Telegraph shows rapid growth in messages and traffic
A Census Bureau report notes 21 commercial land telegraph systems in 1917 operated 241,012 miles of pole line and 1,888,793 miles of wire, sent 151,725,238 messages, and employed 47,227 workers with wages of 36.39 million dollars. The five year period ending 1912 to 1917 saw a 45.7 percent rise in messages and a 39.2 percent rise in employees.
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Washington
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
United States
Eugene F. Hartley
London Children Prefer Domestic Stories in Films
A London survey of 6,500 children shows over 90 percent regularly attend films with domestic stories ranking first among preferences. Cowboys, war films, serials, crimes, love stories, and educational topics follow in the order named as overall tastes. A new corporation plans to invest 10.3 million dollars to build picture palaces in the city.
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London
Lyon County Cabbage King Reigns From Small Patch
Emporia Kansas report notes Jason Austin, hotel proprietor, yields about 2000 pounds of cabbage from a nearly 2000 square foot patch. Each head averages three pounds and the crop is reported free from insects. Farmers and gardeners crown him Lyon County Cabbage King.
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Emporia
Kan
Jason Austin
Austin
Lyon County
Judges Play Safe at Cedar Falls Baby Show
Cedar Falls Iowa judges awarded every contestant a prize amid calm ceremony. They quipped no irate mothers for us as they declared the event a success.
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Cedar Falls
Lady Gertrude Decies Opens Scots Wood Hotel
Lady Gertrude Decies widow of the fourth Baron Decies and aunt by marriage of the present Lady Decies has converted her grand home into a hotel named Scots Wood golf club. The news notes her new venture and the historic residence’s repurposing for hospitality.
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Gertrude Decies
Baron Decies
Decies
Vivian Gould
Scots Wood
Brides' Passport Rush On Paris Frontline
Passport officers at the American embassy work through the night to issue papers for French brides of American soldiers headed to the United States. Brides arrive with khaki husbands, mothers, or alone, forming a long queue of French women from provinces, ranging from beautiful to plain, many speaking notable English.
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Paris
United States
Hunger edema seen in Czech child districts
Report from Prague describes a new hunger disease among children in remote districts of Czecho-Slovakia. The illness, termed hunger edema, is linked to excessive body water from starvation. Careful delivery of food to children is urged, as parents are often accused of harming their children by withholding food. The piece notes widespread hunger edema and a marked rise in tuberculosis.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Turned Brewery Into Cheese Factory in Carnarvon Wales
Tanqueray's Llangollen brewery the oldest in north Wales has been purchased by a temperance reformer and will be converted into a cheese factory in Carnarvon.
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Carnarvon
Wales
Army food sale and petitions flood capital steps
News pictures show Ak ron residents queuing for army food sold at cost nationwide. A mountain of 6 100 000 petitions for six months pay for soldiers and sailors is presented to Secretary Sanderson by Homer Sheridan. A truck of poultry illustrates efforts to cut costs, with Iowa motor express lines cited as influence. Officials in New York urge army trucks be reassigned to the Post Office to ship perishables directly from countryside to city, cutting profiteering.
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Akron
Washington
Homer Sheridan
Geo. A. Sanderson
The
Senate
Iowa
Motor Express
New York
Army
Post Office Department
Letter Carriers’ Association
National Organization
Wilson
Bela Kun
Hungary
Austria
Budapest
Anna Adams Gordon
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
War Department
Day of brunette at hand. American women trend brunette
The article reports Madison Grant’s view that World War I accelerates a shift from blonde to brunette in America. He argues Nordic blondes are declining due to war sacrifices while darker brunettes grow in number, predicting “American beauty” will favor Spanish, French, or Italian types. He cites historical immigration and racial mixing as contributing factors.
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New York
America
Madison Grant
American Museum of Natural History
American Geographical Society
Yili
Scribner's
Mr. Grant
Mediterranean
Balkans
Europe
India
Blonde Community Hope Sought in Northwest Canada
A discussion asserts that the United States cannot sustain a pure blonde type and argues that northwest Canada with its climate offers the only suitable environment for such a community, being less favorable to brunettes.
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United States
Canada
Letter Carrier Delivers Suspect Bomb Package in Brooklyn
John T. McPartland of 517 Forty-seventh Street Brooklyn received a special delivery package that appeared to be a bomb. He discarded it from his home prompting a flood of panic. Detective Joseph Mahon opened the parcel after submerging it in water and found a turtle inside.
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New York
John T. McPartland
Forty-seventh Street
Brooklyn
McPartland
Joseph Mahon
Fourth Avenue
Hats Off Drill Command Causes Rear Rank Confusion
A military drill moment described as an officer’s command to “cover off in the rear rank” led the rear row to remove their hats instead of standing directly behind the man ahead. The exchange notes the humorous misinterpretation during the drill.
Castelsarrasin Names Wiljefdemperfoch Avenue In France
Briefs report a new Castelsarrasin street name honoring Wilson Joffre Clemenceau Pershing and Foch. Other items note copper for German interests, sugar export ban proposals, Canadian wheat sale plans, Villa activity near Las Vegas, suffrage ratification, soldier divorces, and deaths.
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Wilson
Marshal Joffre
Clemenceau
Gen. Pershing
Marshal Foch
Castelsarrasin
France
Wiljefdemperfoch Avenue
New York
Effects of Francis X Bushman sale at Green Valley Springs
The estate sale of actor Francis X Bushman to satisfy divorce and creditor claims drew about 2 000 attendees at Green Valley Springs Maryland. Separate items note British approval of peace treaties, Boston pie prices, and other varied world news items.
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Francis X. Bushman
Bushman
Green Valley Springs
Great Britain
Boston
Massacre of Jews Reported in Odessa Quarter
Advices received in London from Polish sources claim Russian troops under Gen Gregorieff surrounded Odessa's Jewish quarter and began a three day massacre with no escape. Ukrainians in Ukraine and Bessarabia declare a 14 day mourning period.
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Odessa
Gregorieff
London
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Oldest Marine Sergeant Ober Reenlists for 8th Time
Sergeant M. J. Ober reenlists in the U S Marines for the eighth time marking over 31 years of active service. He becomes the oldest marine and is stationed in Washington in the office of Secretary of Navy Danis.
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M. J. Ober
U. S Marines
Ober
Washington
Navy
Danis
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Mary Washington Morosini
Caldwell
Mint News
Nation
Amerca
San Francisco
Tumulty
Elliott
Indiana
Las Vegas
Durango-Chihanhau
Mende Fierro
Galveston
Tex
Montana State Senate
House
King
Illinois
New York State
National Highway Protective Society
Oscar Hammerstein
Capital Steps
Jack Eliott
State Capitol
Carey
Wyoming
Helen Bonham
Cheyene
Eugene M. Travis
Little Falls
Travis
Regis H. Post
New York State Bureau
War Savings Committee
Porto Rico
Order of the Crown of Italy
Red Cross
Italy
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