Dangers of Wood Alcohol Highlighted By Dr Reid Hunt
Dr Reid Hunt Harvard pharmacology head warns wood alcohol danger is high with many deaths and blindness from spurious beverages. He explains similarities with grain alcohol, why detection is unreliable, and urges avoiding any product claiming to be alcohol.
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Reid Hunt
Hunt
Department of Pharmacology
Medical School
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins
Division of
Pharmacology
United States Health Service
American Chemical Society
Mant
Dr. Hunt
United States
Nearly a Million Aliens Leave U S
New York January 10 Nearly 1 000 000 foreign born laborers have left the United States for Europe since the armistice and another million will depart when passport rules ease. The interracial council led by Gen. Coleman du Pont says tens of thousands are quitting jobs to return home and racial prejudice may spread anti American tales abroad. The report cites Europe’s independence and pensions for 30 000 000 largely women as factors reducing immigration incentives.
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New York
United States
Europe
Interracial Council
Coleman du Pont
America
Girls Gym Class To Meet Thursday
The first meeting of the gym class is moved to Thursday January 16 due to Dr Krebs lecture. A lively group of girls plans to take the gym work under Miss Wilson and welcomes new members. The class meets Monday and Friday evenings and entrance is by the southwest door.
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Krebs
Miss Wilson
Who Saw Woody Saws The Woody
Nellie shows family photos to a friend and confides she has no papa. Dorothy, puzzled, asks who saws the woody in a sharp, humorous exchange reflecting questions of paternity and family ties.
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Papa
Nellie
Dorothy
Woody
Try It on the Donkey Prophecy Tale
A young gypsy girl asks a donkey about her marriage prospects by whispering in its ear. If the donkey flicks its ears, marriage may come soon. if it remains still, she should not expect a husband. The tale hints at superstition and playful superstition surrounding love.
Inherited Characteristics The Midnight Moth and Dinner
A garbled Atlas News fragment references inherited traits and a nighttime supper scene. It mentions a mother and infant and implies a setting downtown with late eating habits. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear reportable facts or names.
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Latlas News
Sign of Equality Adopted by Robert Records in 1507
Parallel lines of equal length as the sign of equality were first adopted by Robert Records who wrote a book on algebra in 1507.
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Robert Records
Iowa Farm Bureau Expanding Rapidly in Iowa
Des Moines Jan 10 The Iowa Farm Bureau federation wraps a two day session with Secretary John Coverdale praising a cooperative marketing and distribution program. The drive boosted 1929 membership to 105 000 and built a strong independent fund.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
John Coverdale
Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Farmers' Mutual Finds Record Insurance Growth in 1919
At the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance annual meeting Sidney Coon reported the greatest increase in force in the association's history with a net gain of 994 820 and total risks in force rising to 14 569 176. The treasury shows 16 854 05 and 28 000 in claims paid this year. Directors were re elected and officers re appointed including O C Patterson as president and Sidney Coon as secretary. The group is the state's largest county mutual, originated in 1876 and reorganized in 1888, now serving 23 750 policy holders.
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Washipgton County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Sidney Coon
C. S. Cummines
Iowa Township
Woodman Hall
O. C. Patterson
Cedar Township
Dutch Creek
W. D. Luers
Jackson Township
A. Pearson
Snegfish River
Joseph Bourgeois
Oregon Township
J. M. Stone
Cedar
Fferson
State Insurance Department
Insurance Office
Joseph McClelland
Lime Creek Township
Highland Township
A. G. Marhoure
Washington
Orexon Township
McClelland
W. S. Boyer
Franklin Township
Wellman
Farmers’ Mutual
Ridney Coon
Lis
Debt Hardships in Sloan Then and Now
A historical note explains debt collection practices in Sloan, stating creditors may compel a debtor three months in arrears to work off the debt. It warns that if the debtor flees, family members including father and wife could be subjected to forced servitude until the debt is settled.
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Sloan
Worry and Warnings Echoed by Mrs Pred in Berton Transcript
Mrs Pred declares that worry serves a purpose as she insists her anxious thoughts warn of events that never occur. The Berton transcript captures the exchange highlighting the tension between fear and outcome in a domestic moment.
China’s Alphabet Invents Thirty Nine Letters
A new phonetic alphabet of thirty nine letters is proposed for the Chinese language replacing thousands of characters. The reform aims to streamline writing and reading and could impact schooling and literacy if adopted nationwide.
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China
Child's Uneven Reply Highlights Language Gap
A teacher asks Gertrude about the words itma and men and the student replies addressing plural and singular forms with a quirky mispronunciation. The exchange reveals ongoing gaps in language development and understanding.
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Gertrude
Tudas
Court Resumes Jan. 19 After Adjournment
Judge Charles A. Dewey will reconvene court January 19 after adjourning this session. Petit jurors need not report unless summoned. Non jury cases are assigned for the week starting next Monday including Hawley vs. Ainsworth Bank and several divorce and guardianship matters. The grand jury to resume January 19 and probate orders were issued including a widow's pension.
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Charles A. Dewey
W. C. Hawley
Ainsworth Savings Bank
C. W. McLaughlin
George Attie
Agnes Anderson
Gust Anderson
Sarah Noecker
Gertrude M. Noecker
Phebe Banks
J.L. Banks
John Artemus
Riverside Savings Bank
H. B. Noel
Dewey
Former Resident Dies at Emporia Kansas
John P. Ramseyer aged 58 formerly worked in the store of R T McCall a pioneer dry goods merchant of Washington died at his Emporia Kansas home yesterday His body will be brought to this county for burial Funeral services will be held at the Eicher church near Noble Sunday morning and burial will be in the Weicher cemetery beside his father and mother He was remembered in Washington where his family lived for years His father was in the meat business on the south side He had been in business in Emporia the last 10 or 12 years and was a very successful merchant and a fine Christian gentleman.
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John P. Ramseyer
R. T. McCall
Washington
Emporia
Kansas
Eicher Church
Noble
Weicher
South Side
Local Merchant Promotes Draperies and Kimono Materials
A Missouri merchant advertises a selection of draperies cretones and heavier fabrics for making kimonos. The note playfully admits uncertainty about what a kimono is but confirms the textiles are intended for that use.
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Missouri
Boston
Tran- Rerjuit
Remembered by W s e Saying
One of the most ancient of the famous shoemakers was Rabbi Ochanan the shoemaker who lived in the second century and held that an association established for a praiseworthy object must ultimately succeed but an association established without such an object cannot succeed.
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Ochanan
You Know What He Wanted for His Third Birthday
A humorous reminiscence recalls a child named Charles asking for a hobby horse that “keeps on a-going but never gets anywhere,” reflecting a wish for a toy that moves yet remains endlessly unsettled.
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Charles
Laws and Reforms Quote by Calvin Coolidge
A concise saying quotes Calvin Coolidge: Laws do not make reforms, reforms make laws. The line reflects a belief that systemic change drives legal change and policy reform.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Coverdale
Federation
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
College of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Manater States
Kan
the Evening Journal
Choice
Tewart
Stewart
White Way
Washington, Iowa
Ryzon
the Lemley Co
Southwest Corner Square
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