GIVING CHILDREN A CHANCE IN WISCONSIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A Wisconsin nurse emphasizes dental health as key to child nutrition. She notes undernourishment stems from poor teeth, with four poisoned pockets found in a girl’s teeth. After extraction and improved diet, the child gained weight steadily. The nurse urges care for six year molars, brushing with warm water, and treating baby teeth with equal importance to protect permanent teeth.
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Wiscongin
Wisconsin
Chamberlain Tablets Promote Digestive Relief
The tablets target stomach troubles biliousness and constipation and are advertised as a first class medicine. Priced at a quarter, the note urges readers to try them and see the benefits for themselves.
Businesslike housekeeping and thrift for the home
The article argues housekeeping should be run like a business with careful ordering, prompt bill payment, and planned budgets. It highlights keeping order slips, using checks, and maintaining records. It notes housewives prefer thrift and War Savings Stamps, bought from household surplus, as a proud, prudent investment.
Pure Bred Sire Campaign Reaches Wood County Farms
County agent W W Clark reports from 1673 Wood county farms about breeding stock. Among 892 farms using scrub sires, 54.7 percent rely on scrub bulls while only 5.6 percent use pure breds. Pure bred users gain higher milk and cattle returns, with 37.69 percent of 594 farmers owning or using pure bred sires. Signs reading A Pure Bred Bull is Used On This Place will be distributed on 592 farms.
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Wood County
W. Clark
Control of Jute Trade in Coming Season
The English government plans to maintain control of the jute trade next season and ease export of yarns and cloth while expanding permit requests for the hoarding market. A sharp rise in raw material prices has driven quotations higher, with Russia down to a single seller and the government paying an exorbitant rate for fiber. Jute goods trading is adjusting with grading permits and export licenses moved to a different footing, aiming to boost shipments of yarns that threaten domestic cloth weaving.
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Russia
White Whale sighted on Yukon near Tapana river mouth
Deputy Marshal J C Wood of Fairbanks Alaska reports a white whale appearing in the Yukon opposite the Tapana river mouth. He observed the mammal on a trip from Ruby and says preparations are underway to capture the whale once the river freezes further. The whale, heading toward the Upper Yukon, was halted by ice near Tanana and has been seen by several residents of the lower river town Aleske Citizen Fairbanks.
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Yukon
J. C. Wood
Fairbanks
Alaska
Yukon River
Tapana River
Tanana
Lower River
Aleske
Rules of Success by a Man Holding 138 Jobs
Frank W. Frucauff, 45, New York, claims 138 jobs by applying thinking, sticking, and aiming for work he likes. He stresses thinking before acting, persistent stick-to-itiveness, and cultivating a strong personal presence to win opportunities and avoid unsuitable labor.
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Heaven
Frank W. Frucauff
New York
Zoe Beckley
Kansas City Star
Frucauff
Binks
Tomorow
Oles
Vacation Land for Everybody in the National Forests
The Forest Service promotes the ideal vacation land across Western and Eastern forests. It invites public use with few restrictions beyond state game laws, sanitation, and fire safety. Information is available from forest supervisors, district foresters, or the Forest Service in Washington, D.C.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agyviculture
Forest Supervisors
Washington, D.C
Insurance Bureau Extracts From Wartime Letters
A collection of fragmented, confessional letters reveals wives and widows seeking support, proof of marriage, and status of husbands in the U S Army. Questions about allotments, birth details, and missing pay appear amid references to soldiers in Germany and a bereaved family’s uncertain fate.
Fresh Battery Kit Lets Lights Last When Needed
An article explains a six-tube battery outfit for making ready-to-use cells. It includes six zing tells, six carbon electrodes with depolarizer, plus electrolyte materials. The kit promises indefinite shelf life and uses standard size cells for popular electric lights.
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Popular Mechanics
Salt As Money Across The World In Scarce Regions
Salt is valued as currency in various regions. In Abyssinia salt bars and rifle cartridges serve as small change. Salt bars measure ten inches by two inches by a uniform thickness. Values vary with supply distances. Five or eight salts equal one dollar, while three cartridges equal one salt.
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Abyssinia
Wisconsin corn sets record in 1919 harvest
Wisconsin crop reports forecast record corn production at 75,676,000 bushels based on July 1 conditions, with a 6 percent increase in harvested acres to 1,420,000. The corn condition stands at 99 percent, ten days earlier than usual, while U.S. totals also rise. Potatoes show above normal production with 289,000 acres planted and 31,108,000 bushels expected. Local Milwaukee figures list 14,770 corn acres and 6,920 potato acres.
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Madison
Wis
Cornscrop
Wisconsin
Joseph A. Becker
Wisconsin Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
United States
Minnesota
Michigan
Milwaukee
Fish Tale From Manila Voyage Draws Big Block In Size
Sergt. George A. Marsick of the U S Marine Corps recruiting office at Richmond Virginia recalls a sighting near the Philippine Islands aboard the USS Petry. He describes a fish so enormous it was "block long" and larger than any he had seen, photographed as a possible city block in length.
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New York
United States
George A. Mursick
U. S. Marine Corps
Richmond
Philippine Islands
Luzon Point
Petry
Marsick
New York Bureau of the Marines
Practical Estimate of Briggins as a Consistent Loser
In a terse exchange the speaker calls Briggins a good loser noting he rarely loses more than two for three dollars. The remark frames Briggins as steady in defeat, countering the insult with a pragmatic compliment from a casual conversational tone.
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Briggins
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Armory
Chamberlain
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George Pennybecker
Stratford
Cath
Geo
H. Welton
Butt Wee
John Seubert
City Fall
National Medical Institute
Lire Campaign
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
U. S. Armory
Taint
John
Germany
Mickie
Patie
Mas
Cohn
France
EANAM
Hames Hewat
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