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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
3
A string of satirical musings on how society judges individuals by appearance, wealth, faith, travel, and profession. It notes hypocracy in churchgoing, profiteering, extravagance, pessimism and optimism, and jokes about doctors and judges shaping law and death taxes.
A Melbourne Workers' Winter Buffet organizer tells how Frank Smith an English baker arrived starving and jobless after being unable to join a crowded union. He walked 80 miles with two cases then drifted to Ararat for work, starved until a baker shop manageress gave him food. He collapsed at the buffet and is recovering in hospital. He sent thanks and a planned box of chocolates.
An April 1928 Literary Digest report cites Dr. Frederick Hoffman asserting 43 U S cities show higher murder rates than Moscow and Leningrad. The piece notes Jacksonville Tampa Memphis Birmingham Augusta Dallas rise or fall in homicide rates, while Macon Roanoke show increases and Atlanta, Georgia linkages.
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