Germany Faces Surplus Population and Emigration Tide
Berlin reports a 20 million surplus population as birth rates rise yet emigration remains heavy. Russia and American nations are seen as potential destinations, with the United States attracting the most interest. Emigration, driven by industrial workers, totals about 41,000 in six months, but fails to solve Germany’s over population amid refugee influx.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Russia
United States
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Ernlany
Barn rats and fox-trap tale from Adirondacks
In Saranac Lake on December 22 a farmer reports barn rats escaping a two-foot-one-inch trap setup. He notes a rat removed both trap and weight, leaving the claim that the culprit was a barn rat rather than a fox. Fred Sheldon of Elizabethtown cites a two-foot rat in his own barn as corroboration.
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Saranac Lake
Adirondacks
Fred Sheldon
Elizabethtown
Keldon
New lamp burns 94 percent air and saves energy
An ad claims a new oil lamp by H. A. Johnson of Chicago uses 94 percent air, burns kerosene with no odor or smoke, needs no pumping, and surpasses 10 ordinary lamps. It offers a 10 day free trial and potential agency opportunities with earnings of 250 to 500 dollars monthly.
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U. S
H. 4. Johnson
Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Tests Show Normal Physical Abilities of Freshman Girls
New York reports that 1900 students in women’s colleges were tested for physical standards. Barnard College’s Agnes Wayman cites normal freshman benchmarks including lung capacity 170 cubic inches, chest and rib expansion, grip 60 pounds, 3 feet 2 inches vertical jump, 25 feet basketball throw, 4.4 second 35-yard dash, 3 feet 8 inches vault, 4 feet climb, balance score 6, and a total physical efficiency of 180 points from 265 possible.
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New York
Agnes R. Wayman
Department of Physical Education
Barnard College
Shaker Community Dwindles to Five Members
Enfield New Hampshire December 21 five last members of the Shaker community founded in 1782 will leave the settlement this winter and join a Canterbury colony. Death reduced the group from about 150 to five who will close the barns and lock doors for the last time. Celibacy was obligatory and since 1886 the Enfield colony has steadily dwindled. Celibacy was obligatory. The a cal
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Enfield
N. H
Canterbury
Shaking Quakers Colony Seeks Peaceful Piety Records Show 1788 Appeals
The communal settlers raised produce and manufactured goods, holding property communally under strict sect discipline awaiting the Second Coming of Christ. Early friction with town residents led to 1788 legislative appeals against the Shaking Quakers, which were overruled as the colony continued its industrious religious life.
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Oulsig
Carolina Dawsons Celebrate Fifty Second Wedding Anniversary
Kinston North Carolina December 22 John Dawson aged 75 longtime treasurer of Lenoir County and Mrs Dawson recently marked their fifty second wedding anniversary. The Dawsons lead a remarkable family with their sons and daughters among whom is an unusually large household.
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Kinston
N.C
John Dawson
Lenoir County
Dawson family faiths and NC political influence described
The piece notes Dawson as a prominent North Carolina figure, Democratic State chairman, influential in politics. It mentions his long tenure in office, bipartisan Republican support, and describes diverse religious affiliations within the family including Episcopalian Disciple of Christ Catholic Hebrew Presbyterian and Primitive Baptist members.
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Dawson
John G. Dawson
North Carolina
Hoe
Tobacco tax drives American buyers away from Kavala market
In Kavala Greek Macedonia December reports show a 20 percent export tax in foreign currency crippling the tobacco trade. Despite a bumper crop, sales fell sharply in November with none of the large Macedonian Thrace crop going to America in October. American purchases dropped from 829,387 okes in October to about 500,000 okes in November.
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Kavala
Greek Macedonia
Macedonia
Thrace
America
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