Chinese Women Study Health Campaign Gains Global YWCA Support
The American YWCA will back a Chinese health education drive as part of a World Service program. Dr Kuhn lectures in the U S on needs of Chinese women for a campaign spanning the YWCA network in the United States and abroad. Funds aim to raise 3 million dollars for women’s service worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W
China
Amelia Y W
World Service
Ida Kahn
Peking
Sted Cross
Dave
Social Service
Ching
Chin
Kuhn
United States
South Americ
Japan
India
Europe
Chinese Women Demonstrate Financial Prowess in YWCA Campaign
In Tientsin Chinese women carried the YWCA budget in ten days, beating the usual three week period. The advancement committee set a required sum and Chinese women surpassed it with a large surplus, challenging views on Chinese female financial capacity.
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Tientsin
Avance
World’s Women in China and Industrial Conditions
The piece notes 200 million Chinese women in industry facing low wages and long hours, with many employed in silk mills and textiles. It describes high female labor participation in Shanghai and Canton, hours from dawn to night, and efforts by the National Young Women's Christian Association to improve conditions through new factories, recreation, health lectures, and education for workers.
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Shanghai
Weilyers
Wieht
Canton
World Service For Women
National Young Women's Mheistian Association
China
Y W G A Students Teaching in China
The article notes efforts by the Y W C A to improve China’s health by training female medical directors. A Shanghai normal school for physicw directors was established in 1914 with nine graduates and Miss Ying Mei Chun as dean. Graduates teach in schools from Canton to Peking.
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Wut
Chinese Medical Association
Netter Neal
China
Ciivision Association
le Nealth
Chin
Shianghai
Ying Mei Chun
Wellesley School of Physical Education
Canton
Peking
Japanese Doctor Attends W G A Conference as Official
Dr Tomo Inouye of Tokyo treasurer of the National Committee of the YWCA Japan and medical inspector for girls in Tokyo schools led as the sole Japanese delegate to the WWGA International Conference of Women Physicians. She notes about 500 women physicians and 400 women medical students in Japan, with activity in public health and recreation in Tokyo during September and October.
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Tomo Inouye
Tokyo
Japan
Young Women's Christian Association
Thouye
Inouye
W. G. A. International Conference of Women Physicians
Tome Inouye
Conference of Women Physicians
Roosevelt Letters Reveal West Point Debate On Son’s Career
Private readings of Theodore Roosevelt’s letters to his son discuss whether the heir should join the Army, Navy, or pursue civilian life. Roosevelt argues that West Point offers discipline and broad training, while warning that military service may limit independence and suggesting civil life could better suit his son’s energy and common sense. The note cites Captain Mahan’s view and reflects Roosevelt’s emphasis on individual suitability and opportunity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
NAVY
Roosevelt
West Point
Inginger
Santiago
Nyer
Exploding Myth About Nonpartisan League and Local Trade
The piece debunks claims that the Nonpartisan League aimed to destroy local business in the Northwest. It cites Bradstreet's report showing loyalty lower in the region and argues the League’s growers faced retaliation from rival chain stores. It criticizes Garfield’s coal policy and accuses officials of inconsistency.
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Wil Il
Logie
Bradstreet
Levene
Dikolu
Mtn
Fimers
Ten Million Rounds Fired by Marines at Rifle Ranges
The Inspector of Rifle Practice reports Marines fired ten million rounds in the last eleven months from rifle ranges. In 1918, 19 States and ten foreign countries and possessions saw Marines qualified as marksmen or better, including Ireland, Liberia, China, France, Germany, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti, the Azores, and Nicaragua.
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Washington
I. G
Marine Corps NI
Ireland
Liberia
China
France
Germany
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Halt
Azores
Nicaragua
The Snow of Christmastide and Political Bluster
A fragmented verse about winter scenes and Christmastide shifts to a garbled rant suggesting Republican senators are keeping up the wire to let the GOP claim credit after the next election. The passage mixes seasonal imagery with a stray political jab amid unclear attributions.
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Hank
May
G.O. P
First Aid For Burns And Chemical Exposure Guidance
Instructions describe washing corrosive exposures with water, adding vinegar or baking soda for alkalis or acids, and treating facial burns with warm water and a homemade mask. It outlines wrapping neck burns, cooling burns with cold fluids, and applying oils, plasters, or baking soda solutions, plus general care and cautions.
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America
Bain
Aga
Hir Ida Kahn
Y. W. C. A. Campaign
Shanghai Cotton Mills
Y. V
Garfield
Garfeld
Wigel
Se Willis Boyd Alle
Farm Journal
Jesus Candy Agnembe
Jesus
Fay
Seattle
Wash
Roberts County
William F. Miller
Miller & Jenson Meat Market
Sisseton
Miller
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
Skunk
Mink
RED Fox
Otto Hoy
Sisseton, So, Dak
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