A GOOD RECORD FOR CHAIRMAN LASKER AT SHIPPING BOARD
The article praises Chairman Lasker of the government shipping board as he nears retirement. It notes his businesslike gains, cutting losses from sixteen to four million monthly and building an operating fund to 125 million, while accepting personal sacrifices to serve. It criticizes Congress for belittling his ship subsidy stance and laments dwindling capable men willing to sacrifice for public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasker
Government Shipping Board
Congress
Tasker
Shipping Board
Bulgaria Overthrows Stamboulisky Tyrant
News dispatches report the overthrow of Stamboulisky in Bulgaria after he terrorized the middle class, jailed opponents, seized property through harsh taxation, and murdered dissenters. The populace rose, the tyrant was captured, and he faces imprisonment amid uncertainty of his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Stamboulisky
Alaska poised to feed itself with farm experiments
The article discusses U.S. Department of Agriculture and Alaska projects turning the far north into a productive agricultural region. It notes Sitka origins in 1898, six more stations, diverse crops from peas to potatoes, long sunny summers, and domestic cattle, sheep, and reindeer supporting a growing inland population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Sitka
Democratic split fuels convention hype between Smith and Bryan
The piece teases a dramatic clash in the coming Democratic National Convention as William Jennings Bryan fiercely assails Al Smith and his pro beverage stance. Smith answers with his own blunt, businesslike defense, while Bryan vows to challenge Tammany influence again, promising a hard fight from wet and dry factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Smith
Tammany
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A quirky verse from Walt Mason narrates dieting antics and social cravings as characters debate meals and weight loss. Oblique references to food temptations mix with playful caricatures, reflecting humorous rural life and verse cadence of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Alaska's agriculture reshapes Fairbanks from mining camp
Fairbanks, once a mining camp, has shifted toward agriculture as its main support. The article notes Alaska's territory becoming a land of plenty through agricultural development and highlights the growth of agricultural experiments in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Republican
Fairbanks
Alaska
Grand and Glorious Feelings Stirs Tete Yeo Note
A terse fragment notes distrust in people and hints at a person who finds something and keeps it, mentioning a long address and an identity. The garbled text preserves a mood of skepticism and personal alarm without clear details or sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gong Two
How Rockefeller Has Distributed His Money
The article notes John D. Rockefeller set wealth to work for humanity, creating two foundations for education and medicine. It lists gifts to Hong Kong University, Iowa College of Medicine, Canadian medical schools, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese and Brazilian medical efforts, and support for global health initiatives totaling over two million dollars for the London School of Hygiene and related programs.
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Council Bluffs
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
America
Rockefeller
Hin
Hongkong University
College of Medicine
State University of Iowa
Canada
Peking Union Medical College
Ote Missionary University
Peking
China
Sang Paulo
Brazil
Medical School of
Siam
Bangkok
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Switzerland
Philippines
Salvador
Strasbourg
United States
England
Pasteur Institute
School of Hygiene
London
State Boards of Health
Porto Rico
Nicaragua
Palestine
Australia
International Exchange of Health Personnel
Health Section
League of Nations
Central America
France
Té Wilk
Rockefeller Foundation
Fragmentary Ad Lures with Pie and Beer Amid Reform Rhetoric
A damaged ad-like block from 1923 references cures for the Flu and a diet of bran and sawdust cakes. It features Reuben Up Brown urging a poor man to drink Jersey cream and beer while neighbors bring pies and steaks, evoking Prohibition era temperance and consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Georg Atthew Adams
Sormietinics Virtue in Opposition Message
Fragmentary OCR text notes opposition and a line about no man ever worked his passage in a four dead film and a caution not to wax poetic about opposition, mentioning Jon Neale in a unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Jon Neale
Fragmented Summer Observations and Humorous Quips
A collection of quirky lines on summer life and social quirks. Notes include cooling ideas like deep sea diving, reflections in shop windows, ice deliveries, lawncare at daylight, and playful jabs at fashion and behavior. Includes scattered phrases about hair, rings, and June bugs.
Built, Detective for Luck in Bogland Cottages
In remote parts of Bogland cottages with sloping walls were built slightly out of true due to superstition that a house exactly aligned would collapse.
Large Heads and Brains Discussion Note
A fragmentary text discusses brain size versus texture and quality, mentioning emphasis on eminent minds and the condition of large heads. It references spongy matter and Walery Brain in a non-specific context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walery
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Atlantic
Iowa
Peasants Party
Marie
Romania
Nile
THE
Gold Coast
Bolsheviki
Chicago News
Chicago
Ranport
U.U
Department of Agriculture
Harding
Arctic Circle
Alaskan
Democratic Party
Yondoy
James Joseph
Ebenezer Wise
Jim Hoskins
Elena
Wyeerg TA Tata
Fey
Duper
Drocirs
Gee
California
Bolling
Moses
Eben
Washington Sts
Oor
Cass County
Whitney Loan and Trust Company. Bank
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