Prohibition gains ground in Canada and U S
A Toronto Presbyterian note argues prohibition will succeed with government will and citizen support. It cites Ontario temperance talks and plans for hotel and library use during the dry period, and reports a U S national committee pressing parties to adopt a prohibition plank.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Canada
Ontario
The
Globe
Public Library Board
John Barleycorn
United States
Democratic
Divorce in Our Country and its Effects on Society
The piece argues that divorce undermines the family and the nation, urging state regulation to protect the home. It cites rising divorce rates, noting about 1,300,000 in forty years, and compares ratios from 1860 to 1906, urging moral standards and Scripture grounds for divorce.
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Presbyterian of Richmond
New York City Declared World's Largest City by The World’s Work
The World’s Work notes New York City as the world’s largest city by population 5,585,772 excluding suburbs. It surpasses London and dominates comparisons with Canada and several U S states, citing extensive telephones and massive terminal investments by the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads. It also claims New York exceeds numerous ethnic and national groups and hosts the largest Jewish population assembly to date.
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New York City
London
New York
Dominion
Canada
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Texas
Great Britain
Ireland
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Norway
Denmark
Italy
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Kingdom
Greece
Bulgaria
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Great Eastern
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Berlin
Naples
Jewish Population Concentrations in New York and Schools
The article compares Jewish populations in Jerusalem and New York City noting New York's large share, with one in five Jews citywide and one in four in Manhattan. It states about one tenth of world Jewry lives in New York and highlights Washington Irving High School’s 6,000 girls as mostly Jewish, with a third of Columbia University’s students Jewish.
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Jerusalem
New York
Manhattan
New York City
Washington Irving High School
Columbia University
Compulsory Education Enforced in Central African Village
A report from Mutoto on the upper Congo notes compulsory school attendance being introduced and enforced in a central African village. Reverend R F Cleveland, a Southern Presbyterian missionary, is mentioned in connection with the effort.
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Mutoto
Upper Congo
R. F. Cleveland
Now Everybody can Make Ice Cream Now
A vintage ad touts Jell O Ice Cream Powder making ice cream easy and cheap for all households. It claims the powder works for all cooks, including beginners, with five flavors and unflavored option priced at 10 cents per box. Genesee Pure Food Co. touts Le Roy New York distribution.
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Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
Exchange Your Old Body For A New One Patent Water Claim
An advertising physician touts Shivar Mineral Water as a 21 day cure all for weight and disease. The letter offers ten gallons for two dollars with a money back guarantee if no benefit, asking readers to mail order from Shivar Spring, Box 14 G, Shelton South Carolina.
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Shivar Spring
Shelton
8. C
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Leslie
Richmond
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Norfolk
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Richmond, Va
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