Washington Monument Hosts Free Government Educational Films
The Washington Monument screens open air educational movies funded by the Bureau of Commercial Economics. The films, made from national park footage, aim to educate the public about American beauty spots and the seed to flower growth of golden red. The project stresses noncompetition with commercial exhibitors and plans summer showings in major and many smaller cities nationwide.
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Bureau of Commercial Economics
America
Finley the camera dodger of Congress
AVID EDWARD FINLEY representative of the Fifth South Carolina district is labeled the greatest camera dodger in the Sixty-fourth congress. He fears outdoor and studio photographs. Colleagues escort him away from kodak operators. Edwards of Georgia proposes a photo in the Congressional Directory to aid identification. Finley quips that he would not want a twenty year old image used.
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Edward Finley
South Carolina
Finley
Kodak
Capitol
Barnhart
Indiana
Committee On Printing
House
Edwards
Georgia
Congress
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Finley
Rolling Army Kitchen Adopted After Tests
The army adopts a European and American design rolling kitchen with two wheels drawn by two mules. Twenty five units ordered to supply hot stew and coffee for a battalion, first tested at El Paso, with no roast meats added to keep sustenance simple.
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el Paso
Tex
War Department
Boston
Army
Messenger Boys Plead Guilty In Grand Larceny Case
Two 15 and 16 year old Morgan & Co messengers fled with 10515 dollars in Philadelphia. They planned to fund a ranger expedition to Kentucky then invade Mexico to help hurt Villa. They returned some money. detectives arrested them within hours. most funds recovered, Morgan not pressing charges.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Philadelphia
Handy
Tombs Court
William McManus
William Bain
McManus
Bain
Young Bain
Kentucky
Mexico
United States
West Philadelphia
Edward Fitzgerald
Benjamin Fay
Dougherty Agency
Keystone Hotel
Department of the Bank
Morgan
Embalming Nebraska in Verse Fires Up Road and River Debate
A House debate over the agricultural bill prompts a rebuke from Representative Hampy Moore of Pennsylvania toward Nebraska's Sloan. Moore quotes a verse mockingly praising Nebraska’s river and road funding, while Sloan defends river projects and questions road digging. The exchange highlights pork barrel tensions among midwestern and eastern lawmakers.
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Ivers
Harbors
Sloan
Moore
Nebraska
Franks Pays Lumber Lenders After 18 Years Promise
In Frankfort Kentucky a young man who borrowed lumber 18 to 20 years ago for a home could not pay then. The Congleton Brothers trusted him and allowed the purchase. Recently the man, now past middle life, repaid the full amount after the firm had retired and William Congleton had died. Also noted is a German enamel glaze pottery invention that works without heat.
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Frankfort
Messrs. Congleton Brothers
Thomas Congleton
William Congleton
Heir to $10,000 Keeps Working
Fort Wayne Indiana Milton Hapner sixty year old livery stable worker receives $10,000 from an East relative. He plans to keep his job and not invest. He will not change his hard working life or follow millionaire advice.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Milton Hapner
Crippled Duck Invades Oshkosh Courtroom
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Municipal Judge A H Goss found a one legged crippled duck sunning near an open window in his courtroom. The judge sought to learn how the bird arrived, then sent it to the game warden for proper protection in the future.
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Judge
Oshkosh
Wis
A. H. Goss
Mine makes woman rich in Boulder sale of claims
Miss Anna Mannion of Toledo, once in modest means, now rich from selling a mine. The St John mining claims near Sugar Loaf, once deemed worthless, were probated to clear title for sale after tungsten was found there. A Boulder operator offered $50,000 for the property.
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Boulder
Colo
Anna Mannion
Toledo
Michael Mannion
St. John
Sugar Loaf
St. John Groups
Son-in-law shot during peeping incident in Pittston
David Wolfe, a Pittston man and son-in-law, was shot in the head while peering through a kitchen window at Mrs. Mary Correll’s home. After quarrel with his wife, Wolfe approached the Correll residence. Mrs. Correll fired, mistaking him for a burglar as he looked inside the window.
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Pittston
Mary Correll
David Wolfe
Wolfe
Reiser’s Tragedy Tied to Mexican War Looting
Mrs Frances May Reiser of McLean County recounts harsh exploits in Mexico under Carranza and Villa. Forced payments of 25000 for protection and 40000 ransom, loss of estate and ranch stock, mansion looted and burned, and her husband driven mad and died after hospital stay in San Antonio. She led Red Cross work with Villa’s army briefly before escaping to the United States.
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Bloomington
Lll
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Frances May Reiser
Red Cross Society
Reiser
Carl Hasenwinkle
Haswin
Henry Reiser
New York City
Chihuahua
Reisers
San Antonio
Tex
Mexican Republic
Red Cross
United States
Countess Markiewicz Led Dublin Hotel Attack in Mens Dress
Dr. Cecil G. McAdam of Melbourne recalls the Shelbourne Hotel assault in Dublin during the Sinn Fein rebellion. He says Countess Markiewicz, sister to a Irish baronet, led the attack wearing men’s clothes and wielding revolvers, shooting six followers who refused her orders. She was sentenced to life penal servitude.
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Markiewicz
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Cecil G. McAdam
Melbourne
Australia
Shelbourne
Dublin
The Quiet Power of Love Over Family Pressure
A discourse on marriage, love, and parental influence, arguing that a daughter should marry for true affection not wealth. It contrasts suited fortune with devoted companionship, praising patient pursuit by a worthy suitor and warning against marriages forced by social expectations.
Popping the Question and the Witty Courtship
A humorous reflection on how marriages begin often by sudden impulse rather than planned thought. It contrasts men's dreamless restraint with women's desire to steer romance, suggesting clever women take initiative in courtship at this early stage.
Summer Spark in the Park Inspires Timeless Romance
The essay celebrates summer romance in city parks where young lovers share benches and moonlit strolls. It contrasts rich and poor views of benches and notes elders recalling their own youth while hoping every couple's wooing ends in marriage.
Fourth Birthday Dress Sparks Childs Bold Look
Anna Bell, aged four, wore a newly made frock to kindergarten earning praise until a classmate called it not pretty. The girl said she gave a long, killing look rather than reply, a moment the mother heard about on return home.
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Anna Bell
Indianapolis News
Training Children to Worry From a Parent’s View
The piece warns that children are driven by constant study which fosters anxiety. It describes how overburdened pupils fear falling behind, chasing grades, and worry can lead to mental collapse if parents do not guard against excessive pressure.
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Lisen
Iowa
Kansas
Thomas B. Smith
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Essington
Man
Colorado
Bandit's Army
Richmond
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