Berger Barred From House Again in Wisconsin Row
Victor Berger was barred from taking a seat after a 328 to 6 vote. The action followed sponsor William Mann's defense that Congress should accept Wisconsin's choice if that was the people's will. Ballinger sought time for Berger to speak. the request was denied and an immediate vote upheld the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Berger
House of Representatives
Mann
Ilinois
Berger
Wisconsin
Congress
Dependent Families to Be Aided and Pardons Proposed
A government official stated that dependent wives and children left behind when the head of a family is deported as a radical will receive aid. The government says it acts on humanitarian grounds, with plans to help these families reunite with their deported relatives. Separately, a bill seeks pardons for American soldiers imprisoned for minor WWI offenses, aligning with similar Canadian actions. A move to abolish the War Risk Insurance Bureau is also discussed in the Senate. Fox hunting has revived in the Susquehanna hills with fox skins selling for at least $25 in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvin
House
Edmands
Pennsylvania
Canada
War Risk Bureau
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Senate
Smoot
Wee
Navy Departments
Penaivun Bureau
Susquehanna Hills
Columbia
Enlarged Y M C A program advances social service drive
At the Detroit convention the Y M C A adopted an expanded social service plan to unite with churches, extend outreach to all young men and boys, raise membership from 739000 to 1000000 by 1920, and emphasize Americanization, housing, labor relations, and community recreation. The plan includes hut-style facilities, women’s home room service, railroad Y M C A growth, and broader civilian and industrial programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of America For
Young Men’s Christian Associations of
North America
Detroit
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Interchurch World Movement
America
M. Cc. A
Ita
Europe
Railroad Department
Winter Aid for Game Birds and Small Game
State Game Commission through Keene urges farmers and sportsmen to feed and shelter birds and animals in advance of severe winter weather. Farmers may receive grain support, traps and shelters can be provided, and small food aids like oats cabbage or corn can help quail pheasants squirrels and rabbits endure the cold. Cooperation by all who love the open is encouraged for better hunting when season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Keene
State Game Commission
Ises
Consion
Keene
Electricity Boosts Egg Production in Paradise Township Hen Flock
J. W. Bitner of Belmont Road in Paradise township reports a flock of 107 White Wyandottes from Martin and Fisher strains yielding 2,322 eggs in December. The birds began laying at under seven months old, aided by two 50 watt lamps used morning and evening for a fifteen hour working day. Can anyone beat this?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bitner
Belmont Road
Paradise Township
Martin
Broom Making Reasserts Itself Across Lancaster County
Broom making rises in Lancaster County as veteran broom makers restart operations. Farmers cultivate broom corn due to high broom prices and have rural makers produce brooms, lowering costs for growers versus store bought items.
How a knockout works in boxing science explains ear impact
The article details that a blow to the lower jaw drives the ear’s inner structures upward into the skull, jarring the labyrinth and inner ear. Sideways blows transmit shock across glenoid cavities, making them more knockout effective than center hits.
Ancient Klondike meteorite slice joins British collection
The British Museum has acquired a slice of meteoric iron weighing just under a pound from a mass found near Dawson, Klondike in January 1905. Researchers believe both fragments come from a single shower and have rested in the Earth's crust since the Pliocene or earlier. Newark News reports on Br A A Johnson's study linking the finds.
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British Museum
Dawson, Klondike
Thet
Origin of Foolscap and its watermark history
The piece traces foolscap paper back to a watermark of a fool’s cap and notes debates about its origin. Some cite German 15th century paper exhibited in 1877, others credit Sir John Spielman from Dartford late 1500s, and some tie it to a rump Parliament order removing royal arms and substituting a fool’s cap and bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John Spielman
Dartford
Churches May Unite Under Proposed National Union
About 20 denominations have accepted a Philadelphia invitation to confer February 3 to 6 on a plan for a national merger of Christian interests into the United Churches of Christ in America. The council would include two ministers and two lay delegates per 100000 communicants and aims for gradual interdenominational consolidation while preserving existing church structures.
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Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
United Churches of Christ In America
Presbyterian
General Assembly
United States
Council
Churches of Christ In America
Council of the United Church
United Churches
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Methodist Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Reformed Church In the
Congregational Church
Disciples of Christ, Christian Union of the United
Free U S Public Health Service booklet on disease care
The Federal Government through the U S Public Health Service issues a 300 page booklet on diagnosing common diseases and their treatments. It includes first aid for the injured and is available free by requesting Miscellaneous Publication 17 from Washington DC. limited free copies.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Wingate cow bears triple offspring on New Year
Daniel Booth owner of a cow with no pedigree distinction reports she calved three heifer calves on New Year’s Day. The cow, though not a prized pedigreed stock, is praised for milking well, often yielding twelve to fifteen quarts per milking, a capacity many pedigreed cows do not exceed.
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Examiner
Lancaster
Daniel Booth
Wingate
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Big P .O
House Post Office Committee
WHI
Anes Stern
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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Ancaster
Ox Phone Bell
Christian
Bick
Daniel Boobh
Perfection Oil
Rayo
the Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Rayflight
the Donovan
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