Edison contribution to wartime tech and legacy
The article recalls Thomas Edison advancing device invention for U S wartime needs and submarine warfare countermeasures. It notes his fame from public lectures and questionnaires, his friendships with Ford Firestone and Burroughs, and his focus on laboratory work over social life while accumulating wealth invested back into his work.
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Mr. Edison
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
John Burroughs
Moniber
Patterson Named To State Highway Commission
Governor Kilby appointed A G Patterson today to the state highway commission for the eighth district. The Albany high school football team traveled to Florence this afternoon to face the Florence squad. Sam Hollingsworth Malcolm Adams and Eugene Russell joined the trip for the game. Tax Collector Chas Robertson began his county rounds this morning. Mrs Will Maness returned from a two week stay at Red Boiling Springs.
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A.G. Patterson
Kilby
State Highway Commission
Albany
Florence
Purple and Gold
Sam Hollingsworth
Malcolm Adams
Eugene Russell
Chas. Robertson
Will Maness
Red Boiling Springs
Edison tribute and Pepper Martin praised in nationwide obits
The piece notes Thomas Edison’s global mourning and celebrates his lasting impact from electric light to industry. It also lauds Pepper Martin as a national symbol of confidence, urging the public to adopt his optimism amid economic gloom and challenge doubters with performance.
Japan and Ching Imitate Boy Who Dared to Knock Chip
The line suggests a playful mockery as Japan and Ching imitate a bold child in a dare game, mirroring a classic schoolyard challenge about a small chip. The remark evokes competitive swagger and cultural caricature in a light, humorous tone.
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Japan
Ching
Decatur Fund Drive Urges Generous Winter Aid
Plans outline a city drive to gather funds for the needy this winter in Decatur. Organizers echo the wartime slogan Give until it hurts to mobilize donations and support for local families facing hardship.
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Decatur
Edison’s Beautiful Country and a Peace Boycott News
Arthur Brisbane discusses Edisons Beautiful Country a peace boycott and a compliment from Japan in a 1930 King Features Syndicate column highlighting international sentiment and cultural exchange.
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Edison
Japan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
Edison Passes. End of an Era in Light and Life
The article salutes Thomas A. Edison as a lifelong worker whose death marks the end of a great era of invention. It notes his last moments and a physician’s recital of his words It is very beautiful over there expressing hope beyond death and a belief in a just universe.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Peace by US boycott urged by Carnegie fund group
A Carnegie Foundation committee led by Dr Nicholas Murray Butler discusses a plan to curb wars by an economic boycott against aggressor nations. The note questions who starts wars, cites Japan and Germany disputes, and argues that the best peace path is to focus on American readiness and limited foreign meddling rather than global committees.
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Carnegie Foundation
Nicholas Murray Butler
United States
Japan
Maine
Spain
America
Europe
Asia
Japan Protests Against League Help Justified
The protest notes that aid to the League of Nations to urge Japan is improper. It argues the nation is not part of the League, denies us the right to dictate to Japan, and invokes gratitude to God and George Washington’s cautions.
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Japan
League of Nations
League
George Washington
Japan Urges United States as Arbiter in China dispute
An article notes Japan prefers the League of Nations to stay out, backing the US as sole arbiter in the Japan China quarrel. It recalls Roosevelt era arbitration with Russia, praising US involvement and Japan's loyalty to past decisions. It also discusses temperance debate on beer versus non alcohol drinks.
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Germany
United States
Japan
League
Russia
Roosevelt
The New Watch Dog of the German Treasury
The piece discusses alcohol production in the United States and its per capita sales, contrasts alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, and extols sugar and candy as vital foods for children and adults, suggesting a solution to the beer and light wine issue without affecting sugar or nonalcoholic industries.
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United States
Huddleston Resents Being Excluded From Hoover Conference
Charles P. Stewart reports from Washington on President Hoover’s plan for economic recovery. He notes irritation in Congress over the selective White House gathering of 32 lawmakers, with critics saying the event was a show rather than a formal recommendation to Congress. Huddleston argues the meeting lacked official standing and serves as stagecraft, while discussion turns to the $500 million bankers pool and possible congressional action to form a federal finance corporation.
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Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Committee On Banking
Norbeck
McFadden
House Committee On Banking
Goldsborough
Maryland
Townsend
Delaware
Washington
Tydings
Hastings
Brookhart
Hale
Hull
Frazier
Gore
la Follette
George Huddleston
Alabama
Congress
White House
Federal Finance Corporation
Brazil Suspends Cash Payments on Debt in Scrip for Years
Brazil faces a $500 million external debt and will meet obligations with scrip instead of cash or gold for three years or more. Scrip is not money, and the world lacks sufficient gold to satisfy foreign obligations, with Brazil and France controlling most gold. Even the British empire suspends gold payments, while foreign bond values deteriorate as bonds are offered well below par. More adverse news is expected.
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Pepper
Grove
Earnshaw
Martin
Pepper’ Martin
Brazil
France
Everyone ate his dinner
A usage note clarifies that everyone should be treated as singular and possessive pronouns align with singular agreement, so the sentence reads Everyone ate his dinner rather than their.
Anniversary: Battle of Yser begins in 1914
On this date in 1914 the Battle of Yser opened in Belgium as German forces advanced toward the Yser River. French and Belgian troops resisted, shaping frontline lines for the early years of World War I.
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Yser
TROUP DENIES PRESSING MISSES BABLER FOR JUDGE
Mrs. L P Troup clarifies she did not seek or urge probate judge appointment for Miss Clovis Babler. In a note to Governor Miller she recommended Babler as efficient and worthy, noting Troup has served in related offices for years and asked to be listed only if Babler is not chosen.
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L. P. Troup
Miss Clovis Babler
Miss Babler
Miller
Clendening Explains What Queer Tests Mean for Results
Logan Clendening reviews The Doctor Explains by Dr. Ralph H Major explaining basal metabolism tests and how they evolved for practical medicine. He summarizes patient experience and doctor reasoning behind test results and conclusions. He also notes The Young Doctor Thinks Out Loud discussing medical care costs and private practice.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
M. D
Ralph H. Major
Major
Dr Clendening pamphlets offered by newspaper notice
Six pamphlets by Dr Clendening are available for 10 cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Send to Dr Loganne in care of this paper or Central Press Association, 1435 East Twelfth Cleveland, Ohio. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine... and The Care of the Hair.
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Clendening
Loganne
Central Pross Association
East Twelfth
Cleveland
Jand
Humorous Anecdotes From a Busy Street Corner
A collection of light vignettes and jokes including a trickster boy offering to locate a man for a penny, a robe of wit on manners, dog biscuits for a customer, marital advice about safety, and a bemused man quitting a steam roller joy ride after a futile search toward distant mountains.
Sympathizer And Father Intervenes In Jilted Sultor Tale
The fragment presents a dialogue pair where Sympathizer asks if her father intervened, and Sultor replies that he did not and was behind her. The terse exchange hints at a romantic or social confrontation.
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Sultor
Can't Say It With Flowers A Dollar Orchids Offer
A humorous exchange features a vendor offering orchids at a dollar each and a young man halving the order to avoid saying too much, highlighting a lighthearted scene about gift language and romance.
Modern fascination with murder drives fiction and true crime trends
The piece notes a surge in books about murders, both factual cases and fiction. It argues that stories where a murderer is revealed at the end are considered fiction, while unresolved or unrevealed cases spark ongoing interest.
Milk Souring Quip From School Boy George
A schoolroom joke has George answering the teacher by saying the surest way to keep milk from souring is to leave it in the cow. The remark reflects a playful misunderstanding of freshness and dairy science in a child’s frame.
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George
Lost Youth Mirages and Radio Caricatures
A reflective note on love, appearance, and social illusions cites half baked youths praised by a girl as sweethearts. It contrasts radio with newspapers, warns against mocking a project, and contemplates insurance as consolation for widows while asserting opportunity rarely returns.
Conversation Sparks Across Garden Plot
A brief dialogue shows Madam Smithers chiding about sciatica while Gardner denies planting anything this year. The exchange hints at household tensions and farm or garden duties, set in an old style rural or domestic scene. No dates or places are given.
Stage experience question leads to playful cast joke
A messenger asks about stage experience and the friend recalls having a leg in a cast, yielding a light anecdote about acting and misfortune.
Billboard Ad Adds Bold Slogan With Quip
A public billboard advertises Smith Brothers Cough Drops with the line Take one to bed with you. A commenter adds I wouldn't sleep with either of em, delivering a cheeky counterpoint to the slogan.
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Smith Brothers
Ded
Sabotage, Location, and Baroness Dudevant Pseudonym
Sabotage is willful obstruction of industrial processes by employees to reduce profits or impair capital. The masq Saint Sophia is in Constantinople. The Baroness Dudevant used the pseudonym George Sand.
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Saint Sophia
Baroness Dudevant
Constantinople
George Sand
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