Red Cross Rolls Out First Aid Cars For Rail Workers
The American Red Cross unveils a second hospital and school on wheels to train railroad workers in first aid, with two mobile cars touring western and eastern rails. The program includes demonstrations, partnerships with Boy Scouts, and a prize fund of 5000 dollars to reward proficient volunteers, alongside portable medical kits and emergency hospital capability.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Mississippi
Boy Scouts ‘of America
Railroad Sys
Inter
Chicago
Tobacco through time from pipes to cigarettes
A historical survey traces tobacco use from ancient pipes to early cigarettes, noting Columbus and Cortes era observations, indigenous pipe artifacts from the Midwest to the South, and Montezuma’s ceremonial after dinner pipe. It highlights red pipe stone as a favored material and a Sioux voice urging restraint in tobacco tools.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Guanahani
San Salvador
Cortes
Mexico
Montezuma
Banker's dictation leads to misheard city in Schenectady
A Chicago banker instructs his stenographer to tell Mr Bo and so to meet in Schenectady but the spelling confuses him. The stenographer asks how to spell Schenectady and the banker mutters that the meeting is in Albany. The exchange highlights a comic miscommunication in a business setting.
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Chicago
Bo-and-so
Schenectady
Albany
Pasqual the Yuma War Chief and His Desert Realm
Pasqual led the Yuma people known as Sons of the River fighting against white settlers in 1848 with fierce, skilled tactics. Defeated by better equipped troops, the Yumas were forced to abandon warfare and turn to farming and trade, ending in poverty on a barren reservation. At ninety four he visited San Francisco seeking aid, surprising crowds as a once formidable leader traversing urban life.
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Pasqual
Theselves
Yuma
Gila River
Pas-cual
Yumas
California
Colorado River
Arrow
Alfie Bullet
Heintzelman
San Francisco
Hendrik and Williams Union in Indian Allied Battle Heroism
Historical sketch of Hendrik Mohawk chief and Col Ephraim Williams leading 1 200 English troops against French forces in New York. Hendrik urges unity as three sticks bound in a faggot, dies in the Fort George area during a retreat reconnoitering mission. He is praised for loyalty and diplomacy with Sir William Johnson.
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Col
Ephraim Williams
Hendrik
Williams
New York
Wolf
Hannis
Six Nations
North America
France
North American
Canada
Lake George
Baron Dieskau
Forde
Col. Williams
Sir William Johnson
Johnson
Hendrie
Sir William
Willams
Fort George
Rocky Brook
Hypnotic Speaker Offers Speech in Shorthand or Typewriter
Senator Sorghum asks if the speech should be taken in shorthand or on the typewriter. The stenographer replies she will take it directly on the typewriter, noting the noisy nom machine attempted to keep her awake.
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Senator Sorghum
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