Colleges for Women Blamed for Race Degeneration by Colleagues
Pittsburgh professors Roswell Johnson and Bertha J Stutzmann call for abolishing women’s colleges and replacing them with coeducation. They cite a Journal of Heredity study on Wellesley showing low marriage and birth rates among alumnae, arguing coeducation better promotes marriage and reproduction.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Roswell Johnson
Bertha J. Stutzmann
University of Pittsburgh
Wellesley College
Journal of Heredity
American Genetic Association
Wellesley
Doctor Jim Keith Overcomes Handicaps To Earn Medical Degree
Philadelphia report tells of Jim Keith who survived a broken back and the loss of one leg, and later paralysis in the other, to pass final exams at Jefferson Medical College. He remains in Jefferson Hospital with his wife Ida and infant daughter. Keith, twenty seven, had his leg amputated after infection following a fall. he delayed exams due to illness, but achieved his life goal despite dire prognosis.
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Philadelphia
Jim Keith
Jefferson Medical College
Jim
Schaefferstown
Jefferson Hospital
James Keith
Ida
Keith
Jefferson College
Eyeless Needle Invention Attracts Surgeon Attention
Dr. F. W. Murphy and Frank Johnson of this city introduce an eyeless needle for surgical use. Reported trials say the needle prevents eye irritation during suturing as thread is fixed in the butt with a hidden spring device.
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Pierpont
F. W. Murphy
Frank Johnson
Curious four-branch apple tree in Kansas bears opposite sides each year
Noah Jones, a farmer between Federalsburg and Wheatley’s camp ground, reports a single apple tree on his farm with four directional branches. Last year the north and south branches bore fruit while the east and west bore none. this year the pattern reversed with the east and west laden and the north and south bare.
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Federalsburg
Kan
Noah Jones
Wheatley
Indian Tribes of New York Fall Off
New York state reservations show 609 fewer Indians than ten years ago with eight reservations totaling 4451 in 1910, down from 5060 in 1905. Three tribes Onondagas Tonawandas and Tuscaroras gain, while acreage cultivated and language use among pagans are detailed.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Francis M. Hugo
St. Regis
Onondagas
Tuscaroras
Allegany
Cattaraugus Indians
Onondaga Reservation
Cattaraugus
Shinnecock
Tonawandas
Onondaga
Tonawanda
Tuscarora
Real Young China Girls Learn Dancing and Games in Shanghai
An eye opening gymnastic exhibition in Shanghai showcased girls from the Shanghai Girls' school and several churches performing Western drills and dances. Miss Chun led with drill sergeant energy as Chinese mothers watched, then applauded as the performances impressed and King Wu Ting Fang praised it as the real young China signaling a promising start for girls alongside the boys.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Girls’ School
Chi Sue
Sung Char
Eliza Yates
South Gate Presbyterian
Bridgman Memorial
Wu Ting Fang
Injustice Righted by Woodshed Court in Mississippi Natives
A Vicksburg visitor observes a makeshift black community court near a woodshed where Caesar Henderson is tried for Tecumseh Rodman’s murder. Dinah Ochiltree is central as witnesses and juror, and a white lawyer later proposes a marriage edict as a legal rescue, leading to an abrupt union.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Tecumseh
Caesar
Dinah
Lem Barker
Lem
England
Edward II
Darkies
Pine-Tar-Honey Promoted As Family Cold Remedy
Mr E Williams of Hamilton Ohio endorses Pine-Tar-Honey as a quick relief for colds in families including babies. The ad claims Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey penetrates throat and lung linings and destroys germs with immediate relief, available at druggists for 25 cents. Echo office offers butter wrappers.
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E. Williams
Hamilton
Ohio
Girls Kill Rattlers on Chelan Hunting Trip
Four Wenatchee girls Miss Louise Wedell Miss Clare Turner and Miss Lucile Relans with Miss Edna Leon of Spokane returned from a hunting and camping trip on Lake Chelan. They slept outdoors in a self built pine bough house and caught several large trout while killing rattlesnakes and a lynx. Wedell and Turner are noted marksmen with prior experience in Michigan and Maine woods.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Lake Chelan
Louise Wedell
Clare Turner
Lucile Relans
Edna Leon
Spokane
Miss Wedell
Miss Turner
Michigan North Woods
Maine Woods
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Real Young China
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Zeb Webber
Echo Office
P. A. Snyder
Elliott Bldg
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Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
E. L. Baker
N. A. Pearson
Elliot Bik
Telephone
Leavenworth, Wash
Wm. A. Reneau
G. G. Hannan
Ira Thomas
Thomas & Hannan Lawyers
Crolard & Crollard Lawyers
Washington
Ww. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
W. Hoxley
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
C. E. Briggs
King’s Drug Store
Chelan County
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly President
W. W. Gray Secy
Tumwater Savings Bank
R. F. Taylor
the Pioneer Bank
Rattlers
Lake
Chelan
Life
S.H. Knowlton
Seattle
Third Ave
Cherry ST
Seventh Ave
Pike St
J. E. Perry, Mer
Knights of
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Valentine Franklin
A. R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Jack Ruth
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Secy
B. J. Williams
AN. Corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
J. B. Adams
FOX Lawyer
Eight St
Weeler's
Leavenworth, Washington
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Hotel
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Mgr
Columbia Vally Bank
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
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