Red Cross Peace Work Expands Community Health Efforts
The Red Cross expands its peace time program adding nutrition classes and health centers. Nurses train in home hygiene and sick care serving rural, tribal, and urban communities, while Junior Red Cross clubs broaden health education among schoolchildren nationwide.
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Dietitians
Ted Crom
Tom Valogthe
Red Cross
Dewry
Ramone
America
Nurvts
Hed Cross School
Med Cross Rhagiers
Red
Plagues and Poetry on Troubled Seas in Ancient Texts
Fragmentary extract discusses bubonic plague in medieval trade and ships spreading disease via infested rodents. It references Histon Adam and a context of oil's calming effect on waters as noted by Plutarch and Franklin regarding off and peace across life.
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Adam
Tre
Pilmy the Elder
Boo Franklin
Plutarch
Epoeth
Dean
Karl Orkney
Europe’s Potato Crop Hearing Test Prompts Self-Checks
The piece explains how people with normal hearing detect spoken words in different settings, from a concert hall to a street conversation. It suggests listening carefully in quiet rooms and calls for medical advice if hearing seems abnormal. It emphasizes self observation as a first step toward assessing hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Romania Faces Currency Depreciation After War Debacle
The article reports severe depreciation of Romanian lei after World War I due to wartime and postwar money flows. It notes counterfeit paper money from Germany, occupation era bank actions, and a surge in Romania’s national debt from about 100 million to over 30 billion lei, with the National Bank of Romania issuing the standard currency.
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Roumania
Germany
General Bank of
Rou
Manin
Germains
Rotumania
le Progres
National Bank of
The House of Whispers concludes a courtroom drama
In a courtroom twist, Daisy Lutan is confirmed murdered by Henry Kent, revealing Orville Granders as the bank president and mastermind behind a Granddeck scheme. Police arrest Granders Wick and associates as the heroism of Mrs Moore and Barbara Bradford uncovers a secret passage system and a web of crime.
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McGregor
Daisy Lautan
Daisy Lutan
Henry Kent
Granddeck
Orville
Gorman
Wick
Tate
Orville Granders
Henry ‘Went
James Wilson
James Wick
Stuffy Jim
Daisy Lutin
Rufus Gaston
Spalding Nelson
Gaston
Granders
Barbara Bradford
Barbara
Shelp
Nellie Kelly
Ben
Crisinnts
New York
Allyell
Nelson
Orst
Mind and voice of animals and an amazing memory
The article contrasts chimpanzee vocal skills with baboon cries and describes Dr. Ditmars on animal communication. It also recalls a Devonshire inmate who recites psalms and hymns by number and can name the weekday of any given date.
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Devonshire
England
Growth of Boy Scouts of America Shown in 2019 Figures
Official 2019 figures show total enrollment 462,781 with 300,700 scouts and 101,001 men involved. Troops total 16,176 and 270 cities/counties maintain scout executives. Merit badges issued 41,482, life and star badge counts, medals for life saving and heroism, and 7 letters of commendation are recorded.
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Boy Scouts of America
Service Men Lead Scouts in Indiana Pa Honor Roll
Indiana Pa celebrates three new scoutmasters and its commissioner. Scoutmaster Clark Keener earned the French Croix de Guerre and twice cited for bravery. Scoutmaster Beers faced heavy fire and earned D B C or extreme bravery honor. Scoutmaster Crawford volunteered as chaplain amid heavy fighting. Commissioner E M Gearhart served as N M C A physical director with the naval air service and later volunteered as chaplain.
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Indiana
Clark Keener
Beers
Crawford
France
E. M. Gearhart
Naval Air Service
Praise From General for Clarksburg Boy Scouts
Maj. Gen. C P Summerall writes to Scout Executive 8 Q Adams praising Clarksburg Virginia boy scouts. He notes his review opportunity and his council membership with Louisville scouts. He says his son is a scout and stresses training as essential for business life.
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Boy Scouts
Clarksburg
C. P. Summerall
Scout Executive
Q. Adams
Boy Scouts of
Louisville
Scout First Aid Saves Life in Canyon Blast
Theodore B. Curtis of Troop 22 Salt Lake City aided Henry C. Kratz after a giant dynamite cap explosion near miners blasting left Kratz with severe hand injuries. Curtis applied bandages and first aid, earning praise from a hospital physician for timely, skillful treatment that likely saved Kratz's life.
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Theodore B. Curtis
Salt Lake City
Henry C. Kratz
Cottonwood Canyon
Krantz
W. D. Wood
Curtis
Nurse Emily McCarthy Missing in Meriden Pond Tragedy
Scout Executive John D. Roberts built a water telescope from a keg with a glass bottom to search Black Pond for nurse Emily McCarthy of Meriden Conn. Her hat was found nearby, suggesting drowning after entering the dark water. dragging failed until the device revealed her body underwater and brought it to shore.
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Emily McCarthy
Meriden, Conn
Black Pond
John D. Roberts
Nurve
Scouting Good Turns Report Across U S Communities
Boy scouts in Canton New Hampshire New London Westfield Mass Quincy Massachusetts Beaver Falls Pennsylvania Los Angeles California Boise Idaho and New York City Bronx council report multiple good turns. Activities include rescuing, firefighting milk deliveries clothing drives and Red Cross support during droughts and disasters.
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Boy Scouts of
Canton
Water Department
New London
N. H. Westfield
Mass
James McDermott
Quincy
Patch's Pond
Beaver Falls
Tte
Los Angeles
Cal
Boise
Idaho
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Call of the Red Cross
Near East Relief
Census Bureau
Acents
Bronx
New York City
Iim
Canada sees bumper wheat harvest and rising grain output
Farmers in Western Canada report excellent conditions with rains at the right time. Prospects for wheat oats barley and flax are very favorable with a predicted harvest surpassing 1915's record of 393 542 000 bushels. Corn planting is up and livestock is in good condition while U S settlers gain prospects of solid returns after expenses.
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United States
Canada
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