London official mother to nineteen score of children
Miss EF E A Beattie serves as the public trustee’s human guardian in London overseeing the welfare and finances of 384 children. She travels nationwide solving homes and education problems, matching youths to careers, and resolving guardianship disputes with sympathetic firmness.
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E. E. A. Beattie
London
EF. E. A. Beattie
Misa Beattie
St. Clement's Finn
Miss Beattie
England
Towels Declared Barbaric at Michigan College of Mines
The Michigan College of Mines in Houghton bans towels as relics of barbarism while soap remains allowed. Students dry hands on large sheets of paper and discard them after use.
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Houghton, Mich
Michigan College of Mines
Water Under Texas Supply Shows No Signs of Exhaustion
San Antonio reports artesian beds underlying southwest Texas from 600 to 2000 feet yielding sustained flows. Drillers have tapped deeper horizons for millions of gallons per well, with some lower strata delivering higher heads than upper layers. Geologists cite increased intake with greater demand, and San Antonio’s system shows no drop in city supply despite many wells at the same level.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Dimmit
Brundage
City to Save Many Babies in Chicago Health Drive
City officials launch a baby saving campaign in Chicago with the county clerk sending birth lists daily to the health department. Pamphlets to new parents outline diet and sanitation to prevent contagious diseases. Efforts also target clean milk and preventing diphtheria and scarlet fever as warm weather increases child interactions. A negligent neighbor is described as very dangerous to public health.
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Chicago
Chicago Health
Health Department
United Charities of Chicago
Rockefeller Gift Reported for Transcaucasia Tuberculosis Sanitarium
New York dispatches say John D. Rockefeller donated a large sum, reportedly 500000 dollars, to establish a tuberculosis sanitarium at Abbas-Tuman in Transcaucasia. Rockefeller offices at 26 Broadway declined to confirm the report.
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New York
St. Petersburg
John D. Rockefeller
Abbas-Tuman
Transcaucasia
Rockefeller
Broadway
New York Bigamist Sentenced to Nine Years for Twenty Four Wives
A New York man received a nine year term after being found guilty of having twenty four wives. The sentence ends a controversial case that attracted wide public attention and sparked debate over marriage laws.
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New York
Two Men Battle Giant Devil Fish Near Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington a 17 foot devil fish attacked a boat with Fred Nelson and a companion. After a brutal struggle using hooks oars and knives they freed the vessel and killed the creature. The 17 foot cephalopod was sold to the American Fish company and shipped to Japan for soup.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fred Nelson
Seattle
Point Defiance Pavilion
Vashon Island
Ne'son
Nelson
White
American Fish Company
Big Crane Fights A Man in Lake City Iowa
Henry Ackers shot a seven foot sand hill crane on the Coon River. Believing the bird dead he shouldered it toward town but the crane revived in western Lake City and struck him in the eye. Ackers fought the bird until his face bled and he nearly lost sight in both eyes.
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Lake City
Coon River
Henry Ackers
Ackers
Court Plaster a Preventive of Colds
An opera star sailing to Europe credits his winter cold-free record to external court plaster applied each night over his mouth. He asserts improper breathing causes many singer illnesses and believes this simple method explains his immunity. he notes whether others adopt it remains unmentioned.
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Europe
Passing Strange Digamist Shares Living Arrangements
A terse exchange notes a man living with two wives in the same house with no discord. The other speaker remarks that many things happen in this world citing two tenors who were chums in the same opera company.
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Sgame Opera Company
Noisy Nuisances And Simple Quieting Fixes
A columnist notes that drafts from ill fitting doors and windows disturb sleep. Small wedges, felt strips, soap on drawers and hinges, and oil on hinges and sewing machines can reduce rattles and creaks. The piece urges calm, practical fixes over frustrated reactions.
One Type of Religion in Modern Life
Rev Charles F Aked remarks at a New York luncheon that many treat religion like a jam closet scene. A boy in the anecdote steals jam from a pot while insisting he will become a saint only after death, illustrating misplaced piety.
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Charles F. Aked
New York
Jacky
Adee Plans Six Week Bicycle Tour of Southern France
Second Assistant Secretary Adee of the state department travels in Europe on annual vacation with United States consul general at Berlin Mr Thackera and Mrs Thackera. They will cycle through southern France for about six weeks and expect to return to Washington mid June.
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Adee
Europe
State Department
Thackera
United States
Berlin
Heads Empty Sparks Group Planning
Dialogue fragment shows Ella and Stella discussing a heads together gathering and whether there is something in it. No concrete actions, people, places, or events beyond the two named speakers.
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Ella
Stella
Interruption at Baltimore School Prompted by Boredom
A Baltimore schoolboy, son of a leading local businessman, told his father after classes that he wanted to quit. The father asked why and the boy, stifling a yawn, explained that school breaks up his day, though he enjoys going to class.
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Baltimore
Tommy
Harper’s Magazine
The Simple Shepherd and the Cockney Visitor
An amused Cockney holidaymaker in the Highlands boasts he could train sheep to follow him. An old shepherd retorts that the flock would imitate the leader ahead, unless they saw another sheep first.
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Highlands
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Washington
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Health Department of Chicago
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Hall
Devil Fish
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Bird
Continental Oil Company
Mitchells
Sir Philip Sydney
Jones
Bocker
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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