Berger Barred From House for Second Time in 828 to 6 Vote
The article notes Victor Berger was barred from taking a seat in the House again, with a vote of 828 to 6 against him. Representative Mann of Illinois sponsored the move, arguing Congress should accept Wisconsin’s choice if the people demanded it. Ballinger attempted to grant Berger 10 minutes to speak, but the request was denied and the vote proceeded.
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Berger
Victor Berger
House of Representatives
Mann
Illnois
Wisconsin
Congress
Éatsent
Enlarged Y M C A Social Service Program Adopted
The fortieth international convention in Detroit adopted an expanded social service program for the Y M C A, aligning with church groups to pursue social reforms. Goals include boosting membership to 1,000,000 by 1929, extending work across America, and using hut-style buildings to reach additional communities.
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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
Indiahet
Onerasiona
Assacions
America
M. Cc. A
Europe
Railroad Department
Protecting Game Birds And Animals This Winter
State Game Commission urges farmers and sportsmen to feed and shelter quail pheasants and small game during severe winter. Keene, Game Protector, offers assistance and traps for care. Small offerings like oats corn or cabbage can save birds and mammals from starvation. Cooperative effort supports future open seasons and hunting joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Keeny
State Game Commission
Keene
Record of 1067 White Wyandotte flock with 2322 December eggs
J W Bitner of Belmont Road Paradise township reports a flock of 1067 White Wyandottes from Martin and Fisher strains producing 2322 eggs in December. The birds were under seven months old and a pair of 5 watt lamps extend a fifteen hour workday. Can anyone beat this.
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J. W. Bitner
Belmont Road
Paradise Township
Martin
Broom Making Gains in Lancaster County
Broom making is rising in Lancaster County as several old broom bakers resume work at a profit. Farmers grow broom corn and have rural makers produce brooms, reducing costs for those who grew the corn compared with store bought brooms.
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Lancaster County
Scientific view of knockout blows on jaw and ear
The article explains how uppercuts drive the ear’s inner structures into the skull, shocking the inner ear and causing dizziness nausea and temporary paralysis. It notes sideways blows are more effective as the force concentrates in one glenoid cavity while center blows split the shock across both sides.
Ancient Klondike meteorite slice joins British Museum
A slice weighing just under a pound from a meteoric iron, found near Dawson in January 1905, is said to date to a prior Pliocene age and reflects a single meteoric shower of tertiary time. The British Museum acquired the specimen after research by R A A Johnson.
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British Museum
Dawson
Klondike
Origin of Foolscap Watermark Sparks Historical Debate
The British government’s move to discontinue foolscap for official letters has sparked a discussion on the origin of the name. Authorities cite the fools cap watermark, while others point to a German paper from 1478, Sir John Spielman’s Dartford mills in the late 1500s, or an order by the rump Parliament to remove royal arms from official paper and replace them with a fool’s cap and bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John Spielman
Dartford
20 Churches May Unite In Interdenominational Merger Plan
Approximately twenty denominations invite conference in Philadelphia from February 3 to 6 to discuss a national merger of Christian interests into the United Churches of Christ in America. The plan envisions a council with two ministers and two lay delegates per 100000 communicants and retains current denominational structures while gradually merging interdenominational work under a united church framework. Also notes other participating groups and possible unofficial approaches from Friends United Lutheran and Reformers. The Federal Government issues a Public Health Service booklet on disease care and first aid available free via Miscellaneous Publication 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
United Churches of Christ In America
Presbyterian
Council
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
United Church
United Churches
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Wingate Cow Delivers Triplets And Rich Milking Record
Daniel Booth of Wingate owns a cow with no pedigree claims yet she produced three heifer calves on New Year’s Day. The trio are lively week-old calves and the cow also yields twelve to fifteen quarts of milk per milking, a harvest seldom matched by pedigreed stock.
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Daniel Booth
Wingate
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Garvin
Tovernment
Representative Edmands
Pennsylvania
Edmands
Canada
War Risk Bureau
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Emate
Smoot
Bureau
War and Navy Departments
Pension Bureau
Susquehasina Hills
Columbia
Ltjan
Am Exatern Arsenal
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Keen
Examiner
Lancaster
Bell
Independent
Christian
General Assembly
United States
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Methodist Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Reformed Church In
Congregational Church
Disciples of Christ, Christian Union of the United
Daniel Boobh
Perfection Oil
Rayo
the Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Atlantic
Ata Novan
the Donovan
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