Entrance Examinations for Engineering and Arts at Johns Hopkins
Entrance examinations for the Department of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences will be held in Gilman Hall Homewood from June 16 to 21 1919 starting at 9 A M under the College Entrance Examination Board. Scholarships in the Department of Engineering are now open applications. competitive exam September 19 1919. Scholarships cover free tuition textbooks and fees with $200 in one county or district.以
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Department of Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Gilman Hall Homewood
College Entrance Examination Board
Lawn of Maryland
Baltimore City
Harford
Queen Anne’s
Somerset
Act of Assembly
Maryland
Loyola College
St. John’s College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
Maryland Agricultural College
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Rock Hall College
Salvation Army launches Home Service Fund drive in 1926
The Salvation Army, fresh from World War I service, seeks 13 million dollars from May 19 to 26 for its Name Service Fund. Headquarters are in New York City as 2,000,000 former doughboys rally to back the effort, covering soldiers' needs and postwar work both at home and overseas.
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New York
France
Salvation Army
Pershing
people of America
Unite States & campaign
Army
altke Tt
United States
New York City
Out of Love Club Helps Salvation Army Girls
The Out of Love Club, run by the Salvation Army, admits only women who have worked at least one month after hospital or home release. Members pledge to uphold friendliness and a plain style, with suspension for gossip. The club supports the House Service Fund campaign of May 10 24 seeking $13,000,000.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army corps
Out of Love Club
Salvathon Army House Service Fund
Edison voices war tribute on phonograph record
Thomas A. Edison at 72, in Orange New Jersey, records his wartime thoughts on a phonograph back of a national anthem record. He praises American soldiers and allies Belgium Britain France Italy and urges reverence for those who fought in France while noting demagogues must not belittle allied roles.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison laboratory
Orange
N. J
Edison
Mr. Edison
America
France
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Bridal Flowers Here Again Sign of Peace
A London News report notes orange blossoms return to weddings as peace nears. War shortages forced imports from France, but Alpine valleys behind the Quvierr now yield blossoms for London and Paris markets. Grasse perfumeries still receive much of the crop while pristine sprays travel well to England.
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France
London
Paris
Alps
Grasse
England
London News
Wilson Endorses Salvation Army Campaign
President Wilson cables endorsement for Salvation Army Home Service Fund Campaign to be held during the week of May 1926. Message from Woodrow Wilson notes the Army’s work inspires gratitude, with Commander Miles E Booth cited as recipient in New York.
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Wilson
Salvation Army Home Service Fund
Miles E. Booth
Salvation Army
West Fourteenth street
New York
WOODROW WILSON
Kangaroo Knocks Out Axis Deer in City Park Brawl
San Francisco Park police describe Ned Kelly the kangaroo and an axis deer clash. The axis deer provoked the fight with head butts, Ned Kelly retaliated with a powerful kick under the stomach, knocking the deer down while the marsupial hopped away unharmed.
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Ned Kelly
McGee
San Francisco
Pretty girl borrows paper and stamp from neighbor
A neighbor reports a pretty girl visiting Sunday to borrow writing paper for an important letter, returning for an envelope and a stamp with the neighbor's husband quipping she needs helper glue to make the stamp stick, then plans another visit.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Mot Springs
Miss Booth In Rags Aided London Poor
Miss Tiangetine Booth daughter of the late General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army helped the poor in London's East End while disguised in rags. She stood by her father amid abuse and violence and now heads the Salvation Army in the United States during a pivotal campaign. In May 1926 the Salvation Army seeks thirteen million dollars for its postwar program and appeals for support to the Home Service Fund Campaign.
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London
Salvation Army
United States
Salvation Army Home Service Fund
Pie Gift Lifts Homesick Sailor in Hospital
An American sailor, exhausted by surgery and longing for home, recovered after a nurse created a real New England mince pie with cheese and a miniature Stars and Stripes tucked inside. The patient felt America nearer and pledged to hang on, saying he could have welcomed death two days earlier.
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Atlantic
New England
America
Absurd Question Sparks Life or Death Outlook in Old Times
A fragment recounts curious, harsh inquiries of the past. It notes friars detained in Cardiff in a strange episode. The text riffs on Anne Boleyn’s christening and ends with a grim, wry remark about hot water, life and death stakes.
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Cardiff
Anne Boleyn
Theodora the Exalted Empress of Rome and Byzantium
The article recalls Theodora, wife of Justinian, as a bold performer turned empress. It notes her dramatic influence on Justinian during a Constantinople crisis, her stern temper and formidable commands, and a speech asserting that rulers deserve dignity and the diadem. The piece contrasts her fearsome, regal persona with the fate of modern monarchs.
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Theodora
Rome
Orient
Justinian
Tim
Constantinople
Puace gardens
New West Indian Industry in Curacao Exports Aloe and Division
Curacao, a Dutch West Indies colony, exports aloe resin and division peas. Aloe leaves are harvested in Aruba during the dry season, sap evaporated, resin packed for shipping to New York for dyes and medicines. Division peas are sown, goats once the main seed distributors, with high tannin content driving demand in Americas and Europe.
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Curacao
Dutch West Indies
South America
Mexico
Netherland Antilles
America
Europe
Aruba
New York
Curaeno
Precious Moonstones Found In Nebraska Gem Deposit
A Nemaha county man hunted moonstones in California and returned with two samples. State geologist classified the specimens as agate chalcedony topaz tourmaline. A jeweler cut 28 moonstone pieces and 35 diamond cuts in various materials including amethyst and rubies. Colors span dark red to marine blue with many hues.
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Nebraska
Nemaha county
California
Coconut Palm Tropical Cow
Coconut oil is described as copra dried coconut meat with 50 to 63 percent oil content. The oil has historic use in India Cochin China and the South Seas as food and is now used in the United States as nut margarine, made by melting fats and churning with milk fats removed.
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India
Cochin
China
South Sea Islands
Few Animals Lost In Transit During War Shipping
War department figures show that since the United States entered the war through January 11, 1919, 67,915 animals were shipped overseas, including 5,489 cavalry horses, 30,603 draft horses, 28,088 draft mules, and 975 pack animals. Only about 600 horses and mules have been reported lost at sea, under 7 percent of total shipments.
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Tne
war department
United States
Ducks theft trial ends with blunt judge verdict
An Irish defendant faced overwhelming evidence for stealing ducks while witnesses vouched for his blameless wife and high character. The judge urged the jury to see the duck theft and praised the prisoner as the county’s most popular man.
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FORDSON TRACTOR
NUTTLE HARDWARE CO
DENTON, MD
Neefi
Denton National
THE
DENTON NATIONAL BANK
Bank of Service
Federal Reserve System
F. J. WRIGHT
Caroline County
Jehupi Universit Baltimoraryland
Johns Hopkins University
Preston
State road
DENTON JOURNAL
Denton
Dennis & Wrightson
Dennis
Wrightson
J. T. DENNIS
A. K. WRIGHTSON
BRICK HOTEL
FRED R. OWENS
CHAS. W. WRIGHT
Custom House
Baltimore
International Motor Truck
PAUL HOLSINGER
JOURNAL
ASKS HOME SERVICE FUND
Our Boys
OUT OF LOVE” CLUB
Kangaroo
MISS BOOTH
East End
Evangeline Booth
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