Red Cross Aids National Health Through Education and Nursing
The American Red Cross built a nationwide health structure with home hygiene and care of the sick instruction reaching 51 121 students including 31 430 school pupils. Nutrition programs trained 2 800 dietitians and educated 138 065 children while 1 885 schools received lunch help. Public health nursing serves nearly 1 000 nurses with a reserve of 42 002. The November roll call invites continued support for these community health services.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
America
Lorain
Dorothy Davis Sleichter
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fort Yukon
Arctic
Humanity appeal links Tokios boy to Santa Barbara relief fund
A Japanese boy in Tokio contributed 160 dollars to the Santa Barbara relief fund through the American Red Cross, illustrating global friendship. The message urges widespread participation, noting mariners aboard ships achieving full Red Cross enrollment and calling readers to join and express humanitarian impulses through the Red Cross.
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Tokio
Santa Barbara
American Red Cross
Freud and moral conflict in concealment and deception
The fragment references Freud and psychoanalytic ideas on lying and moral judgment. It mentions a perceived mismatch between inner thoughts and outward behavior, exploring how fear and anxiety shape concealment. It notes literary or journalistic critique in Harper's Magazine.
Artist Life Link Reads as Core to Public Work
A quotation from Hamilton Wright Mabie asserts that an artist’s success hinges on the soundness and range of his relations with life. It argues that productivity, depth, and force of ideas reflect the closeness of the artist to life and reality.
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Fife
Hamilton Wright Mable
Gold Coast region described as Guinea’s western coast
A Kansas City Star overview notes the Gold Coast as part of Guinea on Africa’s west coast. It mentions historic fame for fortune seekers, boundaries with the Slave coast to the east and Skyry coast to the west, and a coastline of about 850 miles.
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Gold Coast
Guinea
Africa
Kansas City Star
Ten Most Injurious Insects Named By Entomologists
The ten most injurious pests in the United States as voted by eleven government entomologists include boll weevil Hessian fly corn earworm mosquitoes chinch bug Colorado potato beetle grasshoppers house fly and the San Jose scale.
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United States
San Jose
Hawk Perches on Cemetery Tombstone Near Church
A sparrow hawk spends its time perched on a single tombstone in the cemetery beside Southfield Reformed Presbyterian Church on Evergreen Road Detroit. For unknown reasons the hawk repeatedly selects the same stone as its perch.
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Southfield Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Road
Detroit
Novel Book Covers Old Bindings With Hand Blocked Paper
A note on covering old book bindings with hand blocked papers to create decorative designs. Each book given a different pattern for a strikingly varied and gay effect.
English Railways Run Trains In Two Sections
When passenger travel is heavy English railways run trains in two sections. The rear portion carries a sign reading A P meaning Another portion follows.
Fear a Corpse Sallora superstition on ships feared
Fear a Corpse Sallora are seen as the most superstitious people at sea. They desert ships when a corpse is aboard and refrain from assisting with and near deceased aboard. Main sisters are not liked on board due to presumed bad luck.
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Sallora
Chanting the Psalms Adoption and Papal Addition
A summary notes that Am brose adopted Psalm chanting from Roman pagan ceremonies circa 360 A D. Three centuries later Pope Gregory the Great added tones and established singing schools for the practice.
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Ambrose
Gregory the Great
Defining a Politician In The Town's Old Quote
A reflection traces a historical descriptor for a town politician once used in France in 1569. It portrays him as a man of wisdom and cunning, skilled in artifice and contrivance yet never attaining high renal statesmanship.
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France
Public Works Bids Open for Gravel Course on Island Road
The State Board of Public Roads invites sealed bids for a gravel course 18 feet wide at a location on the island. Bids must be on blank forms, accompanied by a certified check of 1.00 payable to the Board. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and prefers in-state bidders where applicable. Plans and bid documents are available at the State House, Providence, from November 12, 1925, during business hours.
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Pistoia
Jena
Aate Nis
Bhidaland
Toe Island
State Board of Public Roads
State House
Providence
R. IL
Unexpected Mountain Meeting Echoes on Summit
While enjoying a mountain panorama a speaker appears, exclaiming at the view and claiming kinship with the hiker. The narrator turns to see a person with a bottle raised to the mouth, ending the encounter with a moment of shared enthusiasm.
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Vienna
Kangaroo Feels Down After Parade Block
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a circus keeper says the kangaroo has Blue devils after a blocked parade this morning. The animal watched pedestrians and feels like a back number in hopping and jumping.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Sex in Pigeon's Eggs Reveals Egg Order Sex Split
A pigeon fan notes that two eggs nearly always yield one male and one female. Experiments on egg use show the first egg laid tends to be female and the second male, indicating a consistent order of sex development in the clutch.
Famous battles shaping American destiny cited
Historians narrow history changing clashes to two decisive battles, Saratoga where Americans defeated Burgoyne and Gettysburg, whose outcome is seen as pivotal in the American saga.
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Burgoyne
Saratoga
Gettysburg
Lake Always Ice Covered On Moor Kenya
A large lake near the equator in Kenya remains ice covered year round. It sits near the second highest peak on the African continent and is noted for its perpetual ice.
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Kenya
Real Spanish Onions at London Greengrocer Sign
A Boston Transcript item notes a greengrocer in London displaying a sign proclaiming Real Spanish Onions and warning None of Your Foreign Rubbish Sold Here. The piece underscores a sharp stance on imports and national pride in produce.
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Greengrocer’s
London
Boston Transcript
The Cynicn Bachelor on Flirtation and Rivalry
The Cynicn Bachelor notes flirtation loses appeal unless it causes another girl misery. He observes no fun in flirting if it does not upset rivals, reflecting on social dynamics among young women.
Music Mistress Host Teaches Dishwashing Jazz Etiquette
In Paris Rire a hostess declares the household must keep the phonograph playing jazz while she performs dishwashing duties, framing the request as an obligation. The quirky line highlights humor in domestic routines and music preferences.
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Paris
Must Be Up to Standard All the World Asks of a Man
A Boston Transcript quote urges that a man must do his best. if that effort fails to satisfy, it is of little use.
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Boston Transcript
Sorrow Tempering Pleasure in Ovid's Thought
An aphoristic reflection notes that pleasure cannot be pure as sorrow mingles with sweetness, drawing on Ovid to suggest bitter counterpoint to joy. The line invites contemplation of how negative feelings accompany or temper happiness.
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Ovid
Power Well Defined Patience and Gentleness
The quote from Yeigh Hunt extols power in patience and gentleness as a true strength and leadership virtue. It frames restraint as decisive power rather than weakness.
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