Nutley Officials Enforce Old Sunday Balloon Ban
Nutley authorities cite an ancient ordinance banning Sunday balloon ascents within town limits. Citizens must prove they are headed to church or to a physician to avoid fines for violating the ban. The board has asked the town attorney to interpret the rule amid ongoing balloon activity at Belleville’s pleasure park.
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Nutley
Nutley Justice of Peace
Nutley School Fund
Belleville
Nutley Board of Commissioners
Swedish plan to form 3000 provincial police in Hunga
General Hjalmarson returned from Ching where he concluded negotiations to establish a Swedish gendarmerie to preserve order in the province of Hunga. The scheme calls for a 3000 strong provincial police force, officered by Swedes, with a central bureau at Peking and a school for officers run by Swedish instructors.
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Imy Deacctareo Ranma) Stockhqlm
Hjalmarson
Ching
Hunga
Peking
Peeping Tom Case Tests Premarital Privacy in Court
In Chicago, Louis F. P. Maier faced discussion of premarital information rights as he was charged with peeping into Miss Blanche Waldo’s bedroom window on Michigan Avenue. Maier argued he plans to marry in two weeks, questioning why he should be denied the chance to know more. Judge Gemmill presided and questioned the bounds of inquiry in court.
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Chicago
Michigan’ Avenue
Matem
Gemmill
Tips Pay Off for Columbus Restaurant Waiters
Columbus July 24 Manager Ben Harman honors waiters with monthly contests tied to receipts and service. The top earner wins $15, the most-served waiter $10, and a $1 prize goes to the best overall politeness score. This tipping plan supplements weekly wages and patron generosity, aiming to boost morale and performance.
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Columbus. CO
Ben Harman
Harman
Gas Mine Tragedy Claims Two
Killed in mine No 7 of Sheridan Coal near Mulberry Kansas are Matt Kranz gas man and Parl Lambertson an employee. The mine was waterlogged for days and both men were underground when the explosion occurred.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Matt Kranz
Parl Lambertson
Sheridan Coal Company
Mulberry
Automobile Chase With Cougar Near Mount Rainier
S P McGhie recounts driving an eight cylinder car in a remarkable pursuit of a big cougar along a cliffside road near Mount Rainier. The group, including Mr and Mrs S J Pritchard and Mr and Mrs C H Graves, witnessed the animal dash onto the ledge as the car closed in. The cougar leaped to the roadside and crouched as the pursuit sped by.
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Everett Wash
S. P. McGhie
Mount Rainer
S.J. Pritchard
C. H. Graves
National Park Inn
McGhie
Memorial design for Serbia at South Kensington Museum
In London’s South Kensington museum a large model memorial for Serbia by Ivan Mestoyic is proposed as a temple symbolizing Serbia’s rebirth. The plan would place it on Kosovo battlefield, with funding hoped in time. Mestovic, born 1883 in Croatia, rose from peasant roots to study in Vienna and Paris, gaining fame for his work.
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Ansociarap Frese
London
South Kensington
Euheme
Serbia
Ivan Mestoyic
Kosovo
Mestovic
Crostia
Spalato
Vienna
Paris
Prisoners receive weekly war news summary in Britain
London reports a weekly war news summary being distributed to all prisoners in jails nationwide by order of the home secretary. Jail authorities say the concession improves prisoner conduct and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Paes
London
Waw
Great Britain
Home Secretary
Lusitania survivor takes helm at Cambrian coal combine
Cady Mackworth, a Lusitania survivor, assumes management of the Cambrian coal combine as it aggregates $100,000 a year while her father D.A. Thomas, head of the company, is in America for government war work. General manager Léonard Llewellyn is also reassigned to war duties.
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Tay
London
Cady Mackworth
Cambrian Coal Combine
America
D.A. Thomas
Combine
Léonard Llewellyn
Horses Fight Near Reynolds Street In Charleston
A pair of horses owned by Goff and Sarver on Reynolds Street fought through the night, injuring both animals. They were moved to a veterinary hospital where extensive trauma and potential crippling were noted. One horse may need destruction if injuries prove fatal. The owners previously faced a $625 claim related to the animals.
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Charleston
Goff
Sarver
Reynolds Street
Salem City Booms With New Buildings and Growth
Salem July 24 The summer outlook is bright with a building boom across the city. Central Land Co finished a three story Main Street block for two stores and offices, Knights of Pythias hall above. Alliance window glass plant progresses, new brick Salem College rises with Holbert and Spedding as contractors. Residential growth continues, while factories and a river outing trend keep locals busy. A. D. Trough returns from Texas with investments, and social visits from Mrs. Gain and the Alkire duo appear. Two prisoners in custody after drinking alcohol blend.
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Salem
Central Land Company
Main Street
Tenmile districtboard approves seven month term and staff
The Tenmile board of education met with secretary J W Tobins and voted to lengthen the school term to seven months. Principal E C Henderson heads Bristol district high school with J D Al-Tey as first assistant. Teachers listed for various grades include Joe L Vincent Hazel Fisher Grace Van Horn and others. Also noted are staff assignments at Wolf Summit Marshville Upper Indian Run Lower Indian Run Williams and Hall Run. A civil service exam for postal service was held with eight passing. a local Universal Supply Co cooperative grocery project is planned in the Odd Fellows building. Dr. Mason assisted in a local operation. Charles Erheart to speak on the Anti-Saloon League.
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Board of Education of
Tenmile District
J. W. Tobins Arepescetary
Teepee
Bristol
E. C. Henderson
J. D. al- Tey
Henderson
Hagleh
Laurie J. Myers
H.C. Lockney- Hall
Ww. C. Periis
Katherine H. Gur
Calcium Tank Tragedy Claims Shelbyville Boy
Wallace Taggart eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Taggart died from burns after stepping into a calcium tank heated to 150 degrees at a Shelbyville canning plant. He wandered near the area where his father was laying a well and asked a bystander about the foam.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Wallace Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Clergyman Accused of Driving Wife Insane and Abandonment
In New York City papers to the supreme court accuse Rev Francis Rolt Wheeler, an Episcopal clergyman tied to St John the Divine, of trying to drive his wife Christine to suicide and abandoning her and their two children Roger and Mona near March 6 last. Mrs Rolt Wheeler seeks separation on grounds of cruelty alleging two affinities and a shared apartment with Natalie Sonneschen, whom the clergyman calls only his landlady.
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New York
Francis Rolt,Wheeler
St. John the Divine
Supreme Court
Christine Rolt-Wheeler
Roger
Mona
Canada
Convicts in Sing Sing Adopt Novel Self Punishment
Inmates of Sing Sing prison form the Mutual Welfare League and impose punishments on rule violators. Suspension from league privileges leads to visible marks such as yellow circles, yellow stripes on back or trousers, and in cases of longer suspensions shaving of the head. Warden Osborne notes the scheme originated with the prisoners as an informal penalty system.
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Ossining N
Mutual Welfare League
Sing Sing
Thomas NM. Osborne
New Doctors In This State Certificate to Practice Medicine
A list of individuals granted certificates to practice medicine in the state appears amid a broader report. The readable portion names multiple persons with diverse origins and affiliations, noting some present in cities like Logansport and Greensburg. The surrounding text also recounts a weather related event and injuries during a storm, including a physician named Gernand who suffered a head injury but began to recover.
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Ise
Ballard
Logansport
Red
Chanoweth
Settee
Huntington aKirley
Harringal
Listrande Bisading Aras
Huntingtons J. Scs
LaTamon
Eae O
Tarnelis
Charles
RS Young
Lynch
Lucky Strike Cartesville zinc mine boom boosts earnings
Six months after a powder monkey job at the Hero mine paid $3.50 a day, George A. Tibban leased the Last Chance mine near Cartesville. As ore prices rose he earned weekly checks of 40 and 6 dollars, then found a rich pocket yielding up to 130 dollars per ton. He now operates a 100 ton mill, cleaning up over 1,000 dollars weekly with potential for more as zinc prices stay high.
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Cartersville
George A. Tibbans
Tibbans
Head nurse warns against thefts at county hospital
Denver July 24 Miss Maude McClaskie head nurse at the county hospital told a committee of star nurses to place valuables at the hospital site and take steps to stop thefts which have occurred with alarming frequency.
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Denver
Col
Unclear OCR fragment from German post office notes
The readable text details a German post office incident with a 988 person overage mark value about 170 marks each and mentions nurses quarters. It also references theft of wearing apparel items like corsets and other articles and a concern over parading valuables at a hospital.
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Socereo Recen
Coloend
Germany
Cure for Pellagra Promises Return to Health
A reader from S C and David G of Thichplace report cure after forty years with a Pellagra remedy. They claim relief after four days of treatment and urge consulting the American Compounding Co of Jasper Alabama. The ad promises a money refund if cure fails.
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Owards
S. C
David G Thichplace
Jasper
Ala
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Method Beal
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Lindsay
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Automobile
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BIG, Coal Company
England
Highland Bros. & Gate
Piner
Hlanders
Ide
Salem City
Alliance Window Glass
East
Salem College
Holbert and Spedding
Wairmont
Kéine
A. D. Trough
Wichita
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Fowlerton
Tex
Thomas Gain
Clarksburg
D. Trough
D. M. Alkire
Weston
Alice
West Milford
T. N. Young
Tén-Milé
Board of Education
Virginia Robinson
Shinnston
Flora
Mack ‘McEwen
Jamestown
N. Y
New York State
Civil Service
Postal Service
H. Itintzer
Clarkshoro
Universal Supply Company, & Co-Operative
Odd Fellows
William Offutt
Lost Creek
Creed H. Collins
Charles M. Erheart
Wheeling
Anti-Saloon League
Walter Randolph
T Greenbrier
Here
Dr. Mason
Clarkeburg
New York Church
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Tallahnasve
Shrician
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Madras
Jill
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