Fresh Air Key To Pneumonia Prevention Says Health Board
The state health board reports pneumonia deaths rising with tuberculosis and identifies ventilation as the main prevention. A Philadelphia pneumonia commission survey from 1915 found 3,000 cases and that 10 percent of the population was affected, with most deaths among ages 45 to 70 and under 2. Emphasis is placed on good ventilation and avoiding public spit, plus general healthy living and attention to early symptoms.
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State Board of Health
Pneumonia Commission of
Philadelphia
Crown Prince George of Greece Feared for King Constantine’s Life
Atens dispatch notes Crown Prince George attending royal and cabinet councils as fears grow for Constantine’s safety. The Duke of Sparta, 26 and a half, trained as a soldier, served in the Balkan wars, mobilized since 1915, and active in Greek political matters only recently. He collects Byzantine and Italian antiques and speaks fluent English.
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Associated Press
Atens
Prince George of
Greece
Constantine
Duke of
Sparta
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Athens
Saloniki
Greves
George
Prince Andrew
Geo. P. Waller, Jr
Mr. Wal
United States
Chinese princes seek education in Japan amid war memories
Tokio March 14 Chinese princes Hsiu family members and Buptchaff relatives arrived in Tokyo to study in Japan. Prince Hsien-kuei 22 said he led 6000 Mongol troops under Buotchaff against China before escaping to join the army. The group aims to be educated as Japanese Samurais under General Fukushima.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Knees Hesien-kuei
Hsien-pang
Hsien-yuan
Hsiu
China
Han Shao-yo
Han Shao-hsin
Buptchath
Mongolia
Han Ching-hung
Buptchaff
Japan
Port Arthur
Hsien-kuei
Buotchaff
Fukushima
Netherlands Tobacco Export to Germany Financed by New Association
Amsterdam February 15 The Netherlands Association of Tobacco Dealers forms a 20 million dollar company to finance this year’s tobacco export to Germany. Germany will accept two year treasury bills guaranteed by the Reichsbank and other major banks to maintain the exchange rate. If shipping low freight space continues, tobacco may be diverted to America, avoiding Amsterdam buyers’ travel to the sales.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands Association of Tobacco Dealers
Berlin
Reichsbank
America
Russia Produces Wood Saws at New Ural Factories
Petrograd reports Russia now manufactures about a thousand wood saws monthly at new government plants in the Ural region. Previously all wood saws were imported from Sweden to meet demand.
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Russia
Petrograd
Ural
Sweden
Advertising Clubs of Texas Convenes in Dallas
The opening of the annual convention of the Associated Advertising clubs of Texas drew a large, representative attendance in Dallas. Delegates will discuss advertising industry issues and be named to represent the state at the national convention in St. Louis this June.
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Dallas
Tex
Associated Advertising Clubs of Texas
St. Louis
Dartmouth Colgate Intercollegiate Debate in Hanover
Arrangements are completed for the Dartmouth Colgate debate to be held tomorrow night in Hanover New Hampshire. Colgate will argue the affirmative and Dartmouth the negative on the resolution that the Swiss military training system should be adopted in the United States.
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Hanover
N. H
Colgate University
Dartmouth College
Colgate
Dartmouth
United States
Dublin chorus girl earns military medal for Easter Monday bravery
London March 15 Miss Louise Nolan a Dublin chorus girl was decorated with the military medal for bravery after aiding wounded officers and soldiers under heavy fire on Easter Monday. She dragged men to safety returned for more help and fetched brandy despite continued gunfire. The king congratulated her in Buckingham Palace saying her name.
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London
Dublin
Buckingham Palace
Louise Nolan
Miss Nolan
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Campaign Slip
Promo notice urging readers to mail a cutout with name and address to Foley Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Taft Explains Peace League Aims in South West Tour
Former President Taft promoting the League to Enforce Peace travels through eight southern and southwest states from Richmond March 21 to Oklahoma City March 29. He outlines a plan for a future league to enforce peace, with a court or council and immediate force against any member war, while urging public support to influence postwar treaties.
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Ident Taft
Richmond
Oklalahoma City
Chambers of Commerce
United States
League
League To
League of Nations
Council
Close London Churches
London plans to shut forty or fifty churches during the war to free clergy for national service. With about 20,000 residents in central London, only eight churches would remain open for local use under the bishop's scheme.
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London
Women Allowed to Vote in East Cleveland School Bond Election
Women in East Cleveland voted in a $575000 school bond election. Ballots cast by women will be kept separate and not counted unless the Ohio Supreme Court upholds the suffrage provision of the city charter in the pending suit.
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Cleveland
East Cleveland
Supreme Court
Oxford considers new doctoral degree for Americans
Officials in Oxford England discuss creating a Doctor of Philosophy degree for Americans and Colonials to encourage research at the university. The measure may be finalized this spring.
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Oxford
Eng
NC State College again chosen to test cotton
West Raleigh March 15 The textile department of North Carolina State College has been selected by the Office of Markets and Rural Organization to conduct federal tests on cotton manufacture. The work, supervised by Wm 8S Dean, compares waste and tensile strength of varieties Triumph Acala Lone Star Rowden Trice and Half and Half.
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West Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
United States Department of Agriculture
Triumph
Acala
Lone Star
Rowden
Trice
Dean
North Carolina State College Textile Department
State College
G. H. Anderson
Clemson College
C. E. Coburn
Lowell Textile School
C. FE. Killingsworth
Mississippi A
M. College
R. V. Hellams
Georgia School of Technology
United States
Main Street In Albemarle To Be Graded And Paved
Albemarle March 15 Work of grading and paving Main street from Five Points to the incorporated limits is under way. This adds about one mile of paving in addition to prior work. The street will be paved partly with bitulithic and partly asphalt doubling the east end paving. When complete the Main street through Albemarle will have been paved for about two miles and total paved streets will reach four to five miles.
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Albemarle
A Missouri View of Bryan
A Paris Missouri Mercury column accuses William Jennings Bryan of meddling that undermines President Wilson and threatens war by creating public sentiment against neutrality. The piece argues Bryan’s peace advocacy invites German manipulation and weakens U.S. stance amid European conflict.
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Tom Bodine
Paris
Mercury
United States
Bryan
Germany
Wilson
New Boston Washington Service Link Opens Between Washington and Boston
The Pennsylvania and the New York New Haven and Hartford railroads set today as the start date for trains over the New York Connecting Railway system. The main bridge over Hell Gate forms the hub linking the Pennsylvania and New Haven lines enabling through trains from Washington to Boston without change. When fully operational, at least five through passenger trains daily in each direction are expected.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Hartford
Great Bridge
Hellate
Washington
Boston
Lines Worth Remembering by Lavater
Quote about virtue and duty highlights enduring value in sacrificing pleasure for higher aims.
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