Listening as a social tool in household life
A Youth's Companion excerpt discusses how listening supports women and families. It notes that a capable listener helps others articulate needs, aiding self guidance for mothers and easing tensions in households. The piece also warns against excessive chatter disrupting family harmony.
Anti Typhoid Inoculation Gains Army Endorsement
General Lord Kitchener endorses anti typhoid inoculation for the British army citing strong evidence from the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Trials in India and Egypt show promising results including Maidstone nurses and attendants largely spared, while non inoculated groups show higher typhoid cases. The Lancet asserts inoculation should be as essential as smallpox vaccination for soldiers. Dust dissemination noted as another germ spread pathway alongside water and flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchener
Royal Army Medical Corps
A. E. Wright
India
Egypt
Maidstone
Lieut
Luxmoore
Green fruit consumption warned by agriculture department
The Agriculture Department advises that adequate chewing reduces risk from eating unripe fruit and says danger is less than thought, especially with gooseberries, plums, apples, and pears. The Youth's Companion cautions all ages to chew green fruit 22 times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Meteor fall in Michigan sparks playful Mars baseball theory
A Michigan meteor that scorched hay is joked to resemble a baseball, inspiring a quip that a Mars pitcher could throw an equally hot ball into space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Mars
Chinese Rebels March With Modern Guns
Propaganda notes describe rebels advancing with new firearms and predict that such arms will force the Chinese regular army to retreat. The assertion frames the rebels as gaining advantage through modern weaponry and strategic surprise.
Iowa Victims and Murders Highlight Dreadful Summer News
Iowa reports a string of deaths from drowning sunstroke and accidents across towns like Chariton Eldora Mason City and Burlington. Drowned teens Maynard Mohler and Chris Wagler. Fatal falls and poisonings. A mass burglary ring looms in Mason City and a major army maneuvers plan sparks city encampment talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rhodes
Chariton
Maynard F. Mohler
Chicago
Iowa River
Eldora
Lillian H. Bruce
Harvard University
State Normal School
Jones Hughes
Mason City
Chris Wagler
Pulaski
Fox River
Bloomfield
George Davis
Williams
Hall
Miller Hotel
Milwaukee
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Week in Review of Notable Happenings Across War and Tragedy
A broad survey lists key events from the Haywood trial to shipwrecks and political upheavals. Notable figures include Haywood defense and state lawyers, Sir Edward and other international names, alongside disasters from fires, drownings, and heat waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F Richardson
William D. Haywood
Steve Adam
Wood
Western Federation of Miners
Hawley
Ffer
Haywood
Copper Mountain
Senora Quesada
Joan of Arc
Cyrus J. Williams
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred H. Wallihan
Englewood
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Oakland
Telegraphers
Roosevelt
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Southern Railway Company
Thomas J. Green
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Thomas B. McPherson
Omaha
National Livestock Exchange Association
James C. Swift
Kansas City
Adolph Ruegger
Madison County
Ill
United States District Court
Cheyenne
Wyo
E. M. Holbrook
E. E. Lonabaugh
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
James F. Cruse
Georgia
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
St. Joseph
Chicago & Northwestern
Belle Plaine
William Elliott
J. L. Davis
Decia Webryke
McCullough
Lima
New York
American Line
Lucy 8. Noble
Detroit
Mich
Europe
Asia
Josephine Leslie
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Neb
J. W. Shake
Carlisle
Ind
William Roberts
Milan
George Bittner
James H. Wood
O. C. Wilson
Southern Railway
Asheville N. C
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Java
Jo 1
Fairfield
Iowa News
Thrift
Fort Riley
Ball Park
Burlington
Esther Taylor
Wapello
Thomas Johnson
Walter Coulson
Louis Coulson
Oskaloosa
United States Gypsum Company of
The
Gypsum Trust
Fort Dodge
John Pooler
Jay Pooler
Belmont
Great Western
A. C. Anderson
Cherokee
Anderson
Cornell
Marengo
Aris
State
Anti-saloon League
Mc.Guire
Marshalltown
McGuire
J. H. Colgan
J. T. Barnhouse
Valley Junction
Mercy Hospital
Colgan
Barnhouse
Richardsville
Jochum
S. A. Barnes
Cedar County
Iowa City
West Branch
Barnes
Basil Mulan
Lenox
Malhane
Mulan
Eldora Reformatory
Board of Supervisors
Harrison County
William Brayton
Logan
Floyd
Sioux City
Stephen Reback
Armour Packing Company
Russia
J. F. Williams
William Maclan
Ames
Spirit Lake
Manson
Michael Kelly
Lizard Township
Pocahontas County
William Walsh
Miller
Des Moines
Clare
Pioneer
Heyer
Pauline Judson
Ottumwa
Columbia
Shelter Cove
California
San Pedro
Union
Augustus Rodney MacDonough
Thomas MacDonough
United States Navy
United States
Lake Champlain
Tewfik Pasha
Constantinople
Mayfield
James Wilson
Cincinnati
Frank Wolliver
Knoxville
Tenn
E. J. Gallagher
Karl Hall
Washington, D. C
Karlsruhe
Germany
Frau Molitor
Baden Baden
Ignacio Campisciano
Maria Campisciano
Collagaro Gendusa
Tony Costa
Hahnville
Lamana
Bart E. Linehan
Dubuque, Ja
Memphis, Tenn
Mark Twain
England
Hovhanes Tavshanjian
Turkey
St. Petersburg
Russell
Telegraphers’ Union
Naval Court of Inquiry
Oregon
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Elks
Vardaman
Mississippi
Angie Birdsong
Monticello
Thomas Butler
Niagara Falls
Pere Marquette
Salem
Clemenceau
Picquart
A. Lansing Baird
Central Park
Lawrence Petrovitch
George Wolf
Valparaiso
Volant
Lake Michigan
F. A. Tryon
Knox Automobile Company
Springfield
Mass
Chicago Limited
Northwestern Railway
Idaho
Seoul
Bremenhauven
John Wanamaker
Lyndenhurst
Jenkintown
Henry Scutcheon
Nunica
Oriente
Cuba
Ironia
Campbell
Dewitt County
Illinois
San Diego
Clinton
Fred Magill
Pet Magill
Richfield Copper Mining Company
Querobabi
Mexico
Arlington National Cemetery
King Frederik
Prince Harald
Premier Christensen
Rigsdag
Faroe Islands
Iceland
University of Chicago
Cecelia Johnson
Pi Delta Phi Sorority
Mushmouth
Tschaikowsky
Hazen S. Pingree
James R. Davis
Grand Opera House
Butte
Mont
James Hargis
B. D. Cox
Kentucky
Charles G. Ayres
Ozarks
Stanton
William Willigs
United States Steel Corporation
Vermilion
Mesaba
Lake Superior
McCall
Federal
Memphis
Standard Oil Company
Farmers National Bank
Boyertown
National Bank
Bingham
Herman Billik
Mary Vizal
Frank T. Hamilton
Merchants’ National Bank of Omaha
Louisa de Cistue
Granada
Spain
Schihau
Dantzig
W. L. Howard
Berlin
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