Disease Prevention Week Plan Discussed by State Board
Dr. G H Sumner secretary of the Iowa state board of health proposes a statewide disease prevention week with a conference including the governor the board of education university faculties the board of control and health officials to study preventive measures and immunization methods such as the Schick test to gauge diphtheria immunity.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
Board of Control
Sumner
Schick
New Orleans Firemen Train With Modern Methods
Photograph shows New Orleans firefighters undergoing training to combat fires using a purpose built tower for practice. Men ascend the training tower as part of the drill and safety program conducted by the city’s fire department.
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New Orleans
Race of Woman Warriors and the Amazon Etymology
The text notes that the term Amazon derives from a Greek word for a race of female warriors who lacked typical feminine traits. It explains the practice of removing the right breast to improve archery and javelin throwing, and mentions the Amazon river in Brazil taking its name from Spanish explorers who described fighting women there.
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Amazon
America
Amazon River
Brazil
Marriage Talk in Yale Record Dialogue
A dialogue from the Yale Record presents a betrothal scene where the daughter consents to wed, discussion turns to wedding day and venue, and financial arrangements are left to the couple and her mother. The exchange focuses on consent, ceremony choice, and support.
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Yale Record
Chinese Servants Costly Perquisites Not Wages
The servants in a Chinese family are not costly in wages, rarely more than two dollars a month, but they incur large perquisites. They receive food, freely take the mistress's hairpins and toilet articles, dress their children in the family wardrobe, and become part of the family unit.
Interesting Facts From a Historic Notebook
In a dated roundup, 1877 to 1914 saw US and Canada fire losses total 5.866 billion dollars. The 1913 migratory bird law’s backing is praised. Waterfowl breeding rose by 10 to 100 percent in several surveyed spots. British Guiana hosts the largest butterflies with wings up to 11 inches. The Nordenskjold led Antarctic expedition is delayed by war. A Maine man discovered ten honey layers weighing about 200 pounds in a farmhouse chimney.
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United States
Canada
British Guiana
Otto Nordenskjold
Maine
Witness for Jesus Christ in Social Service and Evangelism
A sermon urges Christians to pair social action with personal evangelism. It warns that humanitarian aid alone may improve earthly life without saving souls and calls for volunteering as personal workers or inviting unsaved friends to evangelistic meetings.
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Christ
Pau
Haven
Paul
Jesus Christ
Life Means Service Quote by Faber on Serving
A reflective quote discusses the universal wish for personal mastery and the lifelong question of whom we will serve, distinguishing boyhood aspirations from mature commitments and noting service as life’s core pursuit.
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Faber
Extreme views disrupt plans built on their data
The quote notes that extreme views are unreliable for forecasting as unexpected factors always emerge, disturbing calculations based on their premises. Tancred frames this as a warning against overreliance on extreme assumptions.
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Tancred
War Strains Isle of Man As War Shortages Deepen Crisis
The Isle of Man faces bankruptcy as imperial funds demand a $120,000 deficit clearance before relief. Tax hikes may not cover shortfalls while sentiment argues against annexation. Tourism collapsed and alien troops reduced native population. hotels may become convalescent housing for soldiers. A proposed $260,000 grant to distressed boarding-house troopers awaits treasury approval.
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Isle of Man
Imperial Treasury
Lancaster
Man
Europe
Indorse
Scientist tops Campanile with hand in campus stunt
University of California associate professor Y. Wimer Hall demonstrated a seismic trick on the 300 foot Campanile by placing a seismograph at the top and then pushing the tower to show vibrations. He claimed the structure, designed to resist earthquakes, would vibrate like a tree rather than break.
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Ywimer WW
Hall
University of California
Horkpay
San Francisco
Boys in Bread Box Allegedly Hide and Soak Victims
Two youths, Carl Molberg ten and John Pendish eight, were found in an old bread box after a hide and seek game near a Bank Street grocery in Summit New Jersey. They were taken to Overbrook Hospital in critical condition from suffocation and exposure. A bystander, John Romaine fourteen, heard a faint cry and investigated four hours later.
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Carl Molberg
John Pendish
Overbrook Hospital Hare
Wolborg
Pondish
Bank Atreat
John Romaine
Pendish
Holberg
Summit
N. J
Dispatch
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ingenious Ration Warmer From Italy Heats Rations
A cheap device for warming soldiers rations uses tightly rolled old newspapers glued at the edges and steeped in paraffin to form heating sticks. Each segment heats a soldier’s meal, with Italy collecting newspapers for the scaldarancio as Rome notes the press aids war effort.
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War Office
Haly
Italy
Rome
London Mail
Large NY Donation Boosts Washington Conscience Fund
The Washington treasury conscience fund gained two recent gifts. A New York lawyer gave 4,576.50 for a client via a subtreasury CD. An unknown Michigan donor sent two ten cent pieces urging aid to a Gospel minister.
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Conscience Fund
Treasury Conscience Fund
Washington
New York
Michigan
United States
Idea of Honesty vs Subjugation to a Corporation
A casual trolley car conversation questions honesty as a policy. One passenger admits a plugged nickel to the conductor who returns it. The reply notes subduing finer feelings when dealing with a soulless corporation.
All Men Are Brothers in the Russian Army
The piece argues that in Russia all men are brothers in a different sense than in other nations. After duty and work, social and class distinctions fade for a time.
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Allen
A. L. Urick
Sioux Falls
Ford
State Free Employment Bureau
State Department
Iowa
Charles Thomas
Mabel Scofield
Thomas
Board of Parole
Nevada
Representative Steele
House
Committee On Agriculture
Ottumwa
Cosson
Wapello County
Sioux City
High Court
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Charles C. Horton
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Horton
P. E. McClenahan
State News
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Hach
Davenport
Burlington
George Jepson
T. J. Donahoo
Smith Dodge
Fort Madison
Hannibal
Missouri
Dodge
Otis B. Pray
Pray
George Richardson
Newton
Norris Wentworth
State Center
Wentworth
Farmers’ Institute
S. S. Troyer
Ka'ona
Erzerum
Nicholas
Steever
Fort Myer
Franklyn High School
Emmeline Pankhurst
Joan
Elizabeth
Mary
Kathleen
Mra
Pankhurst
Japan
Aisaku Hayashi
Hoe
Imperial Hotel
Tokyo
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