Campaign to Promote Health Hygiene Among Portland Children
A national health knighthood campaign runs Feb 9 to May 24 in Portland with support from the American Red Cross the National Tuberculosis Association and health agencies. Plans include a school based program where children earn knightly scores for daily hygiene tasks and breathing exercises to reduce illness.
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Portland
Multnomah
Yamhill
Clackamas
Columbia
Washington
Tillamook
Red Cross
Lauder’s Rules of Thrift From Harry Lauder
Advice from Harry Lauder on thrift urges treating money as a friend, avoiding reckless spending, dressing neatly but not extravagantly, valuing frugal amusements, saving crusts, preferring value in trades, and noting a banknote is better reading than some novels. It emphasizes prudent daily habits and wise money management.
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Harry Lauder
Child Labor Struggles in Oregon Highlight War-Era Issues
Oregon's two year child labor report paints harsh portraits of youth exploitation. high wages lure families and lax parental control undermine education while war demands push youths into industry.
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Oregon
Practical kitchen and craft tips from a vintage column
A sequence of household hints covers cooking measurements do not pat down, using egg wash to prevent soggy crusts, sifting dry ingredients, broiling steak times, wringing hot flannels with a potato ricer, keeping water handy, and crocket chain prep for faster stitching. The advice reflects era norms and practical improvisations for daily tasks.
Riddles and observations from Cartoons Magazine pages
A fragmentary excerpt poses a series of curious questions about currency inscriptions watch faces eye color employer and colleagues, animal anatomy, and bill signatures, ending with a moon crescent direction puzzle. The note invites readers to bring their job work to the Graphic office.
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Graphic Office
Red Cross Reports Strong 1918 Finances and Reach
The Denver headquarters releases half year figures showing two cent operating cost per dollar in overhead. About 8,500 staff in the U S and 3,500 overseas, with 6,234 paid workers mostly under $1,500 yearly. Volunteers in 4,000 chapters produced over 44 million in finished goods.
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American Red Cross
Denver
Colorado
The
Red
United States
Red Cross
War Department
Army of Auditors
Congress
Why Wet Lands Are Productive
Wet areas in cultivated farm lands are often the most fertile when soil moisture is controlled. Depressions accumulate richer soil from surrounding fields, making them productive. Farm drainage transfers these areas to higher yield land, increasing acres usable and reducing time and effort for farming. The Drainage Division of the Bureau of Public Roads highlights projects to improve cultivated lands through drainage.
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Drainage Division
Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Comparisons in Savings Rise in Liberty Bonds and Stamps
In January 1914 at most 200000 Americans held government bonds totaling about a billion dollars. Now 22000000 own 17365200000 in Liberty bonds and 10000000 more have saving stamps. Bank deposits plus bonds and stamps reach nearly 52000000000.
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United States
Soldier’s letter to mother reports brother’s death
An American officer returning to Wested Connecticut recounts censoring a letter from a Texas soldier in France to his mother. The message notified that Ed had been killed yesterday, stating you needn't bother to write to Ed any more as he got bumped off yesterday.
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Winsted
Connecticut
Texas
France
Height Brings No Terror Says Aerial Experience Reassures
A writer in a British information bulletin recalls an ascent that reveals height as harmless and exhilarating. From 10 000 feet the world stretches into a misty horizon and the air feels fresh while the ground seems distant and flat. The ride’s stability and the quiet engine tone counter fears and fuel a wish to rise again.
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British Information Bureau
HURLS SEEDS LONG DISTANCE
Dr. Edward Bigelow describes how witch hazel seeds shoot far distances in Nature’s Trail and Boy’s Life experiments. Seeds travel up to 30 feet with bursting pods and a pistol like discharge. Caution urged for scouts to avoid eye injury from flying missiles and dangerous bursting capsules.
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Edward &. Bigelow
Boy
Brothers Die On Duty After Wireless Crew Heroism
The account tells of two young brothers aboard a destroyer who, after an explosion damaged their ship, refused medical aid and saluted their captain as they died. Their sacrifice is held up as an example of wartime bravery and duty.
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Gregory Mason
Thrift Magazine jokes about milk from dairy whales
The piece argues against monopoly of dairy whales in Puget Sound. It imagines every farmer keeping a whale to produce milk, praising the humorous vision of dawn milking and a poetic annual output from literati, while warning that Puget Sound should not control the national dairy whale supply.
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Thrift Magazine
Puget Sound
United States
Jury draws lots to decide 12 Chinese gambling case
In Honolulu a circuit court jurors, unable to reach a verdict, drew lots to decide guilt or innocence. Twelve slips labeled Guilty and twelve Not guilty were shuffled, and the first Not guilty slips drawn led to a verdict of not guilty. The act was criticized as illegal and unacceptable by the court.
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Honolulu
Courts of Hawaiii
Wailuku
H. L
Ainu Culture and Mustached Lip Tattoos Noted in Louisville
The article describes the Ainu of Yeddo island in Japan as a small population of about 16 000 to 17 000. It notes tattooed upper and lower lips forming a mustache on women, said to affect marriage prospects. It details tattoo methods and describes facial features, skin, hair, and olive complexions as observed by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Japan
Yeddo
Louisville
Anthem Across Centuries A Hebrew Hymn
The oldest anthem among young nations, the Hebrew melody linked to Miriam and the Red Sea crossing is celebrated as a thousand year old tune. The Jewish commonwealth in Palestine remains unorganized compared with Polish and Czecho-Slovak states, while prospective citizens live scattered worldwide.
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Palestine
Commonwealth
Miriam
Red Sea
Israel
Permanence of Heroic Memory Across Centuries
The text notes how heroic memory endures for centuries in popular tradition, citing Alexander the Great as a globally influential figure. It mentions Turks calling him Iskender Bey and references Steel's India Through the Ages describing Alexander's impact on Hindu lore in the Land of the Five Rivers.
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Alexander the Great
Albania
Iskender
Alexander) Bey
Steel
India
Five Rivers
Jullunder
Alexander
Improved Wire Fly Catchers for Files in Hospitals
Tangle-foot wire is used instead of paper to catch files in hospitals and convalescent camps. Two foot hay-baling wires with hooks are dipped in a hot mix of four pints castor oil and nine and a half pounds rosin. The coated wires trap files which ignite and burn off for reuse.
Leather From Various Ohina Tanned From Unusual Skins
The fisheries bureau notes codfish and salmon skins yield durable leather suitable for card cases and fancy articles. Eel skins are used in Europe for books, and Red Sea fin skins make shoe soles. Armored g hides with horny plates polish to an ivory finish.
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Fisheries Bureau
Europe
Egypt
Red Sea
Seed Production Notes For California Crops
California leads in carrot seed production with Sacramento and Yale counties at the top. Minor producers include Sen Ji Cotra Costa, Santa Clara and Benito counties. Rach wood yields reverse patterns with top counties inland. Beet seed favors river and coast California, likely Sacramento area. Lettuce seed grown mainly near coastal California.
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California
Sacramento
Yale
Sen Ji Cotra Costa
Santa Clara
Benito
Pacific Northwest
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Lauder
Cartoons Magazine
E. A. Ellis
Live Stock Commission Merchant
Portland Reed
Parlor Pharmacy
McCoy Bros. Auto CO
Newberg
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