Christmas Seals Back Tuberculosis Fight Since 1882
Since 1882 the fight against tuberculosis has progressed through Kochs discovery and modern campaigns. The National Tuberculosis Association and local groups promote sanatoria clinics and fresh air schools. The Christmas Seal, selling for 1 per hundred, funds ongoing control efforts across Indiana and beyond, symbolizing civic solidarity.
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Robert Koch
National Tuberculosis Association
Indiana
No special federal drive to keep U S dry during holidays
Washington officials say the prohibition bureau will continue its normal enforcement this month. Assistant Secretary Seymour Lowman stated there will be no unusual activity, despite a warning about poison holiday liquors issued by the prohibition bureau.
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Washington
INS
United States
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Prohibition Bureau
Peace on earth goodwill seal drives Indiana campaign
A Santa Claus and sleigh image marks the seal as a symbol of Christmas goodwill. Indiana Tuberculosis Association aims to spend 200 dollars on seals to fund the 1927 campaign against the plague across every community in the state at top speed.
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Santa Claus
Indiana
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Married on a dare ends in double tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago a 24 year old bride Mrs Eillean Dellitt Greene and her husband Harry Greene are dead after a murder suicide. Greene had urged the marriage on a dare and after she refused he shot her in the back then killed himself. Mrs Dellitt witnessed the event and collapsed in the street. The couple had eloped six months earlier and had not lived together since. An inquest was planned for the day.
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Chicago
Eillean Dellitt Greene
Harry Greene
Allen Dellitt
Greene
Free Love Seen Replacing Marriage Says Holmes
Chicago reports New York minister John Haynes Holmes warned that marriage may disappear in America as evolution drives new forms of union. He proposed three basics for future unions: public sex relations, social sanction with official declaration, and monogamy, dismissing companionate marriage as an innovation.
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Chicago
America
John Haynes Holmes
New York
Holmes
Russia
Local saying echoes long-standing practice
A speaker argues that a practice long followed by many intelligent people requires no new naming or formal designation, suggesting consistency and acceptance over time.
Naval Battle to Disappear Says Admiral Andrews
Admiral Philip Andrews forecast naval battles would fade as WWI showed conflicts shift away from fleet clashes. He spoke before the Save-Old-Iron Sides committee, arguing ships defend trade routes and sustain peace with honor and justice.
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Admiral Andrews
Cleveland
INS
Philip Andrews
Boston
Andrews
Jutland
Save-Old-Ironsides Committee
Alaska to Breed Hardy Cattle for Rigorous Climate
Seward Alaska natives on St Augustine island will be used to create a hardy cattle breed. Crosses with pure bred Herefords on Sitkalidak island will use only female native stock. Russian introductions half a century ago made the herd dangerous to approach due to wild bulls. Jack McCord plans the project once permission is secured.
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Jack McCord
Sitkalidak Island
Animals Marooned Near Farm by Wabash River
A group of mules owned by a prisoner on the state penal farm were marooned on a high spot of the Ivan Lofton farm near Princeton Indiana by the Wabash River. Sheriff Summers said neighbors tried to rescue the animals for the inmate serving time for liquor law violation.
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Princeton
Ind
Ivan Lofton
Here
Sylvester Summers
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