Girard College and Stephen Girard’s enduring legacy
A Philadelphia sesquicentennial exposi tion theme highlights Girard College’s 78 year history serving over 12 000 orphans. The piece traces founder Stephen Girard born 1750 in Bordeaux, his rise as a financier and patriot, and the college’s purpose to educate orphans without sectarian influence while noting his will and legal battles.
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Dickinson Sherman
Philadelphia
Congo
Girard College
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Stephen Girard
Iis
Dickens
Girard Callege
Humen Ebigma
New Nation
Bordeauxs
France
Piila-delphia
Mary Lam
Pennsylvanin Hospital
Ankh Sever
AMS Tauoisteel
Orient
Voltaire
Trousseau
Girard
City Hall Plaza
Yellow — Tower
Hig
Hig Lille
United States Bank
Girari
New Waogland
Galletin
John Jacob Astor
Will
Tevedle
Moankind
Supreme Court
Daniel Webster
Girard School of
Webster
First Passport History and Its Modern Form
The first U S passport was issued July 8 1798 and was a simple printed form. Modern passports are elaborate, engraved on linen bound paper with the State Department seal and a coat of arms.
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United States
Department of State
Tae
Italy's New Automobiles Decline in Private Car Ownership
Italy shows 44 000 private motor cars owned nationwide last year a figure little more than double the prewar level. Ambulatory motors and lorries appear in the data, signaling a gradual recovery in automotive assets despite wartime losses.
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Italy
Umblic
New Box Shaped Tool With Cut Holes Feature
A new box shaped tool introduces feature cutting minute holes with miniature circular cuts. The design emphasizes compact form and integrated hole pattern capability for precise work.
U S Bureau Cuts Infant Death Rate
The Children's Bureau reports 1924 state achievements under federal maternity and infant welfare act cooperation with 43 states plus Hawaii. It details prenatal and mothers classes, child health centers, and clinics, noting ongoing activities to reduce infant mortality and improve nutrition and postnatal care amid comparisons to international rates.
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Washington
Children'’S Bureau
United Staes Department of
Vermont
Louistan
Rhode
Wittlermothers
Nisses
Children’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
Del
Grace Ablett
Chilren
United States
Australia
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
New Zealand
Little Girl's Duck Auction Raises 540 for Charity
Ten year old Warren girl Eva Bora donated a duck at a chest fund luncheon. The duck and seats fetched 85 and 20 dollars, while the auctioneer's takings totaled 540 for the community fund. Buyers surrendered the item and the duck was returned to Eva.
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Warren
Ohio
Noted Secession Document Found in Ohio South Carolina relic
A long lost December 1860 South Carolina ordinance of secession resurfaced in Stubbusky Ohio. Judge William L. Messier holds the document, believed tied to a broader controversy. Reportedly examined by Congressman James Seys, with libraries and officials in Washington and Charleston involved in provenance.
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Stubbusky
Ohio
South Carolina
Commer Pleas
William L. Messier
Dedst
James Seys
Washington
Trutseums
Indidge Flesinger
Congressional Library
Begg
St Atler Lincoln
Columbia
S&c
Charleston
Meubinn
United States of America
Sundy
Doctor Lamb
Alang
Feder
Tee
Ground Air Defense System Tested Against Bombers
Washington reports a War Department antiaircraft test at Fort Tilgen with Mitchel field personnel to judge effectiveness against air targets. Findings say searchlights and listening devices help aim, but no method yet trains artillery crews. calls for a regular antiaircraft regiment and faster adoption of new 1923 weapon models and mobile trailers to boost air defense readiness.
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Washington
Ure
Fort, Sill
Okla
Camp Sparta
Wis
Genera Coe
Fort Monroe
Wight
General Coe
Coe
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Califonia
Chicago Journal
U.S
Sandusky, Ohio
Joe
Joe Bonome
Int
University City
Cal
Athens
London
Baye
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