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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
1
The National Tuberculosis Association and American Red Cross promote local use of Christmas Seals. The program channels about 17 percent of funds to state and 83 percent to the Red Cross, with a strong emphasis on supporting local anti tuberculosis activities.
President Woodrow Wilson writes to Lt Charles Flefield of the National Tuberculosis Association praising the charity drive and expressing support for the 1918 Red Cross Christmas Seal sale. The campaign runs ten days from December 1 aiming to fund protective health programs nationwide and raise six and a half million dollars.
David Starr Jordan urges focusing on helping little children to effect real world good. He argues philanthropy should center on children as the path to wiser humanity and saving lives, highlighting that Christmas Seals aid American children.
Dr. Livingston Farrand, head of the American Red Cross, endorses the 1919 Christmas Seal sale now underway to fund the 1920 educational and preventive drive by the National Tuberculosis Association and allied groups. A fund exceeding 6.5 million dollars will be raised through seal purchases, supporting health and disease prevention efforts nationwide. Farrand cites expert knowledge of the Association’s past and future work and commends a broad national response to combat tuberculosis.
Demand for Health Bonds issued by the National Tuberculosis Association grows as large subscribers seek convenient denominations from $5 upward. Proceeds fund the 1920 effort to cut TB deaths, with last year’s toll at about 190,000. Bonds can be obtained from state and local tuberculosis societies through issuing bodies.
An amused scene unfolds as the president and secretary-to-be argue over meeting minutes. The president arrives late, while others get better seats, highlighting a tense start to the session and the scramble to establish order.
A faded report recalls a fad of idle rich in Austria where Vienna youths formed a racing club. Fortunes were gambled on silly contests and meticulous records tracked winners times to crown champions for later comparis ons and bets.
A fragment from a Chicago page describes someone awaiting a visitor on a Sunday evening. On the arrival, they entered the parlor and heard a knock. The narrator recalls two pet animals roasting on a chair, a quirky misprint likely from OCR. The passage captures a domestic moment with inconsistent spelling and garbled phrasing.
A Japanese plant, the mitsumate, grows in Japan and furnishes a shrub whose inner bark after processing becomes a substance as tough as leather. It can be peeled and stretched, offering a pliable material that could serve as an alternative to traditional leather.
A quirky item notes a dog turning around three or four times before settling to sleep while a man, without striking matches, lies down and then turns over several times waking himself each time, in a Louisville Courier-Journal snippet.
A cryptic note from a young New Zealander mentions Bernard Shiny hessing and his AM Cograyhead Lo collection. The fragment references a pharathoriet and dramatic context with hints of a reading or gathering, noting a request to join a collection and sit at Uneop.
Fragmentary note discusses how tools or resources lose value if unused. It ponders usefulness versus neglect and hints at practical application as the key to purpose. Ambiguity limits clear facts or named entities.
A fragmented text recalls a scene of Tenole and a kitten dressed in duty clothes. It hints at sympathy and togetherness amid unclear actions or dialogue, leaving the core events, people, and setting ambiguous.
A short exchange ponders inner harmony and the thoughts one harbors. The speaker muses on self-examination and whether personal belief aligns with outward behavior, suggesting a quest to measure genuine peace of mind.
A traditional practice observed among a young malik of the Philips Pines records that upon marriage the husband’s name is added to the wife’s matren name. If the husband dies, the name is discharged from the wife.
A fragment notes the casafe scent derived from a plant grown abundantly in the Philippines, with the shred indicating its use in French perfume manufacture. The concise item points to a plant source and its claimed role in producing a well known fragrance.
A Victorian era note explains a repainting trick for cracked oil paintings. By placing the artwork over alcohol fumes, the solvents soften the paint so cracks close and colors refresh, though caution is needed to avoid excessive softening and running.
A historic strike by smugglers on the German Polish frontier involved heavy anti smuggling operations aided by women who crossed into Germany daily in ragged or disguising attire. Women in the organization earned little pay until they demanded higher wages and secured a pay raise amid the dispute.
A Defoinory writer notes that The Stese of itheves Made a Representa ton by Perspectives in Scenes and recitative musick marked an epoch in England. In the Janeiage it is described as virtually the first opera produced in Magland, sparking discussion among scholars of Nat enat Ringraphiy.
A new wax from South America, used for candies in Calomtin, remains largely unknown to the outside world. It is obtained from the leaves of the wax palm of the Andes, has a melting point up to 3 degrees Celsius, is white like carnauba wax from Brazil at 60 degrees, and candeuila wax from Mexico is about 70 degrees.
A historical note explains that while ships entering United States ports are expected to display the country they flag and the United States flag as a courtesy, this display is not legally compulsory.
The instructions describe aligning a watch by turning it and moving the hand toward the middle of the dial. It mentions placing the hour hand between two hour markers and referencing a specific camera XII marker on the dial.
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