Receipts for Insurance Rise to Historic High
The forty fifth annual report to Governor Ferris shows the state insurance department tallied $757,975.42 in receipts last year, the highest in its history, sourced mainly from premium taxation and retaliatory fees from out of state companies. Commissioner Winship criticizes the tax on premiums, urging a direct legislative appropriation for the fire marshal's bureau to ensure expanded supervision and efficiency. The report also traces growth from 1909 to 1944 across 62 life, 65 casualty, 15 life and casualty, 28 assessment, 6 fraternal societies, and five reciprocal exchanges, with net receipts $21,400.87 higher than last year.
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State Insurance Department
Insurance Department
Ferris
Michigan
Commissioner Winship
Provident
Michigan Insurance Department
Fire Marshal’s Bureau
Life and Casualty
To Teach Boys Agriculture at Michigan State Fair
G W Dickinson says expert instruction in scientific culture will be offered at the State Fair as boys from every Michigan county are selected by competitive exam. Attendees will learn horticulture livestock breeding and dairying after passing county sheriff exams and state commissioners tests.
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Michigan
G. W. Dickinson
Banner Fair Planned With Diverse Exhibits and Races
State fair management plans an unprecedented program featuring automobile races fires of night aerial feats and a broad slate of attractions. General Manager G W Dickinson promises top events including harness and amateur baseball semifinals concerts lectures and exhibitions by schools scouts and bands across a packed fair calendar.
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G. W. Dickinson
Michigans
Boy Scout Congress
Scotch Highlander Band
Ford Motor Bank
Detroit Mounted Polee
M. A.C
Hunters Must Hold Licenses At Season Open
State game warden Oates warns that all duck and waterfowl hunters must obtain a license when the season opens September 2. The rabbit and partridge season now begins October 1 under the new law.
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Oates
State News Briefs Lansing Ferris pardons Thomas Maken
Lansing Ferris has paroled Thomas Maken who was sentenced to from one to ten years for assault with intent to maim. He served from Otawe county to a lonia prison, with the date December 15, 1914, noted in the record.
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Lansing
Ferris
Thomas Maken
Lonia
Otawe County
European War Timeline Summary of Early World War I
A year ago this week in August 1914, Japan declared war on Germany while German forces captured Namur and advanced toward Mons and Charleroi. French and British units moved north as Germans occupied Luneville. Austria claimed victory over Russians at Krasnik. English forces retreated from Mons as Russians neared Lemberg. Antwerp and Kiaochow faced bombardments by German forces, while Japan blockaded Kiaochow and German ships were sunk near Helgoland and in the Gulf of Finland. The French cabinet reshuffled. Belgium protested bombings. long war predictions emerged from British leaders. alliances formed as Germany pressed east and west.
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Lemberg
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This Bridge Is Blown Up Escapade War Tale
During infantry training a company chased an imagined enemy across a river to a supposedly blown bridge. An umpire shouted disaster as the bridge appeared to be gone, but the officer kept moving, displaying a notice that his company was swimming across.
Spelling The New Bird Explosive Riddle
A man asks how to spell the name of a new bird explosive. The answer comes from a cautious clerk who suggests consulting the dictionary for the correct spelling, avoiding a wrong guess.
M Clarygrams on honesty and quick wit
A compact remark filled note observes that liars sometimes crawl and that trust limits are tested by who can be told secrets. It also suggests sharper insight comes to those juggling ideas than those stuck with none, noting some people study business by “trichenometry.”
Hidden Impurity in Coffee Warns Consumers
F C Harwood warns American shoppers that much coffee is tainted by ground, moldy berries before harvest. He claims Denison's Coffees are selected personally to ensure purity, with hand-picked berries only. Contact Denison Coffee Co. Chicago for a dealer near you.
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Mr. Harwood
Denison
Denison's
Denison Coffee Co
Chicago
Secret of a neat housekeeper hidden in towels
The writer recalls the best and happiest house keeper who swears by a simple trick. She says she never irons with a cold iron or cuts with a dull knife and always carries a clean small hand towel pinned to her apron belt on one side and a similar dish towel on the other. This method reportedly saves time and steps.
Family Days Celebrate Simple Family Occasions
Family celebrations strengthen affection and memory. Bringing relatives together creates meaningful moments for birthdays weddings anniversaries or homecomings, making every gathering a bright, lasting memory even as the family circle changes.
One Left and Brain Gay Person Exchange
A cryptic line contrasts views on sexuality in schools. The dialogue hints at tensions around inclusion with a sharp remark about a “brain gay person” as a counterpoint to an asserted obsolescence of a gay person system.
Sympathetic Turn In Ailing Auto Tale
The line humorously recalls Cholly's first car outing ending in a turtle tumble, earning the jab that his luck mirrors a lobster's fragility. Readers are invited to ponder the lighter side of automotive mishaps through a character study in wit.
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Cholly
Turtle
A Quick Wit and Cautionary Snippet
A young man with money can easily tempt a girl to start trouble a deaf-mute is ready to join an argument and the best dice throw is to abandon the game.
Women take leading roles in transport and farming across Britain
In Edinburgh two dozen women conductors prove successful on a new tram line, with other tramways recruiting and training female conductors. Meanwhile English cartridge factory workers display patriotism by working thirty hours straight. Elizabeth Lister becomes South Wales stationmaster, the first woman to hold the post. Across northern England Scotland and Wales women supplant men in fields, seen following the plow and hoe.
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Bonnie
Lassie
Edinburgh
Scotland
Elizabeth Lister
South
Wales
England
Uproar in the Air as Doc Stork Carries Twins
In a whimsical scene from the Kansas City Star the busy Doc Stork ferries newborn twins to the wildcat’s house. Sammy Jay explains the twins resist the journey, while Peter Rabbit senses an SOS cry from above.
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Peter Rabbit
S.O.S
Doc Stork
Sammy Jay
Kansas City Star
Calcutta Plans Bus and Truck Transportation Initiative
A new company forms to rival the city street railway by placing 100 motor buses and 400 freight cars in service within a year. The piece notes a cautionary sentiment about firework safety, preferring mundane risks over explosions.
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Calcutta
Old Man Etiquette Sparks Polite Nuance
A compact note explains how a respectful son might call his father the old gent as a courteous alternative to the common phrase the old man. The distinction highlights social nuance in family talk and manners.
Speech and Silence in Everyday Life
A compact reflection on speaking wisely and yielding silence when appropriate. It emphasizes that one should speak fitly or remain quiet, and notes that suspicion can fall on the cautious neighbor, while kind acts generally avoid misfortune.
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George Herbert
Desert auto tragedy after radiator failure
Three men from the desert, James S. Roche James H. Welsh and James G. Clarke, died or suffered severe dehydration after their car ran dry in the Imperial Valley desert. Roche and Welsh sought water believing a mirage to be Salton Sea. Clarke later reached Mineral Springs but collapsed, later rescued.
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Los Angeles
James S. Roche
John H. Welsh
James G. Clarke
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Roche
Welsh
Salton Sea
Clarke
Mineral Springs
Philadelphia
Nothing to Be Said in Court Over Bread Theft
A judge questions a woman prisoner who admits stealing a loaf of bread. She answers nothing, remarking she cannot plead kleptomania for bread, suggesting a defense based on necessity.
Safest Marriages Declared by Statistician
A statistician declares the safest marriages are those contracted with men under twenty four or over thirty four years of age.
Matrimony Costs Most in Which State
A witty Boston quip asks where living costs rise highest, answering that marriage life is costly. The line highlights the humor around domestic expenses and state differences as a cultural jab.
Horses and Humans Share Mid Run Strengths
Some horses are better mid runners than others. It is so with human beings.
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