Footprint records urged to curb kidnapping in birth process
New York police advocate filing footprints of every newborn with birth certificates to aid identification and recovery in kidnappings. Captain J H Ayres says monthy Bureau of Missing Persons lists over 1000 names and that prints would help verify identity, deter abduction, and reduce public confusion. He cites cases where mothers misidentify lost infants and argues prints would provide indisputable proof, improving case handling and preventing sensational crime cycles.
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Bureau of Missing Persons
Ayres
Guardian of the Peace
Capitan Ayres
Jewish Children Face Starvation in Jerusalem Kitchens
A Joint Distribution Committee report details dire hunger among Jerusalem Jewish children relying on Dreyfus Soup Kitchens. Daily rations of soup and bread, with extra meat on Sabbath, support schooling for 129,776 meals in three months. Flour and milk aid families and patients, but overall bread needs exceed supply.
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Distribution Committee
American Jewish Relief Committee
Jerusalem
Held to Crude Methods
A philanthropic visitor questions why a man became a taxicab bandit, noting the driver could not afford his own taxi and had to depend on collecting fares. The Washington Star reports the exchange.
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Washington Star
Hewitt to do you and your wife get along together
A fragment cites a Houston Post quotation about domestic harmony and car makes, referencing Hewitt and Jewett in a casual ad style. The line hints at a light, humorous note on relationships and shared vehicles without a clear event or context.
Begg's Mustarine advertised as mustard plaster substitute
An advertisement extols Begg's Mustarine for sore throat chest cold pleurisy and deep coughs claiming rapid relief and swelling reduction. It promises a small box equals 50 mustard plasters and cites physician recommendations. The copy notes use for rheumatic pain gout feet chilblains and corns with claims of fast action and no blistering.
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Begg
Wells Co
LeRoy
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