Peace Celebration Report Proposes Monuments Across Nations
A joint report for a century of peace outlines plans for international monuments in Britain and the United States, funded by governments or private subscriptions, with foundation stones led by royal and presidential figures. It calls for arches, shafts, memorials, and a cross-border commemorative program including educational measures, religious services, and a preparatory international committee.
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International Conference
Bevn
United States
Engire
Pirs
Piatforro
Central Sea
Great Britain
Aioe
N' Ghent
Canada
Quebec
Miami
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Detroit River
Navy Quartermaster Sets Mississippi Row Run
Quartermaster Andrew Koeln of the United States navy will row from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico in a ten foot boat starting June 1 from Park Rapids Mina. The voyage aims for ninety days reaching South Pass Jetty below New Orleans as a recruiting advertisement.
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Quartermaster Andrew Koeln
United States Navy
Mississippi River
Lake Itasca
Gulf of Mexico
Park Rapids
Mina
Quartermaster Koelin
St. Louis
South Pass
New Orleans
Korhn
Koeln
Navy Department
Washington enacts law to curb lazy husbands
The new Washington law taking effect June 14 allows courts to sentence able bodied husbands who refuse work to hard labor at jobs paying $1.50 a day, with wages to support the family. It replaces an older system where wives could only seek prison for their husbands.
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Washington
State of
Bells on Poison Bottles at St Louis Hospital
In the St Louis city hospital wards bells are placed on poison bottle necks to prevent mistakes. The system rings whenever a nurse handles carbolic acid, drawing attention of staff and patients after an attendant at another hospital was indicted for giving the drug by mistake, resulting in a patient’s death.
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St. Louis Hospital
St. Louis City Hospital
Wayne Smith
Students Adopt Novel Plan to Fund Scholarships
One hundred dollar life insurance policies by 600 UW seniors fund twenty year memorial endowment. If a policyholder dies the payout reverts to the state life fund for needy students, creating a unique university and statewide memorial program.
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University of Wisconsin
Football star Edward R. Rogers elected Chippewas chief
Edward R. Rogers former Carlisle and University of Minnesota star was chosen chief by the Chippewa tribal council. Rogers captained the Carlisle eleven and played left end for Minnesota in 1901 and 12. Since leaving college he has practiced law at Wadena Minnesota.
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Edward R. Rogers
Carlisle
University of Minnesota
Rogers
Modern craft flavor in a social note
A witty verse from the New York Sun extols a versatile woman adept at sewing knitting and darning while noting her refusal to alter a fashionable hobble skirt. The poem highlights swift skilled labor contrasted with fashion restraint and prudence.
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New York Sun
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Aeverdines
Memerics
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Aml Engineering
Mississippi
Navy
Football Star
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An and
Grand Avenues
Asbury Park, N. J
Long Branch
New York
Asbury Park
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