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Birth year rhymes urged by health service
The U S Public Health Service urges people to memorize birth years with verses as a practical aid. Notables including Judge Ben Lindsey, Anthony Comstock, Louis W. Hill, Harvard's A Lawrence Laws, Governor Whitman and Mayor Harrison contributed rhymes. A partial roundup shows poems attached to officials from Secretary of War to Postmaster General, urging memory aids for ages and civic duties.
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United States Public Health Services
Ben Lindsey
Anthony Comstock
Louis W. Hal
Sherman M. Booth
Verges
A. Lawrence Laws
Harvard University
Hugo Mansterberg
Harvard
Whitman
New York
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Federal Bulletin
Europe
Daniela
Garrison
George B. Norrie
Nebraske
Dailaeet
Thunly
Ara
Hare Yard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Wago Munsterberg
Lowell
Louis W. H
Great Northern Railway
Anthony Camatock
Empression of Vice
Meyer Carter H. Harrison
Chinego
Harrison
Sherman ¥. Booth
Waols
Joseph FP
Wilson
Tumulty
Uecetabar
Thomas R. Brahany
Public Health Service
Brahany
Rudolph Forster
White House
Uo Far
Saya Hes 1
Hully Gee
Sam'a Health Bureau