A Good Word for the Dull Boy Editorial
A Morning Post report from a teachers conference in England praises sympathy for dull schoolchildren and criticizes age based classification. The piece cites geniuses once deemed dunces and warns a plane abduction romance is risky compared to flying to Paris for romance. It notes dramatic abductions rarely lead to lasting love and reflects on sensational age myths.
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England
the Morning Post
N. Y
Walter
Hume
Paris
America
Women push for standard kitchen equipment at Geneva conference
A group of women delegates proposes global standardization of kitchens to fit labor-saving devices, urging male cooperation. They call for uniform stoves ice boxes ovens and voltages, likening it to Secretary Hoover’s prior standardization efforts.
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Geneva
Hoover
Lax Education Sparks Debate On Social Unrest
Dr. Pitirim Sorokin argues in a daily interview that easy university graduation creates a surplus of graduates. He notes 496 815 degrees since 1815 with over half since 1900 and says many graduates cannot find fitting, well paid positions. He warns such conditions fuel radical leadership.
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United States
The Light of Other Days
Poem recounting memories that rise in a quiet night. The speaker recalls friends and past joys from boyhood as memory casts light on days now gone. The verse evokes solitude, departed companions, and a dimmed past amid a deserted hall.
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Eve
President Coolidge Outlines Budget Plan and Tax Aim
President Coolidge told budget leaders that tax cuts depend on keeping federal expenditures near current levels. He projected a 599 million-dollar surplus for the year ending June 30 and a 348 million-dollar surplus next year, warning against relying on temporary revenue. He urged restraint while noting surpluses funded debt reduction and urged holding 1929 appropriations to about 3.3 billion dollars, excluding debt reduction, postal service, and refunds. He also discussed flood relief funding and anticipated revenue impacts from the Mississippi Valley disaster.
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Associated P
Washington
Coolidge
Prisoners Taken From Warrensburg Jail to Jackson County
Sixteen federal prisoners from Johnson County Jail Warrensburg Missouri were moved to Jackson County Jail by order of Federal Judge Albert L Reeves after an investigation into Warrensburg Jail conditions. A R Gere federal investigator alleged Sheriff W H Lane granted prisoners unauthorized privileges.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Johnson County
Warrensburg
Jackson County
Albert L. Reeves
A. R. Gere
Federal Department of Investigation
W. H. Lane
Recluse Lived In Squalor Worth Fortune Revealed
New York June 10 70 year old recluse Charles Francis King once lived near the Brooklyn Bridge on 80 cents daily. The mining engineer amassed a fortune and was found dead in a basement, with neighbors noting gas smells and piled newspapers. A Lehigh University diploma from 1880 and mining engineering books appeared in his library.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Charles Francis King
King
Lehigh University
American Society of Metallurgical Engineers
Spanish War Vets to Meet in Trenton
In Trenton Missouri the twenty third annual department encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans will feature addresses by Senator Rice W. Means of Colorado commander in chief, former Missouri governor Arthur M. Hyde, and U S Marshal Asa W Butler. The program runs June 13 and June 15 with a joint meeting of veterans and the ladies auxiliary. A large delegation is expected.
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Associated Press
Trenton
United States
Congress
Missouri
United Spanish War Veterans
Rice W. Means
Colorado
Veterans and the
Ladies Auxiliary
Asa W. Butler
Kansas City
Arthur M. Hyde
Bereavement Notice for Olidia Sommerer
Mr and Mrs George Sommerer of Money Creek express gratitude for sympathy in their bereavement Olidia Sommerer passed away Tuesday June 7 1927 Asleep in Jesus a peaceful rest with confidence in the Savior’s power She is claimed to His house of rest and mourners recall the loss subscribed Cavital News The message conveys heartfelt thanks and memorial wishes.
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George Sommerer
Money Creek
Olidia Sommerer
Jesus
Olida
New Game Refuge System in State After July 5
A new auxiliary game refuge system modeled on Pennsylvania will extend across Missouri and take effect July 5 under a recent general assembly law. Public shooting grounds will accompany refuges, with about 20 percent sanctuaries and the rest open to in season hunting under department rules. Missouri to lease suitable lands for ~10 years to establish refuges amid 14 million acres of forest, with deer and turkey development touted as strong as in Pennsylvania. Carl Buehler, Eldon druggist, was in the capital city en route home from Eldon.
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Pennsylvania
Missouri
General Assembly
Kieth McCause
Game and Fish
Game Department
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Washington, D. C
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