Ole and the Fast Car Warned to Drive Slowly
A Swedish farmer buys a car and Ole is told to stay under 150 mph and drive in slow low gear for 500 miles. He improvises with comic mispronunciations, runs the engine in low gear, and a knock develops as neighbors warn him before he heads off at 15 mph.
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Unknowns and districts linked to cancer risk
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes that the cause of cancer remains unknown and cites hereditary patterns and "cancer houses" in the Berkshires and central New York. It discusses theories including a possible gem carried by bedbugs, arguing disease prevalence spans social classes and sanitary conditions.
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Norman Conquest Ties Races Though English Rivalries Persist
The article explains that Jutes Angles Saxons Danes and Normans formed a single race with the Welsh Irish and Scots remaining Celtic. Normans were initially Norse pirates who settled in France adopted French and then allied with English. After Hastings they were closer to English than French, yet French influenced English culture. Intermarriage over centuries blurred racial lines.
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France
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Hastings
England
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Metropolitans and the ear’s adaptation to noise
The piece argues that the body's organs build resistance to constant stimuli. It cites mill workers and 50 machines to show how people acclimate to sound, yet react instantly when one machine stops. It notes city life depends on this ear adaptation amid urban uproar.
Nurse and Doctor Clash Over Duty and Etiquette
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote features a nurse and a doctor debating professional boundaries. The nurse defends an act as part of duty while the doctor questions legality and morality amid a patient context. The exchange underscores ethics in medical care.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Ingenious Tiny Philosopher In Harper’s Magazine
A brief excerpt describes a clever young boy named Hugh asking his mother to wash his face. He explains he could do it himself but would need to wet his hands, which he says is unnecessary. The tone is wry and observant, highlighting practical childhood wit.
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Metaxakis Elected Ecumenical Patriarch in Historic Vote
Archbishop Meletios Metaxakis, elected ecumenical patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, now in New York as Greece exiles. The vote is described as the first untrammeled election since Constantinople fell to the Turks in the fifteenth century, covering Greece Serbia Romania Ukraine and Czechoslovakia.
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Metaxakis
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Objectives of the American Farm Bureau Federation
The text outlines the aims of the American Farm Bureau Federation to strengthen state federations, promote cooperation among agricultural organizations, improve production and distribution of farm products, advance agricultural legislation, advise with public agricultural bodies on national policies, and inform members about movements affecting their interests.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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Betty Learns Value of Money Through Ribbon Earners
In a National Kindergarten Association piece by Caroline Manglesdorf Collins, Betty ruins her hair ribbon in the rain and, guided by her mother, learns money matters. Betty earns pennies by doing chores, saves for a new pale blue ribbon, and witnesses the link between effort and value.
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Betty
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Painful pursuit of cures ends with Mayr’s remedy
A man recalls spending $1500 on doctors and $30,000 on spa cures for stomach trouble before trying Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. He credits it with relief after his brother in law praised it, noting it is harmless and removes mucus in the intestinal tract. One dose convinces. money refunded. Druggist Potts and others advertise it.
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Potts
President Harding Praised For Farm Support Speech
President Harding delivers opening conference address praising the farming industry and its allies. The speech balances diplomacy with plain talk, avoiding demagogic tones and stressing constructive agricultural policy.
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Harding
Not Every Favor Demands a Return Favor
The saying notes that while some favors create expectations, many helps are given without an obligation to repay. It suggests balance between gratitude and independence in social exchanges.
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