New Phi Delta Kappa Initiates 36 Missouri Members
Thirty six new members of the University of Missouri chapter of Phi Delta Kappa education fraternity were announced in Columbia. The report names new initiates and notes the chapter’s active presence in campus life.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Springfield
Mary Keene
Springfield Baptist Hospital
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Self Butler
Edward Miller
Miller
Kansas City
Southwest
Patrick S. Woods
Bank of Americus
Poplar Bluffs
Mollie Staggs
Pollard, Ark
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Staggs
Kanas City
C. E. Brannigan
Akron
Ohio
R. H.hobensack
Brannigan
Paris
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
United States Senate
Raymond Tuck
Chicago
Tuck
Marionville
Robert M. Wilson
Brick and Shingles Home Offers Solid Worth and Style
The design blends brick first floor with wide shingles on upper walls. A seven room plan features a central hall, sun porch, and a living room with French doors to the sun porch. Dining room, breakfast nook, kitchen, and rear service entrance complement four upstairs bedrooms and a bathroom with ample closet space.
Turn a Living Room Corner Into an All Year Sunroom
A sunroom can be added after building by enclosing a porch or by transforming a bay window area. Use wicker furniture, potted plants, lattice walls, and radiator covers to create a bright summer feel with color harmony between the sunroom and main room.
Beauty of Face Brick Imperishable on Home
Colorful face brick makes your new house a real home durable and fire safe. The wide range of colors and textures lets you match personal tastes. Low insurance, lower fuel bills, and minimal repair costs over a lifetime.
Wooden Picket Fence Is Returning Asesthetic Front Yard Pride
The piece notes a revival of wooden picket fences in American suburbs, shifting from purely protective to decorative. Landscape expert G. K. Geerlings argues enclosures showcase personality, boost curb appeal, and can raise property values. Styles include low stone walls with pickets and varied panels.
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Bangor
Maine
San Diego
Home and Field Magazine
G. K. Geerlings
Mr. Geerlings
Close Grained Woods Need No Crack Filler
Floors with close grain surfaces such as maple pine birch and fir need no filler. For a natural finish apply a clear floor lacquer after sanding and then two coats of paste wax. A lacquer wood stain may be used instead followed by waxing.
Inglenooks Suit Any Corner With Built-In Recess
Built in inglenooks may be installed in living rooms libraries sun porches or halls where a recess is formed by chimneys or bay windows extending beyond the room outline.
May Day Celebrations from Pagan Times to Floral Festivals
May Day originated as a pagan tribute to the fertility goddess and the return of spring. The Romans celebrated Floralia from April 28 to May 3 honoring Flora. In medieval England towns held Maying with flowers, flower branches, and a crowned May queen presiding over celebrations.
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Flora
England
Patriotic myth on ironclads challenged by Harvard expert
Harvard historian Professor James Phinney Baxter argues that France led the introduction of ironclads, not the United States, countering the long held view that the Monitor and Merrimac sparked a naval revolution. The Detroit News reports.
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Boston
United States
Monitor
James Phinney Baxter
Harvard
Hampton Roads
Baxter
Paris
London
Washington
France
Detroit News
Governors Conference Emerges From Federal State Tensions
The piece traces the origins of the governors conference citing centralization of power in Washington, unclear state rights, and inconsistent laws. The first meeting occurred at the White House in 1908, called by President Roosevelt, focusing on natural resource conservation. It outlines the conference's official aims to share views, push uniform state laws, and improve state administration.
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Governors’ Conference
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Contractor Finds Rich Ore After Mine Timber Project
A Nevada contractor hired to remove old timbers from an abandoned mine instead uncovers two sacks of ore hidden in a drift. The discovery turns what looked like a loss into one of his most profitable contracts, proving gold can be found where anticipated.
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Nevada
Flares Guard Hatchery Eggs From Poachers At Night
At West coast fish hatcheries the mother fish are stripped of eggs during spawning. Millions of eggs are stored in glass jars and kept at even temperature for 90 to 120 days. Infants are returned to pools and reared to planting size as guards watch by flare lights to deter poachers and attract insects.
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West
No Time to Waste Insurance Call Frantic Fire Alarm
An excited woman called the insurance office, insisting on insuring her house by phone. Staff suggested sending a man, but she cried the place was on fire and needed immediate action.
Warm Corpse Prank Leads to a Narrow Escape
A century ago in Midlothian a prankster hid in a murder sack to frighten a graveyard party. The keepers warned the corpse was warm, prompting a wild ride as the culprit fled toward Edinburgh. The tale ends with the horse and gear unused for years.
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Jamie
Corp
Edinburgh
Substitute for Fairies in Eugenic Teachings
A satirical excerpt from the New York Herald Tribune mocks eugenic theory discussions. It imagines eugenists debating ideal types like warriors and leaders and jokes about mating choices among "creatively intelligent good sports" with humor. The piece lampoons pseudoscience and social creep.
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Harry Overstreet
New World Order
New York Herald Tribune
Preserving Cedarmere the Bryant Birthplace on Long Island
The Massachusetts Historical Society dedicates the Bryant birthplace in Cummington as part of honoring William Cullen Bryant. Nearby Cedarmere at Roslyn remains a shrine to American poetry, with Harold Godwin maintaining the house and its worn library. The Roslyn homestead overlooks Hempstead harbor and inspires Bryant's writings.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
William Cullen Bryant
Cummington
Mass
New York
Bryant
Cedarmere
Roslyn
Long Island
North Roslyn
Harold Godwin
Hempstead Harbor
Fellows' Syrup Promises New Strength For Men And Women
Unhappy wives notice husbands look older and act irritable. The tonic Fellows' Syrup is urged to improve appetite banish nerves and rekindle interest in living. Promoted as a world famed natural aid prescribed by many doctors, available at druggists.
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Nature
Roses planted in concrete base puzzle
An East side resident prepared soil for roses and watered them as if using fertilizer, but the roses withered and died. He found the soil had cement, not fertilizer, and the plants grew in a concrete base. Indianapolis News.
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East Side
Indianapolis News
Gene Tunney Quotes On Classics At Dinner Honoring Walpole
At a dinner honoring English lecturer Hugh Walpole, Gene Tunney urged reading old authors Tolstoy and Tacitus to better judge modern literature. He recalled a man scolding his daughter for classics ignorance, and the girl retorted she has time only to read what she shouldn’t.
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Gene Tunney
Hugh Walpole
Tolstoi
Tacitus
French language use rises in Alsace and Lorraine after war
A census shows French speaking residents in the newly acquired province at 493,216, more than double the prewar figure of 207,497 out of a population of 1,779,186. The increase reflects expanding use of the French language in the region.
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Alsace and
Lorraine
Florida leads in farm land value. Montana cheapest
The article notes Florida now holds the most valuable farm land per acre in the United States, with a 77 percent value increase since 1915. It also cites Collier's Weekly, which identifies Montana as the cheapest land, having fallen 28 percent in the same period.
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United States
Florida
Collier's Weekly
Montana
Man Proposes to Widow Smith. Rejected in Curious Exchange
A man announced yesterday that he proposed marriage to Widow Smith. The response followed with a firm refusal, leaving the suitor to seek congratulations or face embarrassment in public fashion.
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Smith
One of Them Author and Editor Dialogue
A short exchange between an author and editor about money and worth. The author insists money cannot buy his manuscript while the editor reveals his own stake in the industry.
Big as a House He I Have a Big Surprise
He jokes about a large reveal as a playful back and forth over a St Bernard dog. The exchange centers on the punchline that the surprise is a big dog.
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