Food Pigs Aidt I) Regard Height
New York report traces 1909 to 1967 price surges across 90 commodities including bread meat fruits and oils. Secretary Wilson testifies before a District of Columbia House committee probing high living costs while anti price protests form in Union Square Cooper Union and activist groups plan pledges to curb meat use.
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Wilson
Committee of
National House
New York
Dradstreets
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Washington
Union Square
National Progressive Women's Suffrage Union
Consumers’ League
Frederick Nathan
Cooper Union
Donvld McLean
I A. R
McLean
World of Laughs in a Patchwork of Sayings
A humorous collage of misheard lines and wacky exchanges. The dialogue riffs on schooling manners parental advice and silly puns with references to nouns mornings and getting ahead. The piece blends whimsical character moments and playful banter.
Halley’s Comet Visible Over Atlantic City
Halley’s comet lit the western sky after sundown drawing thousands to the boardwalk. The sight lasted less than thirty minutes with tails clearly visible. A separate news item notes a Louisville mother praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for her three year old’s bronchitis and cold, with sale details at D. J. Ross and Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Halley
Chamberlain
W. G. Gibson
Lexington
D. J. Ross and Lemmon
Barred dancing in churches medieval bans
The record notes medieval prohibitions on dancing in sacred spaces. In 858 the bishop of Orléans condemned women's dancing in the presbytery at festivals. By 1209 theatrical dances in churches were forbidden, with councils soon condemning all church or churchyard dancing.
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Orleans
Choir and preaching draw crowds at M E Church
Yesterday at the Methodist church the singing impressed all. A duet by Professor Babbitt and Miss Grace Hunter, a quartet led by Mrs. Howard McCleery, Miss Hunter, Professor Babbitt, and S J Cocklin delighted attendees. Doctor Buckner preached strongly with twenty five altar conversions and nightly meetings announced.
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Methodist Church
Professor Babbitt
Grace Hunter
Howard McCleery
J. Cocklin
Babbitt
Chicago
Buckner
Two Thirds Compositor and Swift Typesetters Accepted
In Hand Composition two thirds of the time serves as the measure of a compositor's eligibility. An em and square body of type define the work. 1000 ems per hour for book work, 71200 on newspaper work, mark speed. George Arensberg and Joe McCann, famed swift typists, each set over 2900 ems per hour in an early eighties contest reported by the New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arensberg
Joe McCann
New York Herald
Monstrilla: A Singular Sea Crustacean Discovery
Fifty years ago Dana named a tiny sea animal monstrilla for its odd nature. This crustacean resembles Cyclops but lacks prey capture tools and a digestive tube. It has muscles nerves and sense organs yet cannot sustain life through digestion and faces natural death.
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Dana
Hlarper
Threat to Exhume Dead in Saginaw Cemetery
Saginaw park and cemetery commissioners order the city comptroller to notify delinquent cemetery lot owners that unless payments are made by March 1 disinterment will occur. Bodies will be moved to pauper graves in the meter section.
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Saginaw, Mich
Park and Cemetery Commissioners of
Sagiaw
City Comptroller
Marsh
Property Owners to Hear Washington Street Payment Report
Property owners on EK Washington Street will gather at City Hall at 7 this evening to hear the committee report on the best method of paying for Washington Street improvements. The committee was appointed to study payment options and members are prepared to present findings. all owners are urged to attend.
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EK. Washington Street
City Hall
E. Washington Street
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