Immunization Drive Aims to Shield Iowa Children
The Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers and the State Board of Health launch a diphtheria immunization campaign across the state. Director Henry Albert reports 75 percent of two bulleted communities to complete the program. Miss Belva Swalwell leads effort on the School Health Appraisal Form, now sought by the American Child Health Association for publication in health programs.
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Iowa Congress of
Faruts
Iowa State Board of Health
Kich Dx
Henry Albert
de. Steelsmith
Belva Gwatwell
Vinin
Iowa Congress of Prrents and Tetclers
Iowa
Whistler and Rossetti Museums and Morbid Tastes
The passage describes Whistler pawning items to buy wine and rare porcelain while Rossetti pursues old furniture and Japanese bric a brac. His house is a mixed museum and menagerie with raccoons and other creatures among manuscripts and art, including a raccoon that nibbled manuscripts.
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Whistler
Rossetti
Unike Whistler
Roy Soft
Odd Expressions That Had Humorous Origin
Kansas City Times reports on playful language origins. It notes words like Mimsy and Chortle, coined in humorous contexts, and mentions Spoonerisms cited by Dr Frank H. Vivetelly. The piece recounts misheard phrases used in public speaking and a courtroom witness describing a bemused misstatement.
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Lewis Carroll
Frank H. Vivetelly
William Archibald Spooner
Kansas City Times
Act of God in Law Applies to Natural Causes
The article defines Act of God as accidents from natural causes without human intervention, unforeseen despite care. It notes lightning, earthquakes, tempests as examples and cites a severe storm delaying railways. It also mentions frozen fruit in transit as act of God when carrier delay is proven.
Knightly Armor Weight Variations in Fifteenth Century
The text notes Gothic armor weights differ by specimen with examples from the Metropolitan Museum of Art weighing 49, 58 and 85 pounds. A Henry VI suit at the Tower of London weighs 4 pounds and a jousting armor at the Tower of London weighs 108 pounds, described as a temporary defense in the military sport of jousting.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Parla
Vienna
Henry VI of
Engand
Tower of London
Tower of Lanson
Ume
Questioned Course Etiquette Before Women Championship
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a pre championship scene where a course, crowded by practicing women, sparked disgust from an old man who was refused admission for two hours. He proclaimed the club was for gentlemen only, prompting a witty reply about eligibility from a nearby observer.
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London
Unclear office secrets at a lax executive post
A fragment from a Saturday Evening Post piece recalls a secretary’s disillusion with a lax executive, noting the secretary quit after discovering the boss misrepresented his title and worked few hours while others endured long lunches.
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Securities
Saturday Evening Post
Public Library Readers Debate Book Themes
A fragment from the Indianapolis News shows a delicate child asking for diverse titles and learning tools. The remarks reveal readers debating content and vocabulary while requesting stories about figures like Queen Elizabeth and topics such as mythology and language.
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Public
Gia
Indianapolis News
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