Birsky and Zapp on Suburban Life and Parkes House
In a suburban ramble, Louis Birsky and Barnett Zapp joke about Max Parkes's $12 250 sale house in Sand Plains Westchester County. They compare country living to city life, rail travel, and Roosevelt era follies, noting costs, air quality, water and heating woes, and the perks of mileage from suburban proximity.
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Louis Birsky
Sand Plains
Barnett Zapp
Birsky
42Nd Street
Italiener
Zapp
Parkes
Max Parkes
Mr. Roosevelt
Brunswick Beach
Long Island
Iichy
Simon Kuhney
Explorers’ Union Local No. 1
Roosevelt
T. Roosevelt
New York Tribune
The Child at Table Contributes to Family Conversation
The table invites family dialogue and teaches children to listen. Allowing children to speak only when they have a topic of interest trains them to engage with guests. Such early conversational training yields educational value and helps the child become a good conversationalist.
The Penalty in Absent-Minded Statesmen
Senator Fall spoke in New York on the Mexican situation calling the crisis an imbroglio caused by absent-mindedness. He recalled a dry goods clerk who mused about washing, cooking, and chores, only to face a cold rejection from a spirited girl in a witty Washington Star retort.
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Fall
New York
Washington Star
Shocking Affair Police Magistrate Mention
Police magistrate questions the prisoner as the officer identifies the charges he faces in a perplexing case centered on an electrical matter.
Good Roads Bills to Be Introduced in Missouri Legislature
Assistant Attorney General W. T. Rutherford and Rep. Harry B. Hawes unveil plans for three road law bills. The measures aim to adopt national road standards, harmonize existing statutes, and address counties with township organization while seeking input from lawmakers. Missouri homesteads rise as cancellations increased total acreage to 1 034 across multiple counties. The state also spent 760 for a Thanksgiving convict turkey feast weighing 3 800 pounds for 2 828 inmates at the penitentiary.
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Jefferson City
W. T. Rutherford
Missouri
General Assembly
Harry B. Hawes
St. Louis
House
United States
Rutherford
Colorful Evening Frocks and the New Collars in Fashion
The season's evening gowns feature satin crepe and net with bold color play and full skirts that flatter various figures. Designers showcase convertible collars and dramatic fur cape collars, while net and satin gowns pair with light silks and metallic underlayers for versatile, striking ensembles.
Busby Seeks Federal Role in Rail Regulation
Public Service Commissioner William G. Busby, named by Max Thelan of California, will join a seven member committee to represent states before the Newlands investigating committee. He says the next Congress will decide whether interstate railroad control should pass from states to the federal government.
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William G. Busby
Public Service Commisson
Max Thelan
California
Association of State Public Service Commissions
Newlands
Busby
University Borrows Money to Pay Professors’ Salaries
University of Missouri President A Rose Hill announced the institution borrowed 50 000 to cover faculty salaries, bringing total borrowings to 150 000 in the past year. The supreme court upheld the state anti blacklist law in the Cheek v Prudential and John Hancock Life Insurance case for 8 000 in damages. Bryan G Pratt, convicted of bigamy and sentenced to two years, received an absolute pardon from Gov Major after evidence suggested he believed he was divorced at marriage.
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University
A. Rose Hill
University of Missouri
Supreme Court
Woodson
Robert T. Cheek
Prudential
John Hancock National Life Insurance
Circuit Court of St. Louis
Bryan G. Pratt
Stoddard
Major
Pratt
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Jake
Italioner
J. H. Bowen
Register of the United States Land Office
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Butler
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Camden
Hickory
Jefferson
Madison
Maries
Miller
Ozark
Pulaski
Ripley
Shannon
St. Francois
Ste. Genevieve
Texas
Turkey
Julia Bottomley
Vogues
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