Rockefeller calls for repeal of Prohibition in letter
John D Rockefeller Jr and Sr denounce the eighteenth amendment as a failure and urge its repeal in a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler. He supports state control of liquor and hopes platforms reach repeal in Republican and Democratic conventions.
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Ohn D. Rockefeller, SR
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Nicholas Murray Butler
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American Academy of Humor Proposed in 19th Century Debate
E A Collier argues in the St Louis Globe Democrat for establishing an American Academy of Humor. He notes past ages of poetry and satire gave way to a mechanized era and laments that modern humor seems underused. He contrasts Twain and Nye with present laughmakers and calls for a formal institution to revive American wit.
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Academy of Humor
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Shelley
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George Fitch
American Academy of ‘Humor
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Ideal Dwelling Place for the Simple Life in England
The loneliest English village, with six spellings of its name and a single inn, a motorcycle, a wireless set, and a dart board, remains largely unchanged since its 11th century origins. It lacks electricity, gas, water, a shop, telephone, meeting hall, or village green, shares a policeman with nearby villages, and many residents have never left within ten miles of home.
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Ancient System Revived at Greenwich House Workshops
The Greenwich House workshops in New York revive medieval craftsmanship by teaching youths stone cutting wood carving cabinet making and bronze work under a five hundred year apprenticeship. About 40 to 80 students, mostly Italian and from poor families, study to counter machine-made art.
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Greenwich House
New York
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