Illiteracy drops in Alabama and neighboring states study
A census survey cited by Sara L. Doran shows Alabama Arkansas Delaware and the District of Columbia posting notable literacy gains since 1910. Alabama fell from 22.9 to 16.1 percent unable to write and Arkansas from 12.0 to 0.4 percent while Delaware declines to 5.0 and D.C. to 2.8 percent. The report notes state funding limits hinder literacy efforts though rural white and Black populations still face high illiteracy in places.
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Washington
Sara L. Doran
Bureau of Education
United States
Alabama
Arkansan
Delaware
District of Columbia
Arkansas
United States Commissioner of Education
Arkansas i
Babylon Had Ré at Woes 4 000 B C Bulletin Says
A National Geographic bulletin notes that rental troubles and evictions are not new. Historic tablets from Babylon and Nippur show early contracts and land disputes were common, reflecting long standing housing strains across cultures and eras.
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Babylon
B. C
Bulletin
Washington
LD. CG
National Geographic Society
Japan
Persia
England
Lave
Nippur
Red Leaders Warn Peasants of Bolshevik Struggle
Helsingfors dispatch notes Bolshevik leaders urge peasants to back Soviet rule while reassuring city workers with conservative land policy. Lenin labels peasants uncertain, fearing a return of czarist forces if support wanes. Derevenskala Kommun rebrands as Village Truth appealing to peasants. Peasants welcome corn tax replacement and free trade.
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Helsingfors
Russia
Nikolai Lenin
Moscow
Derevenskala Kommun
Derevenskala Pravda
Village Truth
Plague Fighter Dr Yu Shu-fen Dies in Shan tung Campaign
Dr Yu Shu-fen died March 24 while aiding plague control in Shan tung. A young physician educated in China and Japan, Yu worked in Mongolia and Shansi during the 1918 campaign, according to Dr Charles W Young.
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Yu Shu-fen
Shantung
Charles W. Young
China
Japan
Mongolia
Shansi
Sense of Smell Least Intellectual of Senses
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler scored only one correct odor out of ten in a Columbia University test held in Earl Hall. The odors included cloves sassafras anise citronella and bay rum among others. Butler concluded the sense of smell is the least intellectual of the senses.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Engineering Society of Columbia, University Arts
Earl Hall
Aydar
Union demands surface in theater profession dispute
Mount Vernon Ky local paper reports on a dispute over unionization in the theatrical field. The article notes authors resisting claims of owed gratitude to supporters and mentions Bill Pennington moving near Livingston after living near Corbin, with curious details about his chickens reacting to the change.
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Mahomet
Marion
Marion High School
Rooters
Bnck
Blackford
Marlon
Mount Vernon
Bill Pennington
Corbin
Livingston
Will
Aviator veteran fulfills vocational training bid by rail quest
Thomas D Lane, junior at the University of Kansas and Argonne post member, traveled three days by mixed trains to reach the Federal Board for Vocational Education in Minneapolis. He sought tuition and training aid after funds ran out for his program, arriving in St Paul yards to be classified as Section One for educational support.
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Lane
Argonne
American Legion of
Chicago
St Paul
Minnesota Legion Strength Grows Under A L Vernon Drive
Under A L Vernon commander of the Minnesota department the American Legion has become one of the strongest in the nation. He built a Legion Service bureau handling one thousand ex service claims monthly and a department branch of the American Legion News Service. In 1921 he posted twenty thousand posters statewide to publicize vocational aid and arranged with 2000 merchants to place veterans in jobs for training and employment.
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A. #. Vernon
Minnesota
Department of the American Legion
Legion
Vernon
Legion Service Bureau
American Legion News Service
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Auxiliary leader in Texas grows through Revolutionary roots
Mrs F L Murray of Houston head of the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion in Texas traces lineage to Revolutionary figures Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Boone kin. She joined WWI service, gave 30 Red Cross addresses weekly, sold Liberty bonds, and organized units as the department grew from 23 to 53 units under her tenure.
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America
Nathaniel Green
Daniel Hoone
Unters Murray
Houston
Tex
Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Auxiliary of the
Medical Corps
Murray
Red Cross
Women's Auxiliary
Austin
Legion
Texas
Mrs. Murray
Concordia Parish
Naniel Boone
Nathaniel Greene
Forrest
Minnesota Legion Honors Fallen Soldiers Across State
Across Minnesota, American Legion posts pay tribute at funerals for service members returned from overseas. In Cloquet a burial for John DeFoe, Minnesota’s first Indian soldier to die in combat, is marked by Carl Anderson post homage. Other ceremonies honor Private Vernon Bailey and Ralph Gracie as Legionnaires reflect on sacrifice and memory.
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Cloquet
Mion
John DeFoe
Carl Anderson Post
American Legion
Minnesota
Winnebago Post
Vernon Bailey
Ralph Gracie
Bemidji Post
Merited Tribute to Legion in Leslie's Weekly
An editorial from Leslie's Weekly praises The American Legion as a unifying civil and military force. It likens the Legion to Roman legions and highlights memory, emotion, discipline, and moral prerogative in defending American institutions. The piece asserts gratitude to veterans and hints at a belated, generous Congressional bonus context.
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Putnam
Pershing
Leslie
Weekly
Potsdam
America
Legion
Nken
Congress
Father Moran Leads Armistice Day Drive in Farmington
Father D J Moran of Farmington chairs the Armistice day committee after being named by the Minnesota American Legion state legislative committee. He passes a bill making Armistice day a legal holiday and organizes one of Minnesota’s most active Legion posts after returning from World War I service.
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Minnesota American Legion
House
Senate
D. J Bioran
Farmington
Bathar Moran
Esther Moran
Legion
France
Legion State Headquarters
Minnesota
Lesson on Jesus at Nazareth and Judgment of the Nations
A study outline presents Jesus in Nazareth reading Scripture and the anointing of his mission. It contrasts the future judgment of the nations with the reward of the sheep and the doom of the goats, emphasizing care for the poor and the Lord’s brethren.
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Israel
Joel
Zechariah
Jerusalem
Christ
God Governs World Moral Laws, Greeley Quote
A quotation from Horace Greeley asserts that God governs the world by immutable moral laws and that any collusion with evil invites prompt retribution. The words emphasize moral accountability and divine justice as universal principles.
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Horace Greeley
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Relief From Pain
Georgetown Illinois resident Margaret McCumber says after severe back and side pain from after childbirth she avoided surgery by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regained mobility and urges other women with similar symptoms to try the product.
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Georgetown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret McCumber
Frazier St
Ilinois
McCumber
Lydia E Pinkham
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