Physical Fitness Crisis Highlighted by Pershing Address
General Pershing urged a national program to improve youth health after WWI draft findings showed 60 percent of men deemed unfit. Experts cited urbanization, sedentary work, malnutrition, and preventable diseases as key factors, backing a bill for funded physical education nationwide.
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Washington
General Pershing
Frederic J. Haskin
Chicago News
Congress
United States
Fess
America
Raycroft
Ers
Sam
Clark
Public Health Service
Runs in Family
In Georgetown Delaware a farmer J J Ward injured by a broken leg lies in bed when his son falls from a bay mow and breaks an arm. The boy, in splints, steps from the back porch in the dark and breaks his leg. A seven year old daughter falls from a wagon and also breaks a leg. The wife has no broken bones but tends to the others.
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Georgetown
Del
J. J. Ward
New Law Codes in American Samoa Mark Shift from Native System
A new code of laws based on American statutes is being developed in American Samoa after last year’s disturbance that ended with the governor’s suicide. Capt Waldo Bugns and Judge A M Noble prepared the code and submitted it to native chiefs, signaling a break from the old village order. The article recalls early era practices including oaths on the Bible to prove innocence and a case where a pastor confessed theft after feigning illness, illustrating tribal justice and ritual.
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Pago Pago
American Samoa
Warren J. Terhune
Waldo Bugns
A. M. Noble
Farmers See Rural Hobbies Sustain Population And Spirit
Washington reports that farming communities can stay vital by thriving rural hobbies led by extension workers. A New York home bureau president cites a farm woman who plans to stay in the country, inspired by local efforts. Normal, interesting rural life is seen as the key to attracting and keeping residents amid city temptations. In Clearfield, Pa a fawn appears at a kitchen window before retreating to the yard.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Vera McCrea
New York State Federation of Home Bureau Managers
Miss McCrea
Hotme Bureau
Home Bureau
Staf
Home
Parisian Modes Get Preference In New York Gowns
Paris fashion notes report strong French influence in New York shows with Spanish touches from Martial et Armand. Designers like Cheruit Jenny Patou and Doucet showcase two toned dresses, lace and chiffon, crinoline silhouettes, and new capes. A prominent styling trend features white and black white ensembles, and coats or wraps with marabou trims and dramatic shawls expected to define the season.
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New York
Martial Et
Armand
Callot
Cheruilt
Jenny
Jean Patou
Paris
Madeleine Et Madeleine
Patou
Poiret
Maison Cle
Martial Et Armand
Backache Relief Claim From Lydia E Pinkham Letter
Mrs Mauog A Taylor of Roxbury Massachusetts reports chronic backache dizziness and heavy monthly periods since her last child two years ago. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief enabling her to care for five children and maintain work. She recommends the remedy to others and offers to let the letter be published.
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S Roxbury
Idass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Taylor
Pinkham
Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum Advertised Free
To have a clear sweet skin touch pimples redness roughness or itching if any with Cuticura Ointment then bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water Rinse dry gently and dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to leave a fascinating fragrance on skin. Everywhere 25c each.
Tailor Bill Rows in Frivol
A wry Iowa Frivol notes a customer lamenting high tailor charges after leaving Ruth. The punchline: every departure required clothes pressing, implying lingering bills rather than romance. The quip captures small town humor about services and finances.
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Ruth
Iowa
Why Drug gists Recommend Swamp Root
Swamp Root is advertised as a physician prescribed strengthening medicine for kidney liver and bladder function. It claims years of use and wide pharmacist support and offers a sample bottle for ten cents by mail to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton New York. The ad notes men often believe themselves plain and questions why.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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Philadelphia
U. S
Committee On Education
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New Hope
Fawn
Cail
Clearfield
PaWhile Mia
Karl FF
Brown
Martin Street
Eeew
Trwin Fara
Doucet
Capes
Cape
Coats
Foulard
Mrs. Taylor
Boston Transcript
Fletcher
Johan Ureonfeld
Tenn
Wallkegan, Ill
W.N. U
Denver
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