National Reading Circle Expands Great Books Courses
The Bureau of Education promotes a diverse reading circle with courses on world literature, American history, and vocational subjects. Certificates bearing the commissioner's seal reward completion, and enrollment spans readers from Hawaii to Canada with many professions represented.
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National Reading Circle
Old
Vonung
United States Bureau of Education
Commissioner of Education
France
Tyre
United States
America
Hawaii
Canal Zone
China
Philippine Islands
Canada
Government educational reading courses urged for all ages
The Bureau of Education promotes home reading courses for diverse ages from mothers to professionals. Letters from across the country show demand for guidance, certificates, and access to books. readers may enroll, form reading circles, and complete courses within three years. Sid ney Rich reports on European hardship and American relief, urging moral support to Germany amid postwar tensions.
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Montana
Home Education
Bureau of Education
Philadelphia
Sidney Rich
United States
Chemnitz
Saxony
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Europe
Mr. Rich
Number 40 For the Blood marketed by Evansville druggist
A 40 year veteran druggist, J. C. Mendenhall of Evansville Indiana, promotes Number 40 For the Blood a medicine claimed to cure blood poisons and glandular diseases. The formula’s ingredients are checked against the U S Dispensatory and other authorities. The product is sold by J. A. Hart Drug Co.
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U. S
J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Ind
J. A. Hart Drug
Cooperative system of labor union study proposed in Tokyo
Mrs. Koko Tanaka, adviser to the Japanese labor delegation at the International labor conference in Washington, advocates a world wide cooperative organization tying capital and labor. She cites a Tokyo ticket factory where profits are shared between owner and employer as evidence the system works and could scale. She urges government recognition of unions and expansion of the idea to women workers in Japan.
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Tokio
Koko Tanaka
Ba Bor
Washington
Tanaka
Japan
Serbian Boy Walks 1000 Miles to See Mother
A seventeen year old Serbian boy embarked on a thousand mile journey from Petrograd to Belgrade to reunite with his mother, enduring a lengthy trek across continents to reach family.
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Petrograd
Belgrade
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