Playgrounds Help Keep Boys Out of Trouble Across Nation
The year book from the Playground and Recreation Association reports 4 000 play grounds and centers in the U S aid youth, reduce crime and improve health. San Francisco police cite recreation as a crime deterrent while Portland and Bay City programs note fewer delinquents, smoother behavior, and less street accidents. Tacoma taught 1 000 children to swim in a week, Seattle saw 500 learn to swim, and pageants plus community singing spread nationwide with strong participation despite heavy snow.
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New York
United States
Playground and Recreation’ Association
San Francisco
Granville Lee
Portland
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Work promotion reports 442 percent gain last year
A paragraph notes work to improve relations among employees and employers and reduce drinking or disorderly behavior. It mentions many organizations promoting this effort and claims a 442 percent gain for the previous year.
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Elpful
Many Germans Quit Bathing Amid Fuel Shortage
Berlin reports a fuel shortage and government fuel controls have made hot baths a luxury. Citizens skip baths or endure icy sponges as homes remain cold. Families can afford hot water only about every two weeks and public baths close or raise prices beyond workers' means.
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Berlin
Germany
River Packet Days Recalled in Old Mississippi Rivalry
Memories of Mississippi river packets returning to service between Pittsburgh and New Orleans revive tales of long races and fierce competition among boat owners and crews. The Robert E. Lee and Natchez, famed for speed and poker, once rivaled to run New Orleans to St Louis in three days with no stops for fuel.
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Robert E. Lee
New Orleans
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Great River
Mark Twain
Robert H. Lee
St. Louis
Robert BE. Lee
Cannon
Leathers
Natchez
Treasure tale of buried church loot in Tahiti explored
A revived treasure legend recounts a Peruvian church looted during a revolution and buried on Pinaki Island near Tahiti. Survivors and later seekers, including Thompson in Sydney, pursue the coordinates while new Tahiti expeditions prepare to search. Athens records 300 days of sunshine annually.
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Peru
Papeete
Tahiti
Society Islands
Pinaki
Panana
Thompson
Killrain
Athens
Harding outline for world peace via naval holiday plan
President Harding proposes inviting nations to discuss disarmament and aims to lead a new peace group centered on a world court. A naval holiday and limits on armaments are core goals, though naval expansion amid a 1916 build program is expected to continue. Directors and Secretary Denby favor a large navy and doubt total disarmament.
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United States
Denby
Harding
League
Epictetus Quote on Gentle Justice and Benevolence
A reflective note urges personal consecration of gentleness justice and benevolence before pursuing public monuments to adorn a city. It cites Epictetus as the guiding source for civic virtue and ethical action.
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Epictetus
Old Fashioned Dumplings and Sweet Dishes From Pantry
A vintage kitchen section lists dumplings made from melted chicken fat milk and flour with nutmeg and eggs, Honeycomb Pudding with molasses and cream, a custardy Bake, an Emergency Dish using roast beef with potatoes, Shrimp Wiggle with cream sauce, and a Cherry Salad with white cherries almonds and marshmallows served on lettuce.
Unclear excerpt on condition draw cited by H W Reech
Fragmentary text references a condition draw and a person H W Reech er, but lacks explicit event, date, or location details to form a complete news item.
Easy Desserts From Simple Pantry Staples
A catalog of inexpensive dessert ideas including Graham Pudding Grapenut Pudding Trilby Cream Damson Pudding and Bread Pudding with simple steps and sauces. Recipes call for graham flour raisins suda cream pine apple damson preserves and marshmallows with optional lemon or vanilla sauces.
Tanlac testimonial from Seattle salesman credits recovery
T. J. Parker of Gately's Clothing Store describes severe illness with spells, bloating, gas, dizziness, and fatigue. After taking Tanlac he regains appetite, gains weight, strengthens, and returns to work, praising the medicine as restoring health. Sold by leading druggists.
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T. J. Parker
Saleman
Gately’s
Juneau St
Seattle
Wash
Taniac
Adv
Absence of Disease Isn’t Health You Need Vitality
Wholesome blood is the fountain of energy that fuels muscles and eyes. The ad touts S.S.S. as a fifty year proven remedy to enrich the bloodstream by removing impurities. It claims S.S.S. is a plant-based Indian herb compound still made in the traditional way.
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Spahn
Spohn Medical, Company
S.S.S
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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U. S. Navy
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New Party
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Juneau Street
Seattle, Wash
Goshen, Ind
Steadman
Beidel
Allen
Cochrane
Packing Co
Central Ave
Kansas City
Kas
THE
American Oil and Paint Coo
Euclid Ave
Cleveland
Epee
H. M. Haverbeck & Co
B'way
Kodak Films
de Luxe Studio
Hot Springs
Nat
Park, Ark
Swift Specific Co
Dept
Atlanta, Ga
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