Survey of Worlds News Hopes For Health Prize Campaigns
A broad health and prenatal campaign aims to set national standards for child health by fall. States including Oregon North Carolina and Massachusetts run baby contests with prizes. other states plan prize funds and parent education through school and factory programs. Capital punishment ends in Washington June 14 and monument at Valley Forge will be dedicated June 18. Civil service assembly in New York June 12 14. Averill Harriman poised to lead family railroad interests after Yale. Women farmers promoted by federal agriculture service. King Nicholas of Montenegro noted for shock waves in Europe. Memorial for Whitman planned in Washington funded by subscription with Paul Keck designing.
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America
Ledrher
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Jess
North Carolina
Hookworm Commission
Massachusetts
Fall River
Louisiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Montana
Washington, m
Iowa
Minnesota
Civil Service Commissions
New York City
National Assembly of the Civil Service Commissioners
John Greenleaf Whittier
Washington
Society of Friends
Paul Keck
New York
Germany marks 25th anniversary of William II rule
Germany celebrates twenty fifth year of Emperor William II’s reign with a June 15 festival in Berlin castle white hall a state dinner and gala at the Royal Opera. Kthenish poet laureate Joseph Lauff is commissioned to write a festival drama for the event to be attended by brother sovereigns of the German Kaiser.
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Germany
William II
Berlin
White Hall
Royal Opera
Joseph Lauff
House of Hohenzollern
World Travelers and Artists' club founded in S'aris
The World Travelers and Artists' club, a women’s organization in S'aris, aims to cooperate with other institutions for women locally and globally. Katharine Todd Appleton is the driving force, with early support from J. Pierpont Morgan and other notable backers. Women of all nationalities are eligible for membership.
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World Travelers and Artists’ Club
S’aris
Katherine Todd Appleton
J. Pierpont Morgan
George M. Reynolds
Philp D. Armour
Chauncey M. Depew
Bruce Ismay
Lyman J. Gage
Henry C. Longe
Charles H. Parkhurst
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
Suffrage Conventions Open in Budapest in June
The International Woman's Suffrage alliance convenes in Budapest June 15 to 20 with delegates from at least twenty seven nations including Asia. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt will lead the American delegation. Concurrently the International Men's League for Women Suffrage meets with Sir John Cockburn presiding.
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International Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Budapest
Asia
Mra
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Men's League For We
John Cockburn
Anniversary of the Civil War Erection Ball at Verd
June marks a hundred anniversary of the erection at Verd with a college yard celebration. Attendees were invited to attend a ceremonial salute and blessing. The crowd recalled past days and honored veterans while the event honored the fallen.
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College Yard
Verd
Merchants urged to buy local products and support home factories
A call to prioritize state made goods, urging merchants to source from home factories to boost local prosperity. The piece notes examples of cannery and clothing purchases abroad and argues patronizing home industries benefits merchants, workers, and consumers alike.
Pitt Tax on Watteau Hats Fails in Fashion Swing
The London Chronicle notes Pitt’s 1767 tax on Watteau hats, a French straw fashion craze. Smugglers found hats as profitable as brandy or lace, fashion faded, and the tax became a dead letter.
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Pitt
England
London Chronicle
Salsify cultivation tips for long straight roots and oyster flavor
The article advises growing salsify, noting its oyster-like flavor when cooked with pepper and butter. It recommends deep furrow planting to encourage straight roots, sowing in drill, spacing for horse or hand work, and spring sowing for fall and winter harvests per Southern Cultivator.
Hygroma in cattle knees advice for farmers
Lumps on knees of cattle known as hygroma. Swellings usually harmless and filled with watery fluid. Surgery not advised except by competent veterinarian. Most cases can be left alone, especially in older cows. Home and Farm.
Bunko on the Atlantic: Two Conmen Foiled by Country Farmer
On a steamship voyage a pair of men Graham and Tidball lure a naive farmer, Amos Skinner, into a private poker game. They cheat him for days, then boast of their plan to ruin him, but his return gamble reveals counterfeit money in their possession and they are arrested as the farmer disappears.
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Jake
America
Southampton
Graham
Mr. Tidball
Greenhorn
Skinner
Tidball
Man
Pet Amos Skinner
Pawtucket
Jim Robinson
Shelbyville
Mr. Kebbeon
Ecards
Lm Com
Robinson
London
Mr. Robinson
Robnson
Farm Wisdom From The Ancients In Ancient Texts
A clipped meditation on ancient agricultural maxims. Aristotle links fertile land to a happy populace and productivity. References to Cato and Ovid stress care for cattle and field exhaustion from Ullage, highlighting enduring farming wisdom.
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Aristotle
Ovid
Work That Pays Well Machines Overhauled Before Season
A day spent disassembling machinery and cleaning oil holes and boxes with kerosene will ease future work for the heroes and increase driver satisfaction. All equipment should be thoroughly overhauled before the heavy work season begins.
The Right Kind of Cow and Dairy Yield
A dairy farmer notes that a cow producing 200 pounds of butter yearly is profitable. He imagines the potential from a 300 or 400 pound cow, deeming such yields possible and advantageous for farmers.
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Howe
Kimball
Artificial Wallow for Pigs Aids Thrifty Hog Raising
A dairy farmer article explains building an artificial wallow eight by eight feet and six to eight inches deep to cool hogs, prevent heat stress, and reduce vermin. It advises sun placement and easy oiling and cleaning, with coal tar dip to keep the pen clean and reusable.
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Hlia Ball
Joseph Introduces Brethren to Pharaoh in Goshen
A Sunday School meditation on Genesis where Joseph presents his brothers to Pharaoh and seeks permission for them to settle in Goshen. It notes Egypt’s caution, the family’s temporary stay, and Jacob’s blessing as the scene shifts from famine to settlement and governance.
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Joseph
Goshen
Kent
Pharaoh
Poe
Bat
Cansan
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