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Editorial Notes On Holiday Grins And Political Quips
A column riffs on holiday rush and snooping, with jokes about last minute shoppers. It notes Democratic leaders’ anti evolution talk as a potential campaign issue and mentions Bryan’s White House visit amid joking commentary on prohibition and city broadcasts during a June convention.
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Weather Outlook For Southern New England And Eastern New York
Fair weather warms in Southern New England with rain in the region. Eastern New York sees increasing clouds and rain or snow in northern areas. A storm moving inland from the north reaches Colorado, with Western disturbance bringing rain east of the Mississippi within 24 to 36 hours. Winds shift from northwest to easterly, with overcast skies and warmer conditions Friday.
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Dry Cold in Dry Northern Winters Across Regions
A fragmented discussion explains how extremely dry air in northern United States and southern Canada creates severe cold. It notes windless, clear conditions help temperatures plummet while sun can warm exposed skin. Wind accelerates heat loss and evaporation, deepening the chill.
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International Utopia Echoes Across Americas Unity Talk
The address from the National University of Buenos Aires faculty at Columbia University, delivered by Col. Malcolm C. Rorty, promotes North South American friendship. Columbia President Nichols Murray Butler agrees on shared aims, democracy, and mutual progress, envisioning a world less prone to war through international trust and education.
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Mysterious forces of blood and success failings
A passage notes that each blood molecule contains about 2000 atoms including one iron atom essential for oxygen transport. It asserts without iron and oxygen the body cannot live, and remarks that many accomplished people still miss the mark, suggesting numerous failures despite gifts.
Pep and the gaiety of heart in DeQuincey and Goldsmith
The essay argues that pep, or a constitutional gaiety of heart, helps one approach success. DeQuincey admired Oliver Goldsmith’s hopeful spirit, saying his gaiety could not be bought, like the iron atom in blood. Faith is the spiritual side of pep, according to the passage.
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Insulting the Services and the Recruiting Myth
A Kansas City Star report notes a acquittal of a police character accused of robbery and the jury urges him to join the army or navy. The piece condemns using the services as refuges for criminals and rebuts statements by New York’s Police Commissioner that violence is inevitable with trained soldiers. It emphasizes that service members are drawn from law abiding youth and calls for high standards in recruitment.
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Westport Golf Course Closed for Improvements
Winter golfers limited to the old nine holes as the rest of the Westport course is closed to preserve conditions for spring. The number 12 driving mound is rebuilt into a 14 foot high attractive feature. A New Year’s dance at the Country Club will run from 7:38 to 3 with dinner and a buffet lunch.
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One Hundred Years Ago at Princeton College
From Poulson's Advertiser December 27 1923 report the college at Princeton praised for Carnahan the principal later a firecracker incident in the hall led to student suspensions and a controversial faculty meeting where the chair was challenged and 40 students withdrew support amid disputes among Virginians and Carolinians.
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Sentence Sermons on Faults and Luck
A reflective piece denounces excuses for failure and self pity. It warns against blaming bad luck, denying faults, and assuming omniscience. The message targets those who seek others to do everything and think they never had a fair chance.
Color of hair rule for fishing licenses adopted locally
Town issues angling licenses under state law from January 1. Applicants must provide name address post office, age occupation height weight hair color eye color and years in state. Form three sections. one kept by town clerk, one sent to state fisheries board, one carried by applicant.
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Gem varieties spread across United States
Washington reports that practically every known gem is found in the United States. Diamonds appear in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. Montana, Idaho and New Mexico yield sapphires and rubies, while emeralds from Nevada and nearby areas often surpass diamonds in value.
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Greece awaits Venizelos return to restore unity
Athens discussion centers on former premier Constantine Venizelos returning from exile to aid Greece amid bitter political strife. Newspapers publish portraits and speculate on his possible temporary stay and potential influence on royalist support for his readjustment program.
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Sun and Shade by Anne Campbell
A fragment from a poem reflects on leaving life for bliss and the loss of contrast that makes love joy and sorrow meaningful. The speaker imagines a world without tears, breathless hush after death, and winter’s cold, noting without hardship there is no springtime for the heart or progress for the soul.
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Cornell W Guinness to Submit Names of Democrats
City Attorney John A Cornell and Assistant Town Clerk John J McGuinness will be asked to submit a list of Democrats for appointive commissions. Mayor Wilf Wenner said this yesterday.
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Our Children the Lawbreaker by Angelo Patri
A boy narrates pressure from a father and a coach about rules at teen life. The dialogue centers on a sixteen year old pressured to join a Frat, smoking, dancing, and training. The father warns of consequences if the rules are broken while acknowledging a need for growing independence.
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Walt Mason Laws
A satirical plea for tougher justice and faster court processes. It laments slow trials, repeated delays, and hung juries, arguing criminals deserve swift punishment while urging the public to demand accountability and lawful consequences.
Diabetes Deaths Jumped in 1928 Across Census Area
Washington Dec 21 Deaths from diabetes rose sharply in 1928, the census bureau reports. There were 17,182 diabetes deaths nationwide in 1922, 18,023 in 1921, and14,964 in 1890. The registration area, covering 85 percent of the population, had a death rate of 18.4 per 100,000 in 1928, up from 18.8 in 1921 and 16.1 in 1920. New Hampshire posted the highest rate at 34.7 per 100,000, Mississippi the lowest.
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Furniture dealer Avlows files bankruptcy petition
Homer A., a furniture dealer of 306 street, filed a no asset bankruptcy petition in the United States district court in New Haven. Liabilities total 2466 dollars and assets 18 975 dollars. Wholesale furniture purchases form a large portion of liabilities while the estate includes stock in trade and real estate.
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Eighth District G P to Have Open House
James Ballantyne, president of the Eighth District Republican club, calls a meeting tonight in the lab rooms, 72 Main street, to finalize plans for an open house program on Nowheeve and discuss other matters of importance.
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D L and W Coal Co Declares Extra Dividend
The De laware Lackawanna and Western Coal company declared an extra 5 percent dividend in addition to the 2.5 percent regular quarterly payout. Both sums are payable January 16. The Detroit Motor Bug company also announced an extra 1 percent dividend payable January 15, along with the regular 2 percent quarterly dividend.
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Political Pointer4 Budget and political shifts loom in Texas and beyond
The notice outlines 1924 budget debates and local sewers funding in the Board of Appointments, with Aldermanic sewers asking for 280000 via bonds and commentary on replacements for Thomas Pard y. Governor Pat Neff moves into presidential contention with large Texas meetings, while Coolidge supporters gauge outlook. Arkansas farmers face highway fund issues, and Lieut Governor Hiram Bingham receives holiday acclaim amid possible state leadership prospects.
Health Advice on Chills and Early Illness Signs
Royal Copeland outlines chill as a symptom signaling possible influenza pneumonia typhoid or other illnesses. He prescribes home treatment including hot bath hot drinks sweating and bed rest with cold sponge baths and possible castor oil, emphasizing early action to reduce inflammatory progression.
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Reader Questions on Health and Treatment Advice
A health column offers brief answers to reader questions. Topics include excessive sweating at night, tongue lumps not cancer, loose teeth with no medicine cure, wind instrument practice affecting heart and lungs, sleep timing, appendix adhesions after surgery, and general medical hygiene notes from Dr Copeland.
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