Near East Relief chief reports on child saving work
Charles V. Vickrey, general secretary of the Near East Relief, returns from inspections in Central Europe and the Near East. He urges investments in education and character building for Armenian and other Near East children to foster future peace, detailing orphanages, hospitals, and care centers across Alexandropol, Kars, Kara, and Delijan, serving thousands of children and dozens of facilities through 10-year Armenian government grants.
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Charles V. Vickrey
The
Near East Relief
Europe
Near East
Trustees of the
Great American Relief Organization
Vickrey
Armenia
Armenian Republic
Alexandropol
Caucasus
Turkey
Anatolia
Chcia
Syria
Constantinopie Strait
Atevandropol
Kars
Aha
Karakus
Delijan
Moonlit Proposal Ends With Surprise Laughter
In a moonlit scene, a young couple shares a tense moment as he asks for marriage. She remains passive, then he jests about a silly headband in a playful twist, ending a night of hopeful romance.
Great Actress Kisses Poet in Boston Encounter
In the seventies Sarah Bernhardt visited America and sought to sculpt Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Boston. Longfellow declined the bust but hosted Bernhardt at his home with William Dean Howells and Oliver Wendell Holmes. He praised her Phedre, she praised Hiawatha, and as she left she kissed him on the cheek saying Vous etes adorable.
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Sarah Bernhardt
America
Boston
Longfellow
Christian Science Monitor
Portland
Mme. Reinhardt
William Dean Howells
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mme. Bernhardt
Phedre
Rachel
Kidnap of Kang Shih-to at Roastan legation shockwaves
A Chinese servant coup at the Roastan legation abducted Kang Shih-to, former Anfu club treasurer and target of a $10,000 Chinese government reward, binding him in his room and handing him to gendarmes outside after weeks of waiting. Accomplices allegedly aided in transferring other refugees from foreign legations.
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Legation
Kang Shih-to
Anfu Club
Roastan Legation
Logation
Peking
China
Kang
Women's Engineering Factory Led by Lady Parsons
A Midlands start up by 20 former women workers, Ata lanta Ltd, places women at lathes and in foundry work. Lady Parsons, wife of the steam turbine inventor, heads the venture and reports good orders. She asserts women can do anything they attempt.
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Atalanta,Ltd
Parsons
Midlands
Pdfuona
Lightning Kilip and Deaths: Psychological Shock Misread
A fragmented report argues electric shocks in lightning cases show no direct bodily effect. It attributes death or injury to psychological factors rather than physical damage, suggesting heart failure or other outcomes are caused by shock rather than the electrical current itself.
Iowa Legislature Opens Amid New Faces And Debates
Des Moines reports the 98th Iowa General Assembly convened with many new members. Lieutenant Governor Moore presided in the Senate, Arch W. McFarlane named House Speaker, and a full slate of clerks and officials was approved. Bills on printing costs, code revision timing, and funding bonds for schools dominated early action, with plans for a potential special session to overhaul the state code.
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Dés Moines
Towa
98Th General Assembly
FE. R. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Senate
B. Santee
Blackhawk County
House
Moore
Arch W. McFarlane
McFarlane
L.W. Powers
Crawford County
Powers
Larson
Montgomery County
Republican Caucus
A. C. Gustafson
Will King
Hardin County
L. W. Ainsworth
Thosaters
Col. Ainsworth
Abben
Lyon County
Adams
Kossuth County
John E. Wichman
Cock County
State Printing Board
Executive Council
Whitmore
Promt
State Highway Commission
Holdoegel
Senator Newberry
Clayton County
Dr. Kime
Fort Dodge
Harding
Iowa
Kansas
Teach Men to Keep House Standards for the Home
Dean Catherine J. MacKay of the Home Economics division urges colleges to offer education on managing a home. She argues both men and boys should receive instruction to uphold home standards, noting that keeping a home efficient is partly a man's responsibility and calling for training for young men at farm and home short courses.
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Catherine J. MacKay
McKay
Alben
Miss McKay
Béya
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Harmen
Flo
Darling
Agale
Detroit Free Press
Lala EN Ani
Ais Ceuta
G. W. Caswell
Des Moines
Geo. E. Roberts
Fort Dodge Messenger
Inley
Swea City
Neal Comer
Roberts
Mr. Comer
Roberts i
National City Bank of
New York City
Roberta
First National Bank Provident Savings Bank Provident Trust Company
Vidla
Hugh B. Lawrence
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