Children to be taught safety in schools this fall
Two million U S school children will begin accident prevention studies as part of curricula across major cities. Marcus Dow of the National Safety Council reports textbooks and programs to reduce fatalities. English, geography, math and civics will weave safety lessons through reading, posters, statistics, and civic agencies. Cities like Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis and others report notable declines in accidents after safety education.
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New York
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Cleveland
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Cincinnati
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Boston
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Baltimore
American Museum of Natural | History
Bait
Council
Costly oil fire hints at animal protection link
A report notes costly oil blaze exposing protections among animals and suggests a link to fire causes in modern times, stressing safety and environmental concerns.
Maryville woman sews 12 years to buy burial lot
Miss Anna Curless, longtime Nodaway County Infirmary resident, saved $25 over 12 years through quilt making to purchase a cemetery lot in Miriam cemetery. She aimed to spare future medical dissection and recalls her years at the farm, reading to pass time, with a life viewed as contented despite hardship.
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Maryville
Anna Curless
Imate
Nodaway County Infirmary
Miriam
Miss Curtess
Miss Curless
United States
Stirless
Span of Life Lengthens By More Than Three Years
United States life expectancy rose by about 3.3 years in 1921, the lowest death rate on record, per a National Health council note. The American Public Health Association plans hearings in Detroit and Boston on life extension and early disease detection. Officials urge a birthday medical checkup to catch hidden impairments.
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Ni Nona Heath Council
United States
Esas Bureau
American Child Health Association
Detroit
National Health Council
American Public Health Association
Doston
American Social Hygiene Association
St. Louis
National Meath Council
Wedding of Vincent Johnson and Elizabeth Hally at St. Mel's
Chicago police report a celebration after Vincent Johnson wed Elizabeth Hally at St. Mel's church. An officer detained Johnson as he left the ceremony with his bride. a car theft incident and false fire alarm were noted nearby. a pulmotor crew attended a reports of overheating during the reception.
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Chicago
Vincentsohnson
James Una
Maxwell Street
Elizabeth Hally
West Adams Street
Follee
Vincent Johnson
Fillmore Street
St. Mel's Church
Captain McGuan
Jason
West Adams
Vincent Johinson
Aire
Johnson’s vow to elude cops at a nuptial site
A report notes Johnson saying he would go to a place where “bone headed, gas-footed coppers” would not interfere with a man’s wedding. The remark hints at evasion of law enforcement around a planned nuptial.
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Johnson
Bush saves dreamer who leaped from window in bush
Albert Paulson leaped from a second story window believing he was making a high dive. He landed uninjured in a large bush as onlookers, including several pretty girls, watched. His family was awakened by his yell upon landing.
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Bush
Dreamer
Sioux Falls
Albert Paulson
Paulson
Beating Luck Turned Tragic Death Drowns Self
Stanley Janik of Chicago spoke of bad luck and then plunged into the river and drowned. The drowning ended a personal crisis as rescuers searched nearby waters.
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Chicago
Stanley Janik
English Travel in Security Council Warns on Health Checks
A council warns that widespread health examinations could fulfill a prophecy about improving safety. The report notes only five deaths occurred among 1,180,479,000 English railway passengers in 1922, equating to one fatality per 237 million trips.
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Tandon
Enyslish
Sea Hero Given Medal After Two Year Search
Edward Kavanagh a 40 year old Jersey City able seaman received the seaman s valor medal for a heroism act on June 21 1920. Despite searches in Ireland and across the United States he was missing for two years. The rescue involved guiding a lifeboat to save the captain his wife and seven others from the foundering schooner William May amid heavy seas. The act was reported as known to President Harding and ordered by President Wilson.
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New York
Edward Kaanagh
Jersey City
Wilson
Kavanagh
Ireland
Harding
William ©. May
Six Great Ships Pile On Rocks In Devastating Sinking
A maritime disaster unfolds as six great ships strike rocks causing heavy loss of life estimated at twenty five dead. The incident details a deadly convoy mishap with destroyers and escorts overwhelmed by dangerous seas and hidden shoals.
Five Hundred Rescued After Dense Fog Sinks Navy Destroyers
A dense fog off Anacapa Light and a reef near Santa Barbara triggered a naval disaster. Twenty five destroyers were lost, the liner Cuba sunk, and survivors were brought to Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The flotilla, under Captain Edward Watson, struggled in heavy seas as crews fought to reach shore. Seventeen officers and sailors died, with many rescued and treated at local hospitals. The incident occurred during a practice cruise in rough waters near the California coast.
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Agnesto Light
Sam Miguel Island
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Los Angeles
Rena
San Franciada
California
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Chaunay
Fuller
Woodbury
Nicholas
Young
Kidward Watson
Dolphy
Mutyes
Marbara
Juskoa
Splicker
Joseph Slimak
Henry T. Kirk
Enrique Torres
Buchan
Harrison
Seddock
Salzer
Martin
Kirby
Grady
Ben Schank
Taylor
Overshiner
Duncan
Ray H. Morris
John Young
F. Rogers
Conroy
Hontswain
Peterson
Chauncey
Paterson
Saltfora
Special
Corps of
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Rgcons
United States to Scrap Twenty-One Battleships
Navy to sell twenty-one battleships for scrap under the arms limitation treaty ratified August 17. Vessels must be scrapped within 18 months, with first sale scheduled in early next month covering ships under construction at New York Mare Island and Norfolk yards.
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Washington
Batt Shine
Crniere
United States
Lmitation
Reaty
Navy Department
New York
Mare Island
Norfolk Navy Yards
Lightning Prank Shatters Window in North Illinois Street
During a wind and rain storm lightning struck a home on North Illinois Street. It tore out a window, entered a room leaving a crooked mark, broke a looking glass, and knocked someone unconscious via an electric wire. Two children in the room were unharmed and there was no fire.
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Inilis
New Money Designs Approved for U S Currency
Washington announces approval of new paper money designs after a year of study by the treasury. The change will affect all United States notes, silver certificates, and federal reserve notes up to $100 except the two dollar note.
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Rand
Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Federal Reserve
Birds Indispensable to Crops Says Insect Balance
The piece argues birds form a crucial check on insect pests, noting tree sparrows sparingly feed on pests while bluejays and kingbirds also prey on insects and eggs. Without birds, crops and orchards would suffer insect plagues that could threaten famine, despite the foxed hazards in bogs and swamps.
Hard to Find Habenarins And A Wet Foot Warning
A muddled note describes Habenarins as an orchid genus with about eighteen eastern species, citing Ni ture Magazine. It notes their preference for low moist ground and the need for willing risk of wet feet, then shifts to a garbled scene of a youth planning to visit a store company theater to buy tickets this afternoon, with stray lines about hearing and sighing.
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Niture Magazine
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