Infant Death Rate Analyzed Across Eight Cities
Washington report from the Children's Bureau analyzes infant mortality using data from 23 000 babies across Johnstown Manchester Brockton Saginaw New Bedford Waterbury Alligon and Baltimore. It links higher mortality to factors like birth interval twins feeding method maternal health housing and father earnings.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Johnstown
Manchester
N. H
Brockton
Mass
Saginaw
Mich
New Bedford
Waterbury
Woodbury
Tablets Promise Light on History
Yale University houses the J Pierpont Morgan Babylonian collection joining the Niles and Morgan series with nearly 20 000 inscriptions. The Yale Bac collection expands with funds from Ham mond Kohut and others. the tablets cover laws epic Gilgamesh and thousands of legal contracts. 12 kings appear on terra cotta records.
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New Haven
Conn
J. Pierpont Morgan
Yale University
Abraham
Albert T. Clay
Yale Archeology Department
Clay
Yale
American Oriental Society
William M. Laffan
The
New York Sun
James B. Niles
Yule
Pierpont Morgan
Yale Press
Niles and Morgan
Ogden H. Hammond
George A. Kohut
Babylonia
Assyria
Yahweh
Israel
Shamash
Hammurabi
Nisaba
Khani
Gilgamesh
Ashurbanipal
B. C
British Museum
University of Pennsylvania
German Kaiser Had 8000 Spies Before War Says Professor
Liverpool report by Prof Bernard John Wilden-Hart argues Germany maintained 8000 spies across Europe before 1914 and that German billets were prearranged in Belgian towns. He also cites British intelligence on Jutland and urges espionage careers for youths. He also discusses Septuagint origins and Greek Hebrew texts, noting Rudolf Kittel’s support for Hebrew scripture reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Bernard John Wilden-Hart
Europe
Liverpool Geographical Society
Germany
Berlin
Brussels
Wilden- Hart
Imperial Japanese University
Nagoya
Russia
Japan
Poland
Jutland
Leipsic Scholar Denies Septuagint From Hebrew
Professor Franz Wutz in his book New Facts on the Septuaginta and Hebrew Bible disputes the theory that the Greek Alexandrian translation of the Old Testament the Septuagint derives from the original Hebrew text.
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Leipsic
Prof
Franz Wutz
Churches Under Construction Reach New Heights in State
Olympia reports no fewer than 44 large church buildings in progress across Washington. Architects describe this as the greatest building year for religious societies with houses of worship rising in nearly every hamlet town and city.
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Olympia
Wash
Baffin Island Described as Vast Virgin Arctic Frontier
A National Geographic bulletin notes Baffin Island, larger than most US states, remains largely unexplored. It outlines geography, lakes resembling Great Lakes, Eskimo life, wildlife, and the search for the blue goose as MacMillan's planes prepare Arctic surveys.
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Washington
Baffin Island
United States Navy
North America
National Geographic Society
Frobisher
Mountaynes
Australia
Greenland
Resolution Island
Alaska
Oslo
Norway
Leningrad
Baffin Islands
Hammerfest
Scandinavia
Point Barrow
United States
Texas
Great Lakes
Ontario
Great Water
Arctic
South Sea
Eskimos
MacMillan
Nottingham Island
Hudson Bay
Siberia
William Baffin
Baffin
Northwest
Great Island
Big Bay
North
Horse Riders Thief Car Thwarted in Sallisaw
Farmer Jack Chuculate and his horse Dobbin halted a speeding car carrying alleged motor thieves in Sallisaw Oklahoma. Chuculate forced the men to drive to the county jail after Dobbin redirected the vehicle into a fence. He claims the thieves had broken the steering wheel lock and spilled gasoline.
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Sallisaw
Okla
Dobbin
Jack Chuculate
Chuculate
Government to Study Trachoma Among Indians
Washington reports a complete survey of every Indian family on reservations to record trachoma cases. An advisory council of ophthalmology experts from the American Medical Association helped design the program, including education on transmission and prevention, school instruction, and hospital-based treatment.
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Medical Association
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Indian Service
American Medical Association
William H. Wilder
Chicago
Arnold Knapp
New York City
William Campbell Posey
Philadelphia
Physicians of the Indian Service
Accident Prevention Lessons For New York Students
Students in continuation and evening schools in New York City receive accident prevention instruction. The first lesson included a museum visit showing most known devices for industrial safety.
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New York
New York City
Lightning strike kills four at German church anniversary
A lightning bolt struck a large tent during a Catholic church choir anniversary in Heddesdorff Germany killing four men and injuring others. The incident happened as the celebration continued under the tent.
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Heddesdorff
Germany
Road to prosperity blocked by unsafe bridges
Road conditions threaten progress as unsafe bridges hinder travel. Officials warn of ongoing inspections and planned repairs to ensure safe routes for motorists and freight moving through the region.
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Josephine Slater
Cherry Valley
Slater
Kaiser
Belgium
Wutz
Rudolf Kittel
Bolling Field
Land
Harold Hartney
Roosevelt Field
Long
Army Reserve Corps
Baffin Island, Mystery Land
Robert Bylot
Davis Strait
Baffin Bay
London
Ralto
Lancaster Sound
Sir James Lancaster
Jones Sound
Sir Francis Jones
Smith Sound
Etah
Sir Thomas Smith
Penny Land
Cumberland
Hoppner Land
Greenwood Land
Cockburn Land
Fox Land
Prince William Land
Milne Land
Meta Incognita
Elizabeth
Bess
Island
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