England's Play Problem and the Child Welfare Reform
A critique of England's child welfare and policing system. The new health minister aims to reform child recreation by creating national playgrounds and trained supervisors. London police currently police outdoor youth, with limited armed power and a fragile code, lacking uniform reform or modern child protection.
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England
London
Fvo
Bobby
Hampstead Heath
East End
Whitechapel
Aart A. Ae
Poison tolerance in animals compared to humans
A report notes poisons kill humans fast but animals show higher tolerance. Dogs and horses withstand ten times a fatal dose per body weight, pigeons five times, and frogs show even greater resilience, illustrating species differences in poison sensitivity.
Boy Scout Founder Baden-Powell Visits America
Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, has come to America to promote an international organization. Knighted in 1909, he is famed for his early military service in India, Afghanistan, South Africa, and Malta, with notable leadership in the Mafeking defense during the Boer War.
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Robert Baden-Powell
America
Boy Scout Movement
England
Sir Robert
Great Britain
Hussars
India
Afghanistan
South Africa
Malta
Mafeking
Two Commodities Rise in Postwar Prices
A 1918 price comparison shows only onions and coffee costing more than in 1913. Both items now sit about 50 percent above prewar levels, per records from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Montreal Plan to Solve Housing Shortage with Public Aid
Montreal plans to use a $4.0 to $5.0 million fund under city administration to fund worker housing. Five public-spirited citizens will oversee projects with a manager to prepare plans and specs. Loans run 20 years at 5.25 percent, with a 7 percent lighting fund option.
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Montreal
Administrative Commission
City of
Commission
Golden Spike Celebration Marks Union Pacific Fifty Years
At Ogden Utah visitors gather for the Golden Spike commemoration of the completion of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines. Governor Bamberger attends along with railroad officials and pioneers linked to the continental transcontinental project.
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Iden
Utah
Ogden
UC Pacific
Central
Utah Promontory Point centennial exercises planned
The article notes a commemorative event at Promontory Point near Ogden to mark fifty years since the joining of the Union and Central Pacific railroads on May 20 1969. Over twenty Utah and California pioneers who witnessed that moment will attend.
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Promontory Point
Ogden
Thomas Qurant
Leland Stanford
California
Union
Central Pacific
Utah
Thousands of Acres Under Water First Time In Big Horn
DASIN Wyoming May 8 Thousands of acres of new land are brought under cultivation this year in the northern end of Big Horn county under the government irrigation project at Denver. Two years ago Denver was a way station now it has a newspaper and up-to-date stores.
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Pacific
Asa Whitney
New York
United States
Benton
Congress
Great Central Plains
Lincoln Obora
Qukos Ames
Massachusetts
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Dasin
Wyo
Big Horn County
Denver
Frannie
Cowley
Cowsty
Bad Innis
Natrona County Raids Clean Up Casper District
Sheriff Tobin and a large posse raided Casper Wyoming's Sandbar district arresting about two hundred inmates and hangers-on. Prisoners were arraigned in police court, fined, or sentenced to jail. Four thousand dollars in fines was collected and many were ordered to leave town on the first train. The raids followed alleged city laxity in enforcement.
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Natrona County
Casper
Wyo
Tobin
Small Caterpillar Tanks Move to Pacific Coast Stations
Four baby tanks destined for Pacific coast artillery stations passed Cheyenne yesterday over the Union Pacific. These caterpillar tractors are the smallest tanks seen in the area.
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Coast Artillery
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Lumbermen Meet Fler to Discuss Conditions
Cheyenne lumber dealers Cluffs Egbert Carpenter Hillsdale Burns Kimbell and Otter held a meeting yesterday to discuss trade conditions and interests. Moon area family men shared a dinner at the pyi.
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Cheyenne
Cluffs
Egbert
Carpenter
Hillsdale
Burns
Kimbell
Otter
Abia Winity
Moon
Pyi
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Nental
Anies
Central Prowle
Big Horn
Pacific Stations
Laramie County
Bankers and Stockmens Trust Co
Wyoming
Pierse
Jst
Pierce
Utah Canning Co
Western State Oil & Land CO
Buck Creek
Rock Oly
Lance Creek
Joseph Gaetet
Marvey
Hawley & Garet
Attys
Douglas
Wye
O. Emery
la Bonte
Porter
Converse County Bank
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Hawley
Jonigh Gare
K. &. Whipple
Virtue
Winslow Taylor & Company
Volidated Stock Exchange
Widener
Philadelphia
Merkel
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