Red Cross Head Active in War Relief Efforts
Miss Mabel Boardman leads the American Red Cross with hands on control of relief operations for the sick and wounded. The Red Cross ship with 125 nurses and 30 surgeons sails from New York along with hospital supplies. A second relief voyage has set out for the Mediterranean to aid the Balkans.
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Washington
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Murray Bay
Quebec
Taft
New York
Mediterranean
Balkans
Love to the Kaiser noted in Helgoland battle letters
Gunner George Brown writes from London about chalked messages on shells saying Love to the Kaiser and Regards from England. He recalls the sinking of German ships as glorious and terrifying and praises all crew members for their duty with smiles.
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London
England
Helgoland
George Brown
The Humor in the Atmosphere? A Hot Day Theory
The excerpt presents a humorous exchange about weather fatigue. One speaker suggests heat drains energy due to humor in the atmosphere, while another doubts the claim. The dialogue hints at playful skepticism toward a quirky weather theory.
Back with the saloon crusade linked to factory safety
Lucia Faxon Additon argues for a national campaign against alcohol near industrial plants. She notes a Foundrymen’s conference plan to unite governors and license boards to curb accidents, citing West’s Survey piece on saloon proximity increasing risk.
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Lucia Faxon Additon
W. C. T. U. Labor Department
Union
Foundrymen’s Association
Thomas D. West
Steel Foundry Company of
Cleveland
Medical convention calls liquor a brain poison
In Chicago the alienists and neurologists adopted resolutions condemning alcoholic beverages and urging state legislators to curb sales. They declared alcohol a definite poison linked to insanity and other degeneracy, and urged persistent public education and medical leadership in legislation.
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United States
Chicago
Committee On the
Bayard Holmes
Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons
North Dakota Temperance Gains Highlight State Progress
The article notes population nearly doubled since temperance, with valuations up over threefold and per capita bank deposits at $138. Illiteracy fell from 5.6 to 3.1 percent, wealth rose toward $2,000 per person, and prison figures show low inmate counts. Pembina County reports no prisoners for two years and no jury calls for a year and half.
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Pembina
Hyde Park no license area valued higher without saloons
The Hyde Park no-license district in Chicago is valued at 75 million dollars more than if it housed saloons. The city directory shows many brewery officials live there and that liquor sellers seek saloon-free areas for families, while saloon patrons prefer no-license zones.
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Hyde Park
Chicago
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