Safe and Sane Fourth? A Nation Reflects on Independence Day
An essay traces the heavy Fourth of July toll from fireworks and accidents, contrasting Revolutionary War losses with modern firework deaths, drownings, and car crashes. It cites 1925–1928 figures, urges safety shifts toward community recreation, and notes early July surveys by the Playground and Recreation Association of America.
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America
Lexington
Concord
Princeton
Cowpens
Siege of
Charleston
Bunker Hill
St. Moultrie
Monmouth
Stone Ferry
Germantown
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
American Medical Association
American Museum of Safety
Dtay
National Museum of Safety
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Associatedress
United States
Associated Press
Am Vier
Middle Atlantic States
Midwest
Mountain States
Northwest
Lumber Baron at 27 records aviator turned lumber magnate
W Kent Rideout of Oshkosh Wisconsin, son of W A Rideout, left May 21 for Panama to harvest nearly one billion feet of mahogany and Santa Marta timber on a 10 000 acre grant. Financed by the Patterson Weis company, Panama deals include a 150 000 stake and a 75 per thousand feet shipment rate for five years, with monthly exports of 1 250 000 feet. He previously served as combat pilot in the ABEF, aviation instructor in Peru, and lieutenant colonel in Panama’s army, with a life story framed as daring adventures and maritime and lumber ventures.
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Iron River
Mich
W. Kent Rideout
W. A. Rideout
Oshkosh
Wis
Patten Lumber Company
Amasa
Panama
Santa Marta
Patterson-Wets Company
Pensacola
Fla
Kent
Richard Harding Davis
Peru
Argentine Republic
South America
Costa Rica
Panama Republic
United States
Republic
Pacific Coast
Timber Company
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rideouts
Patterson- Weis Company
Farm Children Shy on Education in Survey
Washington D C Although the coming generation of farmers needs at least a high school education to understand agricultural chemistry and marketing problems their schooling is being interrupted by demands of farm work The children s bureau of the labor department concludes from a survey Farm children in tobacco districts of Kentucky and North Dakota miss school an average of three weeks during short terms One eighth of the girls and one third of the boys in the study were out of school at least a month to do farm work Rural school terms average seven months leaving little time for education when absent one to two months each year
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Washington, D. C
Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department
Kentucky
North Dakota
Oldest Hotel Clerk in California Claims Remarkable Life
Stockton Calif Charles Dubois a hotel clerk earning eight dollars daily says he is the United States oldest hotel clerk. Born in Switzerland in 1860 he joined Benito Juarez’s revolutionary army and rose to lieutenant witnessing Maximilian’s execution. He smokes four cigars daily and eats according to his desires.
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Stockton
Calif
Charles Dubois
United States
Switzerland
Mexican Revolutionary Army
Benito Juarez
Maximillian
Milk of Magnesia Restores Digestion After Rich Meals
Many people misattribute indigestion to illness when an acid condition is to blame. Phillips Milk of Magnesia quickly neutralizes stomach acid, relieving sourness and gas after meals and preventing discomfort two hours later. Unlike soda, it provides lasting relief and is pleasant to take. When a heavy meal causes distress, try Phillips Milk of Magnesia.
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Phillips
Ultra violet light and health highlighted by Dr McCollum
Dr FE W McCollum in McCall's Magazine discusses ultraviolet light and its unique health effects on the skeletal system. He argues that only a specific type of light benefits general health, a finding he deems highly important for physiology.
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FE. W. McCollum
McCall’s Magazine
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsement
A Gretna Louisiana resident Mrs. E. F. VickNats reports severe weakness after childbirth, unable to walk. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound along with Herbal Medicine Pills and Sanative Wash for recovery and ongoing use as a tonic to perform daily housework.
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Gretna, la
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Mas. E. F. VickNats
Hancock St
Hawaii Sugar Industry Claims World-Lead Productivity
Sugar planters in Hawaii can yield four to five times more sugar per acre than any other nation, based on claims from the island territory. The speaker credits Hawaii’s high productivity to scientific study and experimentation by local sugar planters.
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Hawaii
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Julla
Jane
Elmo Scott Watson
Esoese
Cleveland
Ohile
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Middle Atlantic
Joliet
Beaumont
Tex
Oregon
Lamar
Chicago
Soldier of Fortune
California
Phillips of
Wantin
Winter Tersmith
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Allen
Allen's
Les Roy
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