Attitude Toward Younger Generation Report Urges Rural Child Welfare
A report supervised by Miss Julia C. Lathrop shows that in 1910 about 18 million of 29.5 million U.S. children under fifteen lived in towns under 2,500. It notes rural neglect of child welfare, calls for active planning, and cites the University of Kansas creating a child welfare department to train workers and organize youth programs.
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Chicago
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United States
University of Kansas
Public Ledger Critiques Rail Bill Aimed at Protecting Investors
The Philadelphia Public Ledger argues the bill supervising new railroad issues by the Interstate Commerce Commission does not seek higher dividends. It says provisions reduce dividends overall, curb edge-of-law killings, and offer investors more income protection while limiting insider gains. Critics note railroads push higher freight rates to cover past killings.
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Timely Topics from a Fragmented News Page
A collage of dated observations and quips from wartime politics and society. References to Sulzer, Wilson, Mexico, Greece and Turkey, suffragettes, vice crusades, and the Empress of Ireland disaster mingle with local notes on boots, bank deposits, and a Cleveland divorce case.
Roosevelt Letter Praises Dayton in Jackson Case Drift
Federal Judge Alston G Dayton of West Virginia faces impeachment. The May 29 letter from Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Jackson removal, Dayton's appointment to fill the vacancy, and Roosevelt's pride in Dayton's disinterested conduct and conscience in the Jackson matter.
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West Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Spain
Jackson
Dayton
Judge Dayton
June 18th in History Highlights Major 19th 20th Century Events
June 18 marks 1815 Wellington’s army fell back to Waterloo 1852 Sonora California fire nearly destroyed city 1867 Mexico surrendered to tourists after siege 1890 Armenians massacred near Erzerum 1298 U S troop ships reach Santiago de Cuba 1910 World Missionary Conference met in London 1911 detective Burns indicted in Los Angeles for kidnapping and dynamiting 1912 Republican convention met in Chicago 1918 the Imperator arrived New York on maiden voyage 1919 Swisher announced candidacy for State Senate in Eighth district Kana_wha Logan Boone counties 1912 Republican nomination history noted in article
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Chicago
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Sayings of the Editors a Patchwork of Quotes
A compilation of editorials and quotes from multiple papers comments on Congress national honor treaties and political ambitions. Notable lines reference a parade of figures from Chicago New York Manchester Kansas City Springfield and Indianapolis connected to governance diplomacy and naval affairs.
Albanian Rebels Defeated Near Durazzo by Royal Guards
Wireless dispatches from Austrian warships in Durazzo report Albanian rebels attacking the city have been defeated by the gentlemeries under Prince William the new Albanian king.
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Durazzo
William
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William Cox Redfield Secretary of Commerce Biography
William Cox Redfield of Brooklyn Democrat born Albany June 16 1858. He moved with his parents to Pittsfield Massachusetts and later to New York before settling in Brooklyn in 1888. He worked in ventilation heating and drying apparatus manufacturing and served as Brooklyn public works commissioner then as a Sixty-second Congress member and Secretary of Commerce in Wilson's cabinet.
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Detroit
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Dog bite prompts medical care and rabies check
James Rogan of 18 Grand Avenue was bitten by a large dog yesterday and treated at Dr. C L Owens office with cauterization. Humane officer Robert Barsom holds the dog in detention to monitor potential rabies development.
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Thomas Rogan
Grand Avenue
C. L. Owens
Robert Barsom
Child Burned When Clothes Caught Fire in Elkins
Six year old Ralph S. W. Groghan son of Mr and Mrs Groghan was severely burned at 8 30 pm on Tuesday in South Elkins when his clothing ignited from a heap of burning rubbish behind Willhide's hardware store Elkins West Virginia fire officials attended the scene and the boy was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Elkins
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South Elkins
Mine Workers Rebuff Arbitration Proposal
Washington June 18 officials Thomas Haggerty and Thomas Kairns of the United Mine Workers refused Secretary of Labor Wilsons suggestion to settle Oregon strikes by arbitration. The leaders declined the offer.
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Falls Down Shaft in Pittsburg Temple Construction
James Bell a 30 year old worker fell from the elevator shaft on the fourth floor of the new Masonic temple at Fifth avenue and Grand Boulevard in Pittsburg June 17 sustaining fatal injuries.
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James Bell
Masonic Temple
Fifth Avenue
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Men Like Noah and Weather Wits in The Daily Special
A collage of humorous vignettes and musings from The Daily Special. Noah among shades jokes about weather forecasts while light quips on batting averages, manners, romance, and social foibles mingle with cartoons and wisecracks.
Trustee's Sale Notice in Allegany County Maryland
A trustee sale is advertised under a circuit court decree in Allegany County Maryland. The property at No 49 Valley Street is described with a two story frame dwelling of six rooms and previously conveyed to Morris Knop in 1913. Auction terms and rents are reserved to the estate pending court ratification.
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Morris Knop
William Damm
Allegany N
Charles R. Morris
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