Budget Oddities Show Vast US Spending Across Agencies
A lengthy look at the national budget highlights eccentric line items from federal parks funds to prison supplies. It notes Yellowstone and Yosemite allocations, Leavenworth treats, Alaska insanity care, booze stamps for natives, and missions funding, underscoring the sprawling reach of Uncle Sam’s expenditures.
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Park Service
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Stern
Department of Justice
Leavenworth
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Winter Forecasts and Mild December Highlight Weather Outlook
Princeton scientist Professor Scott says a northward shift of the cyclonic center is shaping the mild December and forecasts a gentler winter. Forecasters Cox and Searr add that low pressure moved north, sunspot activity may limit cooling, and many scholars clash in theories about sun spots and weather.
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Scott
Princeton
Montana
Cox
Chicago
Searr
New York
Curious Details in Uncle Sam’s 1925 Budget
The 1925 budget book runs 1 024 pages with total expenditures of 3 298 000 000 dollars. It lists odd items such as 235 dollars for waste baskets and 750 dollars for the state department ice chest. The chaplain earns 1 200 dollars while a locksmith will receive 1 300 for opening desks. The Capitol employs 98 clerks and ten men at 600 dollars yearly to attend to the chamber’s needs including cleaning and waiting duties.
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Uncle Sam
State Department
Europe
Hughes
House of Representatives
50-50 Honesty Test Across London Streets
A New Zealand visitor dropped blank-pocketbooks in London to test honesty. Results showed five returns and five thefts across ten trials, prompting questions about Londoners compared with other cities and eras. The column pivots to broader 1924 political chatter and public temper.
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London
London Daily Mail
Tokio
Peking
Calcutta
Constantinople
Cairo
Moscow
Letters in a Court Dispute Over Czar Alexander II Papers
Paris Dec 29 Letters from Czar Alexander II to his morganatic wife Princess Catherine Youreivska were turned over to a Nice judge to decide if they may be published against the princess children wishes. Markoff the Russian writer was paid 250 000 francs to abandon the plan while two heirs agreed. Princess Catherine Obolenski contests the price and says she will block any publication by a Chicago publishers syndicate.
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Paris
Alexander II of
Russia
Catherine Youreivska
Dolgorovka
Nice
Riviera
M. Markoff
Princess Youreivska
Markoff
George Mérenberg
Germany
Alexander Youreivsky
Catherine Obolenski
London
Chicago
Horoscope for Sunday December 30 1923 predicts mixed influences
The article notes good and evil influences due to planetary aspects, with Venus and Jupiter favorable but the sun adverse. It highlights potential happiness for lovers, boldness for seekers, and strong guidance for women. It forecasts 1924 as a remarkable year for women and warns of limited rewards in politics.
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Venus
Jupiter
Looers
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
European origin of instruments traced to Egyptian lute
Scraps claim stringed devices thought to have originated in Europe during the middle ages came from the Egyptian lute. Paper bath slippers priced as cheaper laundering aid after a shower are offered. A claim notes quinine extraction from New Guinea tree bark exceeds that of other quinine plants by nearly ten percent.
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Europe
New Guinea
Robert F Cowie Climbs From Office Boy to Company Head
Robert F Cowie started as an office boy at the Cleveland office and rose over forty years to lead the American Hallway Express Company. His ascent from bottom rung to top reflects a long career in the firm.
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Robert F. Cowie
American Hallway Express Company
Mr. Cowie
Creveland
Historic nine story apartment moved by thirteen horses
A nine story apartment building weighing 11 000 tons was moved on a track by six winches powered by pairs of horses. The operation left the path undisturbed and demonstrated precise level motion. A curious color printing method claims to color living trees in two days. Plymouth Rock’s origin is linked to Canada via ancient glacier transport. A mirror puzzle, ring tricks, and sardine tin tricks are described alongside tips for divorce rings and auto engine cranking.
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Plymouth Rock
Canada
Nature
New England
The Fable of the Two Unfettered Birds
A 1923 vignette by George satirizes two urbane adults Laura and Edgar who shun marriage and celebrate bachelor independence. They debate love and freedom while living apart, then face accidental caregiving and late-life compromise, revealing how modern intellect clashes with real life.
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George
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Teo
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Butte, Mont
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King & Prudden, Inc
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Steger
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San Fernando
Los Angeles
Mexico
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Continent
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England
TIN
New Hampshire
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Edgar
Schopenhauer
Walter Pater
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Arline
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Vane
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