National Reading Circle Expands Under Interior Dept
The U S home education division of the Interior Department begins enlarging Uncle Sam’s National Reading Circle to 18 000 readers. Courses cover literature, history, biography, fiction and trades, with enrollments from Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Arizona Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Readers must send name address age occupation and a note of when they begin and finish a book.
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Ashington
Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Areau of Education
United States
India
China
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
France
Canada
Washington
Bureau of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana
Town
Kentucky
North Carolina
Arizona
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Home Education
National Reading Circle Register
Times Change We Change With Them Champ Clark Saga
Champ Clark recalls a decade of anger toward a Kentucky farmer who beat him as a boy. The future House Speaker finds the man alone, impoverished, with a broken family, and decides not to deliver the long awaited retribution, reflecting on tempered vengeance.
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Hamp Clark
Kentucky
Champ
Inger Jong
Champ Clark
Own Your Own Half-After-Six Clothes
Albert Johnson once bought a co operative dress suit with a room mate Smith. At a Stewart mansion reception a faulty patent leather shoe caused the floor to collapse a vase palm display and Johnson’s outfit. The incident ended with Johnson in the street and he still recalls it with discomfort.
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Albert Johnson
Washington
Congress
Johnson
D. C
Smith
Stewart
Nevada
Stewart Mansion
Legal Right to Remain in Ignorance Ignored by Some States
The Children's Bureau report shows only 4 percent of 19 696 waking certificates holders attended or completed eighth grade. Five states lack compulsory schooling up to sixteen, with exemptions. In Cleveland 2 550 children skipped school. many ignored due to lax laws. Some states let sixteen year olds work without basic literacy or schooling. Continuation schools are rare. 18 states require such provisions, while England moves to eighteen with continuation schools under Fisher act.
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Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Bureau
Bulletin
Cleveland
United States
District of Columbia
England
Tragedy Turns Into Romance In Chicago Case
Ruth Wood twenty five a bookkeeper and Roy Shayne advertising salesman rose from a sensational crime tied to Samuel Loftis in a North Side apartment. After Loftis was found dead and Wood fled the scene the pair were arrested and later exonerated. Weeks later Ruth Wood married Roy Shayne in Waukegan, a quiet transition that stunned relatives.
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Chicago
Ruth Wood
Samuel T. A. Loftis
Waukegan
Roy M. Shayne
Miss Wood
Roy
Ruth
Roy Shayne
John T. Shayne
Shayne
Edgewater Beuch Hotel
Samuel T. A. Lofts
Lofts
Loftis
Iater Loftis
Miss Woods
Iater Shayne
Dame
Babe's Appeal Touches Father in New Castle
Betty Jana Reno of New Castle writes a heartfelt appeal about her children. Her father, Mr. Reno, then in Cleveland, reads the plea, cannot work, and sends a money order to help. He promises to return and make amends to the deserted family.
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Babe
New Castle
Betty Jana Reno
Jack
Ralph
World news briefs from Wilkes-Barre to Athens
A collage of dispatches reports miners end strikes in Wilkes-Barre Rome and Krakow. Death tolls rise from earthquakes and battle fronts also push updates from Tokyo Calcutta and Washington.
Like an Imposition in a Wry Anvil of Tales
A comic fragment recalls Herman Finck and a bragging tycoon who hires a tiny family orchestra. A separate anecdote shows Shirley protesting a mother’s plan to kill a chicken, arguing the animal’s ignorance of its fate. A German proverb closes with a note on sweetness and hypocritical flutterers.
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Herman Finck
Tilg
Ebrandfather
Shirley
Ita
Stan
Had High Ambition for Son at West Point Parade
An Army academy cadet’s visiting parents attend an evening parade at West Point. The father expresses high enthusiasm, declaring he will not be happy until his son reaches the revered drum-major rank, amid the imposing post ceremony display.
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West Point
Not to Be Outdone Baby Teeth Talk
Frances, Janet and Eleanor discuss their babies. Frances says her four month old Irether has two teeth already. Trnet adds her five month old sister has three teeth. Eleanor claims her five month old brother has no teeth yet but when they appear they will be gold.
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Frances
Janet
Eleanor
Irether
Fragmented Quotation Fragments of a Youthful Debate
A disjointed exchange features an agitator speaking wildly about youth and expression. The speaker argues that youthful words are countless like leaves, noting a distinction in that they do not easily start a breeze to spread falsehoods.
Leap Year Proposal Sparks Family Debate
In a candid exchange, Tim proposes amid questions from an aunt and cousin. The leap year remark underscores a playful family dynamic as plans and timing are debated in light of peculiar dates.
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