Sugar Grove School District votes on bond increase for high school
Notice to Sugar Grove electors announces a special election on November 6 1917 to approve a 5009 dollar increase in district indebtedness. The funds would buy the Sugar Grove Seminary property from the Erie Conference for use as a high school. The district currently has no debt and valuation is 139283 dollars.
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Sugar Grove
County of Warren
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Act of Assembly of
Commonwealth
Erie Conference
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Witnhsss Vnhereof
Surar Grove
Trial List for Week of October 1911 in Warren County
The docket lists assumpsit and appeal cases to be tried the week of October 9th through 18th. Plaintiffs include Charles C Fisher, Tanston Monotone Machine Co, John Zerby, W M Devore, Albano Scalise, Newbold, Mack Olney, Woonsocket Napine Machine Co, Abram Krupp, Mary Electra Crawford, and others. Defendants include Ann Cether Oil & Realty, George Langdon, Carl Maurer, Charles Valimont, Rowland, F Me Dickerton, Carl Schwartz, H B Loewenstein, Clyde Gilson, and D Gilson. Prothonotary A Clark notes the schedule.
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Charles C. Fisher
Ann- Ceher Oil & Realty Company
Assumpsit
Tanston Monotone Machine Company
George FE. Langdon
J. P. Langdon
John Zerby
Carl G. Maurer
Farnsworth
A. Baker
Henry Cooper
Charles Valimont
W. M. Devore
Rowland
Albano Scalise
F. Me Dickerton
Ea. Ee
Riddle
SPD
Newbold
Carl Schwartz
Warren Garare
Coronany
Q Limited
Mack Olney
Woonsocket Napnine Machine Company
H. B. Loewenstein
H- B. Loewenstein
Poincare Signs Decree Requiring Vessel Cargo Space
Paris reports President Poincare signed a cabinet decree to requisition cargo accommodations on all vessels including French allied and neutral ships for government service. The measure targets securing transport capacity for state needs amid wartime logistics.
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Paris
Poincare
Crowing of Cocks Seen Altered by Military Time Changes
A historical note traces how cock crowing times have shifted with military clock changes. It suggests midnight crowing adjusted to the clock during wars and holidays, with references to ancient watches, biblical mentions, and the broader impact of war on animal behavior.
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Europe
Cyclist Messengers Prove Vital in War Communications
A war correspondent notes that cyclist messengers offer speed and reliability for frontline reports and flanking coordination. Training emphasizes perfecting cadence and contact, countering prewar doubts about cyclists' vulnerability. Cyclist battalions are deemed essential and valuable to military service.
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West
Jack Rabbit Sausage Introduced as War Era Delicacy
Oklahoma farmers discuss jack rabbit sausage as a wartime substitute in western counties. A Kiowa county meeting notes soy bean canning, while wives suggest keeping rabbits away and shooting them once beans reach a foot high. One speaker advocates mixing pork with rabbit meat for tastier sausage.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Kioka County
Mariida Gregory
Seized Chinese Seals Spark Beijing Turmoil
Peking reports agitation over vanished official seals. General Ting Kwan, keeper of presidential seals, fled to Shanghai with them after Li Yuan-hung resigned. The seals of the house of representatives and the republic also vanish, prompting arrest and a forthcoming court hearing in Beijing.
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Peking
Li Yuan-hung
Gen- Ting-Kwan
Shanghai
House of Representatives
Tuan Chijui
Ting Kwan
Scorned Woman Sparks Spy Charge Against Doctor Kampman
In Los Angeles a scorned widow accuses Dr Maximilian W Kampman formerly of the German consulate in Chicago of espionage. Dr A S Ash says Kampman treated the widow a year and a half ago then spurred her infatuation, leading to a presidential warrant arrest on German spy charges.
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Kampman
Chicago
Los Angeles
Maximilian W Kampman
A. S. Ash
Women at Work for Liberty Loan Lead Drive
Miss Antoinette Funk, executive vice chairwoman of the women’s Liberty Loan committee, is depicted in the Treasury Building office driving Liberty Loan fundraising. Secretary McAdoo asked her to lead given her logical appeal and tireless activity in the war effort.
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America
Antoinette Funk
Council of National Defense
Treasury Building
Liberty Loan
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
McAdoo
35,000,000 Documents in One Room at Kew
The new Kew buildings house the claims and record department of the ministry of labor. Unemployment insurance work, once scattered, is centralized. A single room holds 35 million documents with efficient search of any claimant in about three minutes, run largely by a female staff of over 600.
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Kew
Claims and Record Department
Ministry of Labor
United Kingdom
Workmg
Decoy Papier Mache Soldier Idea At Fort Sheridan
A training officer at Fort Sheridan suggests using numerous papier mache soldiers as decoys to mislead German forces. The fake figures would distract the enemy, making every hit by Germans potentially count as a wasted shot.
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J. Burgess
Fort Sheridan
Popular Science Monthly
Tricks That Kill On The Western Front
A wounded Canadian officer recalls trench warfare tricks used by German troops to lure soldiers into bombs and traps. He cites lure tactics with jewelry paintings and wine bottles as deadly ploys and warns allied troops to avoid surrendering to such bait and to handle wounded prisoners with caution.
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Hindenburg Line
France
Tommy
Gang
Offeer
Western Front
The Eiffel Tower A Fifteenth Century? Not quite
The Paris exposition landmark completed in 1889 is celebrated for its height and international wireless role. It stands about 984 feet tall with lightning protection pushing to just over 1,000 feet and weighs 660 tons. The piece notes overseas imitators and unfinished towers elsewhere in Europe.
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Paris
Europe
Fish Street Hill
England
William Holland
Blackpool Tower
Edward Wattins
Wembly
Tower of Babel
Occupation Jokes About Work Location
In a clipped exchange, TI chides Mr. Chuggins for unreachable calls while he quips that he still works, but only wherever a flivver may break down, be it a street corner or a country road. The gag hinges on unpredictable work locations.
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Mr. Chuggins
Health of German Chancellor Michelis Reported Poor
A Berlin telegram to the Rheinische Westfälische Zeitung in Essen states that Doctor Michelis health leaves very much to be desired. The report notes concern over the chancellors condition and its potential political implications.
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Amsterdst
Berlin
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
Michelis
Plans for Washingtons Crossing Park in Pennsylvania
The state plans a Taylorsville site park to commemorate Washington and his Continental Army’s Delaware crossing to Trenton. Governor Brumbaugh signed a 25 000 dollar appropriation for land purchase. The Pennsylvania Historical Society and Daughters of the Revolution each pledged 25 000 dollars four years ago, creating a 75 000 dollar fund for the park. Construction begins after the wh. A New Jersey site across the river was already used years ago for a related park.
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Pennsylvania
Taylorsville
Washington
Delaware
Trenton
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania Historical Society
the Daughters of the Revolution of Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Pennsy
Judge Hands Down Mixed Ruling in Asheville Horse Cruelty Case
In Asheville North Carolina a judge ruled a hostler charged with drunkenness not to blame after he admitted buying liniment from a druggist who knew the purpose. The judge fined the druggist and later held the hostler for cruelty to animals for depriving horses of medicine.
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Solomon
Asheville
N. C
Uncle Hyperbole Medders Explains Small Ings Fields
The summer boarder asks why cornfields are called small ing fields and Uncle Hyperbole Medders answers that city folks smile at such fields, showing amusement from ear to ear.
Dreaming of a preacher portends income change in whaler tale
In Hugh Wiley’s A Mushroom Midas, Cap'n Jim awakes from a vision of a white preacher hurling eggs at a fish as the crew debates its meaning. The narrator consults a dream book while Cap'ns Ed and Safe offer charms to ward off doom, then they depart to breakfast as the moment passes.
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Cap’n
Jim
Cap'n
Dave
Cap'n Safe
Cap'n Jim
Seters Bend
Ol’ Jim
Hugh Wiley
Scribner’s Magazine
Vatican aid seen as strongest anti air weapon for Rome
An exchange argues that the Vatican’s protection makes Rome unlikely to be bombed. It notes Austria would refrain, Germany’s conscience may deter attacks, and the pope’s presence could deter imperial action, leaving spiritual defense more powerful than steel.
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Vatican
Austria
Rome
Italy
Germany
Subiaco
Korean Quick at Figures Watch Awarded to Young An Moyongwhan
The Korea governor general gave a watch to An Moyongwhan, a sixteen year old accountant in Seoul’s land investigation bureau, for exceptional mental math. He can add 25 four figure numbers in seven seconds, far faster than Japanese experts, and earns 8714 cents daily to support his mother and siblings. He was previously honored by Count Terauchi.
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Korea
An Moyongwhan
Land Investigation Bureau
Seoul
Faust
West News
Japan
Count Terauchi
Cores
Portrait of Henry VII Unearthed in Swiss Discovery
Geneva is the site of a possible Tudor era find a wooden miniature identified as a portrait of Henry VI noted as the first Tudor monarch. The piece, claimed by M. Jean Perrard to be painted by Geoffrey Tory de Bourges around 1840 to 1532, is described as unique with no known likenesses in public or private collections.
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Henry VII
Geneva
Switzerland
Luxemburg
England
M. Jean Perrard
Henry VI
Bernard
Geoffrey Tory de Bourges
Utilization of Waste in War-Torn France
A war salvage operation in France processes shell fragments bombs haversacks helmets and rags for reuse. A site inspected by a correspondent repaired 50 000 old shoes and an Irish inventor makes shoe laces from shoe uppers. Five hundred French girls work at a salvage shop converting coats from battlefield finds.
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France
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