Billion-Dollar Sanitation Plan for Mexico Mapped by Health Experts
A sanitary expert warns it would take a billion dollars to clean up Mexican cities if the United States intervenes. The piece details army medical preparation, field hospitals, water purification, disease risks, and the role of Surgeon General Gorgas and Dr. Rupert Blue in a nationwide sanitation effort.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Tierras Calientes
Mexico City
Red Cross
Vera Cruz
San Antonio
Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
William
Gorgas
Maneuver Dam
Eid
Darnell
Carl It. Darnell
Medical Corps
Philippine Islands
Fies
Panama
Medical Department of the Army
Jefferson Randoph Kean
Army
Leonard Wood
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Vandal attacks on Berlin statues in Sieges Allee
In Berlin the Sieges Allee suffered serious vandalism as four statues were damaged and marble eagle beaks broken. A man named An toine Astier, 41, a retired French marine surgeon, was arrested after being seen near a statue with a knife and stone. The damaged statues included Frederick the Great and several Electors, with Astier claiming ownership of a Raphael painting offered for sale to Berlin.
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Berlin
Allee
Atlee
Antoine Astier
Astier
Frederick the Great
Joachim Friedrich
Joachim II
Heinrich I. Astler
Raphael
True Worth Versus Wealth for City Welfare
An Ohio State Journal passage argues true city value comes from upright citizens not wealth. It stresses virtue and noble purpose as factors shaping a community’s level, beyond factories and schools. A motherLessons tale follows a child’s theater question about gender roles and self awareness.
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Ohio State Journal
Strawberry Lore From Plentiful Fruits and Poetry
A miscellany on strawberries praises their sweetness and global appeal while noting variations in taste and name. It cites ancient and modern praise, explains possible digestive reactions, and offers culinary tips such as lemon juice and soda to aid digestion.
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Fragaria
Acropolis
Thompson
Foods En Casserole From A Modern Housewife's Guide
A guide extols casserole cooking to preserve nutrients and flavor. It highlights earthen casseroles, heat retention, and practical use for busy households. It provides potato balls with butter, onion, parsley, and soup stock, plus directions for sweetbreads prepared in a casserole.
Economic Epigram of Truthful Work and Fair Dealing
A compact moral note extols speaking truthfully and working faithfully with fairness and compassion. It contrasts lasting rewards from integrity against gains via deceit, laziness, or cheating, urging steady conscience and humane conduct over political or financial prestige.
Loss Prefers Loss Over Grief and Unjust Gain
A short moral line cites a child advising that choosing loss to avoid unjust gain brings grief but once, unlike ongoing sorrow. The aphorism frames ethical reflection on consequences and enduring peace.
Unique Curtain With Crocheted Lace Top
An art store displays a sash curtain designed for an odd window. It features an ecru net foundation with a four inch bottom lace insert and a six inch lace top. The lace is hand crocheted in ecru and each point is attached with a brass fastener.
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Ecru
Delicious Spring Rhubarb Dishes And Quick Cake Recipe
Instructions for rhubarb dishes using fresh fruit and spices, including orange and mace flavors. Steps cover washing, skinning, cutting into lengths, cooking with sugar and spice, and baking until the rhubarb is translucent. Also includes Deviled Young Onions in veal stock with white sauce and toast, and a Quick Cake method with eggs, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, hot milk, and butter.
Busy day dishes for the busy housewife
The article suggests hearty one dish meals using browned meat with vegetables and a peach sago pudding. It recommends preparing all food in one oven or a tireless cooker to save time, noting slow cooking makes cheaper cuts flavorful and tender.
Salt of the Earth quote on beginnings and perseverance
A reflective remark on initiative and resolve noting that while many start tasks few sustain to finish with steady forward effort. It emphasizes dependable progress from start to end as a rare quality.
Frequent Oscillation and a Kiss Insults the Piano
The Munich satire notes Gustav’s constant misplay during a kiss, claiming the people beneath complain that I always hit the wrong key and that oscillation colors the moment with comic error.
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Gustav
Munich
Fliegende Blaetter
Curtain Rod Rings Slide On Smoothly
Description notes rings that slip easily over a curtain rod, designed for simple hanging and smooth operation. No additional context provided.
Linen Closet Storage Standards for Linen Care
Linen kept in a warm poorly ventilated closet yellows and cracks sooner. Store in a cool dry place with shelves covered by linen slips fastened with drawing pins. Slips should be wide enough to fold back and cover shelf contents.
SINGS PRAISE OF BIGNESS
The text extols bigness as a national virtue and economic driver. It cites big trees, big crops, big industries across states, and big banks as symbols of civilization. It urges eliminating busting and smashing to give wide opportunity for big factory growth and high pay, praising big brains in finance and labor.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New England
Alabama
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
Leslie’s Weekly
Discovering the Real Mexico Through Army Correspondents
Boston Transcript notes army correspondents in Vera Cruz and Mexico City expanding readers’ view of Mexico. They report old cities with Spanish architectural reminiscence, fine public buildings, and a vast medical library at Puebla, contrasting turmoil with cultured citizens.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Jamestown
Plymouth
Spain
Dine
Puebla
City of
Boston
Transerim
Sergeant Murphy and the Surprise Bridge Incident
An expeditionary unit near the Philippines encountered a tired patrol and a bridge obstacle during maneuvers. Sergeant Murphy led recon no enemy found, then the crew faced a sudden assault as a bridge was blown, altering the camp sequence and prompting defensive measures.
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United States
Mexico
Sergeant Murphy
London
Philippines
Whra Getter
Eqarer
Ues
Fragmented Note on Bragging Captain and Beach
A cryptic OCR line references a brigate or hear event with partial phrases about the brigat and captain. The readable fragments mention SS ste OP and captain Beet Gab fed in a garbled context with no clear event, date, or location.
Boots Sent For Repair In Village Farce
An English mining village tale follows Bill who delays boot repairs after a night of drinking. He wanders, seeks a revive, and meets the vicar who quips about finished repairs and boots on the road as humor mingles with talk of abolished honor in the navy and army.
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Bill
Nuster
Fragmentary dialogue hints at symbolic Paris fashion
A rough dialogue mentions Paris wearing sandals and rings on toes. The speakers discuss adopting a stele and a grand fashion feature. A wise widow narrator is noted for concealing her wisdom, adding a cryptic tone to the scene.
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Billy
Paris
Wilby
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U. S
Henry P. Birmingham
Tampico
WU. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
William C. Gorgas
U. S. Army
George Washington
Johnny
Aredresus
Peter Pan
Johny
Carlyle
May Austin Low
Lowell
Botton
Creatad Man
San al
Middle West
Standard Oil Co
Chicago
Ill
Indiana Corporation
Elead
Nature
Werders
Sydpes
Guret Desi Esirsa
Lohee
Malin L. M. Heck
Fy Wayope
Gibbs
Ste
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