Death rate over forty rises amid life decline claims
A critic argues that overall U.S. mortality fell 2 percent in 30 years while deaths after forty surged about 25 percent. He cites Bright's disease, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and degenerative trends as rising threats, despite gains against infantile illnesses and contagious diseases. He urges regular medical exams and healthier life habits to slow midlife deaths.
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United States
Rittenhouse
New Jersey
Chicago
New Orleans
Bright
Hea
Mr. Rittenhouse
England
Wales
Dickens and Defoe as Editors in Modern Journalism
The piece evaluates literary talent fit for editorial work today, naming Voltaire Macaulay and Swift. It argues Defoe would excel as a special writer more than critic, while Dickens could move readers if limited to brief units, blending entertainment with social uplift in the ideal editor.
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Voltaire
Macaulay
Swift
Mail
Dickens
Defoe
Collier's Weekly on democracy's reach in America and beyond
A brief note remarks that democracy grows in America and more in other nations as global governance expands. It emphasizes increasing participation and political openness across societies, reflecting on democratic trends and their impacts on policy and civic life.
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America
Collier’s Weekly
Rockefeller warns Dreamers in New York address
In a New York speech John D. Rockefeller Sr. cautioned dreamers to consider their past deeds. He said people judge themselves by what they dream to do, while the world judges by what they have already done.
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
Whitfield
Judi Smith McPherson
Nicholas Tombose
Mr. Whitfield
Tombose
Inspector Whitfield
Des Moines
Inspector Whitefield
McPherson
Glenwood School
Magridge
Genwood
Booth No. 10
Coliseum Oal
Domestic science drive to reach 100 towns and 25000 women
Iowa State college to extend home economics across the state with five full time instructors visiting 75 to 100 towns. Short courses and farmers institutes aim to teach 32000 women and girls about cooking sewing sanitation and dietetics, led by Miss Neale S Knowles Mrs Louise Campbell Miss Mama Cunningham Mrs Idaho Sutherland. The program expands knowledge of better home making and agricultural outreach.
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Dea Maines
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Extension Corps
Sebides
Neale S. Knowles
Louise Campbell
Mama Cunningham
C. B. McCoy
Idaho Sutherland
McCoyy
North Dakota
East St. Loutis High School
Nashville University
Brooklyn
N.Y
St Louis
Ilinois
Underwater viewing methods limited without light or scope
The text notes there is no instrument like a scope to view 60 feet under water. It describes using a box or bucket with a transparent bottom and a cloth to block light, but without electric or other sight, these devices are not satisfactory.
Escaped the Worst of It
A narrator recalls a boy named Bobby who narrowly avoided disaster after being spanked for falling into a creek. He laments what he might have suffered if drowning had occurred and reflects on the nature of charity’s reciprocity.
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Bobby
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