What Class of People Pays the Bills Most Promptly
A broad survey by Prof Paul Converse and the National Association of Finance Companies finds office clerks pay their bills fastest at 92 percent. Following are storekeepers 89 percent school teachers 85 dentists 82 doctors 80 nurses 79 lawyers 61 mechanics and tenant farmers 60 policemen and firemen 58 common labor and hotel workers 47 barbers and truck drivers 45 painters and decorators 38.
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Paul Converse
University of Ilinois
National Association of Finance Companies
G. R. Turner
Kansas City Times
Justice Men and Their Fear of Justice
The quotation reflects the paradox of self-styled guardians of justice who fear the very justice they uphold, suggesting a critique of moral certainty and accountability.
Baoule dancers praised as rival to Fred Astaire in Africa
German anthropologist Dr. Hans Himmelheber lauds Baoule people of Ivory Coast for refined dancing and artistry, noting their focus on pleasure, beauty, and social display. He describes homes, hair fashions, and carved arts, while stressing musical traditions are as advanced as sculpture and poetry.
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Washington
Fred Astaire
Africa
Ivory Coast
Hans Himmelheber
Himmelheber
French West Africa
Anthropological Society of Washington
Baoule
Liberia
Gold Coast
Doctor Daily
New Treatment Reported to Save Drunks From Coma
Chicago physicians from Boston City Hospital report an emergency carbon dioxide and oxygen inhalation treatment for acute alcoholic coma. In unarousable cases with slow breathing and cyanosis, the method rapidly deepens breathing and may prevent death, though not for moderate intoxication.
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Chicago
Leon J. Robinson
Sydney Selesnick
Boston City Hospital
Boston
Human Echo Puzzles English Physicians
A seven year old boy in England emits a loud knock in sleep in response to sounds nearby. Dr W E L Allen of Harwshead Lancashire and others observe the phenomenon. Researchers speculate outside noises trigger a brain spasm producing an abdominal echoing sound during deep sleep.
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London
W. E. L. Allen
Harwshead
Lancashire
Alaska Brain Surgeons 2000 Years Ago Found
Smithsonian scientist Dr Ales Hrdlicka reports an ancient Alaska skull with a two inch long cavity trephined and healed, suggesting prehistoric Indian brain doctors on Kodiak Island used trephination for local ailments or pressure relief. The find parallels European and Andean practices, with purpose uncertain.
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Washington
Alaska
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Kodiak Island
Europe
Peru
America
Indian Art to Enliven Boulder Power House
Washington reports that at Boulder Dam artists will blend old and new America as Allen Tupper True studies Indian pottery, basketry, and sand paintings to decorate the dam control room. He says Indian symbols of lightning rain and cloud offer fresher patterns than traditional motifs.
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Washington
America
Boulder Dam
Allen Tupper True
Bureau of Reclamation
Simeon Saw Jesus and His Glorious Mission
Lesson based on Luke 2 26 35 40 outlines Simeon as upright devout Spirit led and awaiting Messiah He sees Jesus in the temple and blesses God The Nunc Dimittis prays for peace and salutes world wide salvation noting Christ as light for Gentiles and the fall and rising of Israel.
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Simeon
Jesus
Mary
Joseph
Covenant Nation
Israel
Messiah
Christ
Temple
God
Sunday Worship and Rest Among Seven Days
Reflects on the seven days as a religious cycle with one day set for rest. Cites W. W. Beecher asserting the days serve religion, rest included, and social worship, instruction, and strength across the week.
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W. W. Beecher
Happiness Is Learning to Not Begrudge Others
A reflective note on contentment urges readers to stop envying others possessions. It emphasizes personal peace comes from accepting what one has and valuing what others enjoy without resentment.
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Sonny
Cain
Miss Sargent
You Must Govern Self Before Guiding Your Offspring
A Parents' Magazine piece argues parental temperament shapes child behavior and attitudes. Helen Sargent notes divorce and illness mirror in kids and urges mothers to reflect on their own ego and routines before guiding children.
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Parents’ Magazine
Helen Sargent
Psychological Clinic
Northwestern University
Miss Sargent
Dorothy
Sargent
Mother
Pretty Stenciled Pot Holder Set by Grandmother Clark
This stamped craft design shows two Sunbonnet Girls in kitchen scenes with matching dress pot holders. Finished size 11 by 14 inches, No 1002, mauled for 15 cents, simple outline stitch. Address Home Craft Co Dept A St Louis Mo for details and stamped self addressed envelope.
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Address Home Craft Co
Dept. A
Nineteenth and St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Women no longer cry at weddings in daily dialogue
Dierdre notes women do not cry at weddings anymore. Aspasia observes this change aims to comfort the groom as tears once seemed to accuse him.
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Dierdre
Aspasia
Water Helps The Wee Girl And Mud Pie Exchange
A kindly gentleman stops to chat with a young girl making mud pies on the sidewalk. He remarks on her dirtiness and she cheerfully answers that she is pretty clean.
Glittery Buttons Add Luxury Touch
Ad for a sewing pattern number 2499 showing a young frock in satin or crepe with glittery buttons and a shirred sleeve. Includes sizes 14 through 42, yardage for size 16, illustrated instructions, and order mail to Pattern Dept New York City.
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Sewing Ciircle Pattern Dept
Seventeenth St
New York City
I Owe All To Her in Toast to a Dancer Wife
A humorous adage quotes a wife boasting she trained her husband in life skills. She claims she taught him to dance golf and bridge, implying his success owes everything to her guidance.
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Mamey
Capudine
Doan
Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N.Y
Magaceia
Sciantel
E Science Service
WNN Service
Astaire
Ray K. Dally
Houston
Texas
Southern Medical Association
Doctor Dally
Daily
England
Hrdlicka
Boulder Power House
Scio
Bey P. B. Fitzwater
D. D. Ember
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Clark
Wrigley
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Benen
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