Tobacco's Foes Losing Ground in Prohibition Drive
Utah stands apart with Mormon influence as the only state to ban tobacco this year while editors' opinions largely oppose such laws. An Leslie's Magazine survey of 12,518 editors across 20 million readers finds about 95 percent see public sentiment against prohibition, with Utah and Tennessee noted for contrasting results and Oklahoma Arkansas Iowa Kansas Oregon showing limited support or repeal moves. The piece cites church influence and legislative cycles as key factors in the waning anti tobacco push.
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Friends of Tobacco
Bangkok's fairy tale king rules as autocrat in modern Siam
Florence Burgess Meehan reports in Asia Magazine that Bangkok resembles a fairy tale land with Nama VI as an absolute ruler. The king directs a state-controlled system with railways oil fields forests and mines owned by the state while the capital's streetcars waterworks and audience halls are government property. Siamese people live content with autoc racy, no class struggle, and a simple craftsman livelihood amid rice paddies and ivory carving.
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Florence Burgess Meehan
Asia Magazine
Golden Roofed Palace
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Oxford
Day of Horse Almost Gone
A defective flue brings the fire department to Wenth and We emnisel streets. Motor apparatus arrive, then a ladder horse returns to fight the fire. The crowd praises the old horses as they finish the job, signaling a changing time.
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Wenth
Weemnisel
Indianapolis News
Opals For National Museum From Nevada Mine
The National Museum in Washington receives 100 rough opals from Archie Tice of New York. The stones come in red white blue thick brown green and purple with two resembling fossil wood and three possibly fossil bones. The Humboldt County Nevada mine lies about a mile high and 200 miles inland from the Pacific, near Winnemucca, with limited accessibility due to the railroad town being 120 miles away. High altitude affects the opals moisture content when mined, and digging has reached depths of only 20 to 40 feet so far.
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Prickly Pear Worries Australians
The prickly pear cactus is a fast spreading nuisance in Australia forming dense vegetation that hinders clearing and farming. In response, the government plans to send insects to prey on the plant, hoping to slow or stop its spread.
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Australia
Philadelphia Ledger
French inventor powers home with water turbine electric light
A French scientist describes a system that uses a high speed water turbine fitted to a house water pipe to drive a dynamo charging a storage battery. When a faucet runs, water power loads the battery and supplies current for electric lights. The inventor says it uses energy that is normally wasted.
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Philadelphia Ledger
What is your idea of a grafter
In a heated exchange Senator Sorgum defines a grafter as one who when opportunity knocks is not content with a cordial welcome but tries to drag it in and beat the lie out of it.
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Senator Sorghum
Pasteur’s yeast cure idea meets skeptical doubt
A historical note traces Pasteur’s progress from curing beer and wine sickness to attacking rabies and other diseases. It credits early chemists and medical pioneers for validating bacteriotherapy and links Metchnikov’s ideas to a broader promise of combating plagues via cellular and microbial methods.
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North American Review
Pasteur
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Carrell
Metulnikov
Tobacco Not Immune To Germs Says Italian Professor
Professor Puntont of the University of Rome reports experiments testing tobacco's ability to shield users from cholera typhoid diphtheria meningitis and tuberculosis. Using tobacco smoke and chewing tobacco he found protection only against cholera and meningitis. tobacco offered no defense against typhoid diphtheria or tuberculosis.
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Puntont
University of Rome
New York Evening Post
Puntani
Silk Silk Garments Spark Congo Chief's Fashion Demand
A Chi vizo mall order house reports silk chemises in size 42 for 12 wives of Chief Angogo in the Belgian Congo. The order, noted by the fittings forefin department, required custom make due to color and size. The chief confirms satisfactory results and funds for rubber boots, copper-toed shoes, pink silk stockings, beads, and cotton goods.
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Belghin Congo
Yale Forestry School Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary Reunion
The Yale forest school marked its 20th anniversary with a reunion attended by over 100 alumni and students, about 70 percent of its graduates. The American Forestry Magazine notes that ten of twelve leading forest schools are directed by Yale men and eleven have Yale graduates on their faculties, with Yale graduates teaching forestry at four other institutions. In all, 3 men from this institution are engaged in training professional foresters in America.
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Yale Forest School
American Forestry Magazine
Yale
Atwriva
Motion Pictures in Java Expand As American Films Grow
The motion picture business in Java is expanding rapidly, says the American consul at Thar tuvin. American pictures grow in popularity with big features and comedies leading. films under five reels rarely succeed. Local audiences prefer adventure and exotica, while European and American audiences favor well-made dramas typical of the United States.
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Java
Thartuvin
Rent the Use of You Salary Debate Joke
A prospective employer questions an applicant about compensation. The applicant insists on ten thousand dollars per year. The employer clarifies he does not buy the person but seeks to rent their services.
Red Pepper Rub Promises Fast Pain Relief
Advertises Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a quick remedy for rheumatism lumbago neuritis backache stiff neck sore muscles and joint pains. Claims concentrated heat from red peppers provides instant relief within minutes improving blood circulation and easing congestion with a low cost drug store purchase.
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