Mother's Day and the Maternity Care Crisis
Elmo Scott Watson discusses Mother's Day origins and the high U S maternal mortality rate. He cites 1927 international figures, notes 10 000 preventable U S deaths yearly, and profiles the national campaign led by Mrs John Sloane to push adequate maternity care backed by Hoover administration officials and medical leaders.
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Elmo Scott Watson
America
Congress
Woodrow Wison
United States
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Uruguay
Cca
Cease Sc
Byala Sevccsrcee
Seevee Etesnee
Bngland
Wales
Math
Ccsesisccsiee
Scotland
John Sloane
Maternity Center Association
New York City
White House
Hoover
H. S&s Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Grace Abbott
Italy
Denmark
Ralph W. Lobenstine
Frank W. Lynch
San Francisco
Carolyn Conant van Blarcom
Louis L Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Netherlands
Our Mothers and the Silent Line of Voters
A fragmentary poem reflecting on mothers, children, rain, and aging citizens. The speaker recalls a mother’s quiet care as children die and a distant, hopeful prayer rises for the future. The verse links memory with aging and a shift toward new voters and fading portraits.
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Efleet
Maceara
Swashbuckler Type Not Man of True Courage
Maj. Gen. J. E. Seely argues brave men are the romantic and thoughtful types, often musical and fond of poetry, who also love animals and children. He notes Victoria Cross recipients in WW I Canadian cavalry fit this profile, while unselfish courage proves decisive in desperate moments. The view is echoed by Sir Tan Hamilton and General Botha.
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J. KE. BR. Seely
Seely
Tan Hamilton
Botha
Kansas City Times
Durant Names World’s Greatest Poets in American Magazine
Will Durant lists Homer David Euripides Lucretius Li Yau-Pa Dante Shakespeare Keats Shelley Whitman as top poets with England represented thrice to America’s one. He notes Li Yau-Pa, born 701 in the Tang dynasty, as the preferred Chinese poet among about 2,300 Tang poets and claims a billion Chinese admire his verse.
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Will
Durant
Mr Durant
Homer
David
Euripides
Lucretius
Li Yai-pa
Dante
Shakespeare
Keats
Shelley
Whitman
England
America
China
Mr. Durant
Knew What She Wanted Stray Stories line exchange
A fragment from Stray Stories presents a brisk dialogue between a woman and Jim about love and money, hinting at tension over financial limits and enduring affection. The snippet centers on desire and reservation in a short interpersonal exchange.
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Jim
Modern Haig Home Question Triggers Garage Answer
Haig asks Where is your home Andhaig replies It is in the garage just now.
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Haig
Andhaig
Sometimes Loves Just a Fire and Marriage a Fire Department
A Collier's Weekly quip frames love as a blaze and marriage as the rescue, using a witty analogy to note romance and partnership amid social jokes.
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Collier's Weekly
Bayer Aspirin claims for headache and pain relief
A promotional message urges using Bayer Aspirin for headaches, fatigue, and various pains. It extols two to three tablets with water to stop discomfort, emphasizes genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer cross, and asserts safety and effectiveness for period pain and other aches.
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Bayer Aspiri
Ancient camera made by Mrs Elia Farrar Ricker in Maine
Mrs Elia Farrar Ricker of Lewiston Maine built an old fashioned camera thirty to forty years ago. It features a magnifying glass lens a side finder a weighted slide to expose a glass negative a hinged end for wooden plate holders and a leather covered body with a handle made from an old rifle stock.
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Elia Farrar Ricker
Lewiston
Maine
Precaution on Piano Noise Sparks Door and Key Action
Neighbors request that a loud piano be muted by closing the door. The door is shut, then the key is turned as a measure to reduce sound.
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Gales
Yverdon
Laws Didn't Count Cop Says Move On to Motorist
A brief street exchange has a motorist challenging an officer’s authority while traffic enforcement continues. The confrontation highlights law and order on a tense city beat and the officer’s response.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Credited as Liver Pills
An old advertisement claims Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate liver and bowels for sixty years. An optician cited as eye witness features in the snippet.
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Dr. Pierce
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Geomeone
Mra
J. Ernest Schiller
Philadelphia
Canada
Photographers’ Association of America
Joseph Gray Nitchell
Blanche Busby
Detroit
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Alcona
Pero Ana Neti
Dick Seeley
H.hetcher
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