Washington citizen Wilber Miller dies after sudden illness
Wilber Miller a longtime Washington leader dies at his home after heart failure following a brief flu illness. He shaped local progress through Y M C A campaigns park improvements and cemetery beautification and ran Miller undertaking with wide regional influence. He leaves Emma Arnold Miller three children and siblings in Iowa and Missouri. Funeral arrangements pending with time to be announced.
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Wilber Miller
Hill
Miller
Altho
United Wat
Army Y. M. C. A
City Park Commission
Sunset
Central Parks
City Council and Improvement League
Woodlawn
Charles S. Miller
Eliza A. Worthen
Washington Democrat
C. S. Miller
Middle West
Miller Undertaking
Emma Arnold
Miss Katherine Stichter Dies After Long Illness
Miss Katherine Stichter county superintendent of schools died at her South Second avenue home Sunday night at 9 20 from diabetes. She had fought illness two years after personal and family losses, with prior hospital treatment in Cleveland and a career as a teacher at Centennial School Highland Park College and Des Moines settlements before her election as county superintendent three years ago.
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Katherine Stichter
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Washington High School
State Teachers College
Henry Stichter
C. J. Fulton
Fairfield
Otto B. Stichter
Albany
N. Y
Roy Y. Stichter
Marshall, Minn
Eugene Stichter
Oregon
New York
South Second Avenue
Miss Stichter
Cleveland
Ohio
Not Really Sardines Mixed Atlantic Sardine Claim Questioned
A large share of fish sold as sardines along the Atlantic coast of this country and Canada are actually young herring and menhadden. They are prepared similarly to true sardines, making it hard for expert tasters to tell the fake from the genuine.
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Canada
Mrs Chas Squire Dies of Influenza in Washington
Mrs. Charles L. Squire, 32, died after a week of influenza at her Washington home 215 North Ave RB. She moved from Dayton Ohio with husband and daughter Charlotte three, survived by parents William A. and Samilda Fout Irons and brother Frank Trons of Columbus. Funeral arrangements are private.
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Washington
Charles L. Squire
Nettie May Irons
McArthur
Ohio
William A. Irons
Samilda Fout Irons
Dayton
Squire
North Ave
Charlotte
Frank Trons
Columbus
Methodist Church
Death of Charles T. Anderson in Chicago in 1918
Charles T. Anderson died December 13 1918 at the American hospital Chicago aged 28 born Washington Iowa educated there high school then St Louis and Little Rock business years at University of Wisconsin studied journalism and law married Theokla Mandt Madison Wis joined life insurance with Courtney Barber Chicago rose to assistant manager four years obituary lauds his integrity and friendship with a tender tribute from Courtney Barber plus notes on his wife two children and grieving parents
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American
Chicago
Washington
Iowa
St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
University of Wisconsin
Theokla Mandt
Madison
Wis
Courtney Barber
Emerson
Barber
Anderson
Andy
Christ
Charles Anderson
Fannie L. Lachmund
Bt. Louis, Ma
Red Cross Calls for Universal Christmas Roll Call
The Christmas roll call of the American Red Cross urges every man woman and child to join with a heart and a dollar. It emphasizes Red Cross leadership in postwar relief from Europe to Russia and calls for readiness overseas and at home to aid soldiers families and victims of famine disease and disaster.
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Red Cross
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France
Serbia
Noumania
Montenegro
Armenia
Syria
Palestine
Aar
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Armeni
America
Army
Navy
The
Origin of Lace Making Emerges From Early European Craft
The origin is lost in the dark ages but lace making likely began in Europe. Italians produced elaborate and beautiful laces soon after the discovery of America.
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America
Red Cross Hymn of Compassion and Duty
Poem praises the Red Cross as a symbol of mercy that bears suffering, offers aid to friends and foes, and guides the righteous in life’s trials. It evokes a holy sign leading humanity toward a ministry of light amid conflict.
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Ministry of Light
Red Cross Supplies Shipments Reported Worldwide
The American Red Cross distributed large quantities to Allied forces including over 15 million cigarettes and 50 thousand card packs. They sent 20 million boxes of safety matches and 1.5 million chewing gum packages monthly to France and Italy, plus 3 thousand tons of condensed milk for imprisoned children in Archangel and Siberia.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
England
France
Italy
Archangel
Siberia
Women of Red Cross Canteens Aid Soldiers Worldwide
About 10,000 women staff Red Cross canteens in the country serving soldiers around the clock. In 1918 they aided 5,000 sick persons moved to trains or hospitals. They distributed 3,000,000 postal cards as part of their relief work.
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Red Cross
Folly of Monarchial Government
Thomas Paine argues that hereditary rule rests on ignorance and belief, not talent, asserting that government requires talent and cannot be hereditary. He contends monarchies thrive in ignorant states where such rule is accepted.
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Thomas Paine
Cleaning With Gasoline For Stain Removal
Advice on using gasoline to remove grease spots from garments. Brush lightly with a cloth dampened in gasoline to avoid rings. If rings appear after cleaning, hold the soiled area over steam from a teakettle to lift the blotch.
Diseases spread by wars through 19th century conflicts
Typhus and cholera followed armies in the Russo Turkish, Crimean, and Franco Prussian wars with winter typhus outbreaks in Wallachia Austria and summer cholera in the Balkans. The French suffered in Crimea and Franco Prussian campaigns due to poor provisioning.
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Turkey
Wallachia
Austria
Vast Caucasus Forests and Western Siberia Land Riches
The Caucasus forests in Russia cover about 12,000,000 acres, mostly in the Black Sea region, roughly 20 acres per inhabitant. Western Siberia forests total around 200,000,000 acres, with more than half in a pristine, natural state.
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Caucasus
Russia
Black Sea
Green frog found with insatiable wasp appetite
A common green frog has been discovered to possess an extraordinary greed for wasps. Its habit of sitting motionless on leaves lures insects, and its appetite remains unabated even after stings.
Near cynic cites poet's hair as sign of money trouble
A wry remark suggests most blame eccentricity for a poet's long hair while the minority notes that the poet may lack funds to afford a haircut. The line contrasts social perception with economic constraint in a concise quip.
End of Honeymoon Banter Between Youngham and Oldham
A witty exchange frames marriage as a shift from flattering secrecy to ongoing inquiry. Youngham jokes about recognizing the end, while Oldham notes it begins when a wife moves from sharing to questioning. The quip captures a common domestic dynamic.
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Youngham
Oldham
Interest Speaks Many Tongues and Plays Many Parts
A fragment notes how interest can assume various voices and roles including the facade of disinterest, with a quoted line about La Roche and fate of perception.
First Expedition to Africa By Mungo Park Noted by Historian
The first organized interior exploration of Africa was by Mungo Park who sailed to the Dark Continent 128 years ago. He returned after two years and seven months having mapped a large portion of Africa unknown to whites but failed to locate the Nile source.
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Africa
Mungo Park
Niger
Avoid Becoming a Nagger and Seek a Change of Scene
The text counsels vacation to escape nagging urges and blue moods. Absence from home and work is proposed as a cure, offering perspective through contact with the world and others' struggles. It urges gentler speech toward others and seeing the better side of people.
Timber in Burma opens local packing case industry
Burma grows over a hundred varieties of timber and until last year exported rubber in wooden packing cases imported from Japan. It is now found that packing cases can be made locally at about half the cost.
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Burma
Japan
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