New Calendar Reform Proposals Face Global Talks
Washington editors report a renewed push for calendar reform led by Dr. F. Marvin of the U S Weather Bureau. An international conference and League of Nations committee are studying a 18 month 28 day year with a separate annual day and a midsummer extra month. Proponents argue simpler time keeping and standardized scientific data while church calendars complicate consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
League of Nations
Europe
F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
Doctor Marvin
Marvin
Rome
Movement Compared to French Revolution Stirs Debate
Fragments discuss Europe’s lack of cooperation on a project, noting the East uses different methods. The Mohammedan calendar differs from ours and occasional bills to reform time computation surface in this country. The present movement is described as the most serious since the French Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
East
Pennsylvania Assures Motorists Pure Water Along Highways
The Pennsylvania Department of Health begins tests of drinking water along state highways. An ambulance converted into a field lab travels the Lincoln highway eastern end to test sources. Results will be posted by field engineers and warning signs set where water is unsafe. Dr Charles W. Miner calls this the first state effort to shield motorists from impure waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Department of Health
Lincoln Highway
Charles WH. Miner
Guardian reports $2500 for ward in San Francisco court
A 19 year old girl acting as guardian for her 16 year old sister Teresa Madden testified in Judge Graham's court that she had received $2500 for her ward and would safeguard the funds until Teresa reaches legal age to receive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Nellie Madden
Graham
Teresa
Habit Clinics for Children Prove Big Success
Washington reports that habit clinics for young children treat temper tantrums and other bad habits as medical issues. Dr. D A Thom, director in Boston, notes eight clinics since 1921 under Community Health association and Massachusetts mental hygiene division. Of 160 cases, 141 improved with family cooperation. 19 did not, 12 from non cooperating families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
D A. Thom
Boston
Community Health Association of
Children’s Bureau
Division of
Mental Hygiene
Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases
Thom
Doctor Thom
Suit Demands $10,000 Over Arrest in Muskegon Heights
Mrs Mary Kurzchel sues the city of Muskegon Heights for $10,000 alleging police arrested her and seized a package of soapbone mistaken for liquor. She claims release after officers realized error. Local court action filed by her attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mieum
Mary Kurzchel
Attorpys
Muskegon Heights
Cherry Pie and Fruit Drinks From The Kitchen Cabinet
A mix of old kitchen lore on cooling fruit drinks and desserts. Instructions cover pineapple mash lemon pineapple grape juice punch and methods to prevent pie juice leakage plus notes on spiced cherries cherry olives chocolate milk shakes and Goethe quotes in a period style. Includes historical home remedy style tips and recipe snippets.
Government pays Australian mothers a birth bonus
The government provides a one time payment of 25 dollars to every woman in Australia who gives birth. The policy aims to support new families and boost birth rates across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Shenandoah To Carry World Powerful Air Radio
Shenandoah will carry the Navy’s most powerful radio transmitter aboard the airship as it joins the Atlantic fleet for war maneuvers and later operates with the Pacific fleet. The set, built in Bellevue, promises a 4000 to 5000 mile range under favorable conditions, with a 1000 mile minimum. It uses a 600 to 1500 meter wavelength tube transmitter, a long range auxiliary at 3000 kilocycles, and a six kilowatt generator. A radio compass, the first on a lighter-than-air craft, tunes across a wide band and has no counterpart in radio history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Shenandoah
Pacifie
Naval Experimental and Research, Laboratory
Bellevue
Back to Nature Urges Outdoor Education Campaign
A nationwide push for outdoor education is launched by the Outdoor Recreation conference led by President Coolidge. Key figures include Theodore Roosevelt committee appointees Chauncey Hamlin and Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Mrs. John D. Sherman, and Anna Botsford Comstock guiding the nature study plan. The American Nature Association and the Women’s Clubs co lead a public awareness campaign, promoting parks forests and river areas as accessible resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Ant
Navy
Washington
Chauncey J.hamlin
New York
John O. Merrinn
California
George E. Scott
Minois
Snance
Vernon Kellogg
Walter F. Martin
D. C
John Barton Payne
Jane Deeter Rippie
Charles Sheldon
George Shiras Tmi
Michigan
James E. West
American Nature Association of Washington
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Carny
Anna Botsford Comstock
United States
Charles L. Pack
State Parks and Forests
Ature
Committee Ox
Employment shifts noted in 1923 and 1924 survey
The United States Department of Labor reports a 5.2 percent drop in employment and 2 percent fall in payroll totals from April 1923 to April 1924 across 46 industries, based on 5,772 establishments. Earnings rose in 20 industries, with iron and steel up in both employees and payroll. The eight hour day is common in plants, but twelve hour shifts persist in many. Earnings per hour rose 15 percent from 1922 to 1924, yet remain 26 percent below 1920 peaks. Child labor ages ten to fifteen numbered 1,060 in 1920, rising to 1,900,225 in 1910 and varying across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department OE
Iron and Stee
Iron and
Federal Review
United States
Federal aid pours 75 million into U S road funds
The 1925 fiscal year federal aid bill allocates 75 million dollars to state road programs, with 13 million immediately available and the rest in later appropriations. Hawaii gains a share for the first time, Wisconsin receives over 3.2 million, and the Bureau of Public Roads reports progress on 82,099 miles completed, 17,000 under construction, 2,518 approved for construction, and 83,106,126 dollars available for new projects. The federal sid highways total about 170,000 miles, with 60,000 surfaced by 1924 and 11,000 miles per year needed to surface the remaining 130,600 by 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
SEC
Post Office
Hawaii
Congress
Wisness
Bureau of Public Roads
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christendom
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Ti ‘Aly
Gregory
Bliss Kodak
Yision i
Trafic
L. Montaro
Frederick, Md
Western
Alan
Feeo
Robert Smith
Goethe
Preewen
U.S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!