Walking As a Sport Sparks Outdoor Revival
A revival of walking as an outdoor sport grows with plans for summer trips. Miss Minnie Hill starts from Washington hoping to cross the continent on foot in about 200 days, covering some 4200 miles to San Francisco. She travels by day, sleeps in towns or farm houses, and carries light gear. Walking clubs and the Appalachian Mountain Club promote hiking, with leaders like Dr. Dudley A. Sargent and Dr. John Finley endorsing daily walks as vital exercises.
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San Francisco
Minnie Hill
Washington
Miss Hill
Edwards Payson Weston
Oxford
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Denver
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard University
John Finley
New York City College
Baltimore
Wanderlusters Hikers Include Congressmen Among Participants
A description of the Wanderlusters hiking movement notes that several congressmen and at least one U S senator joined summer trips. The informal group lacks formal rules or officers yet attracts about two hundred walkers starting Sundays from streetcar termini. Walks cover eight to ten miles in five hours, with options to leave the party along the route.
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United States
Gal
Au Tinose
Electricity in Man's Body Triggers Explosive Spark
London June 5 government combustibles expert proposed that a worker's body stored electricity, causing a deadly explosion at Stowmarket that killed four men. Major Cooper-Key said a spark passed through a dangerous commodity due to lack of earthing, recommending a metal stud in overshoes and a future regulation.
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Associated Press
London
Stowmarket
Cooper-Key
Hen Parties Rise in London Social Life During War
War spurs English women to increase social camaraderie and shed prejudice against hen parties. Clubs like the Lady Workers' club offer hours on weekdays and weekends to cultivate friendship, without any propaganda or games.
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Associated Press
London
Lady Workers’ Club
Protection Groups Organize for War Damage in France
Inhabitants across invaded French departments have formed associations to protect owners whose property was seized or damaged. They formed a federation led by Louis Nyells of Nord, urging the government commission to base estimates on full restoration costs to return properties to their original condition.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Louis Nyells
Department of the
Nord
Amendment to English Army Act Proposed by Under Secretary
London June 5 H J Tennant under secretary of war proposes an amendment to grant the war department power to transfer soldiers between commands or even branches without their consent. The measure would not deprive the soldier of any pay or allowance already received.
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Associated Press
London
H. J. Tennant
War Department
Doctor Tells How Ten Fight the Mosquito
Dr Alvah H Doty former health officer of the port of New York argues in the Journal of the American Medical Association that extermination of mosquitoes is feasible under proper federal state or municipal control. He differentiates inland and salt water species, urges draining swamp lands for coastal mosquitoes and recommends semi refined petroleum only as a temporary measure, not a permanent solution.
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Alvah H. Doty
New York
The
American “Medical Association
Sal
Connec
Bit of Wood Kills Woman in Towanda
In Towanda Pennsylvania on June 5 Mrs Luella J Packard aged 64 died after swallowing a nearly inch long wooden stick An operation for appendicitis revealed the piece lodged in her intestines Blood poisoning followed Her death came after she denied remembering swallowing the wood
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Towanda
Luella J. Packard
Judge Refuses to Split Fifty Fifty Marriage Fee
CLEVELAND June 5 Key stone Sam Cole 25 editor Baltimore and Lilian Graham 23 Pittsburg telephone operator walked toward California after a Cleveland marriage. The ceremony occurred when Judge Gosline would not divide fifty fifty on the license fee. The groom borrowed the amount from the license clerk et al.
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Cleveland
Keystone
Sam Cole
Baltimore
Lilian Graham
Pittsburg
California
Gosline
Wilson Aids F-4 Widow Seeks Civil Service Exemption
President Wilson signed an executive order placing Mrs. F Pierard of Sausalito California on the Mare Island navy yard payroll as seamstress and flagmaker without civil service examination. her husband was chief gunner's mate on the submarine F-4 lost near Honolulu two months ago. she is mother to twins seventeen months old and supports them with care for her invalid sister. her husband also went down with the ship.
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Washington
Wilson
F. Pierard
Sausalito
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
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