Opportunities Abound For Young Men In The Farming Boom
The piece cites historic figures who rose from ordinary jobs to prominence, arguing today offers vast chances for youth. It asserts farming as a viable business where a determined, intelligent young man can build lasting competence in a decade, securing lifelong independence.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Charley Murphy
Cincinnati Enquirer
Thomas H. Ince
Charlie Weeghman
Chicago Federal
Modern Needs in Education and the Question of Real Americanism
A New York Medical Journal writer asks if a boy educated in a private New England boarding school and four years in a costly university dorm makes a truly American figure. The piece contrasts private schools imitating English public traditions with calls for continuous readjustment to present realities, arguing progress and change have value. Ice Cream all winter at Obel's.
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New York Medical Journal
New England
New York Times
England
Cough Drops Trigger Fire Hazard Warning From Fire Marshal
State Fire Marshal Bennett cautions on chlorate of potash in cough drops after an Illinois incident. A man bought chlorate tablets for a cough, stored them with a safety match box in his pocket, rubbed them on the box coating, and started a fire that badly burned him. Chlorate of potash, a strong oxidizer in red phosphorus matches, can ignite when rubbed against match coatings. he urges keeping chlorate tablets and match boxes separate to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Illinois
Purity of Water Test via Sugar Clarification
The article describes a simple test for phosphate contamination in water. Fill a clear bottle with the sample, add sugar, seal, and place in sun for 2 to 3 days. If milkiness appears, phosphates are present and a full analysis is warranted before further use. Read the want ads on page 5.
Odd Bits of News From Several Towns
A Justice of the Peace in Sweyersville, Henry Miller, battered a defiant defendant and later was humbled when court adjourned. In Wisconsin a two year old boy survived two bear cubs and their mother, sleeping beside them in the woods. Cincinnati reports a secret 100‑man Ministers Assn to monitor youths at dances and other venues. Fort Smith, Arkansas enforces a new prohibition law with fines for saloon keepers, while the mayor questions closing saloons under current conditions.
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Sweyersville
Henry Miller
Fifield
Wis
Baby Ball
Here
Fort Smith
Ark
Read
Ship Yards Are Booming Amid Naval Expansion
The New Republic reports a sudden boom in American ship building from Bath to Newport News. By year’s end 1914 many yards run at full capacity with orders for 48 ocean vessels and negotiations for 60 more. A British firm ordered two ships, signaling a broader expansion into passenger, freighter, tanker and oil carrier construction.
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Bath
Newport News
Virginia
New Republic
Bring It Back Day and Pay Up Week Sweep the Midwest
A Kansas Wisconsin rivalry on quirky fiscal rules features Bring It Back Day in a Lacrosse area town called Waukon where borrowers must return items or face marshal enforcement. Kansas runs Pay Up Week urging restitution from debtors and property borrowers across the state.
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Kansas
Wisconsin
Lacrosse
Waukon
New England Hotel for Rent in Homewood Illinois
Modern hotel with steam heat offers 22 bedrooms two dining rooms a lunch room and wash room. Located at Henry Gottschalk Homewood Illinois contact Telephone Homewood 280 for details.
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New England Hotel
Henry Gottschalk
Homewood
Ill
News Box Quiz: Why Not Use This Week
A lighthearted item questions the value of an upcoming News Box feature, inviting readers to weigh its relevance and appeal this week.
Grand Opera Burlesque at Persimmon Ridge is Staged
The sixth Dalton Lecture will present a musical burlesque of Lohengrin titled Grand Opera at Persimmon Ridge. The event features the Interurban Opera Company with waxworks and dazzling costumes. Admission to reserved seats opens March 24 at Lund's drug store, 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
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Lincoln Avenue School
Richard Wagner
South Holland
Globe
Wagner
Frederick
Brabant
Gottefried
Elsa
Lund
Dogs Help Each Other at Sydney Horse Trough
A Sydney suburb report recalls two water spaniels thirsty at a horse trough. Neither could reach the trough, but one stood under its edge while the other stood on the first dog’s back to drink. After finishing, they swapped roles and left content. Dawn.
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Sydney
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