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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
3
A doctor recalls a ten year study on starch eating linked to anaemia and gum chewing among working girls. A laundry worker cast doubt on gums, turned to starch for a whitening complexion, but the habit harmed digestion and blood quality as the doctor notes starch has no real medical value. The account highlights the difficult process of giving up starch chewing.
The article contrasts the scarcity of skilled artisans with many youths trained in technical institutes. It discusses the need for extended apprenticeship, notes European progress via night schools, and questions overreliance on industrial training. It advocates a return to the dignity of labor and practical diversion of talent to hands-on crafts.
A dated critique argues that women lack practical-mindedness and common sense in political or economic problems. It asserts a fictional scale where a perfect mind would only apply ten percent and an average woman five percent, condemning suffrage and labeling rational women as inherently nonsexual.
A U S government funded experiment station in Pittsburg advances safety by testing explosives and coal dust as mining hazards. It reports that coal dust can explode without gas, aims to standardize safe explosives, and notes rescue corps expansion as miners gain helmeted training.
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