O Mahoney Bill Aims Federal License for US Corporations
A Wyoming senator proposes a sweeping bill to require all incorporated businesses to obtain a federal license. Noncompliance could bar shipments to interstate retail markets. The plan risks expanding federal power over private industry and prompts constitutional and political concerns about governance, enforcement, and potential labor policy controls.
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Washington
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
NRA
Caruso the Greatest Tenor of Modern Times
Enrico Caruso rose from bricklayer roots to join the Metropolitan Opera in 1903, sang 607 performances across 17 years, and earned over a million dollars. He once refused 34 000 a night, saying 2500 would suffice, and avoided Naples after a kiss there. His glass-breaking vocal stunt and other feats are noted in New Biography.
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Department of State
Foreign Service
State Department
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Washington
Simpson-Edward
Europe
Western Newspaper Union
Caruso
Metropolitan Opera
Naples
Christmas Spirit Changes Two Lives in Martinville and Town
In a lonely Martinville boarding room Paul Boyd and a stranger named Jean Hathaway share Christmas eve comfort as a blackout follows by lighting a candle. Jean seeks companionship, while Silas Wentworth, a store owner, faces a robbery and finds redemption when two armed men force him to read Dickens aloud and he afterward decorates the shop, paying overdue bills and embracing a brighter dawn.
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Martinville
Howard
Paul Boyd
Paul
Power Company
Jean Hathaway
Jean
Silas Wentworth
Sally Blaine
Silas
Mr. Wentworth
Sally
Buddy
Tommyrot
Making a Choice in Independence and Loneliness
The piece argues mature choice favors affection over unrestrained independence. It discusses loneliness from distance or separation, individuality within relationships, and the impact on families and marriages, concluding that even amid strife, companionship should prevail and loneliness stay barred. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Why are you eating with your knife reason enough
A humorous Tit Bits Magazine snippet notes a kitchen mishap where a fork leaks, prompting a quip about dining etiquette and curious utensil behavior. The light anecdote uses playful language to lampoon household dining quirks.
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Tit-Bits
Cheery Words From a Kind Visitor During First Illness
A brief exchange unfolds as a patient confides this is their first illness and a cheerful visitor responds with hopeful wishes. The lighthearted lines capture a small moment of comfort and human warmth in a medical setting.
Taxi Driver and Rider Fight Over Fare in Slugfest
In a heated exchange a taxi driver tries to collect one dollar and fifty cents while a young rider negotiates down to seventy-five cents. The dispute ends with the rider offering to pay the lower amount as the driver protests the higher fare.
Man in asylum near flower-bed teases visitor with catch count
A humorous exchange from The Bee-Hive depicts a man in an insane asylum fishing by a flower-bed. A visitor asks how many he has caught, and the reply humorously labels him as the ninth.
Stupendous Task and the Steam Shovel Banter
Matthew jokes about burying his past in a playful exchange with Michael. Pathfinder chimes in stressing a steam shovel, framing a quirky, humorous dialogue about tools and moving on.
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Matthew
Michael
Pathfinder
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