World Health Brief details 28 countries cut death rates
New York December 9. The World Health Brief reports a 25 year campaign reducing general death rates in 28 countries by as much as nine per 1,000. The United States and six other nations show continued improvement while birth registration and infant mortality data are stressed.
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New York
John K. Gore
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
N. J
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
United States
Gore
Canada
Americas
Straits Settlements
Austria
Spain
Germany
Hungary
England
Italy
Sweden
Wales
Ceylon
Ore
Weather and farm notes from West Chester Iowa column
West Chester Iowa diary notes recount good roads and mild weather aiding fast travel. Farmers plan oats sowing and expect widespread corn, with prices around 80 cents to a dollar a bushel. Mentions James Nelson and wife, Keith Wells calf finish in Chicago, and reflections on crime and radio lectures.
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James Nelson
Keota
California
Iowa
Keith Wells
Chicago
Keith
Cory
Jiggs
War Cost Near 48 Billion Dollars Reported
Secretary Mellon estimated the United States spent about 48 billion dollars on World War I. The annual report to Congress itemized military activities civil corporations war expenditures under other departments interest on war debt foreign obligations and wartime costs through 1927 with a net figure around 3.54 billion and veterans bureau totals reaching 55.12 billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Uncle Sam
Veterans Bureau
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cough Remedy Ad
An old time advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a true cough remedy. It claims a blend of pine tar and honey with other proven ingredients provides healing without opiates or chloroform and suits both children and adults, sold everywhere.
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Foley
Research in Many Lands to Engage Archaeologists in 1928
London reports detail a 1928 program engaging European and world archaeologists in digs across Greece, the Sahara, Mongolia, South Africa, Britain, Abyssinia, Persia, Palestine, Egypt and Assyria. Key projects include Dr Edward Capps in Greece, Sahara surveys on Ice Age occupancy, Darwin missing link hunts, Neanderthal remains near Jerusalem, Antarctic Norwegians, and aerial photography aiding excavations worldwide.
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London
Europe
United Press
Greece
Sahara Desert
Mongolia
Seachings
Britjan
Abyssinia
Persia
Palestine
Egypt
Assyria
Edward Capps
Princeton University
Sahara
Great Desert
Lake Chad
Gulf of Tunis
Darwin
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Mediterranean
British School of Archaeology
Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Holtedahl
Hornvedt
Esquima
Enland
Father Poidebard
Beirut University
M. Maurice Dunand
Syrian Department of Archaelogy
Euphrates
Syria
Evolution and progress replace old rural life recollections
The writer contrasts fading talk of evolution with Henry Ford’s car and rapid modern speeds. He recalls past rural trips to town in a horse drawn box with straw filled box and two sets of side boards, cherishing simpler times. The piece laments loss of remembered origins while embracing speed and modern life.
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Henry Ford
Lindy
Ford
Christ
Earth
Corn husking, school program, and local meetings in Pilotsburg
Pilotburg notes report corn husking ongoing with Harold Booth and Wadle Smith assigned to tasks. A Lookout school program by pupils and Celesta Hasty impressed, candy socials declined. Aid group elected officers Hazel Mathess president Maria Oldfield vice president Muriel Anderson secretary Helen Stransky treasurer. New Year dinner planned with Aliie Oldfield. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 10:50 a.m. church welcomes all.
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Chas. Mapels
Perry Ayers
Celesta Hasty
Lookout
Nellie Adams
Hazel Mathess
Maria Oldfield
Muriel Anderson
Helen Stransky
Aliie Oldfield Dee
Weather turns from rain to snow over farming area
Heavy rain shifts to snow making field work hard for farmers who faced a tough year. Corn stands battered, requiring strenuous harvests as conditions worsen. Read the Classified Ads for local notices and opportunities.
Feeble-Minded Institutions And Private Schools Census Figures
A census reports 53 state institutions and 80 private schools for feeble minded children in the United States. State institutions house 87 761 inmates while private facilities hold 1 386.
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United States
Early Roman naming practice shifts from one to three names
In early Rome men possessed a single name. Later citizens used three elements praenomen nomen and cognomen. Some conquerors received a fourth appellation agnomen as a compliment or distinguishing tag.
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J. D. Dayton
Naval
Pilotsburg
Der
Harold Booth
Husk
Ray Bell
Wadle Smith
Ellis Rickey
Homer Stephen
Iwaz, Ats Pay
RanKins
PAT_orr
ATA Service, Inc
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Santa Claus
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Tam
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