Foundling hospital in New York safeguards thousands of babies
A marble statue observes a doorway where mothers relinquish infants in a New York Foundling hospital. Each year nearly 2,000 babies enter the cradle, with 500 adopted by private families and 1,200 cared for outside. The institution catalogs weight, health, and progress while agents place children nationwide.
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Foundling Hospital
Foundling
New York
Foundling Home
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
America
Europe
New York Foundling Home
Trousseaus
Department of Charities
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Infants Science Academy
Baltimore
Nebraska
New Orleans
Foundling Hopital
Eastern College
Asylum
Defends Ohio School Heads at Round Table Meeting
Dayton, O. Senator Yount, author of the Text Book Bill, faced a sharp rebuttal from E. B. Cox, Xenia Schools chief, who accused the senator of misquoting him. The group endorsed the State School Commissioner’s opposition to the Yount measure and to State Uniformity of School Books.
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Ohio
Senator Yount
House of Representatives
E. B. Cox
Xenia
Cox
Yount
Spectacles for Soldiers Improve Marksmanship Across Regiments
The Lancet reports in 1907 army medical examinations that spectacles lifted many third-class shots to higher classes. In regiments including the First Northamptonshire, First Queen's, First Oxfordshires, First Cameronians, and Royal Scots Fusiliers, several soldiers improved classification after ophthalmology work. The Indian government provided free glasses to those in need.
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Northamptonshire Regiment
Queen’s
Oxfords
Cameronians
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Government of India
Remembered His Dignity in Santo Domingo Tale
An American mining engineer recounts a two day horseback trek from the coast to a Santo Domingo mine. A porter refuses entry to town with a pack, saying he cannot compromise his dignity as a general of the republic by acting as a peon.
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Legion of Army “Generales
Cook
A Land of Hunters in Germany Famed for Shooting
Ballya Magazine notes Germany with 600,000 sportsmen holds roughly one gun per 100 people. Annually about 400,000 hares and millions of game birds fall to the gun, totaling 25 million kilograms and valuing licenses at 7,500,000 marks.
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Bally
King Edward's Many Titles
Edward VII holds multiple royal and noble titles including king of the United Kingdom and Ireland defender of the faith and emperor of India. He is duke of Cornwall, Rothesay, Saxony, and other peerage holdings with historic claims and ceremonial roles across Britain and beyond.
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Edward VII
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Duke of Cornwall
England
Duke of
Germany and Canadian Wheat Trade Rise With Canada
A Winnipeg dispatch notes Germany seeks Canadian wheat to feed imports as new trade deals reduce restrictions. It cites U S interest in Canadian wheat amid rising U S production and population, with many American farmers benefiting from Canadian yields and land sales. The piece urges timely migration to the Canadian West, where land can be bought cheaply and will double in value soon.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Germany
United States
Canada
John Munter
Eyebrow
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
Pennypacker on Divorce Humor at Philadelphia Dinner
Former Governor Pennypacker argues at a Philadelphia dinner that divorce stems from imperfect human nature and jokes about a Bucks County farmer who would seek a divorce only if his wife allowed it. He warns that life is an eternal compromise with ideals.
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Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Bucks County
Easy Task Soap Promoted as Sterilizer and Cleaner
The ad urges clean cooking vessels and tableware as key to health. It claims Easy Task soap sterilizes and cleans, drives away germs and dirt, and advises showing the wrapper to a family doctor for endorsement.
Prefers the Widower
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a choice between a rich bachelor and a rich widower. The widower is preferred as he may yield without resistance, while the saying also observes that a fool and his money are seldom parted by the same method twice.
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Maye
Cleveland Leader
The Important Problem of a Laxative Choice
The Important Problem facing anyone needing a laxative is finding lasting benefits from proper healthy living aided by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The combination cleanses the system gently and promptly without irritation, favored by families. Buy only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product for benefits physicians approve and millions have trusted.
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