Old-Time Boy Better Say Experts
Chicago July 17 experts in boy problems say today’s boy retrogrades compared with a generation ago. A survey of 705 answers shows 350 retrogression points and 248 improvements. Topics include respect for parents and law, discipline, purity, and leisure, with opinions on corporal punishment and home life.
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Chicago
H. D. Abells
Morgan Park Academy
North Central Academic Associations
Hotel la Salle
Abells
Ufe
Whiskey and Brandy Dropped From Pharmacopoeia
Washington July 17 The dry wet fight moves to a new issue as whiskey and brandy are dropped from the United States pharmacopoeia the official drug list. Some fear drug stores may need a saloon license after January 1 but officials disagree. A committee of fifty scientists voted 26 to 24 to exclude the two toxicants.
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Washington
United States Pharmacopoeia
Monkey defendant faces Chicago judge on assault charge
In Chicago July 17 Billy a trained monkey stood before Judge Dolan in municipal court accused of mayhem. Prosecutor Sterrett argued for humane treatment at a psychopathic hospital while noting evidence of arrested mental development. Judge Dolan discharged the animal citing a precedent of animal nonresponsibility.
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Chicago
Billy
Dolan
Bessie Horn
John Veloti
Sterrett
Judge Dolan
Blackstone
Too Many Beans Shocks Huntington Grand Jury Findings
Huntington reports the grand jury found jail conditions unsanitary and overcrowded with petty offenders. They noted the principal diet was beans with little meat, and one inmate recalled beans almost every day. The sheriff is paid 60 cents per prisoner daily for feeding.
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Huntington
Reindeer Shipment For Berlin Slaughter Trade
A Norwegian syndicate has agreed to supply 10 090 live reindeer to the German meat trade for delivery in Berlin during the summer and autumn. An experimental shipment already proved satisfactory to Berlin butchers. Also in Orange New Jersey, 100 year old Elizabeth Day Cary celebrated her birthday quietly reciting twenty six Bible passages when interviewed.
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Christiania
A_syndicate of
Berlin
Orange
N. J
Cary
Mias Cary
Strike Ordered at Big Arms Factory Bridgeport
George Johnson international president of the Iron Workers of America calls a strike of 250 iron workers on seventeen Remington Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge buildings in Bridgeport. Possible sympathy action by machinists and allied trades may follow. Remington in touch with strike breakers. plant runs two shifts. controversy over munitions output and union stance. completion would employ about 6000 and make Remingtons a major arms manufacturer.
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Bridgeport. Com
George Johnson
Iron Workers of America
Remington Arms Company
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
International Association of Machinists and Allied Metal Trades
Remington
Bridgeport
Remington Corporation
New York
J. J.keppler
International
Metal Workers’ Union of New Yorkj
American Federation of Labor
James Stewart .Company, (Inc
Remingtons
Arms Land
United States
100 Cats Guard New York Police
Newark police report over 1000 stray and station cats guard New York precincts ridding stations of mice and rats. Cats display unique nocturnal habits and loyalty to duty, with named felines like Peter and Gray Whiskers becoming mascots amid residents' fear of infestations.
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New York
Newark
Station House
Tommy
Kitty
Morrisania
Peter
Peter Brady
Frank O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Leutenants
Alexander Avenue
West
One Hundred and Fifty-second Street
Brooklyn
Gray Whiskers
Gray
Al Jennings Among Robbed Pacific Electric Car Victims
In Los Angeles on July 17 two bandits held up a Pacific electric car two miles west of Pomona, robbing fifty passengers and escaping with several hundred dollars. Among the passengers was Al Jennings, once a famous bandit, now touring evangelistic meetings in southern California. His coin laden kerchief and the evening collection were stolen. he handed over a single dollar as the robbery occurred. Sheriff’s deputies from Pomona searched the area for the robbers but found no trace.
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Los Angeles
Pomona
Cal
Ganesha Junction
Pacific Electric
al Jennings
Jennings
California
Rescue Work After Coal Car Wreck Traps Man Twelve Hours
Monroe Early, 34, of Morehead Kentucky, was buried for twelve hours beneath fourteen coal cars in Portsmouth Ohio. He pleaded for faster lifting and directed the rescue as he was freed. Taken to a hospital, doctors offered little hope for his recovery. Water and morphine were provided through a metal tube during the ordeal.
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Portsmouth
Monroe
Morehead
Electrician Bizanti Refuses Bequest After Blood Donation
GIVES BLOOD ST. LOUIS July 17 John Bizanti an electrician refused a large sum of money which is his. His refusal led to plans to bestow the money on him despite objections. Bizanti had given two pints of blood and undergone two transfusions to aid George D. Gernard a millionaire philanthropist who died recently and bequeathed money to Bizanti.
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ST. Louis
John Bizanti
Bizanti
George D. Gernard
Masons to lay school corner stone in Grafton
Grafton July 1 Masonic bodies asked by the board of education to lay the corner stone of the new high school building now under construction for two months The date is not yet announced A Masonic reunion picnic is planned with Gratton lodges inviting all state lodges.
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Grafton
Board of Education
Gratton Park
Magonte
Gratton
First high German officer dies in captivity in Russia
Lieutenant General von Haughk, former chief equerry to the king of Saxony, reportedly died of kidney trouble in Tashkent after being captured by Russians last October. Born 1850 in Leipzig, he was twice aide to the king and served as equerry since 1899.
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Russia
Baron Korff
Warsaw
von Haughk
Leipsic
Saxony
von Tietzen
Jitney Driver in Everett Fined for Rough Ride
Everett Pennsylvania July 17. William J White a independent bus driver on Coldby Avenue admitted he sought to get even with a woman passenger by speeding along a rough side street and jostling her in the back seat. He was fined 35 dollars.
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Everett
William J. White
Disney
Coldby Avenue
White
Prince Sigismund of Russia Promoted to Ensign in Navy
Prince Sigismund, second son of Prince Henry of Russia, aged 17, entered the navy in active service at the outbreak of the war. He has just passed examinations for ensign and been promoted, attached to the marine corps and assigned to Flanders.
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Kiel
Germany
Sigismund
Henry
Russia
Marine Corps
Flanders
Missouri River described as major waterway in U.S. report
A U.S. Geological Survey special report details the Missouri River's headwaters in western Montana, its tributaries such as the Musselshell Yellowstone and Platte, and its course through ten states. It notes the Jefferson as main continuation, vast drops near Great Falls, and key irrigation projects including Pathfinder and Belle dams, with significant earth-fill structures and a decline toward navigability.
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Big Muddy
United States Geological Survey
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson
Madison
Gallatin
Marins
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Cheyenne
Platte
Kansas
Dakotas
Mississippia
Louis
Wyoming
Colorado
Minnesota
North Platte
Omaha
Neb
Gove
Araska
South Dakota
German slang enriches front line language in wartime
The article notes new German expressions among soldiers and aviators. Observers are dubbed Franz and pilots Heinrich, with verbs like franzen and vertranzen meaning to observe or misobserve. Artillery projectiles acquire nicknames such as gifts, old gentlemen, blicksows, chained dogs, plind skippers, rowdy Henry, trailer wagons, and sprinkling cans.
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Associated Press
Franz
Heinrich
Emil
Franzen
Frozen meat plays vital wartime role says NZ official
London July 17 The Hon. Thomas MacKenzie high commissioner for New Zealand and newly elected president of the Cold Storage and Tea Association states that allied armies rely on frozen meat. He recalls Boer War lessons and asserts frozen meat will be crucial on a much larger scale in the current European conflict.
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Sey
FRESE
London
Thomas MacKenzie
New Zealand
Emden Survivor Lectures Draw Large German Audiences
Lieutenant von Mucke, leader of Emden crew escapees, lectures in major German cities recounting the cruiser Emden’s voyage from Asia to Berlin, drawing strong audiences and praise for his gripping account.
Old Rush County records reveal warrants 1822 to 1841
Rushville Indiana lists the first warrant record ever issued by the county treasurer covering 1822 through 1841. It notes cash for a coffin and for rope and gear used in a death sentence, and records Swanson’s execution in 1623. A later case mentions Beverly R Ward and Edward J Waneson in connected warrants.
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Rushville
Ind
Rush’ County
Swanson
Rushcoun
Aderic Blishs Clark
Byter
Smus
Beverly R. Ward
David Looney
Edward J. Wane
Husband accused of prolonged absence in divorce case
In San Francisco on July 17 James Rutishauser a local garage and supply dealer faced a divorce action filed by his wife Josephine accusing him of remaining away from home to nurse a sick stenographer named Miss Foster who is cited as the corespondent.
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San Francisco
James Rutishauser
Hadi
Rutishauser
Josephine
Miss Foster
Cyclone Hits New Brunswick Area Uproots Trees
A miniature cyclone swept over New Brunswick New Jersey damaging trees and power lines. A baby carriage with infant was blown about a mile in the air then dropped in a field without injury. Dozens of telephone and telegraph poles were blown down as the storm followed a river valley path.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Brunswick
Burt
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