Queer remedies and electric insect expel device notes
A column surveys superstitious remedies for diseases from cobwebs to amber necklaces, and reports on an electric light insect exterminator from California. It highlights curious cures and promises of modern devices as debated by readers and editors.
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Joseph J. L. Miller
West Virginia
University of California
United Press
Atention
India
Africa
Swankind
Peace theme dominates Roosevelt campaign speech analysis
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that Roosevelt's Madison Square Garden speech framed peace as the nation's goal and praised a strong stance against aggression. It cites polls showing opposition to war and discusses potential shifts in U S policy toward belligerents amid reports of German attacks on British shipping.
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Madison Square Garden
Congress
mid-Atlantic
United States
Hitler
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
der Fuehrer
Brooklyn Eagle
New World Revolution Threat and The American Money System
The New York Times warns that Nazism Fascism and Communism seek to overturn the current world order by seizing credit and control of money. It argues democracy relies on private enterprise and public regulation of banks and cautions that a shift toward government control would lead to economic and social dictatorship.
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United States
Europe
Balance in nature challenged by rabbits and laws
A Texas farm report recounts a rabbit plague wiping out most of a farmer's 10 acre apple orchard after two years. Only 20 trees survived, yielding fruit worth 1.80 per bushel. 800 trees would have borne fruit otherwise. Foxes move in to restore balance as farmers seek replanting and broader lessons from local youths.
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Austin
Farm and Ranch
Graham
Texas
Mixed Up Humor Snippets From A Busy Scene
A collage of gag lines and light anecdotes unfolds from a theater row noise to a shipyard worker’s joke about christening a baby. A pharmacist and a scientist discuss aspirin, and a charitable woman helps a down and out in a surprising twist. A Macon wedding ends in an improvised station ceremony.
County Draft Quotas May Be Delayed Til Early Next Year
War department plans to issue individual counts of armed forces by county and then forward results to local boards creating a debit and credit system. Texas quota details include overall numbers and adjustments from previous enlistments and current armed forces totals.
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War Department
Austin
War ‘Department
Texas
United States Army
Navy
Marines
Fox Protection Bill Passes in Young County
A fox protection measure was enacted in Young County for two years to safeguard wildlife. The law sets penalties for harming foxes and aims to preserve local ecosystems during the trial period.
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Young County
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