Kindergartens Urged for All Communities Nationwide
The National Kindergarten Association seeks to insert kindergarten into every public school system. It estimates about 4,000,000 children aged 4 to 6 lack access to kindergarten training. P P Claxton backs the movement with other sponsors including Major Bradley Martin and Mrs. Henry Phipps. They argue early education turns children from liabilities into assets and cites praise from city superintendents already using kindergartens.
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National Kindergarten Association
Wade
P. P. Claxton
United States
Froebel
Association
Laxton
Flax Pulling Machine Demonstrated In New York Field
A flax pulling machine with a quick retting process was shown in a North Hoosick field before New York manufacturers scientists Canadian growers and government experts. The device pulled flax by the roots fed by retting to clear a five acre field in under three hours and produced fiber in full length bundled for curing.
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North Hoosick
N. Y
New York
Telegraphic Chase Reunites Bank Shortfall Mystery
In a Bank of England crisis a deficit of hundred pounds unsettled clerks overnight. A West Indies shipment test through telegraph revealed one box heavier by ten ounces, resolving the missing currency and allowing the Mercator to sail.
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Bank of England
West Indies
Southampton
Telegraph
New York Sun-Herald
India Empire exam joke sparks clever misreadings
A school examination prompts a child to list products of the Indian empire. The pupil recites a misheard string of items and laughs erupt as the examiner asks what comes after, while another student quips India-gestion.
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India
Clewse
London
Welfare Survey on Juvenile Workers in Winniper
City and province officials launch a survey to improve employment for workers under eighteen. Letters sent to over 1 000 employees seek information to inform a conference on better aiding young workers and securing proper jobs.
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Winniper
Manitoba
Autocracy ends as Soviet boarding house plans star boarder
The Birmingham Age Herald reports a quirky local note where a Soviet boarding house plans to name a new star boarder by a secret ballot after the death of the former occupant. Details are unclear but the plan hinges on unconventional succession.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
War toll skews marriage odds as bigamy case discussed
A court hears a defendant claiming to be a war statistic victim in a bigamy charge. The dialogue shows the defendant arguing the war’s death toll creates a shortage of men, framing his guilt as a consequence of wartime records.
A Serious Accident Mentioned in The Foolishness Company
A referenced Houston Post item notes a bad accident with a sprained ankle and dislocated shoulder. It mentions care and temporary dance limitations while implying recovery steps.
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Mile
Chimay
Houston Post
Bootleg Atmosphere in a Kansas City Journal Fragment
A fragment from the Kansas City Journal suggests confusion over a landlord’s advertised wine. Phrases imply residents have not found the wine and speculate it may be kept secret in a cellar.
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Kansas City Journal
Parlor Bolshevist safely dodges dish fire scare
Miss Cayenne jokes about the danger to a parlor bolshevist from a chafing dish. She says the greatest risk she has seen is being burnt by a hot dinner device.
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Bolshevist
Miss Cayenne
The Brain Habits We Have For Our Bodies
The article traces old beliefs about emotions arising from organs like the liver spleen and heart and explains modern ideas of the solar plexus and nerves as contributors to thinking and bodily control. It notes that thinking is partly automatic with the body performing most actions without conscious effort.
Teach With Rubber Stamps In Wartime Bureaucracy
A newspaper letter from the Indianapolis News discusses how different nations used postal stamps as propaganda and fundraising tools. It notes the French government pushing stamped envelopes, Americans monetizing cancellations for Liberty loans relief drives, and German prewar censorship usage, highlighting bureaucratic messaging across allied nations.
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Germany
Burleson
Indianapolis
Kenya Colony Renamed British East Africa and Tanganyika Territory
The region around a massive volcanic peak near the equator becomes British East Africa, with the former German East Africa now Tanganyika Territory named after Lake Tanganyika. Officials expect Uganda Kenya and Tanganyika to cooperate in developing tropical Africa across these three areas.
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Kenya
Equator
British East Africa
How Bulldogs Gained Fame Through Bull-Baiting History
The article traces bulldog evolution from bull-batting contests in which dogs held a bull by the nose, selecting for low shoulders and short teeth. Breeders favored dogs with nostrils set back and upturned, reducing harm to bulls and producing the modern sturdy English bulldog with powerful build.
The Best Thing He Did
A melancholy man asks a photographer to capture a graveyard portrait. He explains a wife’s grave in New York state is too costly, so he requests a makeshift grave in the shop to weep beside, seeking a poignant keepsake. The photographer jokes about access and setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Everybody’s Magazine
Mike Boylan and the curious kid tale
Mike Boylan returns from publicity work and tells a child about trains. The child insists engines have ears and jokes that engines do hear. The exchange shows playful dialogue between father and child reflecting father’s news focus.
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Mike Boylan
Tao
Daddy
Mike
Superstition Among Fighters About Lighting Cigarettes
A wartime superstition holds that a third man should not light his cigarette from the same match as two others. After two uses, the match should be snuffed to avoid bad luck. If matches are scarce, light from already lit cigarettes is used. Believed to have started in the British army and spread to Allied forces.
Great Britain Ruling the Air Crowned by Foreword
Viscount Northelife writes that Britain already dominates the air realm while officials acknowledge the air mail shows lower profits than the United States service.
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Tne
Viscount Northelife
Great Britain
United States
Registering a Star in a Distant Land
A maid asks what she should register as she travels from afar and is reminded of the question when approached by a man. The verse sketches a scene of a movie star sought after for formal records or recognition.
The Reason Bridge Game Sparks Fateful Obsession
In a tense exchange a man expresses longing for a woman's hand and bond, while another character notes her bridge skill as decisive, hinting at a consuming attachment. The dialogue centers on love, possession, and the allure of a talented player.
My Dut That Me Jabhbs Stuck Over Paper Seat
A garbled exclamation suggests a person named Dut or Jabhbs is stuck due to sitting on a fy paper. The fragment hints at social position not being the cause, focusing on an awkward seating mishap.
Untitled phrases hint at aviation tragedy recollection
A fragmentary exchange recalls a young aviator's fatal fall and the lingering reluctance to return to aviation grounds. The dialogue suggests blame and sorrow around a plane crash and the mood following the incident.
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Hin
Henna Hair Dye Sparks Tense Home Return
In a terse exchange, a speaker recalls Belle's dyed hair provoking a sharp reaction from her husband who, upon seeing the henna tint, “saw red.” The remark hints at domestic tension tied to a cosmetic choice.
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Belle
States With Record Crops Update
The latest figures show Kansas contributing one fifth of the winter wheat crop, North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota yielding nearly three fifths of spring wheat and seven eighths of flaxseed. Pennsylvania and New York supply about two thirds of buckwheat. Louisiana accounts for about half of rice, with California and Texas supplying most of the remainder. Tobacco is highly concentrated in Kentucky and North Carolina, supplying over half the crop.
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Kansas
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
New York
Louisiana
California
Texas
Kentucky
North Carolina
A Prudent Precaution Dialogue
A brief exchange recalls Gabby prompting a safety check as a gas mask becomes a quiet focus of the evening. The remark hints at caution and preparedness shaping social interaction.
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Gabby
Paper Clothes Line Sparks Shopper Talk
Readable fragment notes a long line in front of a store selling paper clothes and describes a regular paper walt as part of the scene. The item captures a bustling wait and quirky retail mood reflected in the era.
Poor Marksmanship in Cub Reporter Exchange
A witty exchange highlights confidence and lack of target in a cub reporter and a veteran editor as they trade quips on journalistic fire and aim. The banter underscores newsroom humor about writing bravado versus precision.
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Vrookendere
Customs of Guam Described in National Geographic Bulletin
The Guam postmaster visits the United States for better island postal service. The bulletin notes Guam fish schooling using Barringtonia tree fruit to stun prey, low tide dives, and reef holes. It covers local swimming prowess, house construction, and cultural traits including festivities and agriculture. people vary in appearance due to mixed ancestry and typical island physiques.
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Guar
United States
Guam
National Geographic Society
Tancreve
Manila
Insulator Bracket Buried Nine Decades In Arcata Tree
A telegraph bracket and insulator were nailed to a Douglas fir near Arcata California thirty six years ago. The tree grew around the bracket burying it in the trunk and the glass insulator vanished from sight. Recently felled, the wood was turned into barrel staves and the insulator remains in good condition preserved by resin. The specimen is now in the University of California forestry division collection.
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Arcata
Cal
Forestry Division
University of California
American Forestry Magazine
Turkkish Dogs and Refugee Bones Spark Morbid Craft
A writer recalls Turks' humane ban on pariah dogs in Constantinople five to six years ago. Dogs were shipped to islands where many died and now Russian refugees live on those islands. Red Cross workers craft battens from the dogs' bones, a fact the Turks refuse to buy.
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Towas
Constantinople
South Side House Owner Debates Gutter Job Price
An Indianapolis News item quotes a South Side homeowner arguing with a tinner over installing a pew gutter. He questions paying that price and considers doing it himself, joking that he can pour water to see if the gutter leaks.
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Indianapolis News
Swelled Head and Wages Rise Joke From Lady Gordon
Lady Gordon quips about rising wages and swollen pockets, then recounts a club anecdote where a man orders ten cheese sandwiches. The cook declines to be disturbed saying she is hosting a small after theater supper and busy with lobsters and wine.
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Lady Bull Gordon
Beverages With Meals Affect Digestion, Researchers Report
A study by Miller and colleagues tested water tea coffee and sugar with meals finding that plain beverages do not delay gastric emptying while sugar in coffee slightly slows digestion. Coffee or tea and water may stimulate gastric secretions with coffee and sugar having a reduced effect.
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RJ. Miller
Bergetin
M. Fe Relfuss
Battiore
Coco Triecly
Ener
Professors Endowment Aims To Fund Century Institute
A professor and his wife placed funds totaling 50 dollars in the hands of Cornell authorities to accumulate until the sum reaches about 6.5 million dollars. The money will finance the founding of an institute of pure and applied mathematics, expected to operate in about one hundred years.
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Cornell University
Pure and Applied Mathematics
Woman vows to stay single and sell old stocks
In a brief exchange a woman explains she will not remarry after past marriages. She jokes about financial lessons and plans to stay single while attempting to sell old stocks to others.
Raisin Imports Jump as Malaga Stocks Deplete
Raisin imports from Mahica Spain to the United States reach 8,006,000 pounds in the first six months of 1920, exceeding total exports from the port for the prior seven years. Malaga raisin stocks are exhausted with no on hand. Prospects point to increased production and continued strong U S demand, according to the Bureau of Markets.
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Mahica
Spain
United States
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Malaga
French Forests Suffer War Losses and Depletion
French forests protected for centuries faced severe damage in the war. Authorities report over 40 000 trees cut daily for four years, with more than 2 000 000 board feet of lumber destroyed and about 750 000 acres of woodland neglected or ruined.
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France
Black Bear Fights Off Maine Farmer in Rural Encounter
A Maine farmer near Iversonville faced a unusually aggressive black bear in the woods. He used two heavy clubs to fend off the bear after it attacked him with persistence, eventually forcing it away as he reached an open field.
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Maine
Ives Irownville
Jersey City Seeks Rent Relief via New Housing Bills
Jersey City plans to use 4 009 000 to back a civic housing project amid a 60 000 person shortfall in a 325 000 population. Commissioner James F. Gannon Jr cites rent control measures and state bills designed to expand city housing, funded by low bidder construction and rent reinvestment. Local efforts aim to build 400 families in four blocks with rents around 86 5 per month for five room units.
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Tota
Jersey City
N. J
James H. Gannon
Jeniny
Wader
van Ness Harwood
New York World
James F. Gannon, Jr
Revenue and Finance
Jersey
Guy
New Jersey Senate
Gannon
Hylan
Supreme Court
Fowever
Senate
Trenton
New York
Bird Rescued from Water After Entangled Thread Incident
A waterfowl nicknamed sea pigeon was pulled from Galveston Bay by William Case of Foss Launch Co. It was snagged in thread and required about an hour to cut free. The bird then fled toward mid bay, leaving experts puzzled how the entanglement formed.
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Galveston
William Case
Foss Launch Company
Foes
Foss
Theater
Registrar Refuses to Enroll Women Voters
Tarence Beauchamp, registrar for the Eighth election district of Carolina county, allegedly refused to enroll women voters. The incident prompted a WW resignation as officials move to address the claim and ensure compliance with voting rules.
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Wew
Carolina County
Mtr
Tarence Beauchamp
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