Spline Courage Seen in Verdun Hospitals
Graphic account by A Voillis from Verdun field hospitals describes American ambulance crews moving wounded from relief stations. Soldiers’ bravery amid pain, the dying major, nurses, surgeons, and messages to loved ones illuminate the battle’s human toll and collective resolve.
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Verdun
Jung
Thieutenant
Pollu
Special Bureau
Pet
Yst
Shell
Sender
Champion of the Birds T Gilbert Pearson Leader in Bird Protection
T Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies, based in New York, has made bird protection practical in America. He served as financial agent since the association’s formation seven years ago, raising funds and helping place bird protecting laws on state statutes.
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T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
New York
America
Association
Aoe
Beste
Coconut Mail Delivers Hawaiian Nut to Orphans Home Head
A coconut mailed from Hawaii arrived at the Jowiah Orphans' Home in Huntington Park Col. addressed to Dr Sigmund Frey. The nut remained in its fibrous shell and bore a burn-in address. Stamps worth a few cents were affixed during transit.
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Huntington Park
Col
Sigmund Frey
Jowiah Orphans’ Home
Hawaii
Many Fine Exhibits Seen by Visitors at Statehouse Show
The Indiana statehouse hosts a large exhibit linked to a national charities and corrections conference. Displays from penal and charitable institutions showcase inmate handiwork, with banners on health and public service. The board of charities reports visits, outcomes, and costs, while Vincennes prepares a centennial pageant. Governor Ralston proclaims Mother's Day on May 14.
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Statehouse
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Wealth
H. F E. Barnard
State Fond and Drug
F. W. Tucker
John Dill Robertson
Chicago
John N. Hurty
Indiana Girls’ School
Michigan City
Yo Mlc
al, Y. W. Cg, AL and Children’s Aid Association
Ralston
Nother
Indiana Board Adopts New Text Books For Schools
The state board approved new textbooks for Indiana schools with contracts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bids on histories grammars geographies spellers and physiologies were opened a week or ten days prior. Governor Ralston and board members approved $100 extra pay for each member for reviewing and voting on contests.
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State Board of Education
Indiana
Ralston
Himelf
Burdett & Co
Beginning of Diseases highlight by Indiana medical dean
Dr. Charles Emerson of Indiana University School of Medicine addressed the Federation of Clubs of North Indianapolis on the Beginning of Diseases stressing child health as a guard against later suffering and praising the state health board as a model. Walter Schroeder, a field examiner for the state board of accounts, was taken to Ryansville for an appendicitis operation. The Public Service Commission received petitions from Indiana Railways and Light Company and Galveston Light and Power Company for Galveston plant sale, and from Brook Utilities Company for leasing a Brook waterworks project.
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Vincennes
Tr. Hardin
Indianapolis
James 2D. McDowell
Columbia Park
McDowell
Fleanor Beach
Fair Ground
Saga
Charles Fr. Emerson
Indiana University School of Medicine
Federation of Clubs of
North Indianapolis
Walter D. Schroeder
State Board of Accounts
Ryansville
Appenilicitia
Public Service Commission
Indiana Railways and Light Company
Roxomo
Galveston Light and Power Company
Galveston
Cass County
Brook, Utilities Company
Brook
Profitable to Sell Cream for Missouri Farmers
Prof C H Eckles of the Missouri College of Agriculture argues selling cream yields higher or equal income to butter and reduces women’s labor. Cream buyers offer flexible markets, enabling cash on the spot and easier management, with a separator paying for itself within a year for larger herds.
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C. H. Eckles
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
Handy milk bottle holder uses wire to suspend high
A farmer explains a simple milk bottle holder that hangs from a support to keep bottles out of reach of pets. The device is a wire form with ends bent to secure itself.
Pasteurization Trends in City Milk Quality
The article explains that pasteurizing milk at 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes destroys disease producing bacteria while preserving nutritive value and digestibility. It notes higher temperatures cause chemical changes and predicts most city market milk will soon be pasteurized.
Prevent Growth of Horns in Calves
Article describes using caustic potash to stop horn development in young calves within the first week. Hair is clipped from the horn buttons, a moist caustic stick is applied to the site, and calves are kept dry for several days after treatment.
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Caustio
Sater Poe
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Leutenant
Madame
Fost
Basides
Emerson
Board of Charition
Board of State Charities
Board
Indiana League of Counties
Tipton
Elwood
Bi Woman
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