Co operative grain selling aids farmers and consumers
A Chicago based co operative grain marketing company saved American farmers about 100000 last year by selling credit to consumer co operatives. By fixing prices in world markets and cutting middlemen, the venture lowered costs for buyers and sped farming’s recovery. It argues farmers price and distribute their products more intelligently, with benefits to allied industries and consumers, though U S middlemen still play a costly role.
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Chicao
United States
Walking Up Stairs a Man Suggests Energy for Woolworth climb
An elderly business man shares estimates on stair climbing speeds for reaching the Woolworth Building’s top. He claims ordinary breakfast and good condition enable 10 to 12 minutes for ascent, a slender youth seven minutes, and an athlete five to six minutes. He notes his own 792 foot building height and his fitness history.
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Woolworth
Woolorth
Switzerland
Stairways as Fitness Test in Office Life
Walking stairs instead of elevators tests physical condition and builds vigor. If no organic defect exists, persevere. Climbing 100 feet per minute, about ten stories, yields a sense of well being not found in sedentary workers.
Shoestring Beginnings Shape a Chronicle of Success
A meditation on humble origins recalls the San Francisco Chronicle founder M. H. de Young who started with a $20 gold piece and died wealthy. It parallels a Midwest widow who, aided by a $20 gold piece from a mason, built a life as a teacher and principal, never spending the coin but valuing its confidence.
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San Francisco Chronicle
M. H. de Young
Middle West
Masons
Lodge
Pital
France and Britain share a common foe in the euro crisis
A quip on shared burdens between John Bull and Uncle Sam, noting that both face the French ebt as a new common challenge in global finance and politics.
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John Bull
Uncle
Visionaries Seek Heaven on Earth After February Sixth
The hopeful visionaries who expected to go straight to heaven on February 6 might make the best of a bad situation and begin doing all they can to make a heaven of this earth.
Patriotism Defined by Constant Readiness to Fight
A jingo is described as a patriot who always seeks a chance to defend his country, even at personal cost, echoing Artemus Ward’s quip about risking the last drop of blood.
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Artemus Ward
Notable International Relative Promissory Note Report
An international relatives promissory note drawing attention to a financial or familial obligation is reported with emphasis on the key parties and the implied urgency. Details remain limited but the document signals cross border or cross family significance in the ongoing matter.
Poetical Tone of Tongue Ties to Animal Imagery
An observer of psychology notes a skilled poet can bend language with the tip of the tongue, a trait seen as making the cow and ant eater more poetic than the elephant in expressive thought.
Will Rogers Ropework Packs Audience at Rally
The veteran entertainer uses humor and timing to engage the crowd, turning the event into a lively showcase. Rogers delivers quips that draw out laughter and applause, leaving the audience spellbound as he masters the room.
Prosperity Shines as U S Records Higher Output and Wages
Washington reports renewed prosperity after wartime boom with 1923 manufacturing value at 60.48 billion, up from 1919 though output exceeds 1919. Payroll rose to 10.99 billion in 1923, wages higher than postwar era while fewer workers earned more, reflecting improved consumer buying power and farm price dynamics.
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United States
Census Bureau
Congo
el Paso
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Leading Figures in News and Society Examined
A look at how prominent individuals shape public discourse and influence events across politics culture and business. The piece analyzes leadership styles media presence and the responsibilities that come with high visibility.
Radio work and other notes from Edison Lab and inquiries
Questions and answers cover Thomas Faison's radio activity during and after the war, Persian New Year called New-root, French speaking countries, Washington's title Father of his Country, Portland fair status, average potato yield trends, and U S wavelength availability in the United States.
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France
Belgium
Switzerland
Canada
Algeria
Tunis
French West Africa
French Congo
Somaliland
Madagascar
French India
Indo-China
Martinique
St. Pierre
Miquelon
French Guiana
Washington
the Masons of
Prince George's Lodge
Georgetown
South Carolina
Portland
United States
Department of Commerce
A Vision of Peace and Education Beyond Borders
The piece envisions sending British students to the United States while reversing the Rhodes scholarship model. It argues peace comes from greater intelligence and international study, notes the flying machine will ease travel, and questions ethics of capital punishment versus ancient sacrificial rites, urging humane justice.
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Prince of
Wale
Man in Sing Sing cell hangs self after sentence
A inmate in Sing Sing Prison’s passing house commits suicide after a pending sentence for murder. Doctors attempt resuscitation for hours but fail. The man had killed six in a revenge killing and left a letter declaring innocence, a note readers interpret as his confession.
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Sing Sing
Death in the death house sparks debate over execution method
The account notes a man’s death by hanging and a violent attempt at resuscitation in the death house. It questions the law’s mandate that he die and ponders the afterlife, predicting bruises on the neck alongside burns on head and leg in the next world.
Prisoner Plea Overhaul Calls For Brain Study
A prisoner serving life joked with a fellow inmate to speed up, amid a case of auto theft. The piece questions current corrections, notes experiments proposed on brain surgery for volunteers, and cites a chaplain admitting $10,500 shared with prison authorities from bootleggers.
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Sch
Bootleg Prisoners Attend Poker Game With Officials
A fragment notes bootleg prisoners invited to play poker with prison officials at a $59 limit using marked cards to skim bootleg money. It laments the hollow regard for law and religion in such a scene and its impact on a friendless observer.
Be a bootlegger not a piker lesson of reform
A cryptic line depicts a penniless convict observing a solemn religious teacher selling favors for cash and a bootlegger gaining favor by losing at poker. The reform message suggests criminals should adopt bootlegging over piker strategies.
Flying machines and new devices threaten big cities and travel
General Mitchell testifies that flying machines and chemicals could attack New York City in a day and that a ransom would be needed to avert it. The French army approves a stabilizing airplane device reducing gyroscope use, signaling safer air travel within two decades. Real estate investors should plan with flying machines in mind as rail and ocean travel may end. Destructive weather disrupts east and west regions.
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Mitchell
Congressional Committee
New York City
Manhattan Island
Weather lore ties to eclipse and storms across regions
The passage notes gales in Western Europe and cites Reid’s omen of the world’s end near. In the south, colonized communities link unusual weather to the recent eclipse, reflecting superstition amid meteorological extremes.
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Europe
Reidts
Radio program listings from UPI compiled guide
A dense schedule of radio broadcasts listing stations across major cities for Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 23. Includes Waldorf Orchestra, Waldorf Concert Orchestra, Hunter entertainer, Minoo Lopes Orchestra, Pennsylvan ia Orchestra, and broadcasts from WEAF WJZ WPLY and many regional outlets with times and performers.
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United Press
WRAF
Waldorf Orchestre
Bruno
Sory
Pire
Gouthard
Waldorf Concert Orchestra
Hunter
A. Tareel
Alfred Orner
F. Minoo Lopes
WNYC
New
Vincent’ Fee Rose
WPG
Atlantic City
Chalfonte-Haddon
Ooanea
Kerer Dorks
Orchestre
Xarl Bonawits
Wincé
TOONA
Blue Bird Eatert
Zimmerman’e Orchestra
U Prace
Kam Penn
WJZ
Tito
Organia
Acrenectady
EU Romano
WCAD
Canton
Detroit Free Vues
James
Oan
Goldkette
Wwn
Detroit
Disney
Detroit News Orchestra
Radio News
CFCA
Toronto
Shirley Walker
Waar
New York
Federation Services
Pennsylvania Orchestra
Waldorf Ore Wfi
Philadelphia
FBG
Altoens
Alan Legion Music
WIP Poel Ade Fas
Geteemens Ymca
Biladelpria
Letheny
Bethany
Wcap
Washington
WEAF
WCAK
Piimeenes H Press
People’s Church
Oto Kalele
William Penn Orchestra
We EB
Pitteburgh
Emory M. E
Cincinnati
Kopp
WCCO
MPLS
ST. Paul
Plymouth
House of
Central Lutheria Church
WLS
Chicago
Ralph Emerson
WGN
Gabriel
KYW
Central Church
Sunday Evening Club
WORBD
Zion
J. D. Thomas
Edith Carey
Carey
Wee
Davenport
Little Symphony Orchestre Who
Des Moines
University Church
Drake Auditorium
Muede
Jefferson
Evengelical Arch
WOAW
Omara
Bible St Fleur
WSUI
Iowa City
Central Ave
Arlington
Baxter's
Ore Y
Weaper
Dallas
Ibe Reall Histore Wbap
Fort Worth
Mianigtt Frolice
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