National Congress of Mothers Urges Child Welfare Reform
The piece urges nations to invest in child protection and parental education to reduce crime and disease. It highlights home life, motherhood, and marriage as societal foundations, promotes in-home care over institutions, and calls for coordinated parent associations, school courses, and laws to safeguard child health and development. The Denver meeting is noted for June 10-15.
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National Congress of Mothers
Congress
Boards of Health and Mothers
Boards of Health
Denver
Sebewaing Pioneer Settlement Anniversary Planned
Sebewaing residents plan a June 30 celebration marking 65 years since Rev J J Auch missionary arrived in 1845. The event honors the town’s early settlers led by the Auch family and the oldest remaining pioneers, with Sebewaing hosting a major turnout.
Michigan Happenings in Corunna and Surrounding Towns
Convicted in Owosso for selling liquor Hauck fined 160 dollars plus 15 costs or 90 days in Detroit house of correction. Bartender Carl Smith pleads guilty and awaits sentencing. In Traverse City a justice of the peace faces fines for illegal fishing party activity. In Laingsburg Epson Parker 75 years old dies by suicide, possibly from illness. Plainwell builds a new grade school. Cadillac depot promise. Alpena prosecutor injured in trout trip. Port Huron imposes circus cleanup deposits and targets detention hospital unsanitary conditions. Pontiac church plans new building, Port Huron again notes health board actions. Howell and Hastings see memorial and missionary society activities alongside local obituaries.
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Sebewaing
J. J. Auch
Ann Arbor
John Nuellerweiss
Sebenaing
Battle Creek
Humane Society
Mary Putnam
Humane Association
Mount Clemens
Schilling
Monroe
Board of Education
Maurer Brothers
Owosso
Haring
Shiawassee County
Laingsburg
Supreme Court
Chelsea
Grant & Wood Manufacturing Company
Mason
Bearcase
George Coscarella
Michigan Central Railroad
Willis
R. H. Coryell
Muskegon
United States
Lake Ellarbor
Cadillac
Osceola
Dennis Spaulding
Mr. Spaulding
Corunna
Hauck
Nfp
Miner
Detroit
Carl Smith
Traverse City
Daniel Blodgett
Clarence H. Warner
Dean Seeley
Frank Richards
Snyder
Williamsburg
Recorder's Court
Richards
Epson Parker
Here
Victor Township
Clinton County
Parker
Plainwell
Charles Leathers
Kalamazoo
Board of Trade
Ann Arbor Railroad
Alpena
Fred P. Smith
Alpena County
Hubbard Lake
Carsonville
Port Sanilac
C. M. Oldfield
Adam Schmitt
Milan
Kinne
Schmitt
Pontiac
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Congregational Church
Huron
Mill Streets
Port Huron
A. H. Coto
Methodist Church
Hartshorn
Grand Rapids
Clare
Arthur Herman
Schmidt
Potterville
C. C. Severance
Howell
Home Missionary
W. S. Griffith
Martha Warner
Eskimo Courtship customs and rapid marriages described
The Pittsburg Gazette reports Arctic wooing as brief and rough with suitors seizing brides by the hair and dragging them home. Young Eskimos marry early, sometimes after a brief trial, while exchanges and domestic arrangements govern marital life and obedience.
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Pittsburg
Eskimo Beach
Count von
Electric lamp carbons form and supply arc electrodes
A new form of electric arc lamp forms and supplies carbons as they are consumed. The lamp uses two receptacles holding plastic material fed through tubes to create the two electrodes. Electrical heating coils bury the electrode ends, enabling a continuous process.
A Wonder and a Married Ex-Wife Affair
A man inspires awe in another as rumors spread about his marriage to a former wife and his continued harmony with her. The exchange hints at a complex personal entanglement affecting relationships and reputations.
Very Fishy Love Puns Between Fisherman Lovers
A playful exchange of fishy wordplay between a fisherman's daughter and her beloved unfolds as he woos her with puns like first place sole and crabbed bachelor. She responds with a simple salt laden reply as the scene ends with light humor.
Cat in Mid Air Rescue Tale From New Hampshire Garret
A hotelier in southern New Hampshire recalls a boyhood episode in which a cat chased a frightened mouse out an open garret window and, mid leap, caught the mouse in mid air before returning to the window.
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New Hampshire
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Bluff Built Home Boosts Poker Legend's Victory
An appreciation note playfully credits a poker champion for his success and showing off a fine home. The quip asks how the feat was achieved and answers with a joke about building on bluff.
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