households during the conflict.
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Gay Associaren
Paris
France
Sword of Honor finished for King Albert in Paris
Paris authorities unveil a gold and enamel sword for His Majesty Albert of Belgium. The piece carries a Flemish athlete guard, mottoes, and a Belgian crown motif. The blade's case bears the King’s monogram as plans call for showcasing the gift after Belgium’s liberation. In Washington, the Chugach National Forest is cut by nearly half under a new Wilson proclamation, reducing public domain land by about 5.8 million acres and reshaping timber and railroad development plans.
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Ameocinte
Paris
Albert
Feu
Florentin
Legion of Honor
Monsieur Poincarre
Republic
Peilt Palais
Bigian
Intel
Saint Etienne
Ates
Jean Richeppin
Drolte
Colza
Matame van Driestan
Belgium
Washington
Chugach National Forest
Alsaka
Seward
Fairbanks
Wilson
Forest Service
Bering River
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Oregon
Chugach
Chugach Mountains
Resurrection Bay
Kings Bay
Kenai Mountains
Tustamena
Skilak Lakes
Hope
Sunrise
Kenai
Ninilchek
Bathing suit ban eyed at Rockaway Beach post office
Reports from Rockaway Beach say Postmaster William A. McVey has barred men from entering the post office in bathing costumes to maintain order. The issue may be appealed to Postmaster General Burleson, with inspectors expected after a formal request and attire submission.
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Washington
Derry
Burleson
Rockaway Beach
William A. McVey
Straw Hat Allowance For Pacific Vets In Warm Weather
In Los Angeles on August 21, the Pacific branch of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers issues Special orders No 35 permitting straw hats during warm weather from June 1 to October 31. Only hats of an approved pattern on display at the post fund store may be worn. Members may buy the hats at cost from the post store or elsewhere.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
National Home
Berry
Eatern
Post Fund
Ten volumes of Lisitania clippings prepared for Vanderbilt
New York Aug 21 Ten volumes of 100 pages each compiling newspaper clippings about the sinking of the Lisitania have been completed as a memorial to Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt whose husband was a passenger on the steamship.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Iodine Industry Shifts From England to Norway
Norwegian coast dwellers have begun extracting and marketing iodine locally, ending English domination. Seaweed gatherers, burning and exporting ash for iodine, now supply Norwegian factories. In under a year one company reports a twenty percent surplus, as exporters pledge to halt further shipments to England.
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Christiania
Norway
England
Man mocks wife with joke letter sparks arrest
In Allentown Pennsylvania Martin Troxell wrote a claim of meeting a peach in Easton to influence divorce proceedings. He offered a champagne dinner to draw his wife Eastward, but she reported him to an alderman for man-support. Troxell says the letter was a joke and admits responsibility.
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Allentown
Martin Troxell
Easton
Curious Lake Monona fish puzzles Madison residents
In Madison on Aug 21 M J Meyers hauled from Lake Monona a strange fish that looks like an alligator eel garfish and mackerel with a duck wide tail. It has two sets of fins like propellers and a mouth on the back of its head. The creature weighs about three pounds and bears heavy alligator-like scales.
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Madison
Wis
Lake Monona
M. J. Meyers
Yale Library to Receive War Clippings Collection
A bundle of clippings was compiled during three months of labor and is slated for eventual donation to Yale University Library. The project reflects extensive archival work by the collector to preserve wartime material for future scholars.
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Yale
England Calls Opo Australia 10 Send More Men 10 Front
Melbourne Australis Aug 21 A message from imperial authorities calls for as many Australian soldiers as possible to reinforce the front. Recruitment has improved after a ministerial appeal and about 5 000 reinforcements monthly are expected to be obtained to replace wastage in Turkish operations before new expeditionary forces are raised. If shortages are met an additional contingent may be sent.
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Melbourne
Australis
Turkey
Defense Department
Auto turns comersault keeps going in Denver
In Denver a large motor car carrying three women, driven by Mrs. T. F. Fortson, suddenly somersaulted, rolled and landed wheels up. Miss Rose Kennedy suffered minor injuries, while Mrs. Fortson and Mrs. Hughes escaped with bruises and a cut. The car suffered minor damage.
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Denver
Col
T. F. Fortson
Loxam Street
No Girls in Heaven Says Ohio Woman
Cleveland August 2 The article reports Mrs. D D Butcher of Ohio defending independent female roles in spiritual theory called individual science. She asserts women go to heaven as part of man yet retain their identity, with each gender keeping separate duties. The piece notes her plan to select peers among girls and young women. Also mentioned is the Shermanogue Oyster Company project on the New Brunswick coast involving twenty two acres, a pawns cost, and a total cost of $100,000.
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Cleveland,o
D. D. Butcher
Adam
Shermogue Oyster Company
New Brunswick
Agres Af
Alutch
Apawn
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Serbia
Rockefeller Institute
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Sword of Honor
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