American Medical College in Peking Opens Doors
The Rockefeller Foundation backs the Peking Union Medical College to advance Western medicine in China. The September 15 22 conferences mark dedication events for a modern, fireproof campus with a 20 bed hospital and extensive laboratories, built to become an integral part of Chinese civilization.
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Government Isolation
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U. S. Asiatic Fleet
Mummies Link Ancient and Modern Dress Across Worlds
At Chicago's Field Museum mummies from Egypt and Peru reveal striking stylistic parallels with modern 1921 dress. Dr. J Alden Mason notes that weaving, pottery, and metalwork show advanced craft and that mummies, wrapped in relic finery, attract thousands of visitors as living links to ancient civilizations.
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J. Alden Mason
Iowa Building Demand Edges Up in August
Iowa labor data shows a small rise in building trades demand while total hires and layoffs remain at normal levels. The Sioux City Employment Bureau now offers free service to all workers, men and women, and is expanding beyond farm labor. September may see farm job declines offset by manufacturing gains, with overall employment similar to prior years. A bean restaurant opening features heavy promotions and quirky signage, drawing crowds and buzz in Des Moines.
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Go Hungry Beneath the Park The New York Satire
Chronic park bench habitués praise a new urban staple in New York on September 8. The piece highlights locals embracing the overlooked resource and its unexpected social role amid city life.
Young robbers seek missing car after watermelons raid
Four What Cheer youths who raided a nearby watermelon patch found their car stolen on the return trip. They reached the patch safely, gathered melons, then discovered the vehicle was gone. The boys worry a prankster may be behind the loss and hope to recover their car.
Unlucky Signs Across Superstitions Across Eras
Unlucky beliefs about ladders and the number H are traced to historical and cultural origins. The ladder associated with Calvary is linked to misfortune, while the odd dislike of the sequence or letter H is tied to ancient numerology and symbolic associations.
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Half of Iowa Corn Is Safe From Frost
DES MOINES reports that more than half the Iowa corn crop is safe from moderate frost. Abnormally hot weather and strong winds rushed corn toward maturity, so a freeze would not seriously damage part of the crop. Watermelons and muskmelons yielded well, with some disease impact. grapes are being harvested about three weeks earlier than usual.
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Charles D. Reed
Reed
Harvard professor on dancing as instinct
A Harvard professor compares dancing to an instinct as strong as eating and fighting. He notes humans have long eaten anything and fought anything, and now may dance anything, reflecting on innate behavior and cultural expression.
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Harvard
Kansas City Star
SPRUM COMPANY LOSES CASE OVER 85 000 STOCK INVESTMENT
In Muscatine on September 5, Judge PDW Jackson ruled that misrepresentations by an agent of Continental Serum Laboratories amounted to fraud. The court ordered the company to refund Albert Rowe 5 000 in notes for 40 shares of stock. Evidence had been heard weeks earlier. The plaintiff claimed authorized agents of the serum plant misled him.
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Investor Enlisted by Firm Promises Returns and Notables
A man claimed he was told by the firm that its property was worth at least 125000 dollars, that his investment would yield 20 percent, and that two of his wealthiest neighbors already enrolled. He says he trusted these statements and invested.
Quoits in Early Virginia Maryland Streets
The article describes quoits being played in Jamestown St Marys City Port Cobacco and other tidewater towns in Virginia and Maryland centuries ago. It notes players in buckskin and coonskin caps with onlookers watching as horseshoes were tossed to ring the hob.
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Virginia
Maryland
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Ineinos
Curfew Set in Albia for Minors After 9 P.M.
Albia authorities announce a 9 o'clock curfew for anyone under 15 on streets alleys or public grounds without a parent or guardian. Peace officers may arrest without process and, if convicted in the mayor's court, the offender faces fines or up to ten days in jail. The September district court term opens with thirty nine cases including one divorce and several appeals from city assessments.
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Washington County's Only Daily Journal Note
Washington County's only daily newspaper reports local events and notices with concise townwide coverage highlighting community activities, meetings, and announcements impacting residents. Copyright details or publishing dates not provided in the fragment.
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