Health gains shown in nations health data
The 1900 to 1920 period shows declines in deaths from typhoid malaria scarlet fever diphtheria croup tuberculosis meningitis bronchitis and pneumonia. In 1920 increases occur for influenza whooping cough cancer other malignant tumors diabetes cerebral hemorrhage and heart diseases. Provisional 1922 figures hint at a higher death rate than 1921. A table lists deaths and rates by cause for 1900 and 1920.
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Washington
U. S. Cumming
Unite States Public Health Service
Bright
Census Bureau
United States
Misdemeanor for feeding pigeons in Pershing Square
Los Angeles council approves ordinance making feeding pigeons in Pershing Square a misdemeanor with fines up to 500 dollars or six months in jail. The rule aims to aid the park department in driving pigeons from the downtown park.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Park Department
Pershing Square
Half a Billion Saved by Research Industry
The article reports that scientific research in the country saves about $500 million annually through its work. It highlights the economic impact and efficiency gains driven by research activities across industries and institutions.
New Russian Court System Inaugurated With Soviet Features
Russia introduces a permanent court structure led by Stuchka and Peters with separate criminal civil and appeal courts, district courts for local cases, and village level people’s courts. A two juror system sits with judges. jurors are drawn from unions and paid by employers.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Court of
Anneal
People’s
Stuchka
Peter Stuchka
Latvia
Riga
Supreme Court
Lett
M. Karkin
Jacob Peters
Cheka
Petrograd
M. Kursky
Vladimir Krylenko
Revolutionary Tribunals
Cat She Fed Saves Woman From Starving
New York story of Mary Posart a 45 year old woman found unconscious in her Avenue B flat with 200 empty milk bottles near her by patrolman DPierker. She had spent her last cent on milk for stray cats that fed nightly. neighbors note the cats’ mournful meows when milk ran out. If she survives doctors say she owes life to the cats.
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New York
Mary Posart
Avenue B
Dpierker
Fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Diamond in Throat Fatal for Swiss Girl
Geneva report of Swiss gem dealer Dimgler whose five year old daughter choked on swallowed jewels worth £800. She died after a diamond entered the thorax and could not be removed. An operation extracted stones from her throat and stomach.
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Geneva
Dimgler
Great Advantage Over Taxes Provokes Thought
A Missouri newspaper quotes a witty line, noting the inevitability of death versus taxes and suggesting death is the greater concern for readers. The remark reflects a local tone on tax burden and mortal certainty.
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Columbia Missourian
Freed by Woman's Confession in Cherokee Man Case
The Department of Justice recounts how Charmer Tidwell, a half breed Cherokee, spent 25 years in federal prisons on a baseless murder charge. A deathbed confession by Mrs. James Brown in Oklahoma led to Tidwell's release after three presidents and three former attorneys general had denied pardons. The confession claims Tidwell was innocent and that the killer was a former lover of Mrs. Brown who is now dead.
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Washington, D. C
Charmer
Tidwell
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Knox
Dickerson
Gregory
Sen
Harding
James Brown
Ohio
Atlanta
Brown
Kansas City Man Says He Has Visited Barbers Twice
Bill Knott of Kansas City Missouri claims a unique distinction by having only visited a barber shop twice in his life. At about age twenty four he went to a De Witt barber shop thirty years ago and recently sat in a chair in Tina.
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Kansas City
Bill Knott
Tina
de Witt
Hookworm Strikes Brazil Exposing Worker Decline
Dr. Lewis W. Hackett of the Rockefeller Foundation reports eighty five percent of Brazil’s agricultural workers suffer hookworm, reducing the population’s efficiency by a third after his return from South America.
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New York
Brazil
Lewis W. Hackett
International Health Board
Rockefeller Foundation
South America
Montreal Tax Lead Among Cities in Fiscal Year
Montreal paid the largest income tax of the year ending December 31, totaling 18,105,749 dollars. Toronto followed with 11,742,770 dollars and Winnipeg ranked third with 84,019,399 dollars.
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Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Wealthy Widow Heals Man's Broken Heart
J H Buckler of Minneapolis sued Mrs Ellen Lilly a wealthy widow for 500 in a 50 000 damages case claiming she promised to marry him after he secured a marriage license but then balked. The out of court settlement ended the suit.
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J. H. Buckler
Minneapolis
Individual libraries in early era housed vast volumes
Early libraries stored thousands of volumes, with many institutions boasting tens of thousands of books. The sheer scale reflects the era's emphasis on collecting and cataloging knowledge for public access and scholarly work.
Nebraska items Chronicle diverse events and notes
A wide roundup of Nebraska happenings includes T P A meeting in Omaha April 20 21 grain sowing in Callaway paving West Point blocks Belvidere business group De Molay chapter in Hyannis hospital openings in Mceeooks and Omaha 1923 tax law in effect etc. Also notes retirements elections livestock ship counts race features fairs and public notices across towns and counties.
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Omaha
Callaway
West Point
Hamilton County
Prairie Gem
Belvidere
de Molay
Hyannis
St. Catherine Hospital
MceCook
Appleget
Beatrice Post Office
Beatrice
Blue Springs
Clarence Smith
Pablo Rock
Senate
Nebraska
John Ferguson
Taylor
Beatrice City
Johnson County
Ward K. Newcond
Kearney
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
C. M. Gruenther
Humboldt
Missouri V Pacific
Paul
Grand Island
Nebraska Music Teachers’ Association
Scottsbluff County
J. R. McCut- Sree
Irwin Knack
Gooch
Lincoln
Nebraskan Association
Business Womens’ League
Scottsbluff
Roy Harrop
Americ Economic League
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
St. Mark's
Masonic Home
G. W. Megeath
James A. Noble
Ir. R. Woodring
State Bureau of Animal Industry
Federal Bureau
Alpha Gamma Rho
Agricultural Fraternity
Agricultural College
Pretty bungalow for city of Fram offers versatile layout
A feature on turning a bungalow floor plan to front or side exposure discusses a three-day-room arrangement with living dining and kitchen facing the yard. It notes veranda adaptations, ample closet space, and a brick foundation with stepped accents to shed moisture, plus paint and décor ideas.
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Ann
Reclaiming Bottom Lands In Medicine Creek Valley
One thousand acres in Frontier county were reclaimed at under 3 dollars per acre under Agricultural College extension workers. A deep canal through the valley lowers flood risk, aiding upland farmers who rely on river bottom forage. The project is part of 19 drainage schemes in 1922, converting 46 acres from mudhouses to productive cropland.
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Medicine Creek
Frontier County
Agricultural College
Science Aids Police Work at Berkeley Under Vollmer
Popular Mechanics Magazine recounts Berkeley California police methods led by Chief August Vollmer using laboratory analysis of room sweepings to identify a suspected spy. The case traced a middle aged, neat man with gray beard and suit who wandered country paths, an amateur botanist, to arrest success.
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Police Department
Berkeley
Calif
August Vollmer
Rooming House
van Dyke
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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National League For the Prevention of
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Chicago
Ator Gore
Alice Robertson
Atlanta Penitentiary
Daugherty
Grim
News OF Nebraska
J. T. Tineless & Sons
Clinton
Plainview Board of Education
Jefferson County
Oak Creek
Holt County
Hunt and Boyd County
Peter Starr
Dunning
Butte County
Auburn
Frank Coil
Hemingford
Sebastian Salerno
Tuailian Red Cross
Salerno
Red Cross
D. W. Osborne
Pawnee County
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Alliance Anglers’ Club
Sandhill
Otoe County
Bryan
Lena Mertes
Thome Mertes
Table Rock
Falls City
Elizabeth Robinson
J.T. Robinson
Harry Stowe
Hastings
Carother Motor Co
City OF
Fram
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
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