Equal foreign marriage rates across World Wars say statistics show
Metropolitan Life Insurance records reveal about 52,500 World War I marriages to foreign brides versus 4,000 to 8,000 in a prior war. Despite different war lengths and overseas service, foreign marriage rates between generations are similar. War brides mostly from Europe, Mediterranean, and Pacific regions. Britain led with 75 percent.
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Hollywood
Arthur Smith
Greenville
N. Y
America
G.I
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
U. S
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Ireland
Europe
North Africa
Blood Test Used To Fix Maternity In Animal World
Chicago report notes a French veterinary study by two scientists using blood grouping to determine horse maternity. The test aimed to identify whether mares Fanny or Clairette were the mother of the colt Robert. Fanny tested AB, Clairette A, and Robert O, marking a first practical application in equine parentage.
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Chicago
Hollywood
American Veterinary Medical Association
Fanny
Clairette
Robert
Soil as Great Laboratory for New Drug Discovery
An article by Alden Stahr and Dr. Boyd Woodruff in Capper's Farmer proclaims soil as a living laboratory. It cites miracle drugs like tyrothricin penicillin actinomycin and streptothricin and notes soil organisms produce healing substances that combat disease and wound mortality. It warns many diseases remain unconquered with the common cold causing economic loss.
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Alden Stahr
Boyd Woodruff
Capper
Stahr
Woodruff
Outmoded New Jersey Laws Still on Books
Old statutes linger as blue laws in New Jersey with odd penalties. A drunken horse-drawn driver faces a fine and 30 days imprisonment, magisterial power could chain tramps, dangerous hatpins incur fines, and even witchcraft or pretending to be God can draw misdemeanors. Funeral wreaths at homes during services are barred as disorderly conduct, junk dumping on private property draws outlaw status, and lawmakers meet yearly to update laws yet ignore these relics.
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New Jersey
Mother
Sally
Soroedey
Union Baseball Up Again in a Labor Fight
The piece examines renewed efforts to unionize baseball, noting the Pennsylvania labor board taking jurisdiction in the Pittsburgh club case. It riffs on the sport, wages, and the idea that modern players deserve protection and fairer profit division, with satirical asides on Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. It blends commentary with lampooned slogans and wild asides.
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Pennsylvania State Labor Board
Pittsburgh Baseball Club
Casey
Robert Murphy
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Make Home a Stronghold of Security and Peace
Kathleen Norris urges wives and mothers to stop nagging and change themselves to restore harmony at home. She links marital friction to postwar strain and calls for decisive personal reform to create security, sanity, and happiness despite economic pressures.
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Securit
Haven of Happiness in Postwar Home Life
A columnist cites common marital frictions and urges wives to foster a peaceful home. Miss Norris suggests wives peer into their husbands minds yearly to understand tensions. Amid postwar nerves, minor irritations can spark quarrels, risking divorce.
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Miss Norris
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