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Editorial notes on preparedness and social commentary
The piece parodies improvised talks on preparedness and liberty while joking about tempering extremism and intelligence tests. It riffs on progress, romance, justice, and hypocrisy with satirical quips about honesty, wealth, and capital punishment in a dated editorial voice.
Sentence Sermons Reflect Public Officials and Vices
The excerpt lists traits admired in public officials and men, contrasting reticence in women friends with a skilful worker who keeps promises and endures hardship. It suggests celebrating resilience, humor, and a churchlike effort to build up people.
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Weather updates indicate rain on Monday and Tuesday across New England and eastern New York with northwest to west winds. Disturbance over Long Island moves to northern Maine. colder temperatures expected, with rain or snow in the lower lake region and northeast coast storm warnings north of Nantucket to Eastport.
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The Great National Hunger and the Reading Public
A discussion of public taste at the Atlantic City meeting of the Association of National Advertisers. Professor George B. Hotchkiss argues Americans crave raw meat style and plain speech, yet seek truth and knowledge through a broad reading habit that spans entertainment and education.
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Department of Advertising and Marketing
New York University
Atlantic City
Association of National Advertisers
Hotchkiss
Dobbin Still With Us In Modern America
A compact historical note argues that despite many car statistics suggesting the horse’s decline, many urban roles still rely on equine labor. It cites examples such as hansoms and Sunday carriages fading from city life, while bankers still ride to church in traditional fashion.
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Spooners
Horses Hold Ground In Farms And Cities Despite Cars
A Department of Agriculture survey shows over seventeen million horses and mules in use on farms and in towns, mines, and construction, with an additional seven million head for foals and breeding. Equestrian sports revive as riding schools and shows return. The era of horsepower endures despite rising motor use. President Coolidge plans a strong anti income tax publicity message, drawing public support.
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Christmas shoppers swarm as merchants tout holiday wares
The piece notes early Christmas shopping with shoppers sizing up merchants who stock goods from distant places. It highlights the dilemma of compiling gift lists and the optimistic business outlook, suggesting the season will bring prosperity and full holiday spirit.
Caliph Hylan Dream Reveals Grand City Plan
Mayor Hylan proposes a vast Bronx high school for art and music offering free education in drama opera dance painting sculpture and music but criticism notes the city lacks basic schooling for ABCs and calls the proposal extravagant and impractical.
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Political Pointers Highlight Connecticut Senate Contest
The piece tracks Senate politics in Connecticut with counties shaping committee posts and a hoped for Major John Buckley entry. It notes Stratford, William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, and Stiles Judson linked to local towns amid New York interest and national forecasts from The Literary Digest and The New York Times. It recalls George W. Plunkett and the phrase honest graft as the era’s political chatter.
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Sloop Wepuue Sinks Near Cold Spring After Capsize
One hundred years ago the sloop Wepuue bound for Newburgh capsized after a sudden wind near Cold Spring two miles above West Tolt. About 40 aboard including women and children faced disaster as the boat sank in 70 feet of water. Ten women, four children, sixteen men and two hands were drowned. The vessel carried plaster of Paris on deck and dry goods valued around $2000. shifting plaster pinned passengers below deck, trapping them.
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Sold Again by Walt Mason Poem on Wireless Dreams
The poem reflects nostalgia and skepticism toward new tech like wireless and air travel. It chronicles initial doubt about inventions, then celebrates science advancing beyond critics. It frames progress as inevitable, urging belief in human ingenuity and eventual space travel.
The White Man's Smell and Intricate Odor Cues
The essay posits that Europeans detect a distinct odor in whites, yet tolerate stronger scents from Malays or Chinese. It argues Caucasians deny their own odor while sensing others, noting a white man will pursue and attack without provocation, while a Malay child can deter him. The piece hints at individual rights amid bias in a free country.
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India
Birthdays and editorial humor from the Bridgeport Telegram
A fragmented reader column captures birthday wishes, editorials, and contributor letters. The piece notes humorous poems and jokes, a banter about bananas, and a call for original, unpublished humor with payment details, reflecting a lively club-like editor's gossip page from Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Forestation Policy and McNary-Clarke Bill Outlook
Dr Frank Crane argues for national forest policy and reforestation. He cites annual lumber use of 60 billion board feet and wastes from fire insects and disease, urging state cooperation, fire protection, taxation, planting programs, and government supervision to establish a national forest framework.
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Frank Crane
United States
McNary-Clarke
McNary
France
Germany
Olive Foods
Relief for the Deaf and Illnesses of the Ear
A discussion contrasts deafness with blindness, noting the emotional toll of profound deafness and the social isolation it causes. It also highlights hearing devices, medical help, and encouragement to seek specialists, plus a Q A section on removing moles, dancing injuries, tonsil surgery, nasal operations, and infant facial marks.
Medical Advice Column: Eczema and Bow Legging Questions
A reader asks if soaking hands worsens eczema and whether exercise or surgery helps bow legs. Dr Copeland advises keeping hands dry until clear and seeing an orthopedist for evaluation. surgery is rarely advised until bones stabilize. Send self addressed stamped envelope for personal replies.
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Dr. Copeland
R. Copeland
What Does She See in Him
Poem by Anne Campbell about engaged couples and perceptions of an ordinary suitor. Questions what attracts women to men who aren’t handsome tall or ideal, noting he is not too good nor bad and may not appeal to everyone. The verse repeats the refrain asking what she sees in him and contrasts others’ opinions with affection.
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Walt Mason
Solenca
Captain Kidd
Gerrude Marie
Gertrude Marie
Maxson
Lettle Maxson
Traprock
Anne Campbell
Tie
Arial
Prohibiting Defacing All Advertising Signs Across States
Governor Small supports laws banning roadside signs to keep highways visually clean. Col. CR Miller cites Illinois and Connecticut actions against signs on rights of way. Minnesota also enforces removal of existing signs and bars new ones in support of a pristine highway aesthetic.
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CR Miller
Ilinois Department of Public Wo Jana Buildings
Connecticut
Minnesota
Smale Foundation for 4 By and Fortune
In 1875 Thomas Cusack began with nine brushes and three car paints to set up tabs a six sign place recently herald its outdoor size. The foundation plans a syndicate for 23 million dollars. Cusack lives in New York and has built a scraper to perpetuate his name.
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