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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
3
Mrs Frederick Schoff president of the National Congress of Mothers urged a concerted effort to improve children's education along religious lines in an address before the Religious Education association at its annual Cleveland convention.
A satirical column by Goriine Lowe in the Country Gentleman mocks modern parenting fads. It contrasts today’s intense, studied approach with past simpler childrearing, joking about parenting manuals and the pressure to mold children into future roles.
A reflective piece recalls a childhood of quiet schooling, parental discipline, and domestic chores like tending turkey eggs and scrubbing chairs. The narrator describes how such tasks shaped a calm, patient self and delayed any disruption of individuality until it was ready to emerge.
A humorous exchange from a judge and boxers mentions a box containing a flag, two ballplayer pictures, a cardboard knife, a toy balloon and a puzzle. They debate how the cigarets smoke as one cuts them to test for a grand free cot or prize.
Miss Mary Coleman, a prominent New York lawyer and suffragist, led a graft fight in Harlem and exposed conditions in the city’s upper section. She has a well known reputation as a civic improvement fighter.
New York Times report highlights Lawrence Villiers, praised by Michael Mullen and George Cox for leading a national housing movement. Villiers and Mullen rent flats at eight dollars a month with private baths gas and water downtown, provide a flower garden and playground, and gift female tenants at Christmas with flowers candy and a turkey while consulting tenants before new admissions.
Omaha Neb March 35 Between 148 and 200 killed and around 350 injured as a cyclone and fire sweep a wide arc through Omaha and suburbs. Debris blocks streets, many homes wrecked, churches and schools damaged, with thousands of residences uninhabitable. City raises funds. state plans aid totaling 50 000 dollars.
Nearly 200 killed and twice as many injured as a tornado devastated Omaha and surrounding villages on Sunday night. Fires erupted across the zone, hampering firefighting and police response as troops from Fort Omaha were deployed. Suburbs Benson Dundes and Florence were nearly wiped out, with Webster Street station struck and girls among the dead. Governor Mors prepared to aid from a special train as damage spread toward Ralston and towns south of Omaha.
Reports describe a powerful tornado sweeping Omaha from behind the Public Club northward past Cuming Street to Lake Street and eastward along Lake, Oliv Maple Locust and Binney streets. The storm destroyed hundreds of homes, sparked fires, killed and maimed residents, and shut down utilities as police and Nebraska National Guard aided rescue efforts.
Omaha reporters confirm nine fatalities in and around Lake Maniwa and Mosquito Creek valley as storms topple homes along South Avenue near the Iowa School for the Deaf. The Rice nursery residence, Beno farm, and Poole cottage are among early confirmed losses with multiple injuries and widespread destruction. Ambulatory crews rush to treat the wounded. ambulances from city services converge on the stricken districts.
Lincoln Neb March 25 The tornado's path covered Omaha from the southern limits to Florence six miles north. The storm swept the western part along the Missouri river bluff but spared much of the eastern business district while heavily damaging the residential zone and Twenty fourth street where many retail stores and homes were lost. Numerous parks lie within the affected district.
The district vice commission hearings in Washington examined the social evil, urging higher wages for working girls and a minimum wage law. Prominent advocates called for education, female suffrage, and reform measures while debating bachelorhood taxes and the role of men in vice. Florence Crittenden representatives contested wage as the sole cause, noting many cases involve girls from affluent backgrounds.
Baltimore fire seared the Union Abattoir plant in southwest city area this morning. about 500000 in losses reported. Sixteen firemen trapped under a collapsing wall. Eleven seriously hurt and fourty more feared injured as rescue teams worked. In Greencastle Indiana Perth mining town near here hit by tornado last night, many injured, property losses estimated at 860000.
Reports indicate the Remsen board may be dissolved following conferences among Dr. Ira E. Remsen Secretary Houston and President Wilton. Officials declined to make speculative statements.
Washington today saw senatorials and state officials pressing for federal aid and a national conference on improving conditions for women. The Molinda commission will hold hearings with civic leaders, clergymen, and prominent society women to discuss a federal minimum wage and broader protections. Notable attendees included Mrs Edson Bradley and wives of diplomats, reflecting high society interest in reform.
Washington women urge DC families to curb dances like the turkey trot and smoking at events. They push early curfews, modest dress, no school-night invitations, and Sunday entertainment limits while backing Miss Juliana Lathrop of Chicago as children's bureau director.
Washington March 24 Williamy Moore chief of the Weather bureau resigned Saturday Secretary Houston accepted the resignation after a fall with President Wilson to become effective July 1 Moore, a Democrat, had been a candidate for appointment as secretary of agriculture Secretary Fowston said the weather bureau chief position is a presidential appointment with no civil service coverage and officials will seek the best available man of scientific ability and administrative talent.
Roxton March 24 nearly 100 Roa ton and Gloucester fishermen left to sail for Seattle to obtain berths on vessels operating in the halibut fisheries of the Pacific coast.
Washington reports President Manuel Bonilla of Honduras died in Tegucigalpa yesterday from kidney trouble. Vice President Francisco Bertrand immediately succeeded to the presidency as the public message notes long standing Bright’s disease.
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