Dr Mary Cartwright to Speak at Y M C A
Dr Mary Cartwright of the state health department will discuss the changing attitude of modern young men toward girls in a Sunday afternoon talk before Y M C A youths. The talk is part of a monthly series by the boys division, followed by an open forum.
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Mary Cartwright
State Department of Health
H. W. Korner
Boys
Cartwright
State Health Department
Ohio
Korner
Ohio prison reform commission findings and recommendations
The report urges expansion of probation departments and prison industries, higher nursing standards, and more educational facilities in state institutions. It notes large inmate populations, outlines maximums for several facilities, and calls for preventive efforts, tighter controls at London and reform schools, and surveys for the Soldiers and Sailors home. Commission members served without salaries, with Julius as chair and Dudley Blossom among others.
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State Department of Education
Ohio Penitentiary
Mansfield
Grafton Farm
London
Lancaster and
Delaware
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Massillon
Sandusky
A. B. Anderson
Proctor & Gamble
Dudley
Blossom
Grove Patterson
Toledo
Harry McLaughlin Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Labor
R. E. Miles
Ohio Institute
Columbus
Tiger Triumph Over Giant Python in Johore Battle
A tiger killed a huge 28 foot 9 inch python in Johore and dragged the carcass 220 yards into the jungle before partially eating it. The ground was disturbed and the tiger’s fur was scattered around the scene in a brutal clash between predator and serpent.
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Bombay
Johore
Chimney swifts and their life inside a chimney scene
A coloring lesson describes a chimney interior with soot, a brown and gray swift nest, and four white eggs. It explains swift behavior, flight, feeding on insects, nesting habits, and how swifts and swallows cluster near chimneys and water bodies. It notes their roosting in unused brick chimneys and historical use of hollow trees before chimneys.
Birds Return Northward Signal Spring Arrival
A brief natural history note describes birds returning to the southern shore, departing in early April, with winter ending in the first half of April. Insects emerge and swifts are seen overhead, while birds appear to act oddly, as if choosing roosting chimneys. The piece is attributed to The Daily News Feature Syndicate from 1927.
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Daily News Feature Syndicate
Lost dog answers blast of horn in New Orleans
In New Orleans, a rabbit dog named Ben owned by Frank Audibert and Paul Geary was missing for three months. Mrs Audibert believed she heard the dog near Bayou St. John. Audibert used a hunting horn the dog answered to, commandeered a skiff, rowed and blew the horn, and the dog was found on an island in the possession of two boys.
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New Orleans
Frank Audibert
Paul Geary
Audibert
Bayo St. John
Ben
Men Wear More Winter Clothing Than Women
Pullman Washington State College home economics instructor Helen K Robson says men live in tropical climates while women in Alpine atmospheres during winter. She notes men wear more clothes in proportion to their weight than women and more than animals, with the average man wearing about 15 pounds of clothing in winter while women wear roughly a tenth as much.
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Pullman
Helen K. Robson
Washington State College
French Cardinal Bets on Timed Weddings
Paris Cardinal Verdier declares matrimony a time trial ordering priests in his diocese to wait 15 minutes before starting nuptial mass. Brides arrive late or slip in for the ring as the queue of weddings endures. The rule, once lenient, now applies beyond Paris into surrounding countryside.
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Paris
Cardinal Verdier
Accident at sea births a long awaited reunion at sea
In Boston a rare family reunion followed an accident at sea that brought Skipper Ralph Ogilvie of the Marjorie Austin and his brother Hilton of the Peaceland together for Thanksgiving dinner. Their schooners had long operated on the Parrsboro route to Boston without meeting. The Marjorie Austin suffered bow sprit damage and fog storms disrupted its schedule.
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Boston
Ralph Ogilvie
Hilton
Marjorie Austin
Peaceland
Parrsboro
N. 8
Ralph
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Miss Carrie Jacobs
Lost Dog Answers
Blast OF Horn
Bill
CY. Guilecit
Broad Street
Elyria
NEW Coats
Delours
Soleil Felts
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