Hospitals: A Life Saver For All Communities
An editorial urges recognition of hospitals as essential life saving institutions near and far. It argues timely access saves lives and hospital staff enable careful treatment. Communities should support non profit hospitals through endowment, new buildings, or discounts for the poor, to protect future lives. A note on the steel strike mentions rioting with some shootings, but no major disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Noal
Fountains of Youth and Ape Gland Claims Stir Paris
A fragmentary report notes Dr Serge Voronoff of the French Academy of Medicine touts an ape gland graft as a fountain of youth, claiming renewed vigor for a 66 year old. American surgeons also pursue similar ideas while cautions about hair color teeth and eye strength remain. A stray line references Senator Overman and a Wilson league treaty context amid the disjointed text.
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Serge Voronoff
French Academy of Medicine
Paris
Voronoff
Profiteers target easy marks and public rash to blame
Roger Babson warns profits rely on consumer complicity and costly tastes as a mob in Drumright Oklahoma drives out officials. He notes many people willingly pay inflated prices to display status while others profiteer by policy. He cites Russia and Italy as examples of public discontent and political leverage.
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Roger Babson
Roger
Drumright
Okla
Russia
Barnes Explains Why Wheat Embargo Remains in Place
Julius H. Barnes director of the United States grain corporation testifies before the agricultural committee that the wheat embargo is not lifted by the president due to fears of higher prices. He notes Congress or the president must end the embargo and discusses border wheat movements and grain corporation role in shipping regulation. The testimony cites 3,000,000 bushels moved from Canada, and estimates next year U S consumption at 670,000,000 bushels with 200,000,000 for export if the embargo ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Press
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Agricultural Committee
Congress
United States
Canada
Tannen
Barnes
Gronna
The
Grain Corporation
Captain Miss Katherine Harding to Wed Capt William R Deeble
Miss Katherine Harding daughter of the Panama Canal Zone governor will marry Capt William R Deeble. Deeble is stationed in the zone with a mine planter in the U S Navy.
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Katherine Harding
Panama Canal Zone
William R. Deeble
Deeble
Old Gardener Explains Year Round Asparagus Forcing
The article notes you can have asparagus nearly year round by using a large bed or four year old roots kept cool until forcing. Set in earth boxes near a heater in the cellar and water freely. New shoots appear as tender white spears after a short time, and some gardeners plant seed yearly for a steady supply. Growing vegetables in cellars can cut living costs.
Dr David Roberts Sentenced To One Year In Milwaukee
Dr David Roberts of Waukesha Wis was sentenced to one year at hard labor in the house of correction after conviction on two counts of statutory charges involving Grace Lusk who is serving a state prison term for the murder of Dr Roberts wife in Waupun.
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Milwaukee
Wis
House of Correction
David Roberts
Waukesha
Grace Lusk
Waupun
Roberts
Suit and Tailor Morals Birthed from a Courtship Tip
A light moral note suggests that when a young girl dislikes a suitor, the man should consider changing his tailor. The quip reflects social norms of grooming and presentation in courting ritual.
Shamrock and Stocker Mystery On Ship Race to Gnashon Inland
Chapter 11 of the serial shows multimillionaire Stocker hiding a secret basement recipe aboard the yacht Hole in the Water. Framed by rivals, he is locked in the brig as alliances shift and asks for release while others plot. The crew debates a renewed family crisis back home as dust and fallout from Dad’s furnace-cleaning spree loom.
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Hub Stooker
Shamrock
Stooker
Stocker
Watt Brankerhouse
Frankerhouse
Franker
Brooker
Josh G. Reene
Reene
Bim D
Hahbal
Chartepon
Charleson
Gerald B. Fitzced
Fitzced
Rett
Fitscecil
Feautien
Sister
Dad
Who Wrote This Dr Frank Crane 1919 Essay
This essay argues that liberty brings wisdom and moral progress, despite harsh initial effects. It cites Macaulay as the original author of a key passage and credits enduring truth over changing conditions, with Ruskin’s idea on beauty linking to lasting literary truth.
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Frank Crane
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Macaulay
Ruskin
Remington Founder Eliphalet Remington Born
The article notes the birth of Eliphalet Remington, founder of the Remington rifle works. It also mentions the 1886 unveiling of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, with the statue standing 161 feet above its pedestal of 155 feet, totaling 306 feet.
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Eliphalet Remington
Remington Rifle
France
United States
Bredloe’s Island
New York Harbor
Love a Little More Poem by Edmund Vance Cooke
A reflective 1919 poem advises turning from daily disappointments by loving others more. The verse urges embracing affection to ease sadness anger and hurt. It includes parenthetical cautions and copyright notes from N. BE. A.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Mary
N. BE. A
Notable October 28 historical deaths and events
On October 28 across years, Alfred the Great died at 61 after 28 reign years. John Locke and George II of Denmark died in 1704 and 1708. Lima suffered a mighty 1748 earthquake sinking ships and reshaping shores. 1776 White Plains battle involved 1,400 American and 4,000 British troops. Erastus Fairbanks, Vermont governor and scale inventor, was born in 1792.
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Alfred the Great
England
John Locke
George of
Denmark
Anne
Lima
Callao
White Plains
Washington
General Howe
Chatterton Hill
McDougal
Light Horse
Erastus Fairbanks
Vermont
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America
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New York
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Haltimore
Katherine
Shamlack the
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Newbride
Seattle
Puget Sound Savings © Loan Association
Pike Street
United
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