Welcoming Baden-Powell to the United States
National Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter Geard honors Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell, praising their work for boyhood and predicting the Boy Scout idea as a future world power aiding lasting peace across nations.
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Robert §. S. Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts
England
Daniel Carter Geard
Robert Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts of America
Boys of
America
League of Nations
Sea Scouts Grow Rapidly Across United Navies
Sea scout units expand under a modified maritime program endorsed by admiralty and nautical leaders. Concentrations in large centers already count hundreds, with a goal of 100000 scouts. scouts build boats, rig masts, study laws of the sea, and advance through staged training culminating after a year.
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Sea Scout
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Movement Gains School Support in Athens Ohio
Athens Ohio superintendent Geoffrey F Morgan endorses releasing scouts from class to help in civil service tasks such as food censuses and cleanup campaigns. High and grade school teachers sit on the local Boy Scouts council court of honor, with merit badge work overseen by teachers. The high school principal chairs the Court of Honor, and Morgan reports strong school backing for the scout movement.
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Athens O
Geoffrey F. Morgan
Athens
Boy Scouts of America
Court of Honor
Scout Movement
Morgan
Leader of Scouts Addresses Chicago Youth Group
Chief Scout Executive James E. West of the Boy Scouts of America spoke to a weekly Chicago gathering of young businessmen. He stated the future of the nation lies with the boy and urged utilizing boys leisure time in constructive ways to develop responsibility and leadership for civilization. West highlighted individual and unit Scout achievements.
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Chicago
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
Bir
West
Haig Praises Philadelphia Boy Scouts for War Work
General Haig in a letter to Charles D. Hart chair of the Philadelphia Boy Scout council commends the scouts for their war effort. He notes their role in Liberty Loan drives and civic duties and says they will set an example of patriotism for future American boys.
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Couglas Haig
France
Charles. D. Hart
Philadelphia Boy Scout Council
Philadelphia Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts Aid Fire Scene and Relief Efforts
Reading scouts battled a Mount Penn fire and saved years of guarded trees. Memphis Troop No. 41 cared for an ill woman, cooking and housekeeping. Waterbury relief drive saw two teams. Team B collected 1003 pledges in a single day.
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Reading
Mount Penn
Memphis
Tenn
Near East Drive
Waterbury
Conn
Special Election Planned in Alabama Seventh District
A special election is scheduled today in Alabama's Seventh Congressional District to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative John L. Burnett.
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Seventh Congressional District
Alabama
John L. Burnett
Kansas Wheat Acreage Set To Drop In 1920 Planted
Kansas wheat acreage last year reached a record, about a fifth of U S production, driven by farmers busy with harvest and thinning labor. J C Mohler cites four factors lowering this year’s plantings including labor scarcity, dry eastern Kansas, delayed plowing, and lack of government wheat price incentives.
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Toneka
Kansas
United States
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Mohler
de Mohler
Europe
Cleaning a Pipe With Cork and Water Tap Method
A 19th century tip describes inserting a cork cut to fit the pipe bowl then drilling a hole to fit a water nozzle. With gentle pressure from a tap, water is run through the stem to flush and clean the pipe.
Hail of the Mariners and English Sailor Traditions
In a quoted note from The Christian Herald, sailors greet fellow English vessels with the words 294 sir and receive a reply. The exchange accompanies the hymn Blessed Assurance Jesus Is Mine and later a benediction God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
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Jesus
The
Christian Herald
Rainy Day Costs Hit New York Businesses
A reader notes that persistent rain raised expenses and harmed shoppers in New York. He claims women diverted funds to support relatives, while rainier days reduced store traffic and damaged morale, lowering entertainment and general leisure activity.
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New York
Teagie
Hays
Bill
Swank Meanings and Historical Note on Swanker
The text defines swank as bombastic talk with ostentation and swanker as a pretentious person who pretends superiority. It traces the term swank to early 20th century usage and cites Thomas Bachelor's Orthoepical Analysis of the English Language, noting a Bedfordshire dialect link and a publication in London in 1809.
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Thomas Bachelor
Bedfordshire
London
Marie Dressler Leads Chorus to Terms Says Union Calls
Fragmentary lines show Marie Dressler addressing chorus girls and a union, claiming they will bring them to terms and resist abuse of the downtrodden. The readable text hints at union solidarity and Dressler's persuasive rhetoric.
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Marie Dressler
Marie
Camouflage Could Aid Ship Avoidance In Submarine Tactics
A discussion of camouflage to mislead submarines describes how a ship with keel painted down its side could appear to follow a different course. The deception would disrupt submarine calculations, preventing interception and potentially saving the vessel.
Appian Way Long Roman Road Remains Notable
The Appian Way, begun in 312 B C by Appius Claudius Caecus, is one of antiquity's most celebrated memorials near Rome. It is bordered by tombs and ruins, with long stretches of its pavement remaining intact. The road width ranged from 14 to 18 feet.
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Appias Claudius
Caecus
Short Courses In Wife Training Attracts Military Demand
Worle Outlook notes young North Africans in Europe seek wives trained for tasks and the missions plan short courses in wife training to meet soldiers’ demands. Delegates from across the United States and Canada convene in Chicago for the International Railroad Blacksmiths Association annual meeting.
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Europe
Worle
United States
Canada
Chicago
International Railroad Blacksmiths’ Association
First Moving Picture and curiosities from 1894
The first real moving picture was produced by G Francis Jenkins in Washington and shown in Richmond Indiana on June 6 1894. It featured a butterfly costume dance by Anna belle who earned $5. The Koktauk viaduct in Burma holds the world’s highest railroad bridge at eight hundred feet above water. A hostess finds a boy thinking after being told not to take two oranges and the Bororos of southwest Brazil stand six feet four inches tall.
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G. Francis Jenkins
Treasury Department
Washington
Richmond
Ind
Annabelle
Koktaik
Burma
Harry
Brazil
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Worr's Book Store
Lovell
Belgium
Germany
Army of Occupation
Journal-World
Atlas
World Atlas Department
Lawrence
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