Going After the Gold
Bob Pitcher and Thomas Leigh confront failures from a gold claim venture. Leigh admits ruin and the pair refuse retreat, proposing to finish the Homemaker project to repay investors, with Pitcher challenging Leigh to scrimp and persevere rather than quit.
Varied Ways Men Carry Money Baffle Bank Teller
A Detroit News observation notes five customers at the downtown bank window using different methods to carry cash. From side pockets to vest pockets and a pocketbook, none shared a single habit, yet all illustrate why losses and thefts occur, the teller says.
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Detroit News
Austrian Church Builds Huge Kronluster Candelabrum
Devotion in Austria centers on a 25 foot high candelabrum blessed at Rosenkranz church Hetzendorf. The Kronluster weighs 1 1/2 tons and uses 120 electric lamps symbolizing victory of light over darkness. Funds were raised by a popular collection.
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Austria
Rosenkranz
Hetzendorf
Valley Forge as It Is Today A Patriot Shrine
J M R describes Valley Forge, its landscape and the Washington era scenes. The piece notes Abbeys painting in Harrisburg, the Continental Memorial Association owning the farmhouse since 1870, and features Washington Memorial Chapel with its carvings, the Cloister of the Colonies, and the Valley Forge site open to 800000 visitors annually.
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Alley Forge
Washington
Valley Forge
Schuylkill
Isaac Potts
Edwin Austin Abbey
Hall of Representatives
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Germantown
Congress
York
New York State
Schuyler
Gates
Burgoyne
Baron von Steuben
France
General Washington
Continental Memorial Association of
Toric Valley
Washington Memorial Chapel
Allies
Patriots
State of
Pennsylvania
Journal of the
National Education Association
Love and Letter Writing Intrigue Around Jerry Dawe's Letters
An organized, cautious bachelor, Jerry Dawe avoids social letters while overwhelmed by work. He seeks a stenographer to handle correspondence and ends up marrying a stranger who writes as his wife. The eight-page aunt letter reveals the partner’s deception and the couple’s life.
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Tangway
Leigh
Jack
Pitcher
Bob
Jerry Dawe
Jerry
Patricia Collins
Patricia
Mary
Rickets in Babies and Bright Solutions The Cure
The article explains rickets, its global reach in poor urban areas, and its causes insufficient food bad air and lack of sunshine. It details remedies including mothers milk proper cow’s milk fresh fruit juice tomato juice sun exposure and cod liver oil. A 1928 U S trial in New Haven tested cod liver oil orange juice and sun baths, curing many ill children and preventing new cases.
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United States Children’s Bureau
New Haven
Conn
Controlling Malaria Through Mosquito Control Efforts
The article argues malaria is caused by mosquitoes and emphasizes prevention by destroying breeding sites. It notes draining land and cleaning water as effective, oil spraying where drainage is impossible, and that state-led control is essential, citing the American Public Health Association report and the active states New Jersey Mississippi Texas Florida Alabama Georgia.
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American Journal of Public Health
Committee On
American Public Health Association
New Jersey
Mississippi
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
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