Korea as Hermit Nation Seeks Independence at Paris Peace Talks
A National Geographic Society bulletin relays William W. Chapin's account of Korea once a hermit nation seeking sovereignty. It describes Korea's geography, climate, agriculture, labor, and trade, with notes on customs, dress, and signs of English influence in Seoul. It also highlights the rainy climate, mountain terrain, rice farming, minerals, and urban street life.
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Washington
Korea
National Geographic Society
Society
William W. Chapin
Yula
New York
Pennsylvania
Althe
Japan
China
Seoul
Dressed fowls sold among Chinese vendors in wan, pale prep
The report notes that among Chinese sellers dressed fowls are offered for sale and prepared in a manner that makes them appear faint and sickly white, giving an odd, pallid appearance.
Mary's Ankle at Graham Theatre with New York Endorsement
May Tully's farce Marys Ankle opens at the Graham Theatre next Monday after a successful Bijou run of four months in New York. The plot follows three college friends and a doctored marriage ruse, with twists as the supposed bride reveals her real name and hometown Elizabeth New Jersey. The cast includes W H Lytell and an able company of established performers.
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Mary
May Tully
Graham Theatre
New York
Bijou
Mary Jane Smith
Elizabeth
N. J
Elizabeth, N
Welcome for Sickness Indigestion Ad in Pharmacy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a quick acting laxative to cleanse bowels tone the stomach and improve liver function. Lemmon's Pharmacy carries the product.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Ady
Child Drowns in Pond Near Black Hawk Creek
Velma Leone Gregson, 9, wandered from 551 Wellington street late Saturday afternoon and drowned in a backwater pond. Uncle Ross Lamb found the body around 5 pm. She is survived by her mother Mable and a sister Nellie. Burial planned in Kimball, South Dakota.
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Mason City
Velma Leone Gregsone
Black Hawk Creek
Wellington Street
Ross Lamb
Velma
Mable Gregson
Kimball
Nellie
Wearing Five New Shirts In Atlantic Arrest
Frank Ray a 17 year old transient was arrested in Atlantic Iowa on suspicion of stealing a shirt from a hotel. He wore five new shirts of varying styles when caught and the recovered shirt was found on him. His father claimed the shirt since it was in a room he paid for but Mayor Purnell refused the claim and fined Ray ten dollars. The pair said they planned to travel to New York by easy stages.
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Atlantic
Frank Ray
Purnell
Ray
New York
Iowa War Savings Song Call Seeks Local Poets
Mrs. W. H. Snider urges Iowa song writers to submit thrift and war savings themed poems or songs that can be sung to familiar tunes. The Des Moines address is 208 Sixth Avenue, inviting local writers to gain statewide recognition.
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W. H. Snider
Women’s Division
Iaw
War Savings Committee
Iowa
Sixth Avenue
Des Moines
Big Fire Hits Marion County Electric Plant
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Marion County Electric company office and plant in Knoxville. The blaze damaged telephone switchboards and the city lighting dynamo. the night operator was rescued from an upper floor. Insurance covers $8,000 of an estimated $13,000 loss. News exchanges from Chicago and Des Moines will rush replacements. Connection with outside points is restored by tapping local wires.
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Knoxville
Marion County Electric Company
Chicago
Des Moines
He Escaped Influenza Ad from Lemmon's Pharmacy
A. A. McNeese of High Point Ga describes a terrible cold and grippe last spring, feared to be influenza. He says Foley's Honey and Tar helped, noting the phlegm coughed up and that the remedy contains no opiates and is good for children. Ad from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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A. A. McNeese
High Point
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Life of a File Shows Usable Life of 20 000 Strokes
Efficiency experts study files and find the tool’s life averages 20 000 strokes. Using a file beyond its normal period is said to double work cost, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Play therapy prescribed for wounded soldiers in camps
Dr H F Kallenberg of the Y M C A central medical department says wounded men in government hospitals improve through prescribed joint games like volley ball arch ball and other supervised play. Camps Taylor Dodge Great Lakes Fort Sheridan Fort Des Moines Fort Ben Harrison U S General Hospital No 21 Denver and others adopt the method to restore mobility and cheer. Major Kelley at Camp Grant plans two barracks gymnasiums and requests two Y M C A men to direct games for wounded soldiers.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
H. F. Kallenberg
Central Military Department
Doctor Kallenberg
Taylor
Dodge
Great Lakes
Fort Sheridan
Fort Des Moines
Fort BeniJassin Harrison
U. S. General Hospital No. 21
Denver
Punston
Sherman
Custer
Big Ford Hospital
Detroit
Kelley
Camp Grant
Honor Figh ting Parson Dr John N Clifford Croix de Guerre
Doctor John N Clifford Baptist minister and YMCA worker earns the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary bravery in combat. He endured constant shell fire in the firing zone alongside infantrymen and performed a notable rescue or feat under fire.
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John N. Clifford
Doctor Clifford
Y. M
Trio Saves Colonel Under Fire in Marine Assault
Col Albertus W. Catlin commander of the Sixth Marines was carried to safety on a stretcher by a trio after multiple near death moments. Doctor Clifford, age fifty one, exposed himself repeatedly while tending the wounded under heavy fire.
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Cuing
Albertus W. Catlin
Sixth Regiment of Marines
Doctor Clifford
Consul General Harris Praises Y M C A Aid in Siberia
An official communication to Washington from Paul S. Relusch, American minister to China, quotes Consul General Harris praising the Y M C A for service to American expeditionary troops Czech and Russian prisoners and others in Siberia.
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Harris
Siberia
Y. M
State Department
Washington
Paul 8
Relusch
China
Great Athletic Program Aimed at Allied Countries
Through the Y M C A the United States plans a project to develop American athletics in allied nations. Top American athletic leaders are being recruited to direct the movement from a Paris headquarters.
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United States
America
Paris
Largest City in History Faces Wartime Population Shifts
New York statisticians argue in the New York Tribune that Greater New York surpasses Greater London in size based on metropolitan-area population estimates. Using 1910–11 figures and wartime adjustments, they estimate New York's growth outpacing London, though exact counts vary without a new census.
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London
New York
New York Tribune
City of
County of
Metropolitan Police District
Census Bureau
Greater London
Greater New York
Nassau County
Population race: New York surpasses London in metropolitan reach
The 1917 conclusion shows New York ahead of London and by early 1919 Greater New York excluding Nassau tallied 8 045 000 versus Greater London 7 787 000. The note stresses true metropolitan districts, not municipal units, and argues time rather than current figures decide the lead. London had 1 000 900 when New York’s population barely counted.
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New York
London
Greater
Nassau
Greater London
Foley Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Ocean Park Resident
Mrs L Wavile of 2726 3rd Street Ocean Park California says Foley Kidney Pills rid her of pain and recommends them for backache sore muscles stiff joints and rheumatic pains. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product as safe and reliable.
Wright County Ranks High in Literacy Statistics
From A M Deyoe’s report Wright county sits second in literacy in the state in a pamphlet promoting public evening schools. Among about 16 000 people over ten years old only three cannot read or write, a ratio of one per 1 600 twenty nine males and eighteen females.
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Eagle Grove
A. M. Deyoe
Wright County
O'Brien
Ida
Outdoor Chessmen Donated to University Library
A Milwaukee man who has since died designed tall aluminum chess pieces for public contests and outdoor chess boards. The pieces range from two to three and a half feet in height, collapse for packing in a trunk, and are donated to the University of Wisconsin library to boost public interest in the game.
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University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
More Pay for Preachers: Clergy Underpaid in Leading Denominations
An advertisement from eminent churchmen argues preachers earn too little, citing an average salary of 774 dollars a year in twelve leading denominations. It praises pulpit and pew influence on citizenship, condemns exploitation and biased religion, and endorses higher pay for clergymen.
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Chicago Herald
Wild deer in Iowa tame on Hillman farm
On the John Hillman farm six miles southwest of Mondamin a herd of about a dozen deer are described as tame as cows. Hillman can call them to him to show visitors, part of a larger herd of 200 to 400 roaming Harrison and Pottawattamie counties along the Missouri river north of Council Bluffs.
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Mondamin
Fla
John Hillman
Here
Gates of Gaza Heist Revealed by The Boys Chorus
At the Mission Sunday School Teacher Now asks who carried off the gates of Gaza. The Boys in chorus deny involvement saying they never saw the gates.
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Mission Sunday School
Gaza
Want Column Clue Leads to Hidden Treasure
A brief item notes a clue in the want column guiding readers to a hidden treasure or valuable find. The notice emphasizes curiosity and the possibility of a small mystery inviting community participation.
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WANT
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