Nation wide survey to raise American home standards
The General Federation of Women's Clubs led by Mrs. John D Sherman launches a nationwide home survey to improve living conditions, efficiency, and moral development. President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover back the effort, with support from the National Electric Light Association and the Industrial Survey and Research Service.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federal Census Bureau
General Federation
Federation
John D. Sherman
Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
America
Coolidge
I Big Country
Federated Club
Federated Clubs
Robert J. Burdette
Sherman
Los Angeles
Department of the American Home
Magele W. Barry
Texas
Department of the Home
Ron Wéou
Sherman Fn
Advisory Council of Better Homes In America
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Department of Commerce
National Electric Light Association
Franklin T. Griffith
San Francisco
Agriculture Jardine
Industrial Survey and Research Service
Washington, D. C
Marie L. Obenauer
Woman's Home Companion
Forosts
New York City
Jennie C. Croly
Jennie June
Julia Ward Howe
Chicago
Towa
Congreta
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Calvin Coolidge
General Federation of Women's Clubs
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Coolidge and Hoover Back Home Survey Plan in 1928
Washington letters reveal President Coolidge and President Hoover endorsing a General Federation national survey of home making methods and equipment. Letters praise practical aims, conservation of human energy, and benefits to family life and civic improvement.
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General Federation
Census Bureau
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Carlsbad Caverns Revealed As Underground Wonderland
Dr. Willis T. Lee and team of the National Geographic Society report the Guadalupe mountains caverns near Carlsbad New Mexico as a vast underground world with a half mile wide main avenue two miles long, intricate stalactite and stalagmite architecture, fossil skeletons in baskets, and millions of bats and unknown species. Access requires a 1000 foot climb plus a 170 foot guano bucket descent and a two mile traverse through rugged chambers, with the cave at constant 56 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Willis T. Lee
Washington
Guadalupe Mountains
Carlsbad
N. M
Doctor Lee
National Geographic Society
Guadalupe Mountain
New Mexico
Texas
Smithsonian Institution
Lee
Brief Case as Everyday Carryall in New York
A brief case, once a legal item, has become a genteel everyday carryall for New Yorkers. The shopping crowds in better neighborhoods show many bulges in these flat bags as commuters head to work and return from the ferry and train lines.
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New York
Locust Plague Ravages Mosul Grain Crop And Livestock
A severe locust outbreak devastated the Mosul district’s grain harvest and, after a harsh winter, killed about half the livestock. Pervasive infestations threaten harvests again and constrain Mesopotamian artillery movements due to feeding costs. The swarms extend unusually far south this year.
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Persia
Mosul
Subterranean algae studied by Missouri expert
Dr. George T. Moore of the Missouri Botanical Garden probes underground queer green algae nine feet deep in soil. Despite vast numbers in earth, their exact function remains unknown. One species proves ubiquitous, with algae found in holes three to four feet deep worldwide.
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George T. Moore
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis
Shield to Be Returned by Hastings Town Council Vote
The shield taken from the gates of Quebec after its capture from the French by General Wolfe will be returned to the town of Hastings England based on a council vote. The shield had rested with Wolfe Murray who led the town. Hastings advanced to reclaim the shield with help from local residents, but the vote overturned the decision.
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Quebec
Old City
Wolfe
Hastings
England
Comento
Wolfe Murray
Woman recovers with Lydia E Pinkham remedies
Mrs Harry Ashcroft of Covington Kentucky describes severe back and abdominal pain and weakness from illness. She credits Vegetable Compound Blood Medicine and Sanative Wash for relief after taking about a dozen bottles, noting persistent cold sensations and sweating. She offers to answer letters and advise neighbors about the medicines.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Ashcroft
Beech Avenue
Covington
Kentucky
Peterson's Ointment Promises Rapid Skin Relief
The advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a mighty healer for eczema itching skin and scalp, with claims of overnight relief. It targets pimples acne rough red skin old sores ulcers piles chafing sunburn burning feet and other eruptions, produced by the Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo N Y.
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Peterson
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo
Get Thee Behind Me Satan Boy Defies Fight Temptation
A seven year old, Gallant Rebuff Benny, avoided street brawls after his mother taught him to rebuke the devil with the phrase Get thee behind me Satan. He reported resisting peers who urged him to fight and ran home to his mother. The Indianapolis News notes a preference for decisive refusal over lukewarm conduct.
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Satan
Indianapolis News
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