Letters of a Prude and the Independent Controversy
A reader complains of anonymous letters sent to The Independent's editor. The letters censor various images from the paper, labeling many photos from actors, ads, and public figures as demoralizing. The piece attacks a prudish critic, praises Wanda Hawley, and mocks gendered double standards in modesty. A final line notes a man receiving treatment at Miles City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Underworld
Francis Hussey
Stuyvesant
New York
Beniico Mussolini
Hussey
Mussolini
Cutiura
Wanda Hawley
Wanda
Ain
Brude
Agnes Mack
Charlestown
Mass
Helen Leopold
Montane
Tariff Commission to Probe Sugar Costs for Consumers
Householders tackling rising sugar prices for the canning season may find relief as the tariff commission in Washington announces an investigation into the causes of the sugar price hike. The agency has gone to work after a midday layoff that mirrors public officials' usual hours at the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tariff Commission
Washington
Commission to review paint brush handles wall pockets tariffs
Article discusses the tariff commission under Fordney McCamber to decide duties on paint brush handles and wall pockets. It argues relief may be sought from the President, potential duty reductions, and frames the issue as consumer concern opposed to manufacturer interests, urging readers to await commission findings and possible price relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordney-McCamber
Commission
Tariff Commission
Harding
Quiet Awakening in Iowa District Election Signals GOP Challenge
A Republican win by a narrow margin in Iowa's Eighth Congressional district alarms administration strategists. Farmers around the state face low wheat prices, worsened by tariff policies, fueling a mood of protest that could swing five of eleven counties toward Democrats. The Kansas Nebraska Iowa region anticipates another harvest with prices likely to fall further, prompting farmer discontent that may threaten the GOP in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth
Iowa
Inwa
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowe
Chicago
Elevlion
Best Editorial of the Day From Barcén's Weekly
Editorial on Dallas and the pork barrel spending critiques a 2 million dollar navigational project on the Trinity River. It denounces wasteful federal funds, notes Dallas benefited little, and argues such pork barrel schemes raise taxes and affect every taxpayer nationwide. The piece defends Dallas while condemning broad government waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcén’s Weekly
Dallas
Texas
Trinity River
Tidewater
National “Pork Barrel
Hinon
Mtsingas Aeimen
Park Tt
Freer Gallery A New Shrine For Art In Washington
Washington's Freer Gallery opens on the Smithsonian grounds housing Charles Lang Freer’s collection. The donor funded the building and future additions aiming to unite Oriental and Occidental art under a single vision with lecture rooms and a library for scholars. The centerpiece Peacock Room by Whistler, created for Leyland, embodies the collection’s pursuit of universal beauty and artistic dialogue across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Freer
Smithsonan Gronds
Washington
Charlies Lang Freer
Detroit
Breerfers
Fifth Avenue
Galery
Treer
Whistler
Japan
China
Fac
Ore
Saime
Ambition and the selfish creed of getting mine
A clever young man proclaims he will get his own at any cost, mocking mercy and brotherhood in a ruthless race for wealth. A wiser youth warns that greed, hate, and grasping will fuel the same craving, urging restraint and shared honor. Copyright 1923 NEA Service Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Erie
Suspicious Umpire Tale Irony and Oddities
The piece centers on Umpire Hank O'Day amid a dressing room talk by a NL team owner stressing sportsmanship and ethical conduct. It blends humorous clippings and stray anecdotes from various papers, noting quotes about players, fans, and mischief with a period voice and satirical tone. The collage includes captions, jokes, and unrelated lines about weather, films, and local tidbits.
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Hank O'Day
Haylie
Parden's
Hank
Cincinnati
Man’s Sneaking Home Sparks Debate on Creator’s Work
A fragmented line notes that wrongdoing by a man challenges belief in human nobility, suggesting moral reflection sparked by one’s sneaking behavior and its early morning concealment. The quote implies social judgment and the tension between virtue and vice in daily life.
Answers to Questions From The Independent information page
A reader asks about foreign travel costs in Europe and other curiosities. The Literary Digest compiles figures on per diem expenditures abroad, largest US forests, Portland cement output, the House of Everlasting Fire, snake anatomy, helium combustion, sky-writing range, datums vs memoranda, littoral lava, iceberg dimensions, Lord Dundreary in Our American Cousin, bird of paradise water needs, blood weight, and a joke exchange.
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Eyrope
D. GS
Holland
Scandinavia
France
Germany
Austrin
Hungary
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Taugass
Alaska
United States
New Mexico
Pitool Kalemauman
Kilaues
Mawail
C. TB
Department of Agriculture
C. LP
Hell
Kennedy Channel
Greely
Lord Dundeary
E. A. Sotherm
Sothern
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Man Witten
Ratifer Mies
Miles City Hospital
Miles City
By Morris
Mathew Adams
Haskin
Trederic
Washington’s
Leyladé
Leyland
London Docks
Medicis
Florence
Qwarth
Alin
Nan
Wie Leyland
Siter
Bohemia
Freer Gallery
Lryland
Teather Whistler
Sig Hts House
Pivvg
Berton Braley
NEA Service, Inc
Mollier
Toursville
Gong
Europe
Parchon’s
Thei Casieep
Miusi
Brown
Black
Jirown
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mike
Leatherneck
London
Mafi
le Owan
Mark Twain
Nevada
Benjamin West
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post
Maybelle
Tlas
Ethlye
Los Angeles Times
Uhrseatcher
Cininnati Enquirer
Frederick J. Hankin
Waettington
D.C
Regal
the Inquirer
Witt
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