Iowa advocates stronger school laws and purity day
Des Moines reports President James Wade's death and the push for better schooling. The Better Iowa School Commission plans a Sept 25 meeting led by A M Deyoe with the State Teachers association backing the oversight. A gubernatorial purity day urged nationwide.
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Better Iowa School Commission
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State Teachers’ Association
Deyoe
Better
Iowa Schools Commission
Warren Garst
B. W. Newberry
Bernard Murphy
Arthur Springer
John Hammill
Jerry B. Sullivan
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
Teachers’ Association
Association
Iowa
New Theater Plan Aims at Moral Growth in Boston
Mrs Josephine Clement the noted theater manager plans a model theater in Boston with ten cent seats and unobstructed views. It will feature uplifting films and high class entertainment, a reading room behind stage a costless lunch room for actors and opportunities for young people to rise from bottom to top while garnering support from clergy and Harvard groups.
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Boston
Mass
Josephine Clement
United States
Clement
Bijou
Ice Peril Strands Stefansson Expedition Vessel Karluk
Nome Alaska reports the Karluk the main ship of the Stefansson Arctic expedition has a large hole in its hull after ice entrapment near Point Barrow. The crew drifted with floes as the Mary Sachs and Alaska rescue craft remained near Port Clarence. Captain Robert Bartlett commands the Karluk with Stefansson and eight scientists aboard.
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Alaska
Karluk
Vihjaimur Stefansson
Arctic
Point Barrow
Bear
Stefansson
Barrow
Aird Henton
Revenue Cutter
Aux
Mary Sachs
Port Clarence
Jly
Robert Bartlett
Peary
Roosevelt
Kenneth Chipman
BR. M. Anderson
Buries Bottles to Prevent Forest Fires
Centralia Washington fire warden E W Ferris urges burying beer and whisky bottles left in woods to avoid concentrating sunlight rays that can ignite dry leaves and moss. He says wardens have reports of fires started by bottles and believes the danger is real.
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Rowley
George Cosson
J. C. Mitchell
Ottumwa
Mitchell
John W. Rowley
Des Moines
Qu Osson
van Buren County
Centralia
E. W. Ferris
Ferris
Mr. Ferris
Recovery for Loss of Disposition in New York
Max Fender's four year old daughter lost her sweet disposition after a janitress swatted her with an ash can. A jury awarded Fender $100 for loss of the child's nice disposition citing resulting disobedience and irritability as the harm.
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New York
Max Fenders
Max
Fender
Wales to Wed the Duchess
London reports strong talk over the future queen of England with the prince of Wales. The latest widely discussed match is Grand Duchess Olga of Russia a beautiful educated girl noted for breadth of mind and charm. If realized it would bind the lines of Empress Mary of Russia to Queen Alexandra through a marriage of cousins.
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Europe
Prince of Wales
England
Olga
Russia
Mary of
Alexandra
Kin of Ant Eater Aardvark Described by World Writer
A New York World piece outlines the aardvark orycteropus with Latin name, noting Paris museum display of Orycteropus Ethiopicus and detailing its biology. It covers habitat in Africa, diet of ants, nocturnal foraging, digs burrows, and its timid nature.
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Bronx Park
Ditmars
Africa
P. Kolbe
Cape Colony
Buffon
Paris Museum
Paris
Blue Nile
Abyssinia
Angola
Senegambia
South America
Slit Skirts Wreck Nerves In Pittsburgh Debate
A Pittsburgh health official cites a rise in nervous diseases among young men and links it to fashion, arguing skirt length should be restricted. He jokes about ankles and pleases the ladies, then endorses the slit skirt if it pleases them.
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Denison
Attorney General’s
Nebraska Supreme Court
Iowa State Medical Association
M. N. Voldeng
Cherokee State Hospital
State Board of Control Office
Voldeng
American Medical Association
Pittsburgh
J. R. Walters
Health Department
Serjeant Mills Dies After Typhoid Pneumonia Fear
Boston Charlestown cadet Sergeant Arthur C. Mills, who dreaded typhoid fever, died of typhoid pneumonia after three inoculations with a serum then believed to confer immunity.
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Boston
Mass
Arthur C. Mills
Charlestown Cadets
Handy Desk and Bookcase From Boxes for a Boy’s Room
A. Neely Hall describes building a combined desk and bookcase from packing boxes. Readers reuse two grocery boxes for the bookcase and another as the desk, assemble shelves with cleats, add uprights and a drop leaf, and finish with oilcloth or fabric to create a sturdy, neat study setup for a boy.
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A. Neely Fall
Immortality claimed for California sequoias in Muir lore
John Muir describes giant sequoias as virtually immortal barring accidental death. He notes leaves die of age while trunks and roots resist decay, and records that many ancient sequoias have lost their tops to lightning. The essay highlights the trees waiting, seemingly invincible, for lightning to strike.
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John F. Wade
State Board of Control
Burlington
Iowa
Butler County
Board of Supervisors
Board of Control
Carroll
California
John Muir
Walta
Diamonds On The Surface In Damaraland Discovery Tale
Diamonds are reportedly found on the ground in Damaraland south of Luderitzbucht where laborers and overseers collect vast finds. In one site 20 workers gathered 60 000 carats in three days worth over two million dollars. The Damaraland coast features vast moving dunes and shifting gem-rich valleys where repeat finds occur after months.
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South Africa
Damaralasd
Luderitzbucht
Damaraland
Water Use In Steel Plants Shows Large Daily Demand
The article details heavy water consumption in steel facilities with six blast furnaces seven rolling mills and multiple mills and engines. Total plant use reaches 57.5 million gallons per day while pumps move about 60.9 million gallons daily.
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Engineering Magazine
New York City's Advantage and Risks in Growth
New York City stands as the country’s premier manufacturing hub due to its strategic crossroads of global trade. Yet its danger lies in over development of some districts and insufficient planning for continued growth.
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New York City
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