Survey shows need for mouth hygiene nationwide
The American Dental Association led a broad survey on dental health under Dr. Alfred Walker, covering more than a dozen towns. It found high rates of decayed teeth among children and linked dental hygiene to school progress and taxpayer savings, with notable gains in Atlanta after a 1924 program.
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New York
American Dental Association
Alfred Walker
Walker
Lofton
Chicago
Atlanta
Cambridge
Mass
Athens
Pronto
Canada
Bridgeport
Cann
Cleveland
Ohio
Eau Claire
Wis
White Plains
N.Y
Luther H. Gulick
New York City
Shamokin
Doctor Walker
Gap
Willis A. Sutton
Trae
Hunt for Dead Soldiers on French Battlefields
Allied authorities search former no mans land for missing soldiers from World War I. French, British, and American efforts recover and identify bodies, with only partial success. Thousands remain unaccounted for though rings, buttons, and letter fragments aid identification.
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Paris
France
Seventeen Convicts Escape on Freight Train
A gang of seventeen convicts escaped from Denver county jail by boarding a standing freight train. The train halted, one convict fled toward the rain, guards pursued, and the train resumed. Guards counted the prisoners and found seventeen missing.
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Denver
Convier
Radio Arouses Woman Saves Family From Gas
In Wollaston Massachusetts a radio announcer's loud broadcast woke Mrs. Lloyd Gazel from gas fumes from a defective water heater. She staggered to the street and called a police officer who rescued her husband and young daughter.
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Wollaston
Mass
Lloyd Gazel
Attention Turns To State And Local Politics
The piece examines upcoming state and county races noting boundary changes affect Senate representation for Lion and Washington counties. It outlines potential Republican and Democratic nominees for state senate and county offices, with Cedar City and Iron County influences and possible nominations for county attorney and commissioners.
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Tron
Washington
George Jefferson
Beaver County
Lion
David Ilirsehi
Albert Miller
Washington County
John
Woodbury
John G. Tace
Wilford Day
Iron County
Charles B. Petty
Walter K. Granger
K. M. J. Macfarlane
Cedar City
Joseph Snow
Ellin J. Pickett
Superlhero
Ace
John 5. Woodbury
Evan E. Willams
Lyman E. Levy
Reuten J. Shay
Times
Shay
Cedar Man
Scott M. Matheson
J. M. Foster
Annual Javanese Posa Gambir Fair Returns in August
The Posa Gambir fair, held annually for the Javanese, features bamboo buildings, towers, and bright paints. It opens in late August for two weeks, drawing about two million visitors, with stalls lining the streets and a 5 and 10 cent shop selling varied goods from fabrics to foods.
Snowshoes in Antiquity and Norse Legend
The text notes ancient use of skis and pattons for horses in Armenia to avoid snow, mentions Lapns called Skild Fin nen in Scadinavia, and cites Monurals in Northwestern Asia. It claims Norse sagas show snowshoes existed long before Christianity, with Ullar the winter god depicted as walking on skies, implying ships bearing him over seas.
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Nenophon
L’rocopius
Scadinavia
Scandinavia
Dif
Ullar
National Conventions and the Unwritten Rule of Rule
The article argues national conventions lack statutes and are governed by public opinion and tradition. It recalls John Quincy Adams warning that multiplying conventions risks deeper tragedies and civil strife, noting no unchosen man has ever become President.
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John Quincy Adams
Natural selection and the limits of survival in animals
A prominent naturalist argues that no living creature is exempt from serving as dinner for others and that mortality among animal groups scales with numbers. He notes generational replacement and widespread, indiscriminate elimination as a feature of natural selection.
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Hature
Nature's Special Device Spanks Eggs to Surface Balloons
The hog fish along southern California shores spends life on the sea bottom. Eggs must reach sunny surface waters to hatch. Nature makes them rise by spank ing eggs to small blimp shaped balloons that rise to the surface. After hatching, the young migrate back to the bottom.
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California
Nature
As Old as His Creed Rector’s Quick Retort
A young rector in sermon on the church’s divine character is accosted by an angry elderly lady. Wearing his albs, he replies with dignity that he is 2,900 years old. The Boston Transcript notes the line underscores enduring church tradition.
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Boston Transcript
Nien and Vreomen Readers as Novelist Sees Them
Joseph Hergesheimer argues that American women seek hopeful romantic fiction while men read for critical detail. He notes most women read for support and illusion, while men vary in taste and may study mistakes in banking.
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Nien
Vreomen
United States
Ghent
Joseph Hergesheimer
American Mercury
Diverse Seeds Use Wind Birds and Insects for Dispersal
The text explains multiple seed dispersal methods. Dandelions and thistles use wind carried fluff to carry seeds. Fruits like cherry and blackberry rely on birds. Seeds encased in edible pulp are eaten and pass through with digestion. Some plants use pressure bursts in seed pods. Insects are attracted by flower traits to aid fertilization.
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Toun
Gorilla Cousin to Klan The gorilla
Dr William Or Mann director of the Washington zoo notes the gorilla Cousin is closest to humans among anthropoids in appearance and habits. He beats chimpanzee in brain size and behavior but remains a ground climber ill suited to tree life unlike man who adapts to both.
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Klan
William Or. Mann
Washington Zoo
le Ja
Ile
Standard English Words and What Counts as Standard
A definition of standard English from Doctor Vizetelly explains that a standard word is one used by a master of classic English and accepted by educated writers and speakers today. Non naturalized foreign terms and dialect words are not standard. The standard English of today is what present-day writers and speakers deem acceptable in polite society.
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Doctor Vizetelly
Nautical Novelties Contributed From a Historic Navy Summary
A reader summary covers 1920 US merchant fleet size, 1932 Great Britain tonnage, Navy enlistments in 1931 with low desertions, April as wartime start month, and details on ships, welding, Smiths in WW II service, and aviation hours. It also notes a Macon airship light system test, and recent naval survey work near Venezuela and Panama. Local Fourth of July band events and residents at Summit are briefly mentioned.
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United States
Great Britain
Grea Britain
High Seas
Snonth
New Orleans
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Washington
Royal Air Force
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Denmark
UW. 3
Macon
Akron
U. S
Hannibal
Venezuela
Panama
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Herbert D. White
Summit
Goodyear
Sean
Pra
Petty. Motor Company
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Fr. G. Parcells
Ancummen Data Guarana Co
Court Hovee
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Shay & Shay
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Washington Counties
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William M. Shay
Heneri
Pracilla
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