Setting Time Back an Ancient Practice
A roadhouse trial prompts reflections on age and youth across eras. The column notes how fashions blur lines between adolescence and adulthood and cites a 1600 year old papyrus treating aging as a quest for perpetual youth.
Congress Rhymes in Washington Scuffle Over Dawes and Law
A satirical look at lawmakers turning to verse under the Volstead era. Senators and representatives composing rhymes about Dawes and laws while debate stalls. The piece notes rising rhyming dictionaries and possible serenades for the President and Vice President.
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Librarian of Congress
Dawes
False Teeth Through History From Primitive Chewing To Porcelain
A historical overview traces dental device evolution from ancient jaw strength to modern dentures. It covers early improvised teeth, ivory and bone dentures, porcelain attempts, and key 19th century metal bases. The piece notes 1899 usage estimates and credits James Gardette for atmospheric pressure dentures.
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Duchateau
Academy of Surgery
James Gardette
Philadelphia
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United States
Feat. Ser., Inc
Art As Commerce Pushes Cooperative Art Market
The piece explains that art, though born of genius, increasingly embraces market mechanisms through cooperative marketing. It describes the American Artists in Exhibition and Selling Association, its ethics, and how central gallery displays and traveling exhibits connect works with buyers, letting public taste and price drive sales.
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Co-operative Association of
Central Gallery
Grave Indignity to a National Institution
A Kansas Juvenile Court Judge is criticized for disciplining youths by referencing the Congressional Record as punishment. The piece warns this undermines the Record’s dignity and urges congressional investigation. It also notes other legal curiosities from Ohio, Greece, and New York court cases.
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Kansas
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati Easter Observances and LocalNotes
Easter Sunday events spread across Cincinnati with religious meetings led by D O Whittle and Bliss at Wood's Theater and services at Christ Church St Peter's Cathedral and Richmond Street Church. City Auditor Hoffman returned from Columbus noting a bloc of city reform debate blocked by a last minute blunder.
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D. O. Whittle
Bliss
Christ Church
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Richmond Street
W. Hoffman
Columbus
Hoffman
O Neill Not A Morose Person Despites Grim Plays
Eugene O Neill is described as well balanced and sociable by his Provincetown friends amid reports of grim emotions in Desire Under the Elms. James Light praises his sanity of viewpoint and strong sportsman image, noting long distance swims and a Hawaii like tan.
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O’neill
Provincetown
James Light
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Gene
O'Neill
Earthquakes in Japan Seen Amid Forecast Research
Mack Joya from Makamura Japan notes ongoing tremors after the great quake year 1922 with thousands of shocks in a year. Scientists study quake tide relation and past beliefs about pheasants and a giant underground catfish Silurus glanis.
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Mack Joya
Kamakura
Japan
Europe
Danube
J. Otis Swift
N. Y
Famous Giants of Capitol Hill
John D. Sargent of Ludlow Vermont is hailed as a towering figure as the new Attorney General. The piece recalls Washington and Lincoln heights, cites Webster as a grand appearance yet morally flawed, and notes Taft as the heaviest president chief in office while Harrison was the shortest.
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Washington
Lincoln
John D. Erwin
George Washington
Vernon
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Abraham Lincoln
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
John D. Bargent
America
New England
Webste
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Thomas Jefferson
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Albemarle
Pierce
White House
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Grover Cleveland
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William H. Taft
Benjamin Harrison
Twenty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights and Plans
Recap of 20 years past events in Cincinnati: toll roads selling under a new law with bonds of 175000. M E Ingalls summoned before the ICC over discriminatory railroad rates to Blanchester. May Festival Chorus resigns as a working group. A Howard Hinkle and Lawrence Maxwell Jr. faced calls for resignation rejected. Harry B Gates of Queen City Telephone asserts a franchise will be tested to the Supreme Court. push to form a central business bureau led by A J Conroy and Frank Foulds. Postmaster Montfort probes miners stock sales by carriers. weather forecast cloudy with 54 to 80 degrees.
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Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Hinkle
Business Men's Club
A. J. Conroy
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Industrial Bureau
Frank Foulds
Chamber of Commerce
Empty Girls and Dancing Themed Gag
A light anecdote from Everybody's Magazine notes a boy recounting a party where no dancing occurred and jokes about empty girls. A separate quip from Men’s Work assumes a scene in a Post Office with two pretty girls and two men debating women doing men’s work.
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Harry
Beiverybody’s
Lazy dog on a sand burr riddle
A kind hearted man investigates a howling dog and learns the owner calls the dog lazy. The punchline reveals the hound sits on a sand burr causing the discomfort, making laziness the misdirection. The tale preserves a playful, old time magazine tone.
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Leverybody’s
No Country for Me Warns of Country Thrashing Machines
A town boy refuses a country week, saying country thrashing machines are worse than hand. In a Virgin colored church revival an elder pushes a stubborn soul who quips he cannot wear a shirt over his wings in glory, prompting a sharp retort about horns and hats.
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Everybody’s Magazine
France's women aviators lead the world
England saw nearly 250 brides over 70 last year. A new fast train to run between New York and New Orleans will feature a club car for women with a smoking compartment a beauty parlor and a shower bath.
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England
New York
New Orleans
A Little Talk On Thrift
The article extols thrift as a moral and character building virtue. Saving small sums shapes strong will, self trust, and future security, while wasteful spending harms careers and opportunities. Thrift brings happiness through financial independence and disciplined self mastery.
Life Wisdom on Self Knowledge and Sin
A reflective meditation compares sin to fire, consuming the soul and revealing the folly of pursuing impossible aims. It emphasizes the peril of overthinking and the hard insight of self-awareness.
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