Noted Philanthropies and Education Updates Across Nations
Reports from various locales highlight bequests and gifts to universities and schools, including Bates of Port Chester leaving 86 088 to Michigan and Mire Willard Eves funding two Syracuse scholarships. Observations cover global literacy growth, Froebel’s kindergarten origins, and reform ideas on women’s clubs and domestic training for boys.
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Elizabeth“. Bates
Port Chester
N. Y
University of Michigan
Willard Eves
Swatertown
Syracuse
Col Carr Plans Paris Corn Show Feature
The article reports Colonel Clark B. Carr of Illinois arriving in Paris to organize the American section’s corn exhibit and corn kitchen. He says French interest in corn is rising and American corn products can meet demand, with wheat bread giving way as corn becomes a substantial food in France.
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Legislature
Colonel Carr
Clark BE
Carr
Illinois
Paris
United States
Tts
France
Rural telephone system improves farm life in Rock Island county
Farmers praise the new rural phone service as essential for emergencies and daily tasks though it creates access concerns. The system aids medical calls and warns of neighbors' movements, while workers worry about domestic quarrels being overheard and the potential misuse by tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Dispatch
Rock Island
J. M. O. Bruner
Willie
Millinery Firm Manager Praises Cough Remedy
Marion Kooke of T M Thompson imports millinery at 1658 Milwaukee Avenue Chicago credits Chamberlain Cough Remedy for relieving a severe cold that kept her awake and unable to work. She says the medicine acted like magic and led to a swift recovery.
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Marion Kooke
T. M. Thompson
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago
Chamberlain
Drs J. BE. and
A. Powell
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