Rural life linked to lower divorce rates across nations
The section notes divorce rates differ by occupation and region, with agriculture showing the lowest such rates. It cites 20 per 10 000 in some areas, 12 per 10 000 among workers, and under three per 10 000 for farmers. Paris registers one divorce per seven marriages, while Los Angeles surpasses that. It also mentions a French department with only four couples per 60 000 ending in divorce, and remarks on rural to urban migration.
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Ness
Paris
Los Angeles
Law group debates reform and citizenship training at ABA meeting
At the Minneapolis gathering the American Bar Association presents committee reports on jurisprudence reform ethics and citizenship training. Highlights urge defense of the constitution against radical propaganda and propose plans for citizen education while addressing international law Latin American topics and the British debt settlement.
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American Bar Association
Minneapolis
United States
Bar
Association
Committee On International Law
Permanent Court of International Justice
Divorce in France as Divorce Rate Falls
The French minister of justice notes a steady drop in divorce numbers from 1920 to 1922. Analysts find divorce more common among childless couples and among those in commerce and business, reflecting shifting social and economic pressures in postwar France.
World Match Race Proposes Papyrus on Belmont Stage
A $100,000 purse fuels a planned October 20 match at Belmont Park between Papyrus, England Derby winner, and an American 3-year-old, with possible Epinard entry. If both enter, a triangular clash with French and British reps of American stock would unfold, reviving historic international showdowns in horse racing.
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Papyrus
England
Ocean
Belmont Park
Epinard
France
Zev
Tracery
August Belmont
Belmont Stud
Salvator
Tenny
Monmouth
Firenze
Marcus Daly
Tammany
Lamplighter
Nighttime flag flying sparks renewed debate
A controversy roars over whether the Star Spangled Banner flag should be lowered at sunset. Some soldiers insist on following orders to bring the flag down, while patriots cite the national anthem and Key’s era to argue for keeping it aloft.
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Army
Navy
Francis Scott Key
Congress to hear farmers aid ideas in busy session
The piece notes a busy sixty eighth congress with many farmer aid suggestions under consideration. It mentions Mexico president life insurance rates, anthracite miners and operators, France and Germany, England advising France on debt, and a humorous jab at Henry Ford about removing the world’s devils by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Henry Ford
John L. Lewis
Raggedy Friends Find Ice Cream Cone Bushes in Woods
Raggedy Ann Raggedy Andy and Ned Gnome discover wild ice cream cone bushes after escaping two witches. The witches vow revenge but slip away after being sprayed with cones. The scene shifts to brief notes on oyster shell fertilizer, adjustable golf club weights, Earth's oxygen level, and a London guard dog.
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Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy
Raggedys
Little Ned Gnome
Ned Gnome
Marandie Mousie
Mousie
Ned
Gnome
Wanda Witch
Lions Tamed by Electricity Instead of With Whip
Reported lion tamers favor an electrically charged wire over the whip for early training. A fence across cages delivers a deeper lesson when beasts touch it, replacing the former shoulder watch and leather blows. Also noted are efforts to photograph the ocean floor using luminous light and chemical-reproduced bioluminescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Horoscope for Tuesday August 28 1923 Foretells unsettled year ahead
Astrologers describe a most unfavorable day with Mercury volatile. Early letters contracts are swayed but later adversity follows. Sensational papers may publish, public figures face criticism, a famous publisher may face libel threats, and winter scandals loom for those with careers or political aims.
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Mercury
Mexico
Jaliem
Virgo children born this day will be gifted and temperamental
The text notes that many splendid possibilities of making money may arise and that Virgo subjects born on this day are likely to be temperamentally intense and imaginative, potentially magnetic and gifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Bitter Root News Spotted Fever Vaccine Fails
George Michky Jr., an eight year old in Hamilton, is reported recovering from spotted fever after three weeks in hospital. Doctors note the Noguchi Immunity vaccine did not modify his illness, a rare outcome in vaccinated patients. The boy, son of a public health lab janitor, may have contracted the disease near the station. Western Montana physicians say child recovery rates are higher than adults.
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Hamilton
George Michky Jr
Hamilton Hospital
Michky
George Michky
United States Public Health Laboratory
Montana
Fund for Baptist Church Growing Plans Near Completion
Aug 27 report shows a local committee raising funds for a new Baptist church with a matching subscription by the Baptist missionary organization. Mrs. Mary Kerlee donated the site. the old building will be moved to serve as an addition. Aims for a winter opening as a larger community center.
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Edifice Board
Baptist Missionary Organization
Mary Kerlee
Corvallis Children Win Prize in Montana Photo Contest
Corvallis Aug 27 Western Montana children La Verne LeRoy and Orian Cobb earned prizes in a Northern Pacific Railroad contest for photographs of Western recreational resources. The winning image features three boys in gum boots and sweaters holding at least three pound trout, with a basket of smaller trout in the foreground.
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Corvallis
Montana
Kodak Pictures
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
LaVerne, LeRoy
Orian Cobb
Epigenet Tne
Boya
West
Picture use approved for railway company advertising poses
A notice states that chosen photographs will be used by the railway company for advertising purposes. The period, scope, and selection criteria are not detailed in the fragment. The item implies consent for promotional use of images by the railway operator.
Reimel Resigns From Valley Mercantile in August Departure
B W Reimel credit man for Valley Mercantile resigns to take an extended Pacific coast tour starting September 1 for Mrs Reimel health. Rufus Johnson named new credit man for the company.
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Hamilton
B. W. Reimel
The
Valley Mercantile Company
Pacific Coast
American praises quiet efficiency of London people
An American business man, W. S. Ashby, praises Londoners for better street traffic handling and orderly calm in contrast to New York. He notes New York’s bustle and compares it unfavorably to London’s measured pace and efficiency. The piece reflects cross Atlantic views on urban behavior and public order.
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London
America
New York
W. 8. Ashby
Daily Chronicle
Traffc
London Quiet Efficiency Defies First Impressions
The observer notes London traffic flows calmly under watchful officers who move traffic with precise, polite control. Despite outward quiet, pace mirrors New York in speed, yet without noise or bustle, revealing efficient, orderly city behavior.
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Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
Butte
West Park Street
Daily Ant
Sunday Standard
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Boregnan and
Philipsburg
Standard Publishing Company
Butte, Mont
Associated Press
Prudden, King & Prudden, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Globe
Boston
Steger
Chicago
Sharon Building
Francisco
San Fernando
Germany
Dr. Jeky
Mr. Hyde
Johnny Gruelle
South
Earth
Venus
Watchdog
Bitter Root News
Fund For Baptist Church
Reimel
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