McCormick Proposes Major Bureaucratic Overhaul Bill
Senator McCormick of Illinois drafts a broad reform bill to create two new departments the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Welfare and to reorganize others. It would abolish the comptroller of the currency and transfer duties to the Federal Reserve Board, move the weather bureau and Navy related services to Commerce, and shift Mediation and Conciliation to Labor while ending the Council of National Defense.
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McCormick
Department of the Interior
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
Mlinois
Congress
Europe
Harding
Woman's Bureau
Department of Labor
Pension Bureau
Public Health Service
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Vocational Training Board
Department of Commerce
State Department
Alaska
Alien Property Custodian
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Comptroller of Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Council of National Defense
Weather Bureau
Patent Office
Coast Guard
Lake Survey Office
Hydrographic Office
Naval Observatory and Inland and
Coastwise Waterways Service
Verses and Veiled Wit Fill Washington Post Columns
A Washington Star clipping notes a government department worker discovering talent in poetry, prompting amused remarks about authorship. It also shares a bridge anecdote about memory of high cards and a quip on Eskimo population decline in Alaska alongside a tongue in cheek line about borrowing and handshakes.
Run Down Health Advice Promotes S.S.S. Remedy
An old advertisement warns that feeling run down signals a weakening system and invites readers to use S.S.S. to strengthen health. It claims the remedy drives out disease by toning the blood and urges contacting the Atlanta address for free medical counsel.
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S.S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Whitey’s Coney Island Feast Tops His Stomachs
A humorous New York Sun item recalls Whitey, the office boy, who stayed home after eating a flood of snacks at Coney Island. He lists peanuts hot dogs ice cream pops and sweets then a banana split before drift to fatigue. The piece also notes Scots in Ireland Scotland and England origins and a remark on a bewitching smile boosting a woman’s cheer.
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Whitey
Coney
New York Sun
Tigers Usefull In Sumatra
A Paris Figaro quote notes Sumatra bans tiger hunting to protect tigers which prey on wild bears that damage plantations forming a utilitarian role praised by Kipling. A door man and chauffeur exchange a terse joke about hard work and earning a living. Wisconsin leads the United States in dairy products.
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Sumatra
M. Clemenceau
Kipling
Paris
Figaro
Wisconsin
United States
North Dakota Farmer Prevents Runts with Proper Livestock Care
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, a North Dakota farmer explains rapid growth and best development of live stock. The letter notes methods to prevent runts by ensuring no factor hinders growth from birth, based on USDA study of undersized animals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
Runts Should Not Emerge From Well-Bred Stock
A Vermont farmer argues that well-bred livestock spared by good care never produce runts. He emphasizes strong constitution through generations, proper feeding, shelter, ventilation, and selective culling of poor mothers to stamp the herd with vigor and prevent small offspring.
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Vermont
Best Purebreds Sold Reflect High Standards Campaign
A West Virginia breeder in Upshur county applies stricter rules under the USDA better-sires push. His Angus herd registers only calves meeting his standard of excellence. those below are castrated or sold as common cattle on the open market.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Upshur County
West Virginia
Feed Ewes After Breeding for Health and Wool
Advice urges supplying nutritious feed to bred ewes to support growth of lambs, wool, and body condition. When pasture is abundant, green forage suffices as the best feed, keeping ewes thrifty and healthy.
Brood sows need exercise for farrowing timing
Brood sows require daily exercise to prevent excess fat at farrowing. Exercise can be enforced by guiding them out for feed rather than feeding near their sleeping quarters, helping maintain proper body condition.
Excellent Feed For Horses and Forage Notes
Excellent feed for horses highlights carrots as a refreshing fuel after hard days over rough country. Hogs benefit from mineral matter in rations, boosting gains. Forecasts suggest better prices for horses and mules ahead. For pigs, alfalfa, clover and rape rank high as forage crops for young and growing animals.
America Asked to Save Europe in World Tense Pleas
Paris May 26 M Noblemaire in the Chamber of Deputies urged America to step in and shape terms for reparations and disarmament, arguing the hour is America's to set conditions for the treaty. Briand asserted France’s resolve with penalties ready for Germany while cautioning moderation. The ambassadors planned a note to Poland on Silesia and discussed naval and anti-tank limits, plus a proposed 30 year commission plan under League oversight.
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Paris
Amereu
M. Noblemaire
Chamber of Deputies
America
Euroy
Briand
Germany
Reichstag
Wirth
France
Council of Ambassadors
Poland
Special Commission
League of Nations
Kaiser Unpopular in Doorn Amid Woodland Sale Bid
In Doorn Netherlands the former Kaiser faced strong local backlash after attempting to sell as building ground a strip of wood belonging to his estate but outside his fences. The Dutch government halted timber felling while Doorn officials bought the woodland at auction to preserve it in its natural state.
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Kaiser
Doorn
Holland
Avening fairy tale tells of Carrie Catchfly and Witty Witch
Carrie Catchfly explains why the flowers of the wild catchfly wear sticky frocks to deter uninvited insects and flies, saving their sweetness for butterflies. The Witty Witch and Catchfly discuss manners, friendship, and pollen as butterflies act as flower expressmen.
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Carrie
Witch
Carrie Catchfly
Carrie Catehfly
Teacher Uses Rhinoceros Lesson To Demand Attention
A teacher, trying to grab a class’s focus, tells students to fix their eyes on him to realize the rhinoceros’s true, hideous nature.
Look Before You Leap Father and Muriel Window Mishap
A child narrates a ladder mishap as a bed room window scene unfolds. Muriel reports the ladder fell breaking three flower pots while Father clings to the window sill, sparking concern from the mother.
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Muriel
Tanlac Restores Nervous Health In Terre Haute Woman
Mrs. Cora M. Jackson of Terre Haute Indiana credits Tanlac with ending years of nervous distress rheumatic pain and sleepless nights She says she was almost a recluse and fearful to speak to others but now her nerves are steady and she feels strong The testimonial appears in an old newspaper ad promoting Tanlac and a wire clothesline coating.
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Tanlac
Cora M. Jackson
Mulberry St
Terre Haute
Ind
Taniac
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Advert reads that many suffer kidney trouble without knowing it and praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for its healing effect. It notes druggists report success and that many insurance applicants are declined due to unnoticed kidney issues. Sample bottles offered by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Also a humor line about Todd and his wife planning a summer trip.
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Kilmer
Inent
Dr. Klimer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine advertised as cure all
An old promotional note touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier, claiming it cleanses blood and restores normal conditions enabling nature to work. It invites readers to obtain circulars and mentions F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The piece ends with a proverb about a bee’s sting and a moral question on impudence.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Calif
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Supreme Court
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Sioux City
Iowa
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Neb
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
E. EB. Stanfield
Patriotic Order of Dues
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Mary Eee Bonner
Welcon
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Castoria
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Imence
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M‘murtry
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