Great Movements Shaping Society Today and Their Impact
The piece surveys major social currents shaping early 20th century life including the Peace movement for international arbitration via the Hague, woman suffrage gains, farm and rural reforms, good roads, and child welfare measures. It notes Canal construction, education, drama and film as social forces, and calls for better birth and death registration nationwide.
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Carnegie
Hague
Mexico
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
New York
Illinois
Movement For United Activities Among Women
America
Chicago
Illinois Federation
Farmers’ Institute
Kansas
Campbell McCulloch
United States
Drama League of America
Starr Best
Evanston
Beeme
Wwe
Edeson
Florida
Inois
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Children's Bureau
Julia Lathrop
Bureau
England
Calf Brings Record $20,000 At Chicago Sale
Chicago businessmen pay twenty thousand dollars at Union Stock Yards for a Holstein bull calf from the Western Breeders Consignment Sale. The calf, born February 25, descends from a top Holstein line. its dam holds the 120 day milk record of 541 pounds and 10,498 pounds yearly.
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Chicago
Union
Providence Bestows Looks Yet He Claims Own Brains
A man asserts that his physical appeal comes from Providence while insisting his intellect is self made, clinging to the belief that his brains are his own doing despite praise for good looks.
Points for Mothers The First Teeth Care Advice
The article urges mothers to treat any decay in a child’s first teeth promptly. Delaying treatment risks spread of decay and loss of teeth, preventing proper jaw growth and affecting the second, permanent set especially the molars.
Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Weaning Stages
The article outlines when to offer bread and butter to teething babies in small squares with crust removed, using bread at least twenty four hours old and butter rubbed in for digestion. It notes gradual cup drinking at twelve months, suggests tapering the bottle, and advises allowing indulgence to temper tantrums while ensuring two pints of milk daily.
Unwise Punishments and Child Discipline
The piece argues corporal punishment harms children by breaking spirit and creating fear. It condemns constant slapping as worse than rare caning and favors brief sharp discipline if any, warning nagging is equally damaging.
Rickety Babies Bath Care Advice from Mothers
Health guidance suggests that clean warm water and pure soap improve infant well being. It recommends two daily baths for a fussy baby, a morning salt bath with a gill of salt, a bran bath at night using a bag of bran, and a rose oil rub after the evening bath for soothing nutrition.
To Cure Nail Biting in Children
Advice for parents to curb nail biting in a child by keeping nails short and teaching proper grooming. Use bitter aloes on fingertips to jog memory and emphasize the habit’s unattractive nature.
Model mother teaches children to mend early for tidiness
A model mother explains that nothing needing mending should be used until mending is complete. She started the plan to teach children to mend themselves as soon as they are big enough, believing it leads to tidier children.
Treating Ringworm in Delicate Children
The article notes ringworm results from a vegetable parasite and advises treating a afflicted child with malt extract and cod liver oil. It suggests applying a mixture of salicylic acid and petroleum jelly to the affected areas and rubbing well into the skin.
Giving Baby a Drink of Water Not Always Wise
The piece advises against giving water to babies when they fret or whine. It emphasizes that milk is a food, not just a drink, and feeding at every restlessness can overload the stomach and cause discomfort.
Illinois Witchcraft Execution Tale From Early Court Record
A 1779 Kaskaskia court order urged execution by burning of Manuel, a slave, for witchcraft. The record shows lines drawn over the entry, suggesting possible revocation or erasure. Wheat of rumor ties this to local superstition around Cahokia and similar cases of alleged witchcraft in Illinois.
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Ninois
Chicago Record-Herald
Linois
John Todd
County of
Illinois
Chicago Historical Society
Ilinoils
Richard Winston
Kaskaskia
Negro Manuel
Jno Todd
Colonel Todd
Salem
Mass
John Reynolds
Cahokia
Moreau
Reynolds
Todd
Nicolas Janis
Kohos
Manuel
Generals Without Armies Over Progressive Vote Drop
The Progressive vote in Iowa collapsed from 161000 to about 8000 in two years, showing Republicans uniting despite flashy claims of no alliance. Farmers and manufacturers cowed by tariff woes will push to end free trade, rejecting factional quarrels among like minded. a general without an army becomes an object of derision.
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Iowa
Gardening on a Volcano
Wonder is expressed that people should live in volcano slopes despite eruptions and earthquakes. The soil is rich because lava disintegrates into fertile dust after eruptions, supporting plant life and farming in these dangerous areas.
Earthquake risk and life expectancy amid natural wonders
Fragmentary reflection on risks from fevers and disasters. Mentions volcanoes, earthquakes, and the need for earthquake proof buildings after the Messina disaster, highlighting how life expectancy and danger interrelate with wealth and living conditions.
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Eton
Vesuvius
Humber
Italy
Messina
Vice President Stephenson Dead at Bloomington Home
Adlai Ewing Stephenson longtime public servant and former vice president of the United States died in a Chicago hospital after months of illness. He served as vice president from 1893 to 1897 under Grover Cleveland and later ran with William Jennings Bryan in 1900. He buried in Bloomington yesterday.
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Adlai Stephenson
United States
Cleveland
Chicago
Adlai Ewing Stephenson
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Bloomington
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