General Booth Dead Father of the Poor and Salvation Army Leader
The article pays tribute to General Booth describing him as Father of the World's Poor and Patriarch of the Slums. It outlines his leadership of the Salvation Army since 1912, its vast reach, social institutions, and war work including feeding soldiers with doughnuts and cigarettes, and notes his birth in Halifax on March 8, 1866 and succession after his father's death.
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Booth
High Council
Church of the Poor
Salvation Army
Gen
William Booth
General Booth
Halifax
England
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Miss California Ruby Smith Wins Galveston Pageant
California selects Ruby Smith of Oakland as Miss California in the Galveston beauty pageant and her bid for international honors is noted. Punctuation and printing marks reference history, dating back to 1520.
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California
Galveston
Ruby Smith
Oakland
Calif
Two Gotham Gangsters Shot From Ambush
New York June 17 Two gangsters defying underworld warnings were ambushed and shot in separate city locations. James Flanagan 26 and Joseph Vaccaro 45 were targeted after recent Sing Sing imprisonments. Flanagan slain on West Fifty ninth street while Vaccaro lay mortally wounded at Cumberland Hospital after a Brookyln street ambush.
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New York
James Flanagan
Joseph Vaccaro
Sing Sing
Flannagan
West Fiftyninth Street
Raymon de Chiara Inhalation Tube Keeps Teen Alive
Chicago, June 17. Raymond de Chiara, sixteen, remains alive on the fourth day after a severe bronchial pneumonia attack. Firemen administer oxygen in shifts. he breathes through a small red tube tied to an inhalation device as doctors watch in the infant’s care.
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Chicago
Raymond de Chiara
Raymond
Well-Traveled Hat Teases World Tour Amid Stated Roaming
In Glasgow on June 17 a hat traveling to Aberdeen is quoted with a plea for a tip and to be sent along as it roams the world. The hat, credited to a Dallas man, is said to circulate across the United States and Canada. In Tokio on June 17 the begging union notes reduced work hours as competition heats up.
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Glasgow
Aberdeen
Dallas
Texas
United States
Canada
Tokio
Rea
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Plainville, Ind
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Fordson
Greater Hudson
Washington Auto Company
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D. Neff
Mana
Gotham
Vaccaro
Cumberland Hospital
Brooklyn
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Xrymer
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Pais
Rayon
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