Girls and Curses Across Colleges and States
A Tribune summary notes a witty survey on swearing among female students and contrasting state laws. It cites New York’s broad rule that multiple listeners must hear a swear for it to count, Alabama’s single-incident tolerance, and Tennessee’s indictable offense without vocal repetition, alongside anecdotal evidence of women at a country club drinking and smoking.
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Tate
New York State
Grant
Philadelphia
North Curatina
Alabama
Aoman
Tennessee
Girls’ Seminary
John Barleycorn
Stereoscope’s role in war photographs and terrain reading
The stereoscope created depth in aerial pictures, letting photographers show true terrain and trench lines that a single view could not reveal. Photographers spaced lenses 100 yards apart to simulate the viewer’s distance, enabling accurate terrain interpretation for military action.
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Photographébier
Ring Maker Finds New Career After War Injury
A Belleau Wood veteran, missing a left leg, meets a federal board adviser who sparks his talent by showing his self made silver ring. The ring leads to engraving training and a new career in a jewelry store, turning play into work.
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Federal Board For Vocational Education
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Belleau Wood
Federal Board
Ginling College: Nan king’s Picturesque Female Institute
The Christian Herald describes Ginling College in Nan king as a newly opened girls’ school run by five boards with an 18 member faculty and 18 students. Housed in Li Hung Chang’s former official residence, the college aims for high standards as it expands from two to three years of study under eight teachers.
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Chinese College
Nanking
Ginling
Christian Herald
Rigorous Mourning and Berlin Burlesque Quip
A World War I era quip recalls Germany’s week of mourning for peace terms. Major Frederick Palmer comments on the mood, while a Berlin theater manager and assistant discuss whether burlesque should observe the period. The boss insists on minimal changes, planning black attire for chorus girls.
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Germany
Anit
Frederick Palmer
Berlin
War romance reveals race for millionth-inch gauges
John H. Van Deventer chronicles American effort to perfect precision gauges in wartime. Johansson pursues the thousandth of an inch. EB C Peck and William E. Hoke unite to produce blocks accurate to the millionth of an inch, boosting independence from foreign gauges.
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America
John H. van Deventer
Mr. van Deventer
Johansson Taade
Johansson
EB. C.’ Peck
Livestock Industry as U S Economy's Cornerstone
The livestock sector stands as the largest and most vital American industry with live animal value surpassing 8 billion dollars. Slaughtering and meat packing dominate U S manufacturing, and the Chicago market alone moved nearly 1 billion dollars in 1918. Daily centralized market sales approach 20 million dollars nationwide.
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United States
Chicago
Welcome as Right Sort at Michigan City Prison Games
Frank F. Litsehert reports on warden Fogarty easing prisoner hardship with in‑cell ball games at Michigan City. A visitor once donned a prison uniform as a ringer to boost enthusiasm, and the convicts welcomed the insider’s fake pro pep after a casual inquiry about his supposed crime.
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Frank F. Litsehert
Goodrich
Michigan City
Warden Fogarty
South Bend
Indianapolis News
Agriculture Notes From The Peach Season In Frante
Readable lines discuss a unusually fine peach crop this year and question why many fellows travel to Frante. The fragment hints at local agricultural conditions and inquiries into migrant labor or tourism tied to the harvest.
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Frante
Loss of an Eye What Disability Does It Cause
A discussion on how losing one eye affects vision and daily tasks. It notes insurance estimates 40 percent disability are questioned by experts, suggesting 25 percent as more reasonable. The impact varies with age and prior stereoscopic ability.
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Arthur Pearson
Waste Country Made Rich Rubber Plantation in Sumatra
A vast rubber plantation in Sumatra covers nearly 100000 acres, developed by an American company. Ten years ago no trees existed. today about five million trees are tended by 16 000 workers, many from Java. Sixty five miles of narrow gauge railway traverse the forest.
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Sumatra
Java
First AFL Convention Strike By News Reporters
Journalists covering the American Federation of Labor convention walked out over how news was handled. Delegates called the strike a Bolshevik charge, but the reporters returned to work after their demands were granted by acclamation in a units show of support. Lott was settled.
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American Federation of Labor
Lott
British Adapt Snow Shoe For Desert Marches
Maj. John Bain of the British army describes a desert conquest using a large snow shoe fashioned from close meshed chicken wire laid on the sands of the Egyptian desert near Palestine. The device helped infantry and horses gain firmer footing and tripled daily advance to nine or ten miles.
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John Bain
Near East
Palestine
Bain
Leper Mission Hero Refuses Pension for Molokai Work
The American secretary for the Mission of Lepers estimates at least two million lepers worldwide with six thousand converted to Christianity. Hawaiian lawmakers offer a pension to Brother Joseph Dutton who took over from Father Damien at Molokai but he declines, having spent his own money and not seeking reward. He has not left the leper colony in years and will continue his work.
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Mission of Lepers
Joseph Dutton
Father Damien
Molokai
Brother Dutton
Breakfast Stakes and Silent Stores Across the Street
Mr Travers mourns losing fifty dollars on a prize fight and learns his wife has cut out sale notices from the morning paper. She plans orders at two stores and begins early errands downtown, leaving breakfast unfinished as she acts on the finds.
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Travers
Willing to Be Put Wise In All the Armies
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Alvord recalls lax air service discipline at Colombey les Belles where officers received salutes but enlisted men largely ignored him. A private, cigar in mouth, fails to salute and responds testily, reflecting broader guard in camp behavior.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Benjamin Alvord
A. HE. F
Pershing
Colombey-les-Belles
Biy
Early building for success in youth discipline and choice
Forbes Magazine argues that young men must sacrifice leisure and temptations to craft a life of value. It stresses that refraining from diversions like billiards, dancing, and games during formative years shapes eventual achievement and hinges on how private hours are spent.
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Forbes Magazine
City staff jokes about liquor fines end with new editor
A Denver newspaper mocks staff drinking by issuing mimeographed discipline letters. The next day the city editor is found drunk, prompting a reshuffle as the staff revels in prohibition humor.
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Colorado
Sahara
Denver
Lquor
Society
Larry A. Jacobs
The
Dallas Dispatch
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