Americanization Drive Illuminates Immigrant Education
The Interior Department through the Bureau of Education advances immigrant education to ease literacy gaps and non English speaking adults into English and civics. It launches a national campaign, distributes the America First poster in seven languages, and partners with chambers of commerce, safety councils, and local schools to organize evening classes and citizenship instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Ernest Farrington
Interior Department
Bureau of Education
Farrington
Aken
Department of the Interior
Washington
Iimigration Commission
America
America First
Uncle Sam
Topon
Chambers of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
The
National Safety Council
Bureau
Bureau of Immigration
Childrn
Delaware
Wilmington
Melrose Park
Ill
Buureau
Sophia Greensburg Marries Jacob Atinsky in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia wedding unites Sophia Greensburg daughter of Mr and Mrs Moses Greensburg and Jacob Atinsky of Buckhannon. The ceremony at a Jewish church featured a six piece orchestra, rabbi H Canfield, and guests totaling eighty five. The couple plans a honeymoon including Atlantic City with a reception and celebrations continuing into the morning hours. Mrs Litinsky is educated in Philadelphia and the groom runs Buckhannon Bargain House.
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Buckhannon
Moses Greenburg
Philadelphia
Sophia Greensburg
Jacob Atinsky
H. Canfield
Yettle Grossman
J. D. Weinburg
Atlantic City
Milliner slain in Spokane over alleged debt dispute
Spokane report says Tobiason, owner of a millinery shop, was shot in his store by Alphongo Pansiera who claimed a $4,000 debt. Pansiera reportedly faced insanity charges sought by Tobiason prior to the shooting.
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Spokane
Wash
Flore Tobiason
Alphongo Pansiera
Pansiera
Tobiason
Merrill Wis Ffy Week Promises Boy Trap Competition
The town of Merrill Wisconsin plans a fy week with prizes for the best fy traps crafted by local boys and others. Traps will be placed at busy gathering sites to attract entries and spur friendly competition among participants.
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Merrill
Wis
Lorimer pressing bid to reclaim United States Senate seat
Chicago dispatch notes William Lorimer, once ousted over vote-buying charges, beginning a renewed campaign for re election. Six thousand La Salle Street Trust depositors including widows and mothers pledged support to help Lorimer start anew.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
United States Senate
la Salle Street Trust and Sevings ‘Bank
Lorimer
Armory
Honey leaks from attic form prison of bees
Columbus Ohio, July 22. M. J. Shinnick could not stop a roof leak and cut the ceiling to locate it. He found a large mass of honeycomb inside the attic with most honey dripping onto plaster. The family had previously been troubled by bees in the area.
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Columbus, O
M. J. Shinnick
Shinnick
Shilly Foster and the Snow Queen in August Woman's Home Companion
The August Woman's Home Companion opens with fiction and serials led by Katharine Holland Brown's Shilly Foster and the Snow Queen based in Mexico City under a de facto regime. It previews The Pickup by Sophie Kerr and features multiple illustrated works and articles, including The Rising Tide and The Blue Envelope, plus essays on clubs and government work and a Serbia retreat scene shaping the era’s literary landscape.
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Shilly Foster
Katharine Holland Brown
Mexico City
Sophie Kerr
ER. M. Crosby
Gratiam Coates
James Montgome Flagg
Clarence ¥. Underwood
Margaret Deland
Frederick M. Smith
Charles Stelzle
Katherine Ferguson
Phyllis Bottome
Switzerland
H. V. Cann
Frederic J Haskin
Serbia
Nerth Boyce
Seftians
Kragulevatz
Nish
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Fortier Jones
Victor
Pecan University
Hugh 8. Fullerton
Mar-jorie Benton Cooke
Mabel Abbott
Jack Lait
Mellian
Dana Gatlin
Sarah Bernhardt
A. P. Johnson
Philip Curtiss
James Hay, Jr
Dale Carsey
Middle West
New York
Newton widow dies from fright after lightning strike
Mrs. Mamle I McCracken of Newton New Jersey was struck by apoplexy induced by fear upon witnessing a bolt of lightning. She went to close second story windows as the shower began and collapsed after the flash. Physicians ruled the stroke a fright related death.
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Mamle I. McCracken
Newton
N. J
Marine training camp opens at Lansdowne Pa July 21
A marine corps training course at Lansdowne Pennsylvania draws young men for practical instruction. Infantry drill artillery drill boat handling and ship operations form the program for volunteers eager to join sea service. Recruiting officers note many applicants do not meet U S Marines dress regulations despite duties aboard.
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States Marine Corps
Lansdowne
7 Corps
United States Marines
Philadelphia
Suly
Toothpick Found in Lungs After Ten-Year Cough
In Troy Kansas on July 22 Isaac Clary recalls a ten year cough from a toothpick stuck in his lung. Musicians treated him as the object emerged during a severe coughing spell. The report notes the strange medical scare and the delayed discovery of the foreign body.
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Troy
Kas
Isaac Clary
Lawsuit Claims Alienation of Affection
The case alleges the defendant, Mrs. Jesaio, caused the alienation of affection from a plaintiff toward her child, seeking relief in the matter. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
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Pennsylvania State Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
United States Bureau of Immigration
Pennsylvania Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Division of Immigration
Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment
Upseur
Sophia Greenberg
Jacob Litinsky
Farnsworth
West Main Street
Howard Parnsworth
Thelmin Wolfe
Anna Leo Fleming
Margaret and Eunice Kyle
Mary Aw
Richards
James] Richards
Mr. Wehards
Mary Lewis
Clarksburg
Walter Butcher
Weston
James Allen
Nina
Ward Lanham
D. J. Caulsky
Port Kersburg
Nellie Schenger
Cleveland
Gertrude Hinkle
Florance
S. C
Bell Phone
H. D. Bridgeman
Glen Elk
Elk Bridge Building
Clarksburg, W. Va
Begins
Isepower
Union
Auto & Supply Company
Main Street
Monticello Avenue
Bell
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
Agazines
Katherine Reynolds
Silver Grey Gate
Alma Martin Estabrook
Mr. Jones
Belgium
Lansdowne, Pa
Jesaio
Thals
Wits
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