Florida Rail Embargo Prompts All-Water Route Load
The S.8 Bennington of the Rutland-Lake Michigan Transit Co loads freight at Chicago’s Municipal Pier for Florida via lakes and the St Lawrence and Atlantic seaboard. The embargo on railroad freight to Florida except food has left Chicago firms short on household supplies, with the all-water route offering partial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. 8
Bennington
Rutland-Lake Michigan Transit Company
Municipal Pier
Chicago
Florida
Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Seaboard
Wheatland Girl Sets Local School Attendance Record
Citizens of Wheatland Wyoming cite Agnes Potter as the town’s best student record holder. Agnes completed twelve years of school without absence or tardiness and then taught in the same school for three years and two months, surpassing a Washington DC claim of eleven years and three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
Wyo
Washington, D. C
Agnes Potter
Candy and marriage blamed for candy counter habits
Quotations from the Providence Bulletin note that druggists say many married men are the best customers at candy counters and that it is suspected they eat two-thirds of the candy they buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Bulletin
Open Air Schools Bring Fresh Air To Help School Children
A 1926 discussion on the health benefits of outdoor schooling cites Dr. Hubert Work and the Elizabeth McCormick foundation. Open air education is praised for tubercular and malnourished children, rickets, anemia, and nervous or high-strung students, noting that fresh air and ventilation aid concentration and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Elizabeth McCormick Foundation
English Board of Education
Dogs as Carriers of Disease
An early article warns dogs can spread illnesses to humans through close contact. It notes tuberculosis diphtheria scarlet fever measles rabies worms and rare echinococcus infections from contaminated food and unclean hands. Emphasizes keeping contagious dogs away from the sick room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Sultan Qualifies as War Bulletin Writer
Former Gov. E. F. Dunne of Chicago recalls a French war bulletin tale where the caliph sits amid luxury as a vizier laments a split army. The caliph orders a bulletin announcing two armies now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan
War Bulletin
Abdel-Krim
Tanlac Vegetable Pills Promoted For Constipation Relief
Advertisement copy urges taking Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation, calling them produced and recommended by the Tanlac manufacturers.
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Baker’s
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Mowrazar
Canana
Free Farm
Portland Cement Association
Washi Street
National
Undergarment Products Co. Dept
W. 45Th St
New York City
Florida News
Lafayette St
New
Britain
Royal Artillery War
Hyde Park
London
Duke of York
Charles Sargeant Jagger
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Jersey City
William Wolfe
John Winthrow
University of Cincinnati
A. W. Trenholm
St. Paul, Minn
Omaha Railroad
Frederick R. Green
Health
Weste
Apaper Union
Joseph DeLarne
Tanlac
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
Paul Boner
Pitcairn Ave
Jeannette
W. H. Forst
Mig
Bloottdale, PA
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