Baby Week to Spotlight Infant Care Nationwide
The nation observes Baby Week in March to attract parental attention to infant care and public health. More than 400 communities across states plan events to promote safer conditions for babies and reduce infant deaths, with support from the Children's Bureau and public health groups.
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Children’s Bureau of the
United States ‘Department of Labor
Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federal
Children’s Bureau
Washington
An Ideal Spring Laxative Ad Jingles Dr King’s Pills
Vintage ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a time tested laxative. It promises relief by moving bowels stimulating the liver and cleansing the system of waste poisons with a 25 cent price.
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Dr. King
Famous Bibles and the Devil’s Bible in Stockholm
The article surveys remarkable Bibles: the Codex Aureus in gold on parchment dating to 840 AD and the so called devil’s Bible in Stockholm. It notes the latter rests in Sweden’s Royal Library and was made on treated ass skins with a devilish frontispiece. legends claim it was forged in a single night with Satan’s aid.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Library
Bohemia
Satan
Adams aims solo world flight in hydroaeroplane
Porcel H Adams of Boston and Donald W Douglass plan a Boston to San Francisco to Boston round the world flight in a £270,000 hydroaeroplane. The Adams family of Massachusetts are linked to the project and expect the venture to prove a historic success.
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Porcel H. Adams
Boston
Adams
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Sineer
Esliege Chum
Neo Bailding
Geralls, Partiewlorty
Elationg Fur Sunalfos
Giant hydro-zeppelin aims San Francisco to Honolulu flight
The hydrozeppelin, 188 feet wide and 85 feet long with 32 400 pounds lifting capacity, is being assembled in the East and Los Angeles. Eight motors will run in four-unit sets and seven passengers are planned including Adams and Douglass. The voyage to Honolulu via multiple stops could take about fourteen days, with Navy and Weather Bureau support and an official report by Lieut Harold Douglass.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Adams
DeLoyd Thompson
Aero Club of America
Douglass
United States Navy
Harold D. Douglass
United States Weather Bureau
Adams and
Manila
China
Port Said
Spain
Waki Island
Guam
Saigon
Indochina
Gulf of Aden
Gibraltar
Azores
Boston
Terrible Verdun Battle Report From Frontline Eyewitnesses
Eyewitness French officers describe the first 48 hours of the Verdun offensive as the war’s heaviest shelling and slaughter. French losses were high with regiments suffering over fifty percent casualties as German forces overran trenches in heavy bombardment and close-quarters assault.
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Verdun
Paris
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey for Child Cough and Cold
For Your Child's Cough advises using Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to soothe coughing and cold symptoms in children. The syrup is described as pleasant and effective, helping children sleep better and recover quickly, with a price of 26c at the druggist.
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Dr Bell
Dr. Bell
Sardou’s Early Struggles Before Drama Fame
The text traces Victorien Sardou's shift from medical studies to theater. He faced poverty and a failed first play, then fell ill. An actress, Ile de Grecourt, nursed him back to health, after which his career found success and fortune.
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Victorien Sardou
Sardon
Jour W Ork T
Bardon
Ile, de Grecourt
Ship of the Deecert Camel Endurance for Desert Travel
The camel is praised for safety and endurance in desert travel. Its foot cushions stones and gravel well, making it superior to other animals for long journeys. The text notes horses wear out shoes quickly, while camels suffer fewer hoof problems on rough terrain.
The Specter of Goruckpoor Haunts a British Colonel in India
An 1862 Goruckpoor garrison detachment confronts dacoits and a failed treasure convoy. Colonel Kemble, brutal in vengeance, is haunted by a white eyed specter. After torture and executions, his mind collapses, ending in suicide amid alleged supernatural pursuit.
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Goruckpoor
Oudh
India
Himalayas
Ghoorka
Kemble
England
Igs
Sahib
Ian
Sentinel
Buy It in America movement urged by farmer and editor
A citizen supports commercial patriotism and urges farmers, manufacturers, and merchants to advertise in local papers. He argues print ads beat patriotism for economic progress, promotes a press day, and praises the farmer’s role as reader and customer in supporting the local newspaper and market information.
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America
Prema
Empire Builder Alfred Ig of Abyssinia Dies
Swiss engineer Alfred Ig, premier of Abyssinia for thirty five years, built forts bridges railways mines and canals creating a modern nation. He advised Menelik on roads bridges and army reorganization and helped defeat Italy at Adowa before returning to Switzerland in 1895 with a wife.
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Alfred Ig
Abyssinia
Alfred II
Polytechnic
Zurich
Bern
Menelik, Negus
Ilg
Tibet
Central Africa
Menelik
Sig
Switzerland
Hawash
Shea
Tigwyee
Mouthe
Adowa
Iig
Autos to Sell in 1916 Hit Record Demand Across Nation
Detroit estimators predict over a million Americans will buy cars in 1916 with at least 650000 from Detroit makers. Detroit output in 1915 reached 426000 cars valued around 400 million dollars. The industry employs over 76000 in Detroit with 60000 average in 1915 and growing. Prices aren’t expected to fall and may rise slightly. the 1915 average auto price was 672 dollars, eight decades after 2123 dollars.
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Detroit
Detroit Auto Makers
United States
Self denial as a virtue and saving principle
An aphoristic note argues self denial benefits individuals by improving discipline and reducing expenses, framing restraint as both morally sound and financially practical.
Terre Haute Star and Clark county publications contrasted
The Terre Haute Star is described as a daily metropolitan paper with AP news and market reports, delivered to rural routes each morning. The Marshall Herald is praised as Clark county’s leading local paper with extensive home news, strong correspondence, and miscellaneous features.
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Terre Haute
Associated Press
Daily Market
Marshall Herald
Reading
Clark County
Gall Rere
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Specter of Goruckpoor
Peter Radford
Peru
Denison
Shipe & Payne
F. Behner
Wabash
Plum Street
H. M. Dewey
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