Amundsen’s Polar Flight Ambition Hints At Alaska Crossing
The text notes Roald Amundsen aims to fly over the pole and land in Alaska, not surrendering after failing to reach the pole. He departs Norway with a battered plane, claims new knowledge, and expects to return next year with a larger craft. It highlights solar compass reliability and landing challenges on polar ice, plus street bootlegger woes.
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Amundsen
North Pole
South Pole
Pole
Alaska
Norway
Peary
Spitzenberg
Tuberculosis Cure Progress Reported by Johns Hopkins Doctor
Dr. R S Cunningham and colleagues announce progress toward a cure for tuberculosis by identifying blood cells that host the germs. They note epitheloid cells derived from monocytes interact with tubercle bacillus and that germ activity varies with white cell balance. Two control ideas are proposed: remove monocytes or find substances to hinder monocytes, with uncertain outcomes and tempered hope.
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R. S. Cunningham
John Hopkins Medical School
Facullty
Cunningham
Plumbers Touted Among World’s Most Deliberative Bodies
A reader muses that among the most deliberate groups in existence, plumbers rank near the top amid other assemblies. The remark frames tradespeople as steady, thoughtful decision makers in civic life.
Why Humiliation Day Called for Anniversary Protest
Certain Japanese groups propose a humiliation day on the anniversary of the American immigration law. They argue the passage was impolite and protest the act, despite claiming to oppose only its manner of passage.
Exaltation Day and Immigration Law Debate
The excerpt argues that American immigration policy has long enforced restraint against Asians and that the new law merely ends discrimination by making naturalization and immigration equal for all Asiatic peoples. It contends Japan would object only if treated as European rather than Asiatic, and notes mixed reactions among Americans and other Asians.
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Japan
China
India
Prohibition Enforcement Reorganizes to Add Twenty-Two Jobs
The enforcement department restructures, creating twenty two new high paid positions as a central development.
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Prohibition Enforcement, Department
Georgia case sparks debate on spousal punishment in court
A Georgia judge acquitted Fred Bannister of assault for spanking his wife after she slapped his mother, prompting nationwide debate on whether spousal chastisement is legally or morally permissible. The op-ed notes women’s suffrage and political gains whilePredicting new laws to ban spanking.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Moultrie
Qyden
Fred Bannister
Bannister
United States
Congress
Montana
Lovery Assembly
Looking bored in a limousine takes practice or genius
The remark notes that wealth can buy a limousine or an exchange, but true skill lies in presenting a bored demeanor behind the wheel.
Swift style satire urged as cure for lawmaking folly in Rhode Island talk
The St Paul Pioneer Press editorial notes Jonathan Swift as a model for mocking lawmakers. It cites Frederick Roy Martin urging ridicule of lawnmaking mania and legal overreach, comparing modern concerns to Swift's biting critiques. The piece argues for a dean like Swift to expose folly rather than gloom.
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Jonathan Swift
Kingdom of
Lilliput
Frederick Roy Martin
Rhode Island State College
Martin
Swift
England
Government Printing Office described as world’s largest plant
Washington June 20 The government printing office is portrayed as a massive operation with a $10 million build and $11 billion annual output. It supplies 200 million money order forms 60 million delivery slips and 32 million agriculture publications among other items. The account highlights the Record and wartime efforts and notes multilingual printing for various federal agencies.
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Washington
D. C
Government
Government Printing Office
Post Office Department
War Department
Thepublic
Army
Department of Agriculture
United States
Patent Office
Congress
Congressional
Sam
Congressional Record
Congressional Globe
Department of Labor
Library of Congress
Inside the Government Printing Office A Vast Press and Style Manual
The excerpt describes the Government Printing Office with large rotary web presses and a full print and bindery operation capable of producing cards to posters. It highlights the Style Manual guiding capitalization punctuation and spelling amid vast manuscript inflow, plus anecdotes about officials demanding idiosyncratic punctuation.
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Sam
Government Printing Office
Frederic Ff. Haskin
Con D City Brew From Jail Sparks Prohibition Probe
Chicago dispatch reports Terry Druggan and Frank Lake, jailed for contempt of a federal injunction, suspected of running a brewery from their cells. Prohibition agents raided their place finding foaming beer, gear in tanks, and two brew masters’ boots in the alley, with warrants issued for two men tied to Druggan Lake beer operations.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Terry Druggan
Frank Lake
Prohibition and
Intelligence Unit
Druggan Lake
Coolidge Arrival Triggers Summer White House Vacation
President and Mrs. Coolidge begin an extended vacation in Swampscott Massachusetts with visits to Red Gables and White Court near the Stearns estate. The couple meets with local political figures and spends time posing for photographers, while reporters seek any news of the trip.
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Swampscott
Mass
Associated Press
White House
Conlidge
Salem
Mrs. Coolidge
Red Gables
Frank V. Stearns
Stearns
Senator Butler
Massachusetts
White Court
Mr. Stearns
A. Pratt Andrew
John Jacot Rogers
Lowell
Congress
Favorable Weather Boosts Crops and Livestock Growth
A weekly crops and ranges report lauds warmth sun and rain for excellent crop growth. Weather is generally favorable with some local shortages and continued water issues. Winter wheat heads and rye blooms while corn and beans progress. alfalfa and sugar beets advance. livestock and shearing in good condition across regions.
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Yellowstone
Amoy reports spread of anti foreign agitation amid MacMillan radio talks
News from the capital notes anti foreign agitation reported from Amoy China. Complications over MacMillan radio arrangements were smoothed out. The treasury moves to set aside political influence in important prohibition appointments. The scope of the Nickle Plate hearings was argued before the ICC.
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Amoy
China
MacMillan
Treasury
I. cc
Comic reading urged for health by Dr. Seward at convention
Dr. Frederick W. Seward of Goshen New York told the 81st annual American Institute of Homeopathy meeting to cultivate a taste for humor. He warned that quick temper and rage erode nerves and lead to exhaustion.
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New York
Associated Press
Frédérick W. Seward
Goshen
American Institute of Homeopathy
Seward
Questions and Answers from the Federal Information Bureau
The Bureau of Standards answers reader queries on topics from stockings and false teeth to solar eclipses and beef toughness. Questions cover snowfall totals, theater lighting, household costs, coal use, weapon names, Broadway usage, fish species, and the origin of the name Mark Twain.
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Sam
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Helena
Box
Cox
John M. Morton
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
E. McC
H. E
Broadway
New York
Bowling Green
Manhattan Island
Albany
Samuel Clements
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Mark
Twain
Wanted A Sixteen Thousand Dollar Job
An employer’s complaint on job seekers craving high pay for little work is echoed in Forbes Magazine. A young engineering graduate asks for five dollars a year to begin, while the manager seeks a ten thousand dollar a year man, illustrating clash between ambition and employer expectations.
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Forbes Magazine
Philadelphia Record
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Op Gaergs Matthiw Adams
Roy L. Smith
Simpkan
Haskin Letter
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