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Corner Park Ave
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Geners
Waterloo
Towa
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New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Span of Life Increases Over Four Centuries
A historical study from the Pennsylvania department of health shows life expectancy rising from 16th century averages to about 59 years today, with early century lifespans much lower. The rise reflects medical advances in disease prevention, hygiene, and inoculation, while noting that current gains reflect infant mortality changes rather than adult longevity alone.
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Pennsylvania Department of Health
Hugh S. Gumming
Federal Public Health Service
Laws to Protect Labor in 1927 Progress and Gaps
A yearend survey notes major labor protections enacted in 1927 by Congress and 44 state legislatures. It highlights federal longshoremen accident compensation, state pension expansions, mine safety, vocational rehab, and new or expanded protections for injured workers and unemployed through public agencies.
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Congress
American Association For Labor
Maryland
Colorado
Arkansas
California
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
No Food Scare Rebutted by Agricultural Expert
Dr Q E Baker argues population growth does not guarantee a food shortage in 2000. He says U S output and productivity gains from mechanization and better feeding methods will keep pace with demand, noting current yields are far below needed for 200 million people.
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Q. E. Baker
United States
Medical anthropology aids medicine says Smithsonian expert
Dr Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian argues anthropology, especially physical anthropology, informs medicine by revealing human evolution, anatomy, and disease trends. He notes few American medical schools offer such courses while European schools emphasize them as core.
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Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
America
Europe
Tr. Hirdlicka
A View of the Brain Mind in Health and Speech
Dr Brady explains memory as path wear in the brain and centers for thought sensation and action as his series on health. He argues brain centers form conduits for impulses and that damage can be retrained by new associations with emphasis on physiology over phrenology.
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Ming
Byers
Brady
William Brady
Wall Street Sways New York Lives and Losses
New York, Jan. 4. Daily victims roam amid Wall Street prices as fortunes rise and fall with a clock tick. The column notes how winners become targets for blackmail and swindlers, cites suicides linked to market disasters, and recalls how Broadway and finance intertwine in the city’s harsh pace.
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New York
Wall Street
Metropolis
Broadway
The Doctor as Artist by Glenn Prane
An essay on the physician as both artist and scientist, stressing the Doctor must balance scientific rigor with human understanding and social insight. It argues the modern doctor needs expertise in disease, mind body relations, counseling, and social context to treat patients effectively.
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Glenn Prane
University of Wiacongin
Century Magazine
McClure
Sefennish
Teally
Arnlth
Uncle Wiggily and the Deer's Ride
In a snowy woods Uncle Wiggily and Tap Tap the reindeer confront a Bob Cat. Tap Tap bravely lunges with sharp horns, knocking into Whitewash the Polar Bear, who is not the foe. Mr. Whitewash offers to carry Tap Tap home to the North Pole for safety and a long ride awaits tomorrow’s continuation.
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Uncle Wiggily
North Pole
Ville
Santa Claus
Tap Tap
Tap
Uncle
Brad
Mr. Whitewash
Uncle Wigelly
Tap Tan
Yau
Bob Cal
Wigglly
White Bear
Nort Pole
Mr. Ihence
Uncle Wregily
Polar Bear
Lptter
Uncle Whelly
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier January 2 1878 Grace E church cost and mud
Fifty years ago readers in The Courier relayed Bishop E G Andrews praising the Grace Church edifice valued at 17914 dollars with 6000 unfunded. Subscriptions included 1000 from Mrs Corellia Miller and 150 each from 16 men, 100 from 10 others. Notes on New Year visitors and local notices mix with a joke about mischievous boys at Beck and Nauman factory and a grocery job note for Frank Carpenter.
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Grace E. Church
E. G. Andrews
Corellia Miller
Marriages Joyful Snowbound Snowbound Bridegroom News
Forty years ago George H Barrows and Miss Marian Stearns wed at the bride’s parents home in a ceremony led by Rev G A Chambers. The father missed due to snow blockage between Janesville and Cedar Falls. The issue also notes murder charges against M H Billings in Waverly and Kingsley case details, engravings by John Hartman, a golden wedding anniversary for EH St John and wife, new county officials taking office, and heavy snow affecting railroad service.
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George H. Barrows
Miss Marian
Stearns
G. A. Chambers
Janesville
Cedar Falls
M. HE. Billings
Waverly
W. S. Kingsley
Kingsley
Billings
John ©. Hartman
Baxwwoodi J
St. John
Lore Alford
Skating mishap injures Catherine Sedgwick at Leavitt hill
Twenty years ago a party of skaters at Leavitt's hill saw Catherine Sedgwick collide with a boy who hurled her to the ground, fracturing her collar bone though no lasting harm is expected. Also notes Burt's solar compass talk in Battle Creek and the death of Bishop Edward G. Andrews in Brooklyn, with other brief items.
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Catherine Sedgwick
Leavitt's Hill
H. E. Burt
Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan Engineering Society
Willam A. Burt
Nellie Gregg
van Noy
I. C. Depot
Opera House
Lafayette Street
Cortez Leads Fleet to Mexico in Quest for Aztec Riches
Uncle Ray recounts the 1519 voyage of Cortes and about 700 men to conquer Mexico. Marina, an Aztec language speaking slave, aids communication. Montezuma, ruler of the Aztecs, welcomes the Spaniards and tests if Cortes is the prophesied white god. Tomorrow’s topic is The Gold Disease.
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Lana
Mexico
Cortez
Antoi
Montezuma
Mexico City
Gortez
Marina
Monkeaunia
Muina
Uncle Ray
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Prompts Readers Questions
A 1926 nature club column invites readers to submit questions on nature topics. It asks about fossil formation and bird Identification and notes an observed migration event after flooding showing birds with long bills, partial webbing, black breasts and white gray plumage, asking if they were sea gulls.
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Mississippi
Answers From Tomorrow's Nature Notes
Readaways discuss birds of South America with cormorant as key while noting pelicans gannets and a game-like barley bird. The text compares wool and hair, detailing filament structure under a lens and implications for yarn. It also describes a balloonlike fish head and skin prickles, with local names for gear and terms related to swelling and buoyancy.
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South America
Peru
Alno
Groundhog Day Near Christmas Draws Local Banter
Abe Martin notes no complaints about groundhog day near Christmas in Lis town. Constable Plim recalls lively town mood as Lindy’s presence stirs opinions and diplomats resemble a returning college son.
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Lis
Constable Plim
Lindy
Ambrose Bierce Said Shot in Mexico After Expulsion
The San Francisco Examiner reports a reputed Mexican confession that Ambrose Bierce, expelled from Pancho Vida's forces as a traitor, was shot by two soldiers after Vila ordered his removal. The California writer, famed for stark war depictions, died at age 80. Also notes a Des Moines health update and Berlin aviation plans.
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Ambrose Bierce
San Francisco Examiner
Mexico
Pancho Vida
Bierce
Vila
Dierce
California
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