New Health Record for Industrial Populations
Statistics by Metropolitan Life Insurance for Q1 1927 show the industrial population death rate at 9.7 per 1000, the March rate 10.3 per 1000, a record low. Improvements cited include tuberculosis declines, fewer heart and liver disease deaths, but cancer deaths rise. Alcoholism deaths fell 14.0 to 150 and accidental alcohol poisonings rose. automobile fatalities rose for both white and colored policyholders.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Canada
Bright
All Play and No Work in Washington Offices Petition Half Day Saturday
The piece questions a Washington government office petition seeking a half day on Saturday while workers currently put in from nine to one. The writer debates whether the request means an extra half day or a shift in noon hour and jokes about broader hours or federal aides, imagining the President deciding on such changes.
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Washington
Vermont
Consistancy on Doheny Oil Controversy and Mexican Law
A government directive orders Doheny interests to pay 15 009 407 to the state for oil taken from Elk Lili naval reserve leases recently cancelled. The writer hopes Mexico enforces justice on Doheny and other Mexican affairs to fund education, criticizing efforts to defend Doheny at Elk Hills.
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Doheny
Elk Lili
Mexico
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
Nature Equalizes Disaster Across Regions
Storms and quakes and floods touch all areas, from western coasts to Florida to Mississippi and the Midwest. The piece notes disasters cross sectional lines, humbling readers with shared tragedy and the universal value of collective loss.
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Florida
Mississippi
Middle West
Century-Old Dates Mark Births Deaths and Events
A garbled mix recalls yesterday and today with births deaths and notable events. Mentions Catherine T Russia dying born 16s. John Peon signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina. Granville County death in 1788. Athens taken by Turks under Kintahi Pasha. British force under Captain Filliort preparing for Canton attack. Grant’s European tour. Seafree arrived in San Francisco from Liverpool in 112 hours. Queen Victoria foundation stone of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Pope canonizations in St Peter's Basilica before 60,000. a year ago today Academy of Music closing in New York City after 72 years. birthdays include Alfonso XIII of Spain and Princess Arthur of Connaught. Sir Ronald Ross born 70 years ago. Dr John W Abercrombie born in Alabama. Bishop Eugene R Hendrix birthday. King Alfonso XIII birthday and jubilee. modernized battleship Mazarta to be officially laid. Lenroot Taber musk and cream inspection bill moving toward U.S. entry. conventions opening today across multiple cities with various organizations listed. closing line quotes a poem about mourning.
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John Peon
North Carolina
Carolina Eminty
Granville County
Athens
Kintahi
Eyots
San Francisco
Liverpool
Victor
Vixtona and Albert Museum
St. Peter's
Academy of Music
New Fyoth City
Tod
Alfonso Miie
Spain
Madrid
Inday
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Apo Tod
Ronald Ross
John W. Abercrombie
Educaton
Alabama
St. Clary County
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Si Buren
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Fayette, Mo
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Anniversary notes mark historic milestones in stock and nations
The New York Stock Exchange celebrates its 133rd anniversary while Russia’s Catherine the Great receives distant reference on a day of remembrance. Norwegians worldwide observe the 113th anniversary of independence as church leaders greet faithful from Bishop Rucenekh’s see.
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Catherine 1
Russia
New York Stock Exchange
Rucenekh
Hendriz
Wishop
Postmaster Gantral New Coines Special Word Here
The text suggests a newly coined term come-at-able meaning approachable and ready to help. It notes the word’s origin as possibly Indiana in origin and hints at its use by a postmaster named Gantral New. The fragment mentions potential relocation or punishment to a distant place, with unclear context.
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Gantral New
Tears of Harlequin poem excerpt by Thedosia Garrison
Fragmented verse sketches praise and despair in poems about Harlequin and a performer. The speaker contrasts triumphant memory with moments of defeat and tears, highlighting sincerity and emotional reach in Garrison’s work.
Who's Who In The Day's News Capacity Of Panama Canal Declared Adequate
A fragmentary reminiscence by John F. Stevens The Panama Canal chief engineer born 1893 in West Gardiner Maine recounts career moves from U S railroads to top canal post and Siberian railway supervision He reflects on education and the canal project noting delays and future prospects amid unclear details and dates.
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Panama Canal
John F. Stevens
West Gardiner
United States
Stevens
Ltgn
Ruseni
Resata
Lumbago and Health Advice From Dr Frank TM
Health ad vice column urges readers to send stamped envelopes for replies while detailing rheumatic and lumbar spine issues. It discusses causes such as vertebrae irritation, toxemia, and improper alignment, and promotes manipulative therapy and systemic cleansing. Notes personal visits and community notices about local residents and club events.
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Cion
Chrys Cave
Lusbago
Mosiumvar
Phvete
McCoy
The Gink’s Claim on Reading Women’s Ages
A ventriloquized voice boasts a talent to reveal a woman’s age by sight, saying it can always predict age beyond her years and that disguise hides nothing. The speaker admits vanity and insists others cannot fool him about age, claiming accuracy in detecting age far ahead of reality since 1997.
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Tan
Lam
Br Repa Syndiate, Inc
Community Attends Grand Opera and Social Gatherings in Cleveland
The article notes Manneed Messrs Lous and Ber Muna and Wm Vansin at a grand opera in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium. It lists dinner guests including Frank Hrecken ridge and Bernard Cowley with Mr and Mrs Feward Wilson at Elvira. A Sunday visit by Mrs Earl Dein of Amherst is mentioned, alongside A J Carpenter and a Mother Daughter banque attendance, and a Friday night mishap where Albert Redmond’s child suffered a dental injury at school in a radio-affected report.
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Huguer
Lorain
Clement i Gratz
Marie
Carl Haven
Daugh‘ter Arlere
Elyria
I. XN. Haven
Carlisie
C. E. Haven
L. le Jones
Marr Rose
Floyd Jesniner
M. G. Rovertson
North Fairfield
S. C. Pierce
E WS Hathewar
William Summers
Ed Summers
Amherst
Burton Ross
Y. WC. A
Caroline ,Tildes
Cleveland
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Hennie
Fairview Village
Hazel Hawke
Cbette Reisinger
Kenneth Breed
Ridgeville
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Ars
A. EB. Martin
Ror Ward
Thomas Sampson
John Blaze
Dover
Stanley Mezurek
Texas
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Bert Brerler
M. Hopreed
Stewellyn Stranb
William Hennle
Fred Phelps
Albert Redmond
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