Health praised as Great Lakes pollution cited by Surgeon General
Washington reports the annual health survey by Surgeon General Rupert Blue warns pollution of the Great Lakes and tributaries poses a serious health risk. The study notes 16 million annual lake passengers and 1,600 vessels, urging purification of water for drinking. It covers typhoid trends, rural sanitation needs, and drug-use statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes
Rupert Bive
Public Health Service
Blue
United States
F. F. Friedmann
Chanukkah Feast of Dedication Lecture at Park Avenue Temple
A Park Avenue Temple lecture on Chanukkah and the Maccabean spirit is set for Friday evening December 18 at 8 o clock. Rabbi Dawid Lewys will discuss the festival retaining themes of dedication, light, and charity including the tradition of lighting candles and giving to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judas Maccabeus
Judius Epip
Park Avenue Temple
Dawid Lewys
Denmark style folk high schools could suit US regions experts say
H. W. Foght of the US Bureau of Education reports a 2 bulletin arguing that Danish folk high schools for adults could be transplanted in modified form to the United States. He identifies the South Atlantic Highlands region spanning parts of WV, NC, SC, GA, AL, TN and KY as a target area for introduction.
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Denmark
United States
H. W. Poght
United States Bureau of Education
Foght
Ture
South Atlantic Highland
West Virginia
Carolin
South
Carolines
Georgia
Folk high schools urged to guide US agriculture and spirit
The speaker argues Folk high schools uplift agriculture by fostering independent thought and broader standards beyond practical trades. He warns US schools risk overemphasizing technical skills, urging reforms to cultivate love of soil, national and universal values, and spiritual measurement of progress.
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Poght
Denmark
Mr. Foght
Thein City
United States
Den‘ik
L Sand
Dr Lyman Abbott Sees Defeat as Salvation for Germany
The Outlook editor born December 18 1835 in Roxbury Mass marks his 79th birthday. He blames Prussian ambition for WWI urges that Germany’s defeat would end militarism and restore Germany as a modern industrial power, potentially ending Western military autocracy.
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Lyman Abbott
The
Outlook
Roxbury
Mass
Terre Haute
Ind
New York
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Morehhan
Jes Abbott
Prussia
Europe
Germany
Abbott
Dr. Abbott
Fighting in Argonne Forest Is Perilous
Paris dispatch describes the German army south of the Argonne facing French forces in hilly wooded terrain. A German detachment reports difficulties as French troops threaten the German flank, with cavalry units noting they received the same order as others in the forest engagement.
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Argonne Forest
Paris
Ar- Sortine
Local Briefs Highlight Accidents and Community Events
Geneva Morano of 147 Hard Avenue lost a portion of her nose and face when she collided with a Fairchild and Shelton Co. truck. She was taken home by Dr. D J McCarthy. her condition is not serious. A man of 217 died? age unclear, at Main and Henry after jumping from a trolley. Neil Anderson, 171 Burroughs Street, fell into the Pequonnock River at Salt’s Textile Co. plant and was rescued, later taken to Bridge hospital. Spencer R Gordon urged proper equipment for charities and defended overhead costs. A rector’s supper at St John’s Episcopal drew a hundred men. Sunday service at South Congregational to feature children, organ, and chorus rehearsals. Dorothy Petruschell, seven, improving after critical illness to a hopeful recovery. New Jersey reports 17 million dollars in shade trees in the first census. The French Line steamer Florida, nine days overdue, reported safe by wireless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Morano
Hard Avenue
Fairchild & Shelton Co
D. J. McCarthy
Salt’s Textile Co
Neil Anderson
Burroughs Street
Pequonneck River
Bridgehospital
Wall Street Sees Modest Dividend Cuts and Rail Earnings Shifts
New York expert notes Michigan Central trims semiannual dividend to 1 percent despite steady year to date earnings of about 475 thousand. Reports show Southern Pacific gross down while net and operating income fall. Ohio Oil and Illinois Pipe Line reorganize with stock issuance. United Fruit reorganizes with three new vice presidents as railroads show lower gross earnings and improved operating ratios.
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Barron Financial News Service
New York
Michigan Central
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Ohio Oil Co
Illinois Pips Line Co
Ohio Oil
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio Oil Company
Hlinei Pipe Lime Company
Ohio Company
United Fruit Company
United States
Fredericks Named to Post by Advertising Men
F D Fredericks elected unanimously secretary of the Western Newspaper Special Representatives Association. He is with Bryant Griffith and Fredericks, advertising representatives of The Farmer in New York Boston and Chicago. The group is active in constructive work for national advertisers and he will be in touch with major advertising activity.
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Special Representatives Association
Fredricks
Bryant, Griffith & Fredricks
Farmer
New York
Boston
Chicago
Joseph Cameron Dies at Home in Hornell
Joseph Cameron supreme recorder of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of the United States and Canada and Willard State Hospital board member died at his Hornell home. Also reported, Yee Tom, 46, Pittsburgh’s only leper, died in Municipal hospital.
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Hornell
N. Y
Joseph Cameron
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
United States
Canada
Willard State Hospital
Yee Tom
Pittsburgh
Municipal Hospital
Stratford to hear students in cantata King Olaf tonight
Stratford December 13. The High School presents the cantata King Olaf at Red Men’s hall Church street with the school chorus. Mrs George Kelsey Sidney Colum Frank Roberts assist. Robert H Clark conducts. Helen Smith at the piano. Carl Busch, Danish born composer and conductor, will be honored in Stratford during this visit.
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Stratford
King Olaf
Red Men's Hall
Church Street
Carl Busch
George Kelsey
New Haven
Sidney Colum
Bridgeport
Frank Roberts
Robert H. Clark
Helen Smith
King Olef
Chicago
Apollo Club
Theodore Thomas
St. Louis
Biern
Jutland
Denmark
Copenhagen
Brussels
Paris
Kansas City
Four Winds
Arion Society
Brooklyn
Madrigal Club of
Symphony Orchestra of
Topeka
Kansas
Loulaville
Kentucky
Breckenridge
Europe
Leipzig
Dressen
Order of Dannebrog
Arthur M. Abell
New York Musical Courier
Berlin
Connecticut
Abell
Ernest Kunwald
Philharmonic Orchestra
Cincinnati Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frank van der Stucken
United States
Serdi
New York
Symphony
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Danish building dedication chorus noted in San Francisco
The passage records a choral work for the dedication of a new Danish building in San Francisco in June. It also reports the sale of the Earl Bray drug store at 3169 Main Street after bankruptcy to Frederick P. Brill Sr of Bridgeport for 1250 dollars, with Dr. Rollin A. Curtis appointed permanent receiver. Brill plans immediate remodeling and to occupy the store himself.
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San Francisco
Earl Bray
Main Street
Frederick P. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Bridgeport
Rollin A. Curtis
Police warn public after jewelry theft at Button-Oliphant Co
Police issue warnings about four jewelry items taken from the hall display of Button-Oliphant Co at Wall and Main. Warnings sent nationwide. two men described last seen in Fairfield where they boarded a train to New York. Descriptions note two men asking a railroad worker for the next train to New York.
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Button-Oliphant Co
Wall
Main Streets
Fairfield
New York
Obituary notices for Alise Valentine and John Ward
Infant Alise K Valentine daughter of Walter H and Ethel Keyworth Valentine died after bronchial pneumonia at eight months old. Funeral for Lawrence M Cremin M D held from his daughter's home to St. Augustine's Church with a requiem mass and a large funeral party. burial at St. Mary's Cemetery in New Britain. John Ward funeral held from his mother's residence to Sacred Heart Church, noted for his Sudden death and devout life. pallbearers listed.
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Alise"k. Valentine
Walter H
Ethel Keyworth Valentine
North Avenue
Lawrence M. Cremin
Lawrence M Cremin
Arthur C. Gaynor
St. Augustine's R. C
James B. Nihill P
James B. Nihill P. R. Assisted By Rev. Edward V. Read
Thomas J
John J. Kennedy
Richard Moore
Sacred Heart Church
Edward Plunkett
St. Anthony's French Church
Schmidt
F. J. Kelly
Anna Berger
Alfred T. Brisbo
John Ward
Catherine Ward
Renneil Street
Sacred Heart R. C
Thomas P. Mooney
South End
White Way Breaks Tie In City Telephone Service
About two hundred subscribers in the city center lost service when underground cables on Fairfield avenue near Main street were damaged during recent street light work. A park worker's pick pierced a pipe and wires near by, leaving most lines grounded. Officials expected restoration soon, with further outages noted in front of J. Kee man’s stable yesterday, continuing the disruption.
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Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Pooner
J. Keeman
Pairfield Avenue
Our Children's Manners Shock to Chinese Visitors on Tour
The Y M C A Philosophic club heard J Chuan a native Chinese speaker on Chinese philosophy. He discussed Confucius and the balance between reverence for elders and irreverence in Western views. He noted Western scholars gaining insight but could not fully explain how American or Chinese systems shape mind and morals.
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Y. M C. 4 Philosophic Club
Orient
J. Chuan
Chinsee
Contutius
Mate Mo
Madi Girl Condition Remains Critical After Shooting
Reports say Aldi Madi, shot three times by a friend a week ago, remains critically ill with injuries to the head and abdomen. A separate incident notes Allen Seymour, accused of assaulting a white woman, was taken from jail in Hampton, DC, and lynched.
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Aldi Madi
Zie Bedo
Allen Seymour
Hampton, D. C
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Bam Pale
Joam
Redel Ene Wit Aed
Neae Sporting
Golden
R. BR
Brooks Street
Main and
Henry Streets
Johp Stohl
Spencer R Gordon
Charities
Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian' Church
Charities Department
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Stephen Fene , Jr
Men’s League of the Church
South Congregational Church
Elmer Beardsley
Bessie Harlow
C. N. Worthen
Smith
Dorothy Petruschell
Luke Petruschell
Grand Street
New Jersey
Florida
Fredericks
Bray Pharmacy
Bridgeporter
Robbi
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