Thought for Today Verse and Adage Pair
A brief devotional quotation pairs Matthew 6 25 scripture about daily needs with Addison on viewing life and eternity. The passage contrasts earthly provisions with eternal concerns and reflects on prudent worldly preparation alongside spiritual outlook.
Home paper week celebrated in Kansas towns
The article highlights Kansas observances of home paper week with school ceremonies and essays by children. It contrasts small town editors, closely linked to their communities, with large city editors, praising local papers as bulwarks of honest government and community life.
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Kansas
Schoolildren
New Word for Prohibition Urged by Dallas Author
Dallas Love Sharp calls for a new term to replace prohibition at a prohibition and law enforcement conference. He urges dropping a hateful term and creating a constructive label that signals reform rather than denial and control.
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Dallas Love Sharp
Prohibition and Law Enforcement
Adrenalin to Abstinence: A Call to Change Habits
A speaker argues for appealing to the public through adventure and constructive results from quitting liquor. The method mirrors wild game conservation appeals, urging huntsmen to find delight in nature without a gun and to embrace a safer future. The dialogue closes with emphasis on a powerful new concept.
Fraudulent stock promoters prey on average earners
A New York university Bureau of Business Research survey across 15 states shows average victim losses of $1190 in fraudulent stock schemes. Cash buyers outnumber installments, with some paying up to $500 a share and $43.05 as the average price. Some victims exchanged Liberty Bonds for risky securities, suggesting a persistent motive to be swindled.
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Bureau of Business Research of
New York University
Florida fairy tales of quick Florida fortunes told by a Miami elder
A long essay questions Florida real estate scams that lure investors with dream profits. It follows a teacher who pays 3500 for land, then endures 99 year lease to gain 600000 total, and contrasts minnows who turn to whales with other investor booms and cautionary anecdotes urging thorough investigation before buying unseen.
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de Leon
Florida
Miami
New Yorker
Everglides
North Carolina
Question and Answer column from The Athens Messenger
The reading compiles Q A items from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Proderic J. Haskin. It includes explanations on printing currency cloud movement geology furniture industry and Kate Claxton The Two Orphans, plus Mussolini era remarks on war and disarmament.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Proderic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Light Globes and a Flicker at Dinner
A passerby describes the recurring issue of blown light globes and a dining room bulb that flickers. The habit of trusting luck leads to taps and improvised fixes when the globe fails to shine.
Poem fragment on light globes and nightly outages
Hal Cochran's verse recalls how light globes blow out and are mislaid. The speaker notes home lamps flicker during the day and at night, lamenting forgotten purchases and the frustration of a dark house when the globe fails.
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Father
A Rich Man’s Gift of Knowledge Through Reading
A benevolent Schepp invites public ideas for using his fortune and suggests funding a book distribution project. He argues books should be accessible with simplified, illustrated versions of heavy works. He cites Thales and the ancient philosophers to show how knowledge spurs independent thinking.
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Schepp
Carnegie
Thales
Ythagoras
Aristotle
Greece
Christ
Senator envisions a world with war abolished
The speaker muses on a distant future where war ends, then asserts that intelligence and justice govern. He notes Senator Cippico as observing deer thriving where wolves once died, and that deer help and warn one another.
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Cippico
Rome's patricians ride with armed followers through streets
In ancient Rome and later noble circles a clash could erupt as factions moved through public spaces. The passage paints a vivid scene of tension between powerful individuals and their armed retinues, hinting at the precarious balance of authority and danger in urban life.
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Rome
PARTY LOSES A GREAT LEADER
Washington reacts to Bryan's death as a major shift in Democratic politics. Analysts question who can unite his faction, while his influence as party keeper and moral advocate looms large, leaving the party unsure how to fill his leadership and ideological role.
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Charles P. Stewart
Messenger
Washington
Bryan
Dpryan
la Follette
Jabonn
Fables on Health How to Attain a Long Life
Longevity comes to those who watch health with daily exercise early to bed and rise. Sun exposure aids healing while a diet of fruits nuts and vegetables adds to life. Medicines require physician advice and moderation in tea coffee and tobacco. Keep light reading free of strain and stay cheerful and active.
No Clear End Yet to Global Conflict Says Historian
A historian remarks that large cities reflect humanity’s lingering dangers and that until nations abandon dissonant aims the peril persists. He urges cooperation and lasting restraint to prevent future outbreaks of violence worldwide.
Vision of a future world police and a peaceful era
A minority of criminals threaten cities but are controlled by police. The piece predicts a future higher civilization with an efficient world police to establish peace. It notes the timeline is long but asserts readiness to dispose of wolves as needed.
Coolidge Seeks Pacific Fleet Visit to Strengthen Ties
President Coolidge voices hope that the U S fleet voyage to Australia and the far Pacific will spotlight cordial relations with all nations of Europe Asia and Africa. He notes the aim is to reinforce peaceful ties among major powers.
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Coolidge
Australia
Far Pacific
United States
Europe
Asia
Australians and New Zealanders praised for guarding southern seas
The author argues that the visit of the fleet should bring recognition of the Australians and New Zealanders for their role in holding their section of the earth for the white race. The piece frames the alliance as a shared effort and stresses racial conduct as a core motive.
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Australia
Statement on race and dominance in a white supremacist view
The comment asserts there is no hostility toward other races and that white people hope to maintain dominance. It reflects a belief in white racial supremacy and the idea of ongoing domination as a goal.
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Treasury
Mellon
Collier's
Congress
Faeland Fought for Colonies Amid Corn Contention
The Martins Ferry Ohio Daily Times notes Faeland's struggle for the American colonies was linked to a lack of sweetness and delicacy in corn, reflecting local opinion on agricultural hardship and allegiance.
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Faeland
Martins Ferry
Ohio Daily Times
Nebraska’s Bryan Earliest Heard Amid Great Midwest Sea Claim
The Canton Ohio Daily News notes scientific proof that the Midwest was a prehistoric sea and marks the first known hearing of William Jennings Bryan in Nebraska.
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Mid-West
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Canton
Ohio Daily News
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Fifth Ave
New York
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Chicago
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the Home Paper
By Frederic J. Haskin
Sam
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Monticello
Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Jefferson M. Levy
Commodore Uriah P. Levy
Geogerical Survey
Alaska
America
Kate Claxton
Louise
Count Cippico
Massachusetts
Italy
Hal Cochran
Zeller
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Dante
Bureau of Railway Economics
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Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Harahan
Hocking Valley Railway Company
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