Army Temperance Chief Sees 25 Percent British Army Abstainers
Lord Roberts at the Royal Army Temperance Association annual meeting cites nearly a quarter of enlisted men as total abstainers. The association, active in India for sixteen years and in England for eleven, notes government grants and aims to foster sobriety through responsible treatment, reading, and leisure facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Army Temperance Association of England
Lord Roberts
Army Temperance Association
India
England
Great Britain
The Roads of France Guideposts Described
The roads of France feature constant guideposts. An iron plaque about two feet long and a foot high is mounted on sturdy posts or affixed to walls, marking routes and directions.
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France
Lunchroom Riddle Draws Laughs From Hidden Cook
Three men enter a quick lunch counter and order ham and egg sandwiches with milk two poached eggs on toast and two sausages on macaroni. The lunch-counter man tells the invisible cook a playful order with odd phrases about a cow a raft and two Bleriots on the Channel.
Do You Carry Chronic Grouch
A reflective piece warns that chronic grouchiness harms health and social life. It argues mood shapes others' responses like a mirror, urging readers to drop pessimism, stop berating others, and change habits before ruinous effects accrue. It cites kitchen, work, and home scenes to illustrate the harm.
Notice to Bridge Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners in Greencastle Indiana invites sealed bids for two bridges The William Rooker Bridge in Jackson Township near New Maysville and The John Baumunk Concrete Culvert in Washington Township near Manhattan Bids due October 22 1921 at 10 A M with bond and non collusion affidavit required Each bid for each project only and contractor must complete work by December 11 1921 Board may reject any or all bids R E Knoll Auditor October 3 1921 Poster notices posted October 4 11 1921
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Board of Commissioners of
Putnam County
Court House
Greencastle
Indiana
William Rooker
Jackson Township
New Maysville
Barnard Road
John Baumunk
Washington Township
Poland and
Reelsville
Manhattan
Board of Commissioners
Typical Japanese Humor Ends In Tragic Vengeance
A snack doctor prescribes the wrong medicine killing a family’s only son. The parents sue the doctor, then settle when the doctor offers his own son in exchange. Later the doctor is summoned to a neighbor’s wife in danger, pondering the risk to his wife.
Not by Aesop. Hen Misses Nest in Noisy Alman
Mrs Hen finishes laying and walks the yard. She returns to her nest to find it empty and clucks in frustration. The rooster asks what is wrong and she laments she cannot ever find things where she lays them.
When Beards Were Rare in Public Life
A historical note recalls how beards were once rare and socially condemned. It credits early Birmingham figures like George Frederick Muntz for wearing beards in the House of Commons and mentions clergyman Edmund R. Larken and nonconformist preacher George Dawson, illustrating widespread pressure to shave and the emergence of beard wearers as bold contrasts to strict norms.
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Birmingham
Josnna Southcott
George Frederick Muntz
House of Commons
Edmund R. Larken
Ton Rectory
Lincoln
Pis
George Dawson
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Aleo
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Chesterfield Igarette
American Salvage Co
Franklin & Jackson Streets
Greencastle, Indiana
Bill
Bill Grouch
R. E. Knoll
Aesop
Ience
the Central Trust Co
Me-o-my
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
P. A
Ynolda
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