Native born youth warned as too fond of pleasure
A state superintendent's annual report cites that children born to foreign parents outperform American youth in schools due to greater study motivation while American students waste time in social pleasures. Open air schools for tuberculosis preteens are urged with a warning that one million U S children may die of consumption before 18 if inaction continues.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
H. Cc. Schaeffer
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Schaeffer
Bechaecffer
United States
Quarter Deck Terror to Men and Hats and Banished
A fragmentary report notes a naval incident labeled Quarter-Deck Terror to men and hats, with a vague banishment to New York, attributed to a figure identified as Sie Miller, Chief Of. The readable text is limited and unclear on full context or dates.
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Hartley
Eal
Joe Miller
Kattty
Captain Gray
Williams
New York
Sie Miller
Famine for Society News in American Journalism
The piece argues Americans crave society news as much as big sports events, claiming marriages and divorces draw full journalistic resources. It reflects on the appetite for social happenings in Brooklyn and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society News
Brooklyn
N. Y.Y
Peace With Labor Is Aim Seth Low Calls National Convention
New York report states Seth Low former mayor and National Civic Federation president issued a letter to all state governors urging delegates to attend the federation’s Washington convention on March 6 and 7 to discuss industrial peace and progress across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Low
New York
National Civic Federation
Federation
Washington
Navy to Fight Typhoid Inoculations Under 45 Ordered
Secretary Meyer orders compulsory typhoid inoculations for all navy and marine corps officers and enlisted men under 45 as a supplementary preventive measure. The move aims to curb typhoid fever across the service in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
The Christian Church as Universal Body for Society
Presbyterian minister F. J. Milnes argues for the universal Christian church beyond sectarian labels. He defends organized church life, cites growth in wealth and attendance, and claims the church sustains moral progress and civic virtue amid critics, urging all who seek social betterment to join.
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F. J. Milnes
Christian Church
Universal Church
Tniversal
Universal Christian Church
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
John
New Jerusalem
United States
Europe
Pendleton
God
Gulf
Church
Paul
Christ
Ballard's Horehound Syrup touted as lung healer
A medicinal syrup advertised to repair lung and air passage damage after a dry hacking cough. Sold by A. C. Koeppen and Bros with bottles priced at 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar.
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Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
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Alexander
J. A. Hartley
Tompkinville
S. L
Howler
New York City
Mr. Hartley
Miller
Lottery Park
America
Oregon
J.L. Vaughan
Main Street
Lee Ching Wo
Tda Herring
West Alder St
Walla Walla
Leo Ching WO
Chinese Medicine CO
E. Main St
Walla Walla, Washington
Pendleton’s Popular
St. George Hotel
Orpheum Theatre
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