Paring Profession Advocate Urges Vocational Training
Henry P. Blair president of the board of education spoke at the Central Home and School Association meeting in Grover Cleveland School. He urged extending home and school groups to unite children parents and teachers and backed vocational training including farming and trades as professions. Thurston and Peabody also spoke on the triangle of child parent teacher and the need for closer teacher collaboration and stricter traffic law enforcement cited Washington accident figures with few drivers charged.
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Central Home and School Association
Superintendent of Schools
Henry P. Blair
Board of Education
Grover Cleveland
Eighth
T Etreets
Northwest
Mgr. Blair
Ernest I. Thurston
W. T. Peabody
The
Street Safety Association
Metella King
May Thompson
Mary Burns
Olive Wright
Scrappy Pig Defeats Oakland Bulldog in Street Fight
In Binghamton New York a pig escaped from a farmer and charged a local bulldog. The pig defeated the famed Oakland bulldog, breaking its leg as it tired. Traffic halted for an hour during the chaotic confrontation. The pig survived. the dog did not.
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Battie
Binghamton, N. Y
Binghamton
N. Y
Oakland
Parker
Duke Divorces Duchess amid Italian decree in New Orleans
Francesco Zaragie Duke of Massari, a New Orleans resident, was granted a divorce from his duchess in open court. He must pay $11,000 annual alimony, backed by a $1,000,000 estate mortgage. The duke plans to seek citizenship here, while the duchess remains in Italy.
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New Orleans
Francesco Zaragie
Duke of
Massari
Italy
NEW WOMAN A PAGAN Boston Sermon by Cardinal O Connell
Cardinal O Connell deplores modern society trends in a Boston sermon. He warns that a new paganism is changing women, eroding home and family, and insists the true faith keeps women steadfast amid these shifts. The sermon laments a transformation toward unwomanly traits and questions future social norms.
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Boston
Cardinal O’connell
End of African Strikes Signals Railway Resumption
Cape Town reports the railway strike nearly over as operators resume work. The miners’ strike also nears closure. Government mobilization costs are estimated between 1.35 million and 3.599 million dollars. A proclamation demobilizes most commanders and regiments except in One Rand and the Pretoria and Faure smith districts. About 0 remaining soldiers stay in the field.
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Cape Town
Rand
Pretoria
Fauresmith
US Engineer Jervey to Head Cincinnati District
Lieut. Col. Henry Jervey of the engineers corps was ordered Saturday to Cincinnati to assume duties as head of the second Cincinnati engineers district, replacing Maj. Lewis H. Rand. Maj. Read had been moved by order of Secretary Garrison after informing Muskingum county officials that a bridge was adequate for those not too old or too drunk to cross it.
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Jervey
Rand
Henry Jervey
Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Engineers
Lewis H. Rand
Read
Garrison
Muskingam
Ohio
Four Expelled for Hazing at Bingham School
Four students at Bingham School in Asheville North Carolina were expelled for hazing a new student and whipping him after he reported the incident. The school cited hazing as the reason. Separately three cadets were fined in local court for assault named as L Taylor Nat Grammer and Louis Read.
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Asheville
N. C
Bingham” School
L. L. Taylor
Nat Grammer
Louis Read
Landor Skeptic On Germs in Water
Paria, Jan. 20 The explorer Henry Savage discusses drinking water saying many fear germs in ordinary water. He claims water from impure sources is often harmless and cites drinking from polluted streams without harm, arguing boiling water deactivates its minerals and germs.
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Washington Post
Paria
Manis
Hasi
Henry Savage Andor
Tropics
Distress in Albania and Bulgaria Refugees Face Hunger
A special cable from London reports 150 000 refugees in Albania starving or freezing amid destroyed homes after Servian shelling. 125 000 need food clothing shelter. 30 000 are at imminent risk. American Red Cross chair John Bassett Moore appeals for 100 000 dollars. In Sofia Bulgaria 100 000 more refugees arrive with 50 000 not receiving government relief.
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John Bassett Moore
Bulgaria
Washington Post
Londo
Albania
William Willard Howard
New York
London
Mr. Howard
American Red Cross International Relief Committee
Theodore Holway
Red Cross Relief Committee
Sofia
Queen Elenora
Holway
Burden Jr. Woman Undergoes Operation At Home
Mrs I Townséna Burden Jr a prominent young society figure in Illinois New York area is reported seriously ill at her home after an operation for mantoidisis performed last Saturday Her parents Mr and Mrs Dennis Shtedy of Denver Colorado have been summoned to her bedside
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New York
I. Townséna' Burden, Jr
Burden
Dennis Shtedy
Denver
Col
District tax appeals begin February in city
Thirteen thousand residents with personal property above the $1,000 exemption who failed to file returns will have appeals heard by the board of personal tax appeals starting February 2. Hearings run daily 10 am to 3 pm except Saturdays noon. final appeal date is March. Members listed include W. P. Richards as chairman and six others.
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Board of Personal Tax Appeals
Board of Personal Tax Appraisers
W. P. Richards
Alexander McKenzie
E. W. Oyster
W.L. Beale
H. M. Talcott
B. F. Adams
Oscar II Disabled in Gale Aboard With 254 Passengers
The Oscar II of the Scandinavian American Line was disabled in heavy northwest gales near 42 west 57 north while en route from Copenhagen to New York. The starboard engine failed and repairs were expected after the weather moderates. All 254 aboard, including Danish poet laureate L C Nielsen, were reported well.
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New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Wiliam Hempel
Scandinavian-American Line
L.C. Neilson
France Will Protest Huerta Over Mexican Debt
Paris protests to Provisional President Huerta against suspension of interest on the Mexican public debt. The note contrasts 1910 and 1913 loans, states no forced collection of customs duties now, and signals tacit support for U.S. policy. U S bankers report no Treasury guidance, while Wilson's stance on post Huerta bonds is noted. Hagerstown obituary notes Slias Young, 68, Boonsboro farmer.
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Paris
Mexico
Huerta
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Gen. Huerta
Department
Wilson
Financial
M. Jusserand
Bryan
What So Precious As a Healthy Baby
An old advertising feature promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for babies and children. It argues early digestion prevents later health issues, touts the product's mild taste and safety, and notes a free sample offer from Dr. W B Caldwell of Monticello, Indiana.
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James R. Rouse
Marinette
Wis
Howard
Howard Rouse
W. B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Wood May Go to Texas Bell Coming From Philippines to Succeed Carter
A reshuffle of U S Army commands places Maj Gen William H Carter to return to Chicago to head the central department on February 1. Maj Gen J Franklin Bell will leave the Philippines about April 15 to take command at Texas City. The maneuver division would see Brig Gen Thomas F Davis and Brig Gen Hunter Liggett rotate in as officers to relieve each other before Brig Gen Funston steps in. If Mexico threats rise the plan could put Maj Gen Leonard Wood in supreme command.
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William H. Carter
Texas City
Tex
Chicago
Central Department
San Francisco
Honolulu
Frederick Funston
J. Franklin Bell
Philippine Department
Islands
Carter
Thomas F. Davis
Fifth Brigade
John F. Wisser
Pacific Coast Artillery Division
Davis
Hunter Liggett
War College
Liggett
Funsten
Army
Mexico
War Department
Leonard Wood
Supreme Command
Cardinal Prohibits Tango in Verona Pastoral Letter
Verona prelate strongly condemns the tango in a pastoral letter noting civil and military bans across Europe. He calls the dance an affront to modesty and the natural laws, warning it harms modern civilization. Ancona Archbishop Ricci stops short of a ban but urges Catholics to avoid dances offending Christian sentiment.
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Verona
Italy
Bartholomew Bacfitert
Europe
Ancona
Ricci
Vollmar Nominated for Congress in Second Iowa District
Iowa City Iowa Jan 2 Henry Vollmar an attorney of Davenport was nominated for Congress in the Second Iowa district by the Democratic congressional convention on the first ballot. The election in the district is set for February 10 to choose a successor to the late Representative L S Pepper.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Henry Vollmar
Davenport
LS. Pepper
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