Public Health in Washington Era Compared With Present Day
A Surgeon General compares health conditions in George Washington's era with modern public health. The article notes smallpox vaccination's rise, colonial diseases, measles, influenza, and early sanitation strides, including water purification and quarantine practices shaping U S health. It highlights shifts from scarcity and outbreaks to modern safeguards and life expectancy.
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George Washington
H. S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
United States
Geo Washington Bicentennial Commission
Chaol
Jamestown
Philadelphia
Washington
Benjamin Wranklin
Edward Jenner
Benjamin Waterhouse
Marine Hospital Service
Boston
England
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Connecticut
New York
Earth
North America
West Indies
Virginia
Massachusetts
Lodge Schedules for Washington and Damascus Shrite
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 A Fr A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month. Glenn Mace W M and A W Yard serve as officers. Damascus Shrite No. 10 W S. of holds regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday each month at Mason ic Temple rooms with Mrs Grace E Twinam W H P and Mrs Hazel Haven W Scribe.
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Washington Lodge No
A. Fr
A M
Glenn Mace
W. M
A. W. Yard
Damascus Shrite
W.S
Masonic Temple
Grace E. Twinam
Hazel Haven
Scribe
Railway Time Table Arrives Departs For Multiple Trains
A historic timetable lists arrivals and departures for the Golden State and Apache routes, including local passenger trains daily or daily except Sunday, freight trains, and California passenger stops. It notes Knoxville Branch services with mixed trains and evening passenger trains, plus agent signatures.
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Golden State
Knoxville
California
Sun
Goodlander
Bethel Missionary Society Meets amid Bad Roads
Bethel community reports a large attendance as the Beth el Missionary society gathered with Mrs J C Wolfe. Members note 4 H club bread making lesson, hospital news, new blue flame burners, family visits, illnesses and a Rosemary club gathering honoring Gongaway family moving to Garden City Kansas.
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Bethel
Bethel Missionary Society
J. C. Wolfe
Homer Birney
Stewart
Rennie Tuawson
Walter Smith
Iowa City
Smith
Addlph Larson
Marion
Artis Vinited
Rennie Dawson
Rosemary Club
Ray Bell
Karl Galloway
Garden City
Kansas
Mro
George Foster
Columbus Junction Declamatory Contest Feb. 4
Columbus Junction announces the high school declamatory contest set for Thursday evening February 4 in the auditorium. Participants include Randall Bebbs Robert Reaney Carl Weber Law rence Cuthamp Gregory Dircks Mary McWilliams Tris Ogier Dorothy Hanft Margaret Hanft Burdette Johnston Margaret Johnston Clara Lynn Ruth Williams. Mrs Kenneth Caris of Washington to judge.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Hirth School
Randall Bebb
Robert Reaney
Carl Weber
Lawrence Cuthamp
Gregory Dircks
Mary McWilliams
Tris Ogier
Dorothy Hanft
Margaret Hanft
Burdette Johnston
Margaret Johnston
Clara Lynn
Ruth Williams
Kenneth Caris
Washington
W. A. Varnes
E.,d. Varnes
Farmington
J. L. Thurston
Alsip
Oxford Junction
BE. W Alsip
W. R. Lucker
Iowa
Spelling Contest At New Tavern Shurel On Friday
A school plans a Friday spelling contest with a perfect score earning a gold star. Participants include Carmalette Pasch George Pasch Ruth Scranton Phyllis Scranton and Jacki Hotle. Six students enter a township spelling event. declamatory work is featured and a manual training project yields bird houses while girls sew each Friday.
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New Tavenshurel
Carmalette Pasch
George Pasch
Ruth Scranton
Phyllis Scranton
Jacki Hotle
Pass Agriculture Bill In House With 175 Million Budget
The House approved the Agriculture Department supply bill totaling 175,408,814 to fund operations next year. To curb costs lawmakers trimmed 10,800,000 from budget estimates and 60,200,000 below last year’s appropriations.
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Washington
House
Agricultural Department
Detour seekers note bee travels 40000 miles for a pound find
The Detroit News reports that even the bee takes a vast journey of about 40 000 miles to amass a pound of its treasured fancy oil a curious bit for travelers and readers.
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Bee
Detroit News
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