Brumbaugh Weighs Presidential Candidacy Amid Unity Call
Governor Brumbaugh amid Republican talks on a 1916 presidential bid after a large Brethren conference audience heard him speak. Henry Wasson urged candidacy. Brumbaugh replies stressing unity, protective tariff policy, and a united Pennsylvania delegation to Chicago. He downplays personal ambition while pledging service if needed.
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Martin G. Brumbaugh
United States
Hershey
Conference of the Church of the Brethren
Dr. Brumbaugh
Baseball Grounds
Henry G. Wasson
National Committee
Brumbaugh
Mr. Wasson
Republican Party
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Lincoln
Republican House United
Doctor warns women against face paints and cosmetics
The Medical Record quotes Dr. William P. Cunningham urging women to drop rouge powder and cosmetics to avoid dermatitis and degeneration. He criticizes vanity, corsets, and artificial beauty, warning of health and skin damage from mineral dyes and unsafe substances.
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William P. Cunningham
Cunningham
Ladison
House heating must be better and healthier
Reading health commissioner Dr Dixon urged better housing and ventilation at a convention. He linked sewage disposal, typhoid reduction, and heating methods to health, urging warm air, fresh air in heating, and safer, well ventilated homes to reduce disease and costs.
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Dixon
Reading
State Department of Health
Bureau of Housing
How Baths Help Health Through Skin and Body Balance
An early health piece argues bathing aids health, skin cleanliness, and body heat regulation. It notes baths remove refuse from the skin, support lungs and kidneys, and advise against bathing near meals due to blood flow shifts.
War marriages a failure as war births fall in 1915
The piece notes 360 026 marriages in 1915 in England up from 286 583 in 1913, suggesting wartime excitement and wish to avoid service as motives. It also reports the 1915 last quarter birth rate at 183 445, 26 845 fewer than the prewar year's equivalent quarter, amid rising wartime social strains. A fable about Johnny choosing cherries ends with the farmer noting the reason was the other man's bigger hand.
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England
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