Montana's isolated families face health care crisis
The Children's Bureau highlights harsh life for Montana settlers living 70 to 100 miles from rail lines with no telephones and few doctors. Mothers die or endure long waits for care. a public health nurse and mobile clinics are urged to protect children, with Iowa examples of cooperative county health services as a model.
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France
Montana
America
Children’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
Board of County Commissioners
Bureau
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Iowa
Pretty Close Tears Move Yonkers Statesman
Report notes a moment of shared joy as a man and others cry with happiness. The scene captures intimate emotion, highlighting the closeness between individuals.
Interesting items from other eras in brief notes
Seventeenth and eighteenth century beliefs in powdered medicines are noted. A signal lamp in an English car uses the clutch to operate its rear light. Refuse piles near Scotch mines are repurposed for brick making. A milk cooperative will form at Diemen near Amsterdam with 27 dairymen and 30,000 quarts of daily milk nearby. Italy forms a commission to study radioactive substances. Egyptian chariots influenced transport for 2,000 years. Pier 86 in New York, cost over 4 million, now gov-run with an upper deck post office for soldiers mail.
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Diemen
Amsterdam
Italy
Pier 86
North River
New York
Benefits of good roads for rural communities
The extension service of the University of Missouri highlights how good roads advance social life schools and churches access to markets and farm profits. It stresses road location drainage sunshine exposure grade and engineering standards while urging broader cooperation and elimination of political influence in road projects.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
Religion and patriotism in America unite under God
The author argues America remains fundamentally religious, citing Emerson and Plymouth Rock memory. He warns against secular cynicism and insists true patriotism demands reverence for God, uniting faith with the flag as inseparable duties of citizens.
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University of Cairo
Chute
Lesile’ Ss
Damascus
Aleppo
Bedus- Sa
Near East
Emerson
Wes
Name
God
America
Plymouth
Rock
New England
England to spend 50 million on road and bridge rebuilds
The British road board plans to spend 50 million dollars in 1919 on roads and bridges in England. Demobilized army units will supply labor and local highway authorities must match the appropriation. The program exceeds the prewar effort and surpasses the combined U.S. federal and state road funding.
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British Road Board
England
United States
Poor Roads Cost U S Billions In Transport Losses
A 1914 congressional report estimated annual U S transport costs from poor roads at 504 million dollars. With tonnage growth since then, the current loss is likely near 31 billion dollars.
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Congressional
United States
French Patriot's Letter From World War I Family Sacrifice
The Petit Nicols reports a French American family showing patriotism as a Los Angeles druggist Callles goes to fight for France. He is mortally wounded near Verdun in January 1915 and sends a final cable to his wife urging their sons to join the ranks. Sons Joseph and George enlist. Joseph dies in 1917, age 34. George is gassed on Armistice Day but survives and plans to return to California to resume law studies.
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London
Callles
Los Angeles
Cal
Verdun
Joseph
George
France
George Cailles
Nice
California
Jimmy the Smoker and a Father’s Lesson
Seven year old Jimmy is praised for his cleverness yet feared to be drawn into danger. His father powders him for smoking with a harsh whipping, while a neighbor consoles the boy explaining the correction was to show wrongdoing. Jimmy claims he swallowed his cigarette during the beating and vows not to smoke again.
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Jimmy
Pillar of Fire
Wonder of progress mocks past ages says Uncle Joe
In a Los Angeles Times excerpt Uncle Joe contrasts old wonders with modern speed. He notes Columbus to cross the ocean in months versus days today and jokes that motorists and pedestrians define progress. Johnny answers with a quip about the human race being divided.
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Joe
Cannon
Columbus
Johnny
Los Angeles Times
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Gaining Praise
A Portsmouth Ohio woman writes that persistent pains and weakness vanished after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy as the best medicine for women she ever saw and encourages others to try it for relief. The company invites letters for advice and notes forty years of experience at service.
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Aseareame
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara” Shaw
Portsmouth
Shaw
No clear article headline from readable text
The fragmentary OCR text shows a landlord asking about walking distance in London with unclear quoted phrases and no identifiable people, places, dates, or events to summarize into a newspaper item.
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists have watched the remarkable record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine It is a physician s prescription and a strengthening medicine It helps the kidneys liver and bladder function It has stood the test of years Sold by all druggists on its merit Send ten cents for a sample bottle and mention this paper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Holly
A Legal Point on an Uncle's Will and Inheritance
A reader laments a will leaving only five thousand dollars to him and wonders if contesting the will is possible. The reply asserts the grantor’s possible intent and jokes about the absurdity of leaving nothing.
Freckles Now Is the Time to Get Rid of Them
An old promotional note touts Othine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles. It claims fast results with nightly applications, noting most cases clear after one ounce and offering a money back guarantee if it fails.
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Ada
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Quick Weight Gain and Health Boost
Georgia Hamilton touts bitro phosphate as a cheap, effective remedy to thinness and nervous weakness. She claims a 15 pound gain and improved health after using the product, while cautions warn against use by those not seeking weight gain and advise consulting a doctor.
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Georgia Hamilton
Georgian Hamilton
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