Red Tape Blamed for Plight of U S Public Schools
A national survey of 877 cities cites red tape and political meddling as top causes of poor school conditions. It reports 47 percent of boards operating independent of politicians yield better results, with 64 percent of current expenses going to teachers and 85 percent of capital outlay on sites and new buildings.
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Salarica
New York
National Committee For Chamber of Commerce
American City Bureau
Board of Education
Enlorses
Giant rat terrorizes home in New York crime scare
In New York a huge rat attacked John Holte as he tended his five year old daughter Leonore who had swallowed rat poison. Neighbors arrived after five minutes and killed the rodent described as as intelligent as a cat. The creature appeared in the Bolte home bathroom about a week ago.
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New York
Leonore
Amundsen Aims Wireless Drift Past the Pole in 1915
Captain Amundsen plans to install wireless on the Maud and drift toward the north pole aided by the belief that a northeasterly current from Cape Serdze will push the ship into the Atlantic. The Maud, stuck in ice off Cape Serdze after years in the Arctic, will be refitted in Seattle next summer. The crew includes Dr. H V Y Everdup and Oscar Winting among seven natives, and they left Norway in 1914.
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Amundsen
Maud
Cape Sberia
Arctic
Norway
Explorer
Nome
Seattle
Will Inetall
Telp
Amundaga
United States
Polar Basin
Gnape Serdze
Pole
Atlantic Ocean
Anjundse
Sard
Dr. H, VY
Everdup
Oscar Winting
G. Olontkin
When Did Death Occur In Extraordinary London Case
London medical circles are intrigued by a case where a dustman’s heart beat for nearly eight hours after breathing stopped. He had headaches and neck stiffness, tested for moral reflex, then received chloroform and ether. The heart beat until 7 30, death later attributed to a brain tumor. experts say life may persist with a beating heart even after respiration ceases in certain sleep disorders.
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London
Dastman
Whiteyn
Daring Rescue After Boat Capsize Leaves Man Legless
Harry Woodard struggled while drowning as Roy Rhodda swam 300 yards to shore with two wooden legs lost in the overturned boat. Rhodda said two companions used the legs to aid their own escape, leaving him to swim to safety.
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Gwims
Gilbert
Harry Woodard
Roy Rhodda
Rhodda
After Death Breath Holds Few Hopes for Bot
A cryptic report notes that the bot did not explain how it could continue to beat after respiration ceased, indicating no forthcoming details. The remark hints at a discussion about persistence of function or evidence beyond life. It reflects a terse, speculative line from a technical or philosophical piece.
Operated at Sea by Radio Directs Medical Procedure
A surgical operation 200 miles at sea was directed by wireless from Brooklyn New York. Dr Raymond Barrett oversaw the procedure aboard the tanker Vesta with the captain performing the prep and a radio operator transmitting. Barrett feared the arm would become infected but the team proceeded using improvised tools and drainage tubes.
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Brooklyn
Aél
XN. Y
Raymond Barrett
Vesta
Sunday Dinner Dispute at Workhouse Infirmary
A Western workhouse dispute erupts among infirmary nurses asking for a dining room and a Sunday dinner. The matron seeks to humble them by making the cook join the nurses. The cook recalls the moment when a nurse demands a plate and calls him "you" prompting a heated retort if it hadn't been Sunday.
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Anya
Aspirin Bayer Trademark Ad Warns on Counterfeits
An advertisement warns to require the Bayer name on genuine Aspirin packaging or tablets. It asserts safety proven for twenty one years and doctors’ prescriptions, lists uses from colds to pain, notes twelve tablet boxes cost a few cents, and mentions larger packages by druggists.
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Bayer
Burprice the Weapon Excerpt Sparks A Feud
Fragmentary lines show a dispute with a quote about getting even with Brow and a claim that KRub paid ten dollars Tim owed. The terse text suggests a conflict or rumor amid blurred dialogue.
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Burprice
Rub—"T
Brow
Dub
Krub
Tim
Health for Women Readers Offers Hope and Help
A women’s health notice urges readers to seek medical attention for fatigue digestive issues and loss of ambition. It highlights a doctor’s work restoring health and urges attention to wellbeing through attentive care and treatment options.
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Dr. Mere
Real Compliment Advertises Cnticura Bath and Talcum
An advertisement promises relief and fragrance with Cnticura Beap baths followed by Onticura Olotmerit and Outi ura Talcum. It touts hot baths for itch and burn and claims the products are purer sweeter and available for 25 cents each everywhere.
Bellhop retires with forty thousand dollars
A bellhop has retired with $40,000 amid talk of his poor health. He told interviewers that for weeks he could not hop. The piece notes that willful waste could affect future prospects for girls seeking husbands.
Hidden ties and gloves in a Boson excerpt
A southern family recalls their coal black cook Sarah who wore a garbed outfit at the funeral after her band died in an accident. When asked why she wore white gloves, Sarah replied with dignity that she wanted people to see that she had on gloves.
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Sarah
Barth
Bosion
Waschday for Handkerchiefs Advarsement
Old advertisement advises washing small cotton handkerchiefs with good soap then rinsing in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue to improve appearance.
Not Quite Alone Bobbie Teases Girls Then Faces Dark Room
A London Telegraph item notes how Bobbie mocked girls until his sister angrily challenges him. Kaviote mocks, and the little girl insists on proving herself by entering a dark room alone, saying I dare.
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Bobbie
Steter
London Weekly Telegraph
When You Feel That Way
A playful exchange contrasts moods with nature and pay day. One speaker jokes genius may be contagious and asks if happiness should be inoculated, while the other notes joy comes on payday. Optimism is mocked as convincing others to share unfelt happiness.
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