Training Little Folk in Home Kindergarten Play
An article from a U S Bureau of Education and National Kindergarten Association guide urges mothers to start early kindergarten-style training at home. It suggests color, shape, and number games with common household items and simple crafts, plus guidance on using magazines and small materials to foster social skills and imagination. It emphasizes the mother’s daily involvement and advocates forming or supporting local kindergartens to extend these lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froebel
Milton Bradley Company
Yeld
Mass
BD. Steiger & Co
Murray Street
New York
Kroebel
Martha
The Covenant of the League Is Now a Definite Fact
The New York World reports that the League of Nations covenant and the peace treaty are settled, with amendments to address American objections. Taft suggested changes adopted to satisfy Senate critics, and the conference asserts no league without the United States. The president has met his duties in Paris and the American people must decide at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
League of Nations
United States Senate
United States
League
Mr. Taft
Wilson
Paris
Stones Cracking on the Roof in Peace Conference Speech
Premier Lloyd George compared the peace conference talks to stones cracking on a roof as delegates face great difficulties. Kipling’s verse echoes the idea of staying steadfast amid doubt and scrutiny, urging perseverance to achieve the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Kipling
Apia Cheng
Cher Ami the carrier pigeon carries message of victory from Argonne
In the Chicago News a carrier pigeon named Cher Ami is praised for delivering a victory message to General Pershing from the Argonne despite a broken leg from a German bullet. The piece notes pigeons horses and mules aiding war and asks humans to extend humane boundaries to animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Pershing
Argonne
New York
Dage
Poland
Fifty Years Ago Promontory Spike Drive Chronicle
Fifty years ago the last spike was driven at Promontory Utah completing the transcontinental railroad. Governors and United States senators spoke as Hret Harte penned a commemorative poem and the Pacific coast buzzed with the event. The feat relied on public lands grants and federal bond guarantees amid arduous construction and hostile Indian resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Promontory
Utah
Pacific Coast
United States
Hret Harte
Union
Central Pacifics
Omaha
California
Mystery of the Sacred Fence Reappears on Broadway
The 150 year old Fence brought from London in 1779 to adorn the Bowling Green was found beneath junk in a storeroom. It will be dusted and reassembled near the old custom house as New Yorkers recall the era of the George III statue and the Liberty Boys actions.
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New York Sun
Bowling Green
Lunnon
Broadway
Custom House
England
Little Park
Liberty Boys
Thackeray
O'Rourke
Booth
Flinn
Lower Broadway
What Teschen Is
Premier Lloyd George cited Teschen in a House of Commons exchange to illustrate unfamiliar geography. Teschen is a town in Silesia then part of Austria with a 1900 population of 19 142. half German and 41 percent Polish.
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Teschen
Kansas City Star
Teachen
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Gas
Silesia
Austria
Lesin
Germany
Russia
Maria Theresa
Frederick Timet
Packing For Ocean Freight In War Economies
The article notes new packing methods for ocean freight reducing space needs. It highlights protective wraps under burlap, including waterproof paper types. One option, a stretchable rubber paper made from two pound Kraft cemented with sphatium, resists water dirt and moths and adapts to odd shapes like burlap.
The Meanness of Men Mentalgene Fragment
A fragmentary piece argues that human nature holds mean traits like envy jealousy and revenge. It suggests imperfections are natural yet there is a place for these vices in the human condition and that cruelty stems from a perverse pleasure in harming others.
Salvage Efforts Under Way Amid War Time Waste
The salvage division reports effective work in clearing debris from a coastal area after a wartime operation. Workers recovered loads of waste and junk dating to link-and-pin coupler days, with sites around the yards showing heavy debris. Winston Adajiy, secretary of the American Jean Cotton Manufacturers Association, says manufacturers view the issue as a matter of principle, not just a practical challenge.
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Beebion
Winston Adajiy
Aimere Jean Cotton Manufacturers’ Association, Oe
Imerely
Poung
Britain Points the Way toward a shared labor program
Rocky Mountain News notes eight hundred labor and capital representatives drafting a parliamentable plan featuring a 48-hour week nationwide minimum wage unemployment prevention and a national industrial council. The piece emphasizes surprising cooperation amid British tensions and a move against radicalism, yet questions whether a nationwide labor capital partnership is truly underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain News
John Bull
An Industrial Creed by John D Rockefeller Jr at Atlantic City
Rockefeller Jr outlines eight principles for industrial harmony. He argues labor and capital are partners, industry must balance social and material welfare, and workers deserve fair wages, reasonable hours, and decent living conditions. He favors active representation, grievance mechanisms, and spirit of fair play to expand opportunity and self development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Atlantic City
America Faces Threat From Destructive Emigration Critique
The piece argues US emigration to China, Japan, and other regions spreads alcohol harm and undermines civilized life. It condemns white imperial effects, praises Chinese resistance to opium, and warns of international backlash against exporting vice and liquor.
Washington’s Tax Grievances and Wartime Resolve
The piece laments Washington residents taxed on motor care, axes, furniture, and odd items while pondering voting rights. It contrasts local reluctance to reform with soldiers leaving for war, praising patriotism and urging unity despite heavy burdens at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bam
Farm Bureaus Plan National Cooperation for Farmers
The article reports a national farm bureau organization forming from Ithaca convention February 12 15 with delegates from many states. It aims to serve farmers and the public by improving marketing education roads schools homes and welfare while funding via dues and county subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Holden
National Organization of Farm Bureaus
Ithaca
Towa
Central States
Wise Wae Patriotic
Prince Visits Unions at Sandycombe Road Club
The Prince of Wales made an informal visit to the Victoria Working Men's Club in Sandycombe road Kew Gardens staying about an hour. Members in uniform and civilians with medals gathered with deputations from trade bodies including the National Union of Railwaymen and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. The prince was presented to each group by secretary I S Copeland as he toured the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
London Times
Prince of Wales
Victoria Working Men's Club
Sandycombe Road
Kew Gardens
Wonen
Sational Union of Railwaymen
National Union of Teachers
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
National Federation of Women Workers
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
Brass Workers’ Society
Government Workers’ Union
Municipal Employes’ Association
War Workers’ Association
Comrades of
Copeland
Speeding the Mails Through Aerial Routes Across Continent
Speeding the mails with aerial postmen promises faster connections from New York to Washington cut by three hours. Plans foresee a daily nine hour New York to Chicago run and feeder routes extending west and southwest, shrinking overall transcontinental and coastal mail times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett Blackley
Legtle’s
Atlantic
Key West
Cube
South America
Post Office Department
United States
America
New York
Washington
Auto Mall
Chicago
The Franking Scandal Exposed in Lettered Confusion
A disjointed wire service style report describes abuse of franking privileges by a single national legislator. It notes daily routine mail parcels sent at public expense and questions the efficiency of the postal system. The piece focuses on waste and improper use within government mail practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Citlken
Gm Ieee Ion
Incoherent Obscenity Claims and Gas Mask Advertisement
Fragmented prose describes anti American sentiment and a claimed advertising gimmick for gas masks and fire protection gear. The text mentions Galveston Texas dealers and references battles such as the Marne and Bellau Wood, with scattered names and vague war imagery.
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United States Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
National Kindergarten Association
New York, N. Y
Janet W. McKenn
Uncle Sam
Find _Heneres
Britain
The
Dearborn Independent
China
Japan
Mexico
Africa
Kimberly
Mortara Pop
Iaarel
London
Haturday
Australan
New Zeskod
New Foundland
Basi Africa
Ledlaw
Farm Bureaus
Galveston
Tex
NASA
Battle of
Hungary
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