Health crusade notes and Red Cross work in Pocahontas townships
Health program details from Pocahontas County include school inspections, dental work, glasses fitted, tonsil removals, and weight gains. Miss Bonnstetter leads health surveys, questionnaires, and a drive for hot lunches, water facilities, ventilation, and hygiene. Red Cross chapter meetings discuss nurse hire and county-wide health efforts.
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Central’ Division
Jowa
Alee City
Taoghene
Iowa City
Hester
Pocahon
Clerk of Court
Woodward
Red Cross
G. Elizabeth Reynolds
Northern
Iowa
The
Pocahontas. Womans. Club
Avith
of Sacred
Heart School
Pocahontas
Health Crusader
Bonnstetter
Saime
Des Moines
Miss Bonnstetter
Pocahontas County
American Red Cross
T. I’. Lynch
The Teaching Spirit in Training Schools
Principal Olive Jones of New York City argues that training schools must instill in teachers a deep spirit for their work. She says pride in the profession and belief in teaching as a life career drive teachers to perform their duties, and that diplomas should be refused to those who lack this spirit.
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Olive Jones
New York
City
Mutes Hold Congress in Gesticulation Dense Rome Meeting
The first national congress in Rome features 40,000 delegates and silent debate as Italian speakers rely on finger signs. The assembly pushes for compulsory free education for all, with eloquent speeches but no verbal sound.
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Rome
Deat Andeumb
Polar bears in circus act captivate crowds with daring stunts
The World Bros circus brings polar bears from the frozen north to Rolfe on May 14. The bears weigh about 800 pounds and perform a chute slide, with daily baths and special food including bread soaked in milk. Tenants reveal the animals require strict care. eight open dens parade through the street with twenty clowns led by Kenneth Waite.
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Bros. Citcus
Rolfe
North
Globe
Kenneth Waite
Charlie Chaplin
Ady
Havana Cabs Run on Rum Fueled by Molasses Byproduct
A Scientific American report says Havana taxis use denatured rum as fuel, costing 80 percent less than gasoline. Cab fares drop to 20 cents as mayor approves the move to popularize rum powered travel amid a molasses surplus. Jamaica plans a Kingston plant to convert rum into industrial alcohol with an initial 800000 gallons shipped to Canada and beyond.
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Scientific American
Havana
Jamaica
Kingston
Canada
Beebe Plain Post Office Straddles Two Countries
The Beebe Plain post office sits exactly on the U S Canada boundary, half in Vermont and half in Quebec. The two nations share the postal service as the cellar connects the countries and a boundary marker stands outside. In the past whisky crossed the line via the building without leaving the roof, and a man once relocated the post to secure a roadway to his property, costing thousands of dollars and much time.
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Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
United States
Canada
Causes of Climatic Change and Early Canopy Theories
The article explains Tyndall's early idea that thin gas envelopes in the atmosphere could trap heat. Wheeler expands on this, proposing external rings or belts of matter forming climatic belts that descend as dust, shaping glacial periods. It notes how primitive man might have seen such clouds as serpents encircling the earth.
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Tyndall
Wheeler
Warning tale of a South Dakota paper delivery chaos
A man refuses home delivery angering his son who borrows a copy. A bee hive incident, barbed wire injury, cow in a cornfield, cream spilled on kittens, a set of teeth lost, a carpet ruined, a baby in the parlor, a daughter elopes with the hired man, eggs broken, and calves tearing nightshirts. Sympathy for the girl remains.
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Powhatan Township
Sherman
Saturn
Clinton-Garfield' Cemetery Association
G. A. R. Monument
Bhp
F. C. Thomas
Fred
Buchanan
America
Europe
Texas Tommy
White Gox
Indy Virginia
Poodrane
Leo
Marshall Foch
Black Jack
Clemenceau
Miax Gabel
Steel Arena
Wild Animal Circus
Ann
Lion
Polar
Texas
Tommy
Fairyland
Shetland
Count ' Shouwoloffa
Boundary Line
State of
Province of
South. Dakota
A. V. Graeber, Rolfe
A. B. Symes
Rolfe, Iowa
Star Car
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