Founder-Editor 1912 1924 Ender Act of 1878 Editorial Fragments
The fragmentary text presents a founder editor era 1912 to 1924 with references to post office notices 1912 1917 and acts of 1878. It includes notes on republication rights for a creed and various social commentary topics from fishermen to air school aviation and population growth. It mentions wartime propaganda and political debates with Willkie and Norman and urges secrecy in military movements shared with newspapers The Daily.
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Decater
Alsbasen
Unclear Fragments Report on War Figures and Releases
Fragmentary note discusses US SAFER estimating figures, mentions Nazi losses and Fusisa, references wartime events, suggests curiosity about authors and figures released, and notes possible links to Germany or Russia. No coherent details or names found.
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Germany
Runyon notes enduring American fondness for picnics
Damon Runyon observes that picnics remain popular with Americans, suggesting he could visit a picnic almost daily in the South during a sunny summer, noting the lasting social appeal and invitation cadence of outdoor gatherings.
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Damon Runyon
Runyon
Check on Daylight Saving Time Usefulness in Alabama
The piece argues that after the first month of daylight saving time the federal government should measure electricity saved and assess whether DST serves a real purpose. Alabamians oppose DST, and the state remains in it under a national emergency, with a month-end checkup proposed to guide future policy.
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Alabama
Ickes orders station closings to save fuel nationwide
Secretary Ickes seeks to close 100000 filling stations in eastern states from 7 PM to 7 AM for seven days a week starting August 3 to conserve gasoline and reduce fatalities as highway travel peaks. Memphis leads the nation in efforts with a strict speed limit and prohibition on horn honking.
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Ickes
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Concrete Roads Widening on U S 31 Raise Alabama Traffic Hope
Alabama's U S 31 widening and resurfacing to four lanes aims to reduce maintenance costs and attract tourism and commerce. Concrete paving costs far lower per mile than black top, with five year maintenance at 142 dollars per mile versus 5888 dollars. The piece argues for a durable, heavy-traffic concrete highway from the Tennessee line to Mobile, noting regional growth and tourism dependence.
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Alabama
Tennessee State Line
Gulf of Mexico
U. S. 31
Tennessee Line
Mobile
State
U. S
World War II dispatch on Moscow drive and Washington reaction
Washington observers note German forces near Moscow and the bold push from Smolensk. The piece discusses propaganda fears, price controls under Roosevelt, inflation concerns, and Japan's six month supply strategy amid war pressures.
Protests on Great Lakes route impact on Atlantic steamship traffic
Southern interests representatives urged the House rivers and harbors committee to reject diverting freight through a Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway. The move could have a stag nating effect on Atlantic and Gulf Port traffic and buyer ness nationwide. Census data show all but two of American Samoa’s 300 residents were born elsewhere.
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Washington
Berlin
der Fuehrer
Moscow
Smolensk
Smolenak
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Waterway
Atlantic and Gulf Port
American Samoa
Census Bureau
Vitamin deficiency debate highlights national nutrition goals
At the First National Nutrition Conference in Washington last June experts urged a protective diet including milk, eggs, beans, fruits and whole grains to prevent vitamin deficiency. Dr. Parran cited 40 to 45 million Americans with hidden starvation, while hospital records show far fewer cases in practice. The discussion emphasized better education on nutritious foods to raise national nutrition levels.
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Washington
Thomas Parran
United States Public Health Service
Paul V. McNutt
Parran
Baltimore
General California
United States
Canada
Ambition and Labor Echo in a Faded Rhyme
The piece blends admonitions about work with humor and social note. It contrasts washing as labor paid four dollars a day with washing for love, hinting at gender roles and value in labor.
Seven Dr Clendening pamphlets offered for ten cents each
An editor's note lists seven pamphlets by Dr Clendening available to readers. Each pamphlet costs 10 cents and requests a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp. The titles include topics on dieting indigestion constipation infant feeding and related health guidance.
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Clendening
Logan
Rome in the Graveyard Trick Ends With Warning
A graveyard watchman confronts a tramp found playing dead on the grass. The weary vagrant replies with a quip about doing as the Romans do when in Rome, prompting a tense exchange in the somber setting.
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Rome
Yesterday's Chicken Feed and the Nation's Spending Spree
A Decatur man recalls the old days when government costs were measured in millions and wonders how the nation shifted to billions. He notes a shift from simple refreshments to extravagant spending amid a breezy, nostalgic reflection.
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Decatur
Woman's resilience in surviving seasons through life
A terse meditation on a woman's endurance across seasons, hinting at strength amid changing conditions. The fragment suggests study of perseverance and human spirit beyond weathered cycles.
Wifey Darling and Bjones Well in feud over gifts
The exchange features a husband accusing his wife of not giving presents after marriage, while the wife retorts with a fisherman's proverb about bait after a catch, saying some people show more self respect than they are entitled to.
Decatur Man Balanced By Lodges And Home Life
In a brief exchange the speaker notes that belonging to multiple lodges does not prove a troubled home life, using a calm example about sewing buttons and a coat that split to illustrate the point.
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Decatur
Inventions of the World’s First Newspapers
A survey traces early press origins from Rome’s Pasquino statue to wartime dispatches by George Wilkins Kendall. It notes quirky publishing feats in Gouda cheese and a large handkerchief in Paris, plus a rubber newspaper for bath readers.
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Pasquino
Rome
George Wilkins Kendall
New Orleans
Picayune
Pony Express
War Department
Gouda
Holland
Paris
Brussels
Belgium
French and German newspaper quirks from early presses
The text notes Blanc sur Noir in white on black print, La Presse Propheti que in hieroglyphics, and archaic terms emissary and register for reporters and editors. It mentions Ahens Romios in verse and German papers dropping question marks after a newslead about Hindenburg and Hitler. Personal crisis reports are banned in Turkish papers.
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la Presse Prophetique
Ahens
Essen
Germany
Hindenburg
Hitler
Cartoon Chronicle: Emperor Image Sparks Diplomatic Call
The Japanese ambassador in Washington urged printing the Emperor’s portrait on the front page to honor a Japanese law. The cartoonist declined explaining American press freedom prevents such restraint. The envoy then suggested a warning not to place objects on the image, which the author rejected.
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Japan
Washington
America
Prison Editor: Japanese Papers Use Whipping Boy
A prison editor is employed by Japanese newspapers to take the rap if fined or jailed. This staff member serves as the whipping boy and goes to jail in case of legal trouble, allowing the paper to continue operations without interruption.
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Tokyo
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Push-button press ties Italian papers to state control
The text traces the evolution of state influence over newspapers from Julius Caesar's Acta Publica to Italy's push-button press under the Italian Press and Propaganda Ministry. It notes German adoption under Goebbels and Japan's Minister of Thought Control as examples of centralized media control.
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Julius Caesar
Acta Publica
Italy
Goebbels
Japan
Honeymoon Newspaper Tales From France Before War
A prewar French couple created quirky papers including Le Journal du Miel titled The Honey Journal and Le Journal du Silence which contained only blank sheets aside from the mast head highlighting playful media satire from another era.
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France
le Journal du
Gazette Names and Origins of the Word Gazetta
The piece covers the 1852 1854 Paris Gazette des Rac courcis a niche periodical for execution circle readers and the 1939 Strasbourg Gazette des Mendiants. It links the term gazette to the Venice gazetta a small coin with a magpie and explains readers paid one gazetta for access.
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Paris
Gazette Des
Gazette Des Mendiants
Strasbourg
Gazette
Venice
Gazetta
Inmate Produced Newspaper From Mauer Asylum
A paper written by and for inmates at the Mauer asylum near Vienna, with inmates serving as readers, compositors, and staff, reflects life inside the institution and its self run publication.
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Mauer—Ohting
Mauer
Vienna
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Oklahoma
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Mirret
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Ostia
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