Open Air School Roof Helps ill Children Heal
Rosie watches sister Mary, once sickly, thrive on the roof of an open air school. The program, aided by Red Cross Christmas seals, provides milk crackers and warm gear, keeping Mary healthy enough to return to regular classes by spring. Over 1,000 such schools operate in the United States, promoting life and health for students who study and work outdoors.
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Rosie
Mary
United States
Red Cross
Love Alone Not Sufficient for Happy Marriages Says Professor
Western Reserve professor James B. Cutler argues mere affection cannot sustain marriage. He urges couples to make the wife a partner in work and worship, shaping a modern home where women contribute and share duties.
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James &. Cutler
Western Reserve Universe
Cleveland
Cutler
Mhai
Western Reserve
Money Money and the Philadelphia Project
An old Philadelphia item notes how money buys less each year and the public must stretch dollars to meet needs. The report hints at budgeting strain and calls for careful spending amid rising costs and uncertain funding.
Old Hats Made New From Dyeing And Reformation
The article explains dyeing hats to restore faded felt or straw. It recommends using a large dishpin as the boiling vessel, a saucer to keep hats submerged, and 15 minutes of boiling. Drying involves shaping the crown over a bowl and propping the brim. For reshaping, rip the straw apart before sewing onto a new frame.
Unique Underwater Engineering Project Under East River
Engineers undertake a bold underwater operation beneath the East River New York blasting fifteen feet from rock foundations while two tunnels are excavated twenty five feet below to speed rapid transit between New York and Brooklyn. The work proceeds far beneath the river with few signs above water.
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East River
New York
Brooklyn
Some Smiles Facts In the Case
A man seeking justice explains the dispute with the plaintiff accusing him of assault while he denies it. The lawyer estimates about 50 dollars each for the legal effort as the exchange highlights the difficulty of the case and the readers’ question about important news.
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the Law
To Be a Man Across the Purple Sea
A speaker longs to roam beyond mountains and seas to become a man yet stays for the children at his knee. The poem expresses desire, duty, and affection as Ruth Alexander notes in the New York Times.
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Purple Sea
Ruth
Alexander
New York Times
Health and Beauty Hints From Old Fashioned Advice
A vintage guide offers tips on grooming and cosmetics. It discusses eyebrow shaping with daily brushing, avoiding harsh soaps, cold cream for dry skin, oatmeal cleansing, and hair care with ventilation and sunning. It also covers simple tooth powder, corn cushions with adhesive, boracic rosewater lotion for a shiny nose, diet moderation, and outdoor air exposure.
Morning Headaches and Possible Eye and Blood Pressure Causes
The Medical Record cites observations by Dr Enon of 16 years noting headaches from eye strain kidney trouble smoking excessive proteins or mental work. Persistently severe headaches often accompany enlarged heart and kidney involvement and can be fatal without treatment though intensive care may relieve symptoms.
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Enon
The Kitchen Cabinet Beecher Quote
A Beecher quotation notes that people need not mourn for lacking heroism or sainthood. It argues virtue is common and modest in daily fidelity rather than grand feats. The earth’s surface is described as grass filled rather than forested, emphasizing humility over greatness.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Austrian Dessert and Coffee Treats From Across the Water
The text describes Austrian dessert and coffee preparations including a vanilla ice cream coffee, a coffee custard with almond flavoring and whipped cream, and a chocolate schnitten with butter eggs chocolate raisins and flour. It also notes celery stuffed with seasoned cream cheese and includes verse lines about a hickory tree and seasonal imagery attributed to Helen Hunt Jackson.
More Good Dishes Featuring Dates and Salads
A vintage recipe roundup highlights nutritious dates as cost effective heat-rich staples. It covers oatmeal date cookies and date waffles with honey, along with potato, chestnut, tomato, and coconut candy options, plus old fashioned tarts from leftover pastry.
Jerome Butte forms as newest copper company in Verde district
The Verde district welcomes a new copper company named Jerome Butte. The Arizona Butte Mines Company adit on the Banner vein near Kingman advances toward ore as ground breaks soon for the United Verde Extension Company's smelter near Clarkdale. At Miami Consolidated, nine feet of 6 to 8 percent ore is found in a 200-foot tunnel end.
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Verde District
Jerome Butte
Arizona Butte Mines Company
Banner Vein
Kingman
United Verde Extension Company
C. V. Hopkins
Clarkdale
Schulze Group
Miami Consolidated Mines Company
Golden Hammer Group
Mineral Park District
Sultana
Grass
Colorado mining boom and ore output across districts
Spelter leads mine values in Lake Eagle and Summit counties. The Victor mine at Cripple Creek is to be revived by the Danzas family. Pride of the West in Silverton district has main raise timbered and workings cleaned. Colorado Central Mining plans a mill and tramway in Georgetown district. Kittimac mine in Silverton district safeguards tramway towers with snow-breaks. Ledge mill at Chattanooga in Silverton district yields rich concentrates. Red Mountain mines draw ore to Silverton, with Ouray and Silverton sharing interests. Total Colorado output of gold silver copper lead and zinc this year reached 49 million dollars per USGS. About 10 000 gallons monthly of steam distilled pine oil used for flotation nationwide, price sensitivity could boost use. Gold King mine near Gladstone pours valuable metals with twenty to fifty miners daily at Cement Creek. Smuggler winze Syndicate property sees Rice Mining Company workers further opening high-grade silver ore with each blast.
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David H. Moffat
Victor
Cripple Creek
Silverton
Colorado Central Mining Company
Georgetown
Chattanooga
Ouray
Red Mountain
Colorado
United States Geological Survey
United States
Gold King
Bonita Mountain
Cement Creek
Gladstone
Rice Mining Company
Mining Boom Dashes Toward Year of Records in Grant County
New Mexico reports a rising mining activity with a raised head-frame at Pacific mine enabling ore dumping to a new crushing plant. Tyrone’s Burro Mountain mill expands in two more sections while Socorro Mining and Milling and Mogollon Mines Compaq post strong December bullion outputs. Scholle mines grow profitable as ore grades improve and shipments rise.
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Pacific Mine
Big
Burro Mountain Copper Company
Tyrone
Grant County
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Phillip P. Jacobs
National Association For Prevention of Tuberculosis
Philadelphia
Dorothy Donnelly
Pathe Organization
Health and Beauty
Helen Hunt Jackson
Nerece
Western Mining and Oil
Estern
Union News Service
St. Louis
Boulder
Arizona
Lake, Eagle
Summit Counties
Kittimac
New Mexico
Socorro Mining and Milling Company
Mogollon Mines
Scholle
Nole
Amelior
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