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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
2
Application for second class mail entry at Hayward California under federal act. Subscription rates list 1 year two dollars and six months one dollar. Editorial and advertising by Crissey Reynolds and others. United Press Association service note in the Hayward Review.
A local message urges residents of Hayward to support home stores rather than rushing to cities for purchases. It argues that patronage sustains a broad stock, timely service, and civic advancement, noting merchants and their workers contribute to prosperity and modernization.
The piece explains nixies or dead letters in the postal system, noting misaddressed or wrapped parcels become nixies, delayed mail, or dead letters. It highlights the costly process, with Chicago workers devoted to nixies and New York incurring daily costs, totaling about 1.74 million dollars annually.
Leading lumbermen and Federal officials met in San Francisco to plan coordinated forest fire prevention. The conference, first of its kind, included the U S chief forester and timber association representatives. Measures discussed included oil burners for mills, fire pumps, and regular clearing of inflammable debris. Public responsibility and careful camping practices were urged to reduce fires.
A collage of headlines and quotes from multiple papers comments on politics, propaganda, economic strain, and wartime rhetoric. Notable snippets include remarks on Hindu and Hinduism, U S imperial stance, France’s position, communist shifts in Bulgaria, and a quip about war and vice presidents. The tone is satirical and observational, reflecting press humor and public discourse.
A mosaic of jokes and sayings ranges from jokes about doctors and introspective lines to wordplay on cards and dentistry. It also notes swallows migrating 6000 miles from England to South Africa and ends with a string of humorous one liners about social habits and public figures.
The Nashville Banner notes a misnomer as the group of London business and professional women is identified as Soroptimists, a name that sounds like a confusion of terms but refers to a known women’s service organization.
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