Missouri Senate Opposes Initiative and Referendum Reform
Missouri senators battle over an initiative referendum amendment. The bill would make circulating petitions a misdemeanor and ban petition funding, with fines up to 1000 dollars. Democrats condemn the move as a dangerous attack on voter rights while Republicans defend it as a safeguard against bad laws.
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Hyde
Missouri
Court of Record
Justice of the Peace
Irwin
Jecerson City
Republican Legislative Caucus
Senate
Big purses in ring history headline boxing riches
New York June 30 United Press Texas Rickard surfaces as key promoter in five major money boxing contests. From Gans Nelson to Dempsey Carpentier the purses rose from thirty thousand to six hundred thousand dollars, far surpassing all prior sports earnings and receipts. A table lists past receipts and shares for each bout.
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Gans- Nelson
Johnson-Jeffries
Willard-Moran
Dempsey-Carpentier
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A Perfect Vacation Paradise on Lake Taneycomo and Rivers
A travel blurb promotes outdoor pleasures in a region famed for scenery and activity. It highlights motor boating on Lake Taneycome, rowing and fishing along streams, and floating trips 25 to 125 miles on the James and White Rivers. Describes beaches, bluffs, rapids, calm pools, and strong fishing, with good hotels and camping facilities for families seeking a premier vacation experience.
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Taneycome
James
White Rivers
No Ticket No Laundry In Greenwich Village
A satirical note recounts a Greenwich Village laundry where workers demand a half ticket for pickup and warn that unclaimed laundry after thirty days may be sold. The piece mocks xenophobic attitudes and quotes various authors, wrapping a comic column with cultural jabs.
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Celestial Laundry
Greenwich Village
China
Standardizing Baccalaureate Sermons Urged by Morley
Christopher Morley calls for a nationwide standardized baccalaureate sermon to replace varied graduation addresses. He jokes about syndicating a 1922 sermon outline featuring quotes from Longfellow Lowell and Baer while urging solemnity and modern relevance in Commencement rhetoric.
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Longfellow
Lowell
Berthold Baer
Minnie The Washerwoman Graduates For A Brighter Future
A modest girl named Minnie and her widowed mother are celebrated as Minnie graduates from normal school this June. Minnie’s mother, who raised three children alone after widowhood, worked hard doing washing and cleaning to keep them in school and fed. Minnie’s upcoming teaching career promises less burden for her family and progress for others, a symbolic graduation for both.
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Minnie
Ife
America
Hat moods and memory tour the personal headgear
The article, citing J. M. in the London Daily Mail, muses on the psychology of choosing a new hat. It links color to mood and suggests hats reflect dignity sobriety romance or playfulness. It ends with nostalgia for an old felt hat that evokes happy memories.
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J. M
London Daily Mail
Uplands
The Pessimist and a Crying Baby
The piece portrays a dour boy named James plus a motherly woman over a perambulator. James is obviously disturbed by the incessant yells of his baby brother, wondering why the baby cries and noting his family’s tendency to see the dark side.
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