Unknown Thoughts On Speech And Sight Then Progress
A compact reflection notes mouths that cannot speak and eyes that cannot see. It cites Psalm 125 verse 16 and adds a separate maxim by Charles Sumner linking knowledge to progress.
High Point Enterprise in High Point, North Carolina
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
4
Vital question of debt and taxes looms over local bonds
Jonkay Research bulletin warns that rising per capita municipal taxes from 14 in 1915 to about 56 in recent decades threaten real estate owners and bondholders. It urges immediate action to cut local expenditures and rebalance the tax burden to prevent widespread loss of property and bond values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonkay Research and Forecast Corporation
United States
Bulletin
North Carolina Legion Urges Support for Roosevelt Economy Plan
State Commander Bryce P. Beard of Salisbury and Legionnaires call for backing President Roosevelt’s economy program. They credit veterans and citizens with unity in crisis, pledging continued support and demanding fair benefits and hospitalization for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce P. Beard
Salisbury
North Carolina
America
Roosevelt
Beard
Legionnaires
Debtor Relief Aims to Protect Investment and Facilities
The text argues that lightening the debtor's load serves the creditor's interest by safeguarding the investment and offering the debtor a chance to work out arrangements and retain his facilities, which might be unprofitable for others.
Brewers target gangsters as beer returns
Brewers vow to wage a war on gangsters as Prohibition ends. They plan heavy federal taxes on malt syrup and aim to smash bootlegging and home brewing to curb lawlessness and rebuild respect for law.
Let Us Not Return To A Barbaric State
The house judiciary committee reported unfavorably the Vann bill to establish a whipping post for misdemeanors in North Carolina counties. The committee called the bill unconstitutional as whipping is not among constitutional methods. The piece argues punishment should deter rather than wound and condemns brutality and retrogression in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committee
Vann
North Carolina
South
Airplanes to the Rescue
The piece notes an emerging dramatic response to America’s currency crisis, highlighting aviation as a critical asset in mobilizing relief and rapid action across the nation. It underscores the scale of the challenge and hints at the role of transportation in stabilizing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
America
Aerial Money Migration Delivers Vast Funds in Wartime
In a dramatic display of early wartime aviation two planes flew from Washington to Kansas City overnight carrying a guarded cargo totaling 76 million dollars. The mission, timed to smooth the next business day, highlights speed and risk as aviation supported national finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Missouri City
Abundance of life and money in a changing world
The Ardmoreite reflects on abundant life resources such as food clothing shelter and virtues yet notes money as the scarce man made commodity. It argues that a circulating medium could replace money and spur progress, suggesting future economic movement when such a medium exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
International Friendship by Bruce Catton and Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis argues for closer American and British ties but rejects sentimentalism. He criticizes propaganda as slop and calls for realism in international relations to avoid empty hands across the sea rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Lewis
America
England
Lewis
Realism on International Friendship and Mutual Quarrels
The excerpt argues that Americans and Englishmen each dislike aspects of the other, hindering alliance harmony. It recalls past frictions between allies such as American and French troops and between American and British sailors, urging realism to temper expectations and foster sturdier international friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Economy Change and Electric Eye At Tearoom Doors
The piece notes Dr. Donald A. Laird's claim that the average man shifts position every 17 minutes in sleep and cites Lewis T. Douglas promoting expense cuts. It then mentions New York scientists proving an electric eye that opens tearoom doors as a shopper approaches, joking about banks needing similar tech for deposits during holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Laird
New York
Uncle Sam's Tips on Vegetable Gardening Tools and Techniques
This article advises small and backyard gardens to use simple hand tools or improvised plow stocks, emphasizes deep soil preparation for drought and moisture retention, and covers space-saving methods for tomatoes peas and beans with stakes nets and trellises. It notes tool care and the importance of knowledge over gear, and hints at upcoming sections on home garden varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BR. Beattie
Bureau of Plant Industry
U. S
Gardner
Sleep Habits For Babies Offers Gentle Guidance
The article notes wide individual sleep needs from birth and stresses regular bedtimes, warm comfortable environments, and minimal disturbing stimuli. It advises not to frighten children at night, avoid discussing adults’ sleep struggles, and suggests infants sleep in a room of their own without extreme isolation.
Dramatic meeting with Jack and Sue unfolds
Sue finds Jack in a convalescent room after a tense scene with Judge Thornton present. Jack explains he invited Sue to visit, while Sue wrestles with emotion and reality. The scene contrasts Sue’s sobs with Jack’s stern resolve and hints at past comforts and growing hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thornton
Sue
Jack
Sue Darling
Judge Thorton
Judge Thornton
Homeward Bound Decision Sparks Family Clash
Margery Hale notes a tense moment as Jack reveals his wish to return home rather than stay. His father objects, insisting this is his home, while Jack presses for Sue to decide and asserts she cannot decide either. The scene ends with urgency as Sue is summoned to arrange a move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Sue
Judes Thornton
Parents regulate child sleep habits, early patterns noted
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains that establishing good sleeping patterns in early childhood helps habits endure. He emphasizes parental regulation and guidance as key to healthy sleep development in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Africa as cooling workshop of the world
Dr. Karl C. Case of the University of Cincinnati argues that Africa could become an artificially cooled workshop of the world due to vast hydroelectric potential and cheap air cooling. He notes current resources are underutilized by steam forests in the tropics and suggests future power advances may transform the region’s industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, C
Africa
Karl C. Case
University of Cincinnati
Horse Theft Returns to Pittsburgh Streets
In Pittsburgh a huckster meal interrupted as a thief mounted his vegetable wagon and rode off. Police recall the first local horse theft in more than five years signaling a rare street crime revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Peter Grabbe
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Charles Sumner
By Bruce Catton
Lewis T. Douglas
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Uncle Sam
By Margery Hale
Dr. Fishbein
Imanac
Paris
London
George Clark
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