16 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Democrat Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1921
Page
1
In Oakley Kansas a Graphic essay praises country editors for living at the community pulse amid joys and sorrows. It cites Senator Wm C Irwin of the city and his art criticisms, and recalls Leslie M Shaw’s Kansas City speech urging government overreach cautions.
Local news call to action invites readers to subscribe to the Democrat-Tribune by calling 268 Green for updates and delivery options. The brief promotes ongoing reporting and community coverage through subscription.
Charles Ray, Jacksonville Illinois native and film star, appears in Homer Comes Home at Jefferson theater. He plays a youth returning to his home town while secretly working as a city clerk, fooling locals into thinking he is a great man. The picture, produced by Thomas H. Ince for Paramount Artcraft, reflects Ray’s hometown appeal.
New York reports two typhus deaths tied to immigrant arrivals. James Halligan a Brooklyn boy and Flicko Franchesa an Italian woman from the liner San Giusto are the first local typhus fatalities since 1892. Health officials note additional cases on ships to Hoffman Island and urge federal action.
Atlanta officials report Eva May Swain, daughter of Mrs. Alice South, admitted to the Georgia public welfare board that she adopted several children in Atlanta from a source there. Mrs. South had claimed the babies came from St Marys maternity hospital run by Mrs M T Mitchell, where she herself allegedly obtained eleven babies including twins and triplets, with the father unaware the children were not his.
An old reader’s analysis argues brown eyed people are gentler and more steadfast than blue or gray eyed individuals. It claims brown eyes signal dreaminess while blue eyes imply practicality and possible egotism. The piece explores imagined marital outcomes based on eye color.
A sentimentalist with brown eyes contrasts with a practical blue-eyed partner. The piece argues opposites burn briefly, then misunderstandings and misery follow. It suggests marrying by eye color and temperament, with practical notes on banking procedures and a quip about Greeks and checks.
A petition to Cochin China's governor protests the burial at sea of a young English woman's body from a Messageries Maritimes steamer. Her husband urged keeping the body in port, arguing burial at sea is outdated as voyages shrink with modern ocean travel. The article also notes two shell types used in small articles and outlines roughing, turning, smoothing, and polishing steps.
A fragment recounts Edith visiting a home to learn of an object dropped by an airplane onto a hospital roof. The doctor retrieved it, and Edith later cried out aloud to an onlooking crowd asking the pilot to drop another.
A described banking procedure outlines check cashing in Greece with teller presence, indorsement, multiple receipts signed by the payee, and a bronze disk issued to the payee for identity verification. If the check originates from another bank, that bank is identified by a specific term in the process.
A humorous verse form blends Latin with other languages yielding mixed inflections and vernacular phrases. The term Macaronic, derived from a dish analogy, has Italian roots and describes verses that mix languages or simply combine Latin with the writer’s native tongue.
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