Beatrice Rotary hears Nebraska feeblemindedness talk
Dr. L T Sidwell, superintendent at Nebraska Institute for feebleminded youth, spoke on causes of cretinism and mental defects. He warned against marriage of feebleminded individuals and noted 800 inmates at Beatrice. State welfare fights unlicensed druggists and poisons sales with fines and inspections.
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L. T. Sidwell
Nebraska Institute For
Beatrice Rotary Club
Beatrice
State Department of Public Welfare
Women entering spring primaries across Midwest states
The article notes rising female candidacy in the Midwest as filing closes. One woman seeks Ohio governor on the Republican side while Indiana Illinois Minnesota show women running for U S Senate. Illinois lists sixteen women for state lower house, Iowa one for state legislature, Nebraska two, Indiana six.
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Middle West
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
United States
Iowa
Nebraska
Ownership of Public Utilities By U S Investors
About 34 million Americans hold stocks and bonds in electric light and power firms, nearly a million in gas, 13 hundred thousand in electric railroads, and 650,000 telephone security holders. Some railroads also provide light and power. Steam railroads have 960,000 stockholders and 1,074,600 bond holders.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Detective protests over sweetheart quip at hotel
A Chicago detective ejected a Indianapolis couple from a hotel after overhearing the husband call his wife sweetheart. The couple sought $25 000, but the jury awarded $9 000. The piece questions the detective’s attitude toward domestic terms of endearment.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Diller
Darling
Dearie
Life spent in destitution away from small life joys
The subject spent the majority of his life in surroundings wholly lacking the small comforts that give life value. The emphasis centers on enduring poverty and deprivation amid a world missing simple pleasures.
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Point
Sunday Suit and Old Time Clothiers Echo Loss of Traditions
A nostalgic piece laments the disappearance of the Sunday suit as an emblem of frugal era culture. It recalls economy, shared rituals, and the social fabric tied to weekly dress, while contrasting modern trends with earlier habits and values.
Why Waters of Ocean Vary in Their Color
Color changes in coastal waters arise from shallow vs deep bottom colors, sand hues, and abundant microscopic organisms. Phosphorescence can light rope hanging water, with sunlight effects creating a rainbow in the Bristol Channel as Turner painted seascapes.
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Bay of
Loango
Tibet
France
Great Britain
Bristol Channel
Turner
Easy to Discover the Moral in This Story
Harry Raymond of Los Angeles sails to San Francisco and shares his stateroom with an old man in need. The encounter reveals Samuel Harrison, Raymond's maternal uncle, and that another uncle, Henry Harrison, left about 500000 dollars to Raymonds mother who is dead, making Raymond rightful heir.
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Harry Raymond
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Harry
Samuel Harrison
Raymond
Henry Harrison
Band
Pathfinder Magazine
Attar of Roses Production Regions and Uses
Attar of roses is not produced commercially in the United States. It is chiefly produced in Bulgaria and in France and to some extent in India. Attar of roses is used principally for perfumery. The water remaining after distillation is rose water and is largely used for culinary purposes.
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United States
Bulgaria
France
India
Increased Orthodox Limit Foreshadowed by Foe Farrell Passage
A Boston Transcript quotation notes a paradoxical calm in elders as the text shifts to discuss the aging milestone of one hundred and thirty years. The observation appears in a literary extract from Foe Farrell by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
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Farrell
Arthur Quiller Couch
Boston Transcript
Hidden Fiji course marked by living shriveling plants
A popular Fiji golf course reportedly uses a line of delicate sensitive plants as course markers. The plants wither upon touch, creating a touch sensitive boundary that eliminates lost balls and settles direction without risk.
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Fiji
Abyssinia the Hermit Nation Becomes World Spotlight
A report by the East Africa educational commission, distributed by the Phelps Stokes fund, calls Abyssinia a mysterious yet resource rich empire now entering world affairs as a League of Nations member. It notes population estimates from 4 to 10 million, its independence from European control, vast temperate cultivable lands, and strategic position near Egypt and European colonies. The piece tracks Menelik’s dynasty, the 1908 death, 1916 deposition, and the current empress with Ras Tafari as regent, highlighting Abyssinian Christian Coptic heritage.
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New York
Abyssinia
Africa
Educational Commission
East Africa
Phelps Stokes Fund
League of Nations
Egypt
Menelik
Ras Tafari
Solomon
Sheba
Bank Balance Sheet Highlights and Real Estate
The report lists Loans and discounts overdrafts banking house furniture and fixtures and other real estate totaling 42 224 39 in Bankers Conservation Fund. It shows due per national and state checks and items of exchange 78 58 and cash in bank 6 799 10 with directors noted.
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Conservation Fund
Nat'l
Eee
Oeyecuspesens
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C. Hutchinson F. Hartzel
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Fanbury
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H. R. Royle
Elerbeck & Hale
Beatrice, Nebr
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D.swift &Co
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
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Weeg
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