Getting Mighty Hot and Then Not So Fair
A fragment discusses shifting racial ideas and the growing interest in using ethnological insight for social science. It notes Europe’s advisers in military and finance but no ethnological experts, questions treaty relevance to racial heritage, and cites estimates on illegitimate births and war debts alongside figures from biblical letter counts and labor-saving machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Austria
Ireland
Great Britain
United States
Fld
H. F. Dd
Comparative Wheat Yields Britain and India Question
Fragmentary Q and A discussing whether laborers are needed to replace machinery and asking the comparative weight per acre of wheat in Great Britain and India. The readable text indicates an educational or examination style prompt with an 8S answer placeholder for A.
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Great Britain
India
Thoughtful quotes on faith and nature from Isaiah and Reade
A selection of enduring sayings contrasts divine protection with observations on suffering. The first quotes Isaiah on walking through waters and fire without harm, while the second credits Charles Reade with the view that suffering sharpens minds and morals.
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Charles Reade
Wall Street name origin and arms race through history
A reflective piece traces Wall Street’s 1653 origin as a log stockade around New Amsterdam and contrasts it with modern armaments. It notes 208 defenders surrendering and forecasts aviation fleets, arguing the armaments race repeats cycle from shields to shells.
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Wall Street
New York City
New Amsterdam
Duke of York
New York
France
America
Japan
Armaments Race Seen as Futile Without War Controls
The piece argues no perfect defense exists and declares the arms race foolish. It calls for stripping politicians of war-declaring power to halt the endless cycle of invention and countermeasures.
Obstacles to Justice in Trial Rights Debate
A historical critique argues trial practices favor defendants, noting jury unanimity can free guilty defendants and privilege against self incrimination limits testimony. The piece contrasts English heritage with reforms in France and other nations advocating open testimony by the accused to ensure accountability.
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France
Children as evidence for wages and prohibition
A bystander admires Clean, well clothed children spilling from a school while a school physician attributes prosperity to good wages. A policeman cites prohibition as a contributing factor, framing testimony by medical and law enforcement voices as persuasive support for wage reform and liquor prohibition.
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Tito
American color study finds many with intermediate skin and mixed eyes
Smithsonian scientist Dr. Alex Hrdlicka reports on 2000 Old American subjects, revealing two thirds of men and three quarters of women have medium brown skin tones. Most have mixed eye colors, with few brown eyes, and hair colors range from blond to black, with many intermediate traits.
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Washington, D. C
Alex 8. Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Hrdlicka
Calla
Greenih
Dlemn
Europe
Three Plains fishermen chase Keno Dam misdirections
Three men from The Plains Mike Krivusti Wm Hamer and John West set out to fish at Keno Dam but misread roads and rivers. They wandered, asking farmers for directions and mistaking the river for the road. After days they reached Keno Dam only to face lean supplies and a lesson in navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Krivusti
Wm. Hamer
John
West
Keno Dam
Guysville
Owen Beebe
Owen
Keno
Chapman
Coolville
Hamer
Willams
Plains
Plains Road
Hocking River
Guysville Dam
McGlone
Homer
Question and Answer column on Columbus and population data
The Athens Messenger presents a Q and A feature with responses on whether Columbus discovered America, Norse exploration near Boston, and Palestine population density. It notes a statue on Commonwealth Avenue and cites outdated estimates and incomplete war-era statistics on illegitimate birth rates.
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America
Columbus
Lief Ericson
Lief the Lucky
Charles
New England
Cheries
Atlantic
Cambridge
Desrits
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Ericson
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F. W. Bush
Chas
H. Harris
England
Gilbert and Pogue
Government Printing Office
Ity
By Frederic J. Haskin
Department of Agriculture
Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Athens
Nelsonville
Flax
Inquirer
Palestine
Paisley
Scotland
Chai-Hung
British North Borneo
Edmund Snell
Pennington
Borneo
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