Internationalism Is Patriotism's Minotaur
A March 17 1922 dispatch reports the Republican Publicity Association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr urging school authorities nationwide to guard American textbooks. They condemn pro socialist or anti Congress histories and favor works by loyal Americans to teach patriotism and constitutional respect.
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Mar
New York
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Congress
United States
New York City
America
Bryne
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Business Ills and Medicine for the Nation
Quote from Marion Star arguing that if half the time spent discussing the country's business woes were used to address those issues the economy might improve. The remark suggests business needs practical remedies rather than rhetoric.
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Marion Star
Record criticizes Wilsonian Republican nomination bid
The State Gazette in Trenton attacks a staunch Woodrow Wilsonian supporter running for the Republican nomination. It mocks his declaration to sacrifice for a cause and notes his use of Lincoln and Roosevelt imagery to rally support.
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Record
Woodrow
Bonus Legislation Would Create 2000 Government Jobs
Washington reports that if the proposed bonus legislation for ex service men passes Congress, the administration will need about 2000 clerks to handle law enforcement and disbursement. War department experience during postwar bonus payments included 100000 letters daily and 52000 checks mailed in a single day.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Just to Please the Times Opinion Toasts Washington Conference
Pueblo opinion notes objections to calling the Washington conference the greatest event since the Christian era. The writer jokes to avoid controversy by rephrasing it as the greatest event since the Declaration of Independence.
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New York Times
League of Nations
Washington
Pueblo
Mellon Plan Moves Ahead on Victory Note Redemption
Secretary Mellon advances the debt plan by redeeming all outstanding 3 percent Victory Notes on June 15 totaling about 400 million dollars. By January end outstanding Victory Notes stood at 3.513 billion, a nearly one billion decline since issuance. Funds in the sinking fund now cover purchases with remaining needed from temporary Treasury certificates.
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Mellon
Treasury Department
Treasury
Another War Agency Dissolved By Present Administration
Washington reports the War Claims board of the War Department dissolved on March first. The board ruled on over 30 000 claims involving hundreds of millions of dollars tied to war time contracts and training camp site acquisitions. Settlements totaled a small percentage of face value with unusually low costs. only a few unsettled claims remain to be processed by War Department machinery.
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Washington
War Claims Board
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War Department
Cure for Indigestion Promoted by Stomach Tablets
George W. Emory of Rock Mills Alabama reports relief from indigestion after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He says he can eat almost anything now and credits popepsin in the remedy for boosting natural digestion after years of discomfort.
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Chamberlain
George W. Emory
Rock Mills
Ala
Pneumonia Month Warns of Higher Risk in March
The bulletin notes March as a typical pneumonia period with higher mortality. It warns that prompt attention to every cold reduces pneumonia danger and explains pneumonia as a throat germ disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is described as an effective expectorant that cures colds and prevents pneumonia.
Dirigible Bomb Would Steer to Target by Radio
The Sperry dirigible bomb, invented by Elmer A. Sperry of Brooklyn, uses a parachute and a drag-rudder to control its descent. A tiny vertical parachute supports an antenna, allowing the operator in the plane to steer the bomb via radio and drop it precisely where it causes the most mischief.
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Elmer A. Sperry
Brooklyn
Milwaukee Sentinel
Origin of the phrase better half explored by scholars
Scholars debate the origin of better half with claims tied to Sidneys Arcadia written 1580 and a legendary Arabian tale. The tale recounts a Bedouin punished for an oath and a wife pleading that not her whole husband was at fault, invoking the phrase the better half as protection.
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Sidney
Tim
Bride’s Thrift Wasted Dowry In Austrian Family Dispute
A Vienna tale shows dowry losses as two daughters of a widow fight over portions. The mother sent 100000 crowns to a son in Switzerland who got 590 francs, while the sister received 646 francs for 80000 crowns. The younger daughter’s 100000 crowns would have been worth 105000 francs in 1912.
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Vienna
Wie
Swatazerhund
New York World
Switzerland
Auburn Trader Buys Stock After Bargain Sale
Myers of Auburn Missouri offered his stock to Merri weather at invoiced value of 1900 dollars. Merri weather refused high price and offered 25 cents per item. Two assessors counted items from pencils to tires and sugar barrels and Merri weather bought for 1866.25 dollars, 383.75 less than invoiced.
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Auburn
Myers
Merriweather
White Boss Dead Buried After Telegraphed Query
An enterprising Suda railway project employed many Black workers. The telegraph clerk, replying to the negro foreman, instructed to bury the white boss only after confirming death. A subsequent telegram confirmed the burial and that the boss was made dead by a shovel hit.
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Suda
Wilds
Ito Construction
The Homeless Black Cat Turns Fortunes for Lovers
Croft Waddington helps a distressed Nina Vincent rescue a stray black cat named Cleopatra. A woodland cottage dream grows amid a flirtation and illness as Nina confronts family luck beliefs. Croft’s rescue leads to a romance with Nina and a deal with a nearby farm.
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Croft Waddington
Croft
Durham
Ning
Nina
Tie
Ile
Miss Vincent
Cleo
Cleopatra
Possible New Meat Supply From Alaska Reindeer
The Arctic tundra across the Behring Sea and Alaska coasts sustains reindeer. In summer they feed on abundant vegetation and in winter on reindeer moss. Introduction of reindeer proves vast territories are valuable grazing lands and may become a new food source for rising worldwide demand.
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Behring Sea
Alaska
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