Notable figures and body types in public life
The passage notes a pattern where tall slim men like Coolidge Harding Mellon Tesla and the Wright brothers are contrasted with shorter sturdier figures such as Edison Roosevelt Belasco Hughes Root and others. Dr Garrett cites thyroid and ductless glands as a possible scientific explanation for these differences.
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Wise
Coolidge
Harding
Andrew W. Mellon
Tesla
Marconi
Wright Brothers
Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
David Belasco
Charles Evans Hughes
Eliiu Root
Jack Dempsey
Imis Angel Fitpo
Garrett
Butler Fire Dispute Highlights Free Speech Fight
The Lantern laments attempts to oust Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler from Columbia by anti prohibition extremists. It warns against using job attacks to silence dissent while praising Butler’s public record and opposing fanatical suppression of opinion.
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William H. Anderson
New York State
Anti-Saloon League
Sing Sing
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Arthur J. Davis
Anderson
Butler
Dr. Butler
The
Republic
America
American Republic
Prudence Hecklebury
Daily and Sunday Standard circulation notice
Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge Dillon Bozeman Philipsburg addresses listed. Subscription rates shown: six months to foreign countries two, four, and twelve dollar options. Carrier delivery and department contact details appear, though some text is garbled.
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Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Bozeman
Ata Philipsburg
Mothers Day Becomes National Institution In 1914
The second Sunday in May 1914 marked Mothers Day as a national institution by President Wilson's proclamation after congressional authorization. The day honors the home and mothers, expressing gratitude for the care, guidance, and protection mothers provide from infancy through adulthood. It aims to inspire nobler purposes, bring sweetness to living mothers, and revive memories for those with departed moms.
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Wilson
Congress
Long Legs and Long Heads Inborn Brain Work Suit
A study cited in Popular Science Monthly reports that body proportions hint at aptitude for brain or manual labor. Dr. Garrett of Columbia measured hundreds of college boys and notes long limbs with small torsos may indicate high intelligence, while large bodies with short arms suggest steadiness for manual trades. Noting normal types may fit either path, the findings align with examples like Ford, Rockefeller, Pershing, Tarkington, and Wilson.
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Garrett
Department of Psychology
Columbia University
Popular Science Monthly
Wellman
Ienry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
General Pershing
Booth Tarkington
David Wark
Amer
Shin
Limconn
Woodrow Wilson
Opening Day Sparks in Butte Anaconda Baseball District
The mining district readies for a lively season as fans brace for a fast, partisan showdown. Local umpires Chisholm and Hickey prepared, while Butte high school track teams celebrated a Missoula victory and a strong 1923-24 season outlook. Roy Walsh’s Missouri prison departure and evolving national political chatter add to a bustling political and social scene.
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Kenesaw Mountain
Chauncey Berrien
Messrs
Chisholm
Hickey
Butte
Missoula
Horoscope for Sunday May 11 1924
Astrologers warn of a risky day with Mercury and Jupiter favorable but Neptune and Venus adverse. Cautions on contracts and cautious business profits. Public animosity toward leaders as hypocrisy rises in high places. Many marriages among the public eye. England politics see house of lords tensions. Emigration and tax discontent rise in Great Britain.
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Jupiter
Neptune
House of Lords
England
Great Britain
United
Reforms, corruption probes, and army prep in the stars
The outlook predicts reformers rising in police methods and public mind awakening over corruption in two cities' high offices. Army appropriations spark clashes in congress amid preparedness debates. Taurus births face tests and strong minds, with headstrong children noted for concentration.
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Congress
Taurus
McClure
Kin Seeks Patrimony He Days Japanese Seized
Kin, a Seoul native, arrives in Tokio seeking $150,000 he says was confiscated by Japan after Korea’s annexation. He claims his father deposited the money in a Seoul bank for inheritance, but it vanished. Kin traveled with two friends, faced police inquiry in Kobe, and was released before reaching Tokio.
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Tokio
Kin
Korea
Japan
Seoul
Kobe
Doctor Dolittle and the talking cat tale told by Dab Dab
In a bedtime tale Dab Dab recounts how a white Persian cat helps a farmer’s family keep six kittens hidden. The farmer and wife blame the cat for mysterious luck and whisper of English understanding, though the cat may only be listening. The story ends with a tease that the white mouse will tell the next tale.
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Puddleby-on the
Scotland
Oxenthorpe
Liza
Farmer
Poingare's Butler Fired for Franc Speculation
In Paris Premier Poincare's household the franc speculation story ends with Jules the head butler dismissed after urging Mme Poincare to invest in francs. The piece notes the franc's decline and a Yukon Alaska dance scene with orchestral music from the United States broadcast last winter.
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Paris
Premier Poincare
Poin Care
Jules
M. Poincare
Mme. Poincare
Jule
Yukon
Alaska
United States
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Don Marquis
Overcoats
Ten Tribune, Inc
Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
West Park Street
the Daily and Sunday Standard
Canada
Standard Publishing Company
Missouri
Jefferson County
Mont
Roy Walsh
New York
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cleveland
Smith
Cus Sen
Je Gast
Perry Pontics
Gertain
West
Enoues
O10
Tammany
Thomas F. Foley
Frank J. Goodwin
Annie Matthews
Doctor Dolittle
Poingare
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