Kansas Death Rate Tops Nation Says State Has Readiness To Dodge Dangers
W J V Deacon of the Kansas Vital Statistics Bureau explains Kansas has the lowest death rate in the U S at 98 per 100 000 due to sobriety wealth and intelligent living. He cites agricultural state layout mild climate and broad rural population as factors noting prohibition reduces liquor influence and promotes healthier youth.
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Kansas
Union
W. J. V. Deacon
Kansas Vital Statistics Bureau
Samuel L. Rogers
United States Bureau of the Census
Deacon
Bear Tracks Shown To Prove Forest Sighting
Samuel Jayner of Sands Field Connecticut reported seeing a large black bear in a snow covered swamp. To confirm his claim he cut out blocks of frozen snow bearing the bear’s tracks and returned to the village to display them at the store.
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Samuel Jayner
Sandsfield
Conn
Berkshire Mountains
Brain
Married Women May Teach In DC Schools Case
The District of Columbia Supreme Court ruled that a woman teacher may marry and keep her job. Mrs G A Hellman sued for reinstatement after being ousted on June 15 1915 following marriage. The court set aside the board of education ruling that automatically discharges married women teachers.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
G.A.$. Hellman
More Game Preserves Planned In Pennsylvania
The state game commission plans to add about six new preserves in the coming months under the 1915 act allowing preserves on leased land. Pennsylvania currently operates 14 game preserves, eight of which were created last year.
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Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Three Judge Panel Denies Injunction on Washington Dry Law
An en banc United States district court in Tacoma denies a petition by Seattle Prewing & Mailing Company seeking to block enforcement of the Washington state prohibition law. The ruling lifts the restraining order and allows continued enforcement.
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United States District Court
Tacoma
Seattle Prewing & Mailting Company
Henry Ford On Michigan Republican Primary Ballot
Henry Ford of Detroit who recently returned from the European peace mission will appear on Michigan's Republican presidential primary ballot this spring. Sufficient petitions were filed with the secretary of state to enable Ford's candidacy for president.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Michigan
Mr Ford
George W Brown Dies in Youngsville Prominent Fraternal Organizer
George W Brown longtime oil writer and founder of many fraternal lodges died at his Youngsville home in his 84th year after years of illness. Born April 4 1828 in Centreville he lived in Titusville Garland and Youngsville, built a lumber business, organized 158 Good Templar lodges and numerous fraternal orders, wrote Old Times in Wisdom, and contributed to Oil City Derrick Titusville Morning Herald and Erie Dispatch as a correspondent for over 25 years. He served as Republican Warren county coroner and on the Broten straw school board, with active M E church involvement.
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George W. Brown
Youngsville
Centreville
Crawford County
Titusville
Garland
Warren County
Mr. Brown
Parker City
Karns City
Brown
Good Templar
Kossuth
Rebekah Ludge
Keystone Benefit Society
Royal Templars of Temperance
Wildom
Warren
Oil City
Titusville Morning Herald
Erie Dispatch
M. E. Church
Brackets Case Republicans Face State Prison Counsel
Edgar Truman brackets details from a hearing where Riley, counsel for the State Superintendent of Prisons, appeared. The record notes the legal representation and procedural context of the session.
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Riley
Potash Production Emerges At Wheeling Plant
Local officers confirm National Salt & Chemical of Wheeling has begun producing potash at the former Benwood Brewing plant. The process uses burned tobacco stems to yield potash, a patented method by one of the firm's chemists. The European source supply disruption lifts prices, potash rising to 500 dollars per ton.
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National Salt & Chemical Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood Brewing Company
Germany
Oil famine looming as wells slump in Texas Oklahoma
M N Baker a Texas Oklahoma oil operator and Dallas park board chairman returns from Oklahoma alarmed by production declines. He warns gasoline may reach 0 cents a gallon soon and oil by products could rise 35 to 50 percent higher than any time in US history. He says oil wells in Oklahoma and Texas have slumped from 2 cents to 150 percent.
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M.N. Baker
Dallas, Tex
Park Board
Oklahoma
United States
Texas
Southwest
Baker
Dog Unearths Hidden Wealth in Hawkinsville Treasure Find
A search for Thomas Greenwood's hidden wealth ends when a dog located three cans buried by Greenwood, a Hawkinsville miner. Four boys, owners of the dog, claim the cans contain school and power securities valued at over 2500 dollars, plus about 760 dollars in cash, while the rest remains sought by others amid reports of larger sums.
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Hawkinsville
Cal
Thomas Greenwood
Greenwood
Fort Smith Jury Rules $100 Okay In Kiss Suit
A circuit court jury in Fort Smith Arkansas found for defendant Sam Stuart in the case brought by Mrs. Dalla M Gortz seeking 5000 in damages claiming an attempted kiss. The defense argued Stuart paid 100 and Gortz signed a waiver of damages. the jury agreed the payment sufficed.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Dalla M. Gortz
Sam Stuart
Stuart
Ontario to Raise 162000 More Men for War Effort
General Sir Sam Hughes announces Ontario will provide 162,900 additional troops as part of the Canadian total. Five divisions totaling 90,600 will come from the Toronto district, already near 60,000. Western Ontario will supply two divisions totaling about 26,000 in each western region.
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Ontario
Sam Hughes
Inoronto
Toronto
Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office
Tenant listings or leases available at the Mail Office. Focus on document pickup and location details for readers seeking tenancy paperwork.
Paterson Bachelor Girls Pledge 500 Each in Leap Year Bet
In Paterson New Jersey twenty six bachelor girls form a secret society. Each member agrees to forfeit 500 if she remains unmarried by Leap Year. The funds go to a local benevolent society with membership growing.
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Paterson
N. J
Bachelor Girls
Fifty Dollars for Job on Capitol Hill Ad Unexpected Reward
Harrisburg January 11 reports a sensational want ad offering fifty dollars for a state or city job. The notice seeks a married man with office and managerial experience and promises payment to anyone who delivers the position, raising astonishment among department heads. The ad appeared under Business Opportunities with Box 7.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Hill
Escape of Life Term Prisoner Roebeck From Joliet Penitentiary
Noisy chickens alerted a posse to capture Edward Roebeck a life term inmate who escaped after midnight from Joliet penitentiary He fled with William and Robert Fleming and Woodruff Roali to Hugh Thompson's farm four miles away and stole a horse and wagon A posse pursuing in automobiles exchanged shots with the escapees resulting in William Fleming wounded and surrendering.
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Jolliet
Edward Roebeck
Joilet Penitentiary
Roebeck
William
Robert Fleming
Woodruff Roal i
Hugh Thompson
Thompson
Sheriff School
William Fleming
Journeys Far in Basket Bed Ends in Roselawn
A Natal South Africa engineer C C Smith arrived in Roselawn Ind after a 8000 mile basket bed journey to his parents home. He is paralyzed from the waist down after a mine accident yet plans to marry Miss Amy Palmer an English nurse who cared for him in Cardiff Wales. Smith and four companions were repairing machinery when a huge rock fell killing one companion.
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Roselawn
Ind
C. C. Smith
Natal
South Africa
Smith
Amy Palmer
Cardiff
Wales
Old Colonial Doorway To Fetch Half Of Post Office Bid
An old doorway in a Franklin Street dwelling slated for demolition for a new federal building may yield about $500, with over $125 already offered. Swift & McNutt of Boston are reported to be the successful bidders for the material, while a summer resident is said to be the top bid and the wrecking company has paused further actions.
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Newport
R. 1
Franklin Street
Federal
Post Office
Swift & McNutt
Boston
Wrecking Company
Two-Party Rule Favored by Clark in 4th Woman's League Talk
Washington a January 9 Speaker Clark warned there is room for only two great parties in American politics and no need for a third. He cited Washington era history and Queen Victoria to argue parties are essential, predicting the Moose may align with Republicans. He urged greater political involvement framed as business.
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Washington
Woman's National Democratic League
Clark
George Washington
Democratic Party
Hamilton
Jefferson
Queen Victoria
Engle
Does Wife Fly Sets Trend In Aviation School Plans
New York reports that Katherine and Marjorie Stimson of Chicago will open an aviation school in San Antonio next spring to teach women to fly. Katherine, 19, famed for looping and inverted flight, has completed over 250 loops, while Marjorie is noted as a skilled flier. The Waldorf Astoria note Baroness de Beckendorff plans to take up aviation and design women’s costumes for flyers.
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Katherine
Marjorie Stimson
Chicago
San Antonio
Majorie
de Beckendorff
Waldorf Astoria
Russian
Poland
Oil City and Tepusville Postmasters Named
President Wilson announced to the Senate the appointment of postmasters for Oil City and Titusville Pennsylvania. Edward S Laughin is named for Oil City and C L Gibbs for Titusville.
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Oil City
Tepusville
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Edward S. Laughin
Titusville
C. L Gibbs
Anger Over Mexican Crisis as 18 Americans Die
Washington reports intense congressional pressure for intervention after 18 Americans were killed by Villistas in Carranza territory. Senators push for action, while officials stress watchful waiting and question Carranza protection. No orders for border force moves or navy redeployments issued. Texas border tensions feared as bodies return home.
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Administration
State Department
Texas
Washington
Bate Wuts
Carrante
Congress
Mexico
Senate
Carranza
United States
House
Borah
Carranea E
Chihuahua
Lansing
Witlis- Ha
Grouper andEse
de Factor
Villa
Jees
Capitol
White House
Guantanamoo
Daniels
Tme
War «Department
New Zealand Bans Wool Exports to Neutral Countries
The government prohibits wool shipments to neutral nations. The premier hopes to secure permission to export a portion of recent sales.
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New Zealand
Big Auto License Revenue Emphasized in 1896
The state of Pennsylvania collected 2 865 276 60 dollars in 1896 from the registration and licensing of motor vehicles. This revenue highlight reflects a rise in auto regulation and fees as the industry grows in the era.
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Pennsylannis
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Treville
Ben
Brokenstraw
Edgar Truman
American Press Association
Paterson, N. J
Capital
America
Democratic League
New York
Sient
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