Governor Hartley Opposes Delegates to Child Welfare Conference
The Washington governor declined to name delegates to a New York conference and criticized child welfare critics as overblown. He urged a return to a simple American family life and warned against welfare overreach that erodes self reliance. The piece argues for practical child welfare with focus on eliminating handicaps while preserving personal responsibility.
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Hartley
Washington
Child Welfare Committee of America
New York City
PESTERING PRESIDENTS FATHER REMINDS PUBLIC
An editorial notes President Coolidge's 80 year old father suffered a fainting spell after constant attention from sight seers photographers and interviewers. It calls for restraint and suggests signs to keep the elder Coolidge private and not commercially pestered.
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Coolidge
Bill Nye
White House
Colonel Coolidge
Tropics call for food as world grows
Dr. Frank Leslie urges migration to tropical regions for food with medicine enabling white men to work there. Commander Brandt foresees ocean farming as oceanic life multiplies across the water column, offering vast, multi-layered crops and resources beneath the surface.
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Tropics
Frank Leslie
Society of Tropical Medicine
Brandt
Navy Oceanographic Research
White labor in tropics reshapes global balance
A critical view argues that food demand and conservation call for study and cultivation, while the sea offers a division plan without social strain. It claims whites can only rule or prey in the tropics, displacing native populations, and that exploitation by white leaders remains more profitable than fair work.
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Tropics
Gure
Temperate
Mayor Johnson Denounces False Shelby News Story
Shelby Mayor Jim Johnson denounces a recent oil town article as a monumentally false report claiming Shelby has collapsed. He demands a correction and invites reporters to tell the naked truth to repair the alleged damage to the town’s prosperity.
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Jim” Johnson
Shelby
Goldsmith
Dempsey-Gibbons
Jin
Measuring Her Appetite At Columbia University Device
The article describes a device by Columbia University doctors that measures and advertises a young woman s appetite. It claims impartial use for teachers college students and suggests a national law to require every young woman to submit to appetite determination and publish the results for public inspection.
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Columbia University
Teachers’ College
Columbia
Washington
Modesty and Morality Clash Over Rolled Stockings at Visalia High
In Visalia California four high school girls were expelled for rolling stockings below the knee. Editorials argue prudery vs. modesty. Bernarr McFadden condemns secrecy about the body and warns against moral panic. The piece mocks calls for stricter dress codes and notes broader social contrasts.
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Visalia
California
Bernarr McFadden
McFadden
Venice
Long Beach
Neptune's Fair
Ethyl gas debate to be considered at national conference
Washington May 17. A national conference in Washington from May 20 will study whether ethyl gasoline, a fuel that removes engine knock, should be restricted. The meeting includes manufacturers led by Dr W Olman Thompson, public health officials, and researchers from Harvard, Yale, and Johns Hopkins.
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Washington
Hugh S. Cumming
Federal Bureau of Public Health
United States
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
W. Olman Thompson
New York City
National Research Council
National Safety Council
American Federation of Labor
Bureau of Mines the
Chemical Welfare Service
Columbia University
David Edsall
Harvard School of Public Health
Alice Hamilton
Harvard School of Industrial Hygiene
Cecil Drinker
Reed Hunt
Harvard
C. B. A. Winslow
Yale
Randall Henderson
William How
Ell
Dr. Marshall
Johns Hopkins University
General Motors Research Corporation
Dayton
Nichols
Thomas Midgely
General Motors Organization
New York Industrial Hygiene Bulletin
Hazards of Ethyl Gas Highlighted By Medical Officials
Medical officials warn about dangers of tetraethyl lead in motor fuel. Lead inhalation, skin absorption, and garage exposure pose risks to workers and the public. Experts seek safeguards and further study while advising against cleaning with motor fuel and indicating possible delirium and anemia from exposure.
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Lewi R. Thompson
Way to Teach Blind Is Shown by America
Berlin reports Betty Hirach director of a German founded school for the blind praises American methods. She notes Cleveland integrates blind students with sighted pupils, benefiting both groups by normalizing ability. The article mentions Mascagni and his opera Cavaliera Rusticana.
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America
Pres
Berlin
Misa Betty Hirach
J For
Germany
Paulist
Geheimrat Silex
Cleveland
Economic Outlook Brightens Amid Global Trade Recovery
The Associated Press reports mixed but improving sentiment from New York May 17. April merchandise exports reached a five year high, Europe shows growth, rail freight hits near record volumes, steel production steady, and grain and coal movements expand. Bond prices advance as investors seek higher yields and stocks rise to near 1917 highs.
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Associated Press
New York
Department of Commerce
Europe
Northwest
Porphyry
Atlantic Seaboard
Marland
Standard CW Company
New Jersey
Department of Agriculture
France
Germany
Cash Purchases Hit Oxford Tradesmen Hard
Oxford April 28. Local merchants report a rise in undergraduates paying cash for goods. The shift saves postage on monthly bills but hurts the prewar habit of extravagant ordering. Cash buyers shop prudently and curb extravagant cravings.
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Oxford
Eng
Answers to Questions From the Information Bureau
A collection of common inquiries with concise answers on topics from Monaco’s rulers to cricket in England and the meaning of Mirza. Includes notes on Brazilian coffee origins, navy bean digestion, and the daddy longlegs, with short biographical and historical clarifications.
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Monaco
M. N
Grimaldi
Otho I
South Dakota
C. Ll
Mirza
B. C
Captain Currie
Dickena “Dombey and Son
England
Cyrus Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
James Monroe
New Hampshire
John Q. Adams
George Washington
Mencken on Western Writing Talent Shortage
Critics like Mencken say the West lacks distinguished writers. He singles out Montana’s sole notable craftsman, C W Towne of Butte, a former Gideon Wurdz author now publicity chief for Anaconda Copper. Mary MacLane and successors are said to be absent.
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H. L. Mencken
America
American Mercury
West
Mencken
Montana
C. W. Towne
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining
Gideon Wurdz
Anaconda Capper Company
Mary MacLane
Byron Cooney
Butte American
Rhase
Whitner
Lard
Car Scratch Incident Reported in Epworth Herald
In a brief Epworth Herald dialogue, Jones asks about a wife’s car accident. Smith downplays damage noting only minor paint scrapes on both sides with no injuries mentioned.
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Jones
Smith
The
Epworth Herald
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