Baby Week to Promote Infant Care Across Nation
The nation observes Baby Week in March to boost infant care and public responsibility. Over 400 communities from every state plan events to educate parents and strengthen programs that prevent infant deaths and improve healthy growth. The Chicago origin and support from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, state health officials, and universities are noted, with the federal Children’s Bureau offering a practical bulletin for campaigns.
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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
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Laxative Remedy
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a spring laxative. It claims the first dose moves sluggish bowels stimulates the liver and clears the system of waste and blood impurities. The copy urges readers to clear winter poisons and sells at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Notable Bibles The Codex Aureus and the Devil's Bible
A discussion of famous Bibles highlights the Codex Aureus or golden codex written in Gothic with gold lettering dating to 840 A D It also covers the so called devil's Bible in Stockholm housed at the Royal Library said to be made from treated donkey skins and attributed to monks with legends of Satan aiding its creation.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Library
Bohemia
Satan
Adams brothers plan world flight in hydroaeroplane
Porcel H. Adams of Boston and Donald W. Douglass of California announce a planned round the world flight in a 270000 pound hydroaeroplane built for ocean crossings. The Adams and Douglass teams project a solo Boston to San Francisco route and back, amid high confidence in their machine.
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Porcel H. Adams
Boston
Adams
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Sineer
Esliege Chum
Neo Bailding
Geralls, Partiewlorty
Elationg Fur Sunalfos
Longest hydro-zeppelin voyage eyed from San Francisco to Boston
Adams and Douglass plan a transpacific hydrozeroplane flight with a 188 foot wide craft. It will carry eight motors, seven passengers, and relay mechanics, starting from San Francisco in about four months. The flight will be officially recorded by Aero Club of America with Navy and Weather Bureau cooperation and stops through Honolulu Manila Port Said Spain and Gibraltar before reaching Boston.
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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 Douglass
Manila
China
Port Said
Spain
Waki Island
Guam
Saigon
Indochina
Gulf of Aden
Gibraltar
Azores
Boston
Terrible Verdun Battle Reports From Paris Eyewitnesses
Eyewitness French officers describe Verdun shellfire and slaughter in the first forty eight hours of the German advance. Regiments lost more than half their men as German troops pressed the front amid heavy smoke dust and artillery.
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Verdun
Paris
For Your Childs Cough Pine Tar Honey
Advertisement for Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey syrup for children with cold or cough. Claims to soothe coughing ease sleep and help recovery. Recommends 26c at the druggist and urges insistence on the product.
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Dr Bell
Dr. Bell
From Medicine to the Drama in Sardou's Early Years
The early career of Victorien Sardou shows parents urging medical study while he pursued theater. He faced poverty and a failed first play, then fell ill and was nursed back to health by actress Ile de Grecourt. Her care preceded his eventual success in the drama.
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Victorien Sardou
Sardon
Jour W Ork T
Bardon
Ile, de Grecourt
Ship of the Deecert Camel Travel Endurance
The camel is praised for safety and endurance in desert travel. Its foot cushions stones and gravel well, making it unequaled among animals. Horses wear out quickly on long journeys while camels suffer less wear and tear on the same terrain.
The Specter of Goruckpoor Haunting a colonial officer in India
In 1862 Goruckpoor in Oudh housed 4000 troops with detachments patrolling against dacoits. Colonel Kemble mishandled a treasure train near Ghoorka, triggering executions and a reign of terror. A ghostly specter haunted him, undermining his resolve until he shot himself, with officials citing a breakdown but many believing a supernatural cause.
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Goruckpoor
Oudh
India
Himalayas
Ghoorka
Kemble
England
Igs
Sahib
Ian
Sentinel
Buy It in America movement supports local advertising
A citizen endorses commercial patriotism and urges an "advertise It in America" push. He argues farmers should patronize local merchants, promote products via newspaper ads, and treat advertising as the price list, noting editors' influence and the press’s role in community welfare.
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America
Empire Builder Ig Transformed Abyssinia From Ground Up
Alfred Ig the Swiss engineer known as Ig built forts, bridges, rails and mines in Abyssinia under Menelik. He designed a pivotal Hawash River bridge and directed road construction, fire lighting and weaponry modernization. His work helped defeat Italy at Adowa and earned a royal gift house designed by Menelik.
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Alfred Ig
Abyssinia
Alfred II
Polytechnic
Zurich
Bern
Menelik, Negus
Ilg
Hawash
Shea
Menelik
Tigwyee
Mouthe
Adowa
Switzerland
Iig
Detroit Auto Industry Forecast For 1916
Detroit estimators project more than 1,000,000 Americans to buy cars in 1916 with 650,000 units to be supplied locally. Last year’s Detroit output reached 426,000 cars worth about 400 million dollars, as firms expand buildings and hire thousands more workers. About 76,000 auto workers are employed in Detroit with 60,000 average nationwide in 1915. Prices are not expected to fall, with some predicting a small rise. 1915 average auto price was 672 dollars versus 2,123 dollars eighty years ago.
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Detroit
Detroit Auto Makers
United States
Self Denial: Cheap Benefit for Self-Discipline
A brief note argues that practicing self denial yields personal benefits while costing little. It frames restraint as both practical and economical for everyday life.
Terre Haute Star and Clark County Newspapers Compare
The Terre Haute Star highlights daily news coverage and rural delivery while the Marshall Herald claims strongest home news and local correspondence in Clark County. It praises homegrown reporting, religious coverage, and subscriptions with early payment offers.
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Marshall Herald
Terre Haute
Associated Press
Daily Market
Clark Lounity
Clark County
Gall Rere
Ufat
Cluas County
Masetch
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Peter Radford
Tibet
Central Africa
Sig
Peru
Denison
Shipe & Payne
F. Behner
Wabash
Plum Street
H. M. Dewey
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