Foreword of James Hopper
Mary Stewart Cutting, IR, summarizes James Hopper’s career from San Francisco reporter to war correspondent in France and the Philippines. It highlights hisPhilippine stories in Mc Clure's Magazine and Caybigan, later works on the West and France, and notes his evolving introspective style and "The Ants" in the Star Author Series.
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James Hopper
San Francisco
Philippines
Negros
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Hopper
France
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Cantleng
Charles Hamilton Potts
Mr. Pepper
Great West
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Ants
Star Author
Mary Stewart Cutting
Cruel and stupid how the ants end a garden day
Peter and his wife Daisy witness a flood of ants swarming from a hole in the garden. A broom ends the invasion while Peter confronts his own memory of Daisy and a distant, idealized past. He leaves the scene overwhelmed, muttering that she is a child, while their fragile reconciliation unfolds at home.
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Babylon
Atlantis
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China
Government Aid to Farmers Tops One and a Half Billion
Government advances to farmers reach about 1.5 billion dollars through the Federal Farm Loan Bureau and the War Finance Corporation. From 1921 to March 15 this year the War Finance Corporation lent over 513 million for agriculture and exports, with substantial sums to cooperatives, livestock lenders, and banking institutions nationwide. Distribution shows Iowa and North Dakota leading, with notable totals in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and other states.
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Federal Farm Loan Bureau
War Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Land Banks
Finance’ Corporation
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Nebraska
South Carolina
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Panama Canal Defense Critique on Pacific and Atlantic Forts
The article warns that hostile fleets could bypass Pacific fortifications by range and strike Miraflores locks. It notes Toboga Island shelters the canal and questions defenses with a lack of American aircraft. Calls for ten 16 inch guns on Pericosland Taboga and Atlantic entrances amid congressional inaction.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic Entrance
Canal
Taboga Island
Miraflores
Terico Island
Flamenco Island
Toboga Island
Canal Zone
Congress
Pericosland
Population Race Shifts Show Cities Gaining Ground
Census estimates as of July 1, 1923 reveal eight of the 50 largest U S cities shifting relative size since 1920 with Baltimore moving to seventh, Los Angeles rising past Pittsburgh to ninth, San Francisco ahead of Buffalo to eleventh, and Detroit near one million. New York approaches six million and Chicago nears eight million while Philadelphia nears two million. Some cities drop from the top 50, others such as Grand Rapids Fort Worth Trenton Salt Lake City Camden Wilmington Kansas City and Yonkers surpass rivals. Estimates indicate continued growth patterns under 1920 conditions.
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Baltimore
Boston
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Columbus
Providence
Birmingham
San Antonio
Dallas
Scranton
Paterson
Norfolk
Springfield
Mass
Grand Rapids
Fort Worth
Trenton
Salt Lake City
Camden
Wilmington
Del
Kansas City
Yonkers
New York
Worcester
Chicago
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Detroit
Richmond
Cleveland
Des Moines
Kan. City
N. Bedford
Indianapolis
Jersey City
Salt Lake
Rochester
Portland
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Fall River
Toledo
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Cambridge
Oakland
Reading
Atlanta
Aes
Omaha
Spokane
High Cost of Dishonesty Exposed in National Losses
A public figure warns that theft, fraud, and other crimes cost the United States billions annually. Estimates cite stock and land frauds, burglary, embezzlement, bank fraud, bad debts, counterfeit checks, forgery, and public-property looting totaling around 3.8 to 4.0 billion dollars in one year. Projections note pirate activity in harbors and rail freight theft claims, while auto theft and mail truck robberies add further losses.
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New York
United States Mall
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Matrimonial Adventures
United Feature Syndicate
el Capitan
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American Farmer
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