Public Health Services War on the Rats
U S health officials publish methods to destroy and proof rats in a nationwide campaign led by Surgeon General Cummings. The bulletin urges rat-proofing buildings, securing food supplies, and using traps and poisons to combat plague-linked rodent populations across ports and cities.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Cummings
Health Service
American Gulf
Pointe
Mediterranean
Ford for Third Ticket in Dearborn Weekly
Detroit July 14 Henry Ford's weekly Dearborn Independence declares support for a third party movement and for the presidential candidacy of neither party. The editorial stops short of naming Ford as a third party candidate and notes alignment with both old party platforms.
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Detroit
Mich
Dearborn Independence
Henry Ford
Poor Richard says and the Franklin almanacs
The text notes that Poor Richard was Benjamin Franklin's pen name for almanacs published from 1782 to 1757. The almanacs offered maxims on temperance economy cleanliness chastity and other virtues and often added the words As Poor Richard says.
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Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin
The Man Who Was Kind to His Enemy Lesson Text
July 18 lesson explores David in flight from Saul, the crucible of his character, and keys to handling enemies with magnanimity. It covers David sparing Saul, taking his spear, and Saul’s flawed confession, highlighting humility, reliance on God, and prudent self control.
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Saul
David
Jonathan
God
Abishi
Abner
Thousands of Druggists and Doctors Get Licenses
More than 57,000 druggists and 16,000 physicians nationwide have license or permit under the national prohibition act to handle or prescribe intoxicating liquors for medicinal uses. States show Massachusetts and New York with high permit counts. Illinois, Kansas, Indiana show none where codes forbid such licensing. Puerto Rico issues 176 physician licenses, while Pennsylvania and New York lead in wholesale liquor permits.
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Washington
United States
Prohibition
John H. Kramer
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Massachusetts
New York State
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Missouri
Minnesota
Illinois
Kansas
Indiana
Tha
Mississippi
Arkansas
New Mexico
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
West Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Maine
Dllinois
Masachusetts
Keystone State
Wineries
California
Kentucky
Connecticut
Bond
Faults of Others Teach Mercy and Forbearance
Reflection on human life urges kind view of others faults. Everyone sins and needs merciful forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful toward fellow beings.
Meditation and Action Teach Honor through Duty
A reflective piece contrasts meditation with action, stating that meditation gives life to the soul while action sustains it. It urges purposeful deeds to earn honor, framing discipline as the path to virtue and worldly esteem.
Burglars Target Herne Hill House Last Week
Sympathy expressed for burglars who robbed a Herne Hill residence last week. the grocer’s bill had already been paid the day before, a detail noted with irony by Punch in London.
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Herne Hill
Punch
London
Body Found of Aged Dubuque Woman Missing Since Saturday
In Dubuque Iowa on July 14 the body of Mrs Margaret Cunningham eighty mother of Police Magistrate Cunningham was recovered from a willow pond two miles below Frentess Lake. She had been missing for a week after leaving the summer cottage ten miles from the city to fetch a pall of water.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Margaret Cunningham
Cunningham
Frentess Lake
Iowa man killed as yardmaster steps in front of train
Valley Junction reports a yardmaster at Blue Island Illinois area was struck by a train when he intentionally stepped onto the tracks. The incident occurred early July 14 with investigators examining the motive and confirming the fatality.
Rock Island Yardmaster Killed in Valley Junction Accident
William C. Edmundson, yardmaster at Rock Island Valley Junction Iowa, was killed late yesterday at the Rock Island yards. He stepped from a path beside a train but was caught between it and the next train, dying instantly.
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William C. Edmundson
Rock Island
Valley Junction
Iowa
Edmundson
Washington's Ice Melted Diary Entry 1775
George Washington records in January 1775 placing ice under a summer house and in a cellar. June 5 diary entry notes opening the cellar well where a stored supply had nearly run out, then discovering a second repository with a large store intact.
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Washington
George Washington
Notice of Street Improvement for Clara Barton Street
City of Washington Iowa announces a resolution of necessity for grading curbing guttering and paving Clara Barton Street from South Iowa Avenue to near East line of South Third Avenue. It sets assessment method and requires property owners to comply with ordinances and connections within fifteen days after contract. Public hearing scheduled August 2, 1920 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Mayor J E Boveer and City Clerk sign.
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Clara Barton
City of Washington
Iowa
City of
Washington
Iowa Avenue
South Third Avenue
Washington County Hospital
William Perry Wells Park
Council
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J. F. Duffy
P. B. Hmitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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Prohibition Commissioner's Office
Kramer
Pittsburgh
Barrett Distilling Company
Scranton
Large
Barrett
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear
BPORD
Maxiwell
Overland
Chevrolet
DORT
Tucker & Eicher
Marion Avenue
J. E. Boveer
J. Kellogg
Syracuse University
Ithica
Jordan
Rammi
Gallagher
A. Loskamp
Capt. Busch
H. Hoople
Grimshaw
Nicholson
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