Women Red Heads Form New Society in Mock Science Debate
Washington reports on the University of Nebraska banquet by the Order of Golden Fleece, a club of red haired women sorting members by hair color from squash to pink. The piece discusses class feeling, racial theory, and supposed links between hair color and temperament, noting Nordic and Mediterranean traits and political implications.
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Washington
University of Nebraska
Order of Golden Fleece
Mothers
Parents
Consumers
Writers
Form and Color in Hair as Clue to Personality
A reflection on hair color as a guide to character, cautioning against overreliance on hair tones to define people. Suggests keeping such insights local and avoiding the spread of color-based classifications within the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Wedding Shocks Quaker Society as Cow-Puncher Marries
Frances S. Mears, a prominent society girl from Philadelphia, wed cow-puncher Buster Estes at Jackson's Hole Wyoming on March 29, sparking local astonishment. Estes, a World War veteran and famed horseman who has claimed three horse thieves, reportedly polishes a bold frontier image.
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Philadelphia
Buster Estes
Frances S. Mears
Jackson's Hole
Wyo
Harvey J. Butte
Turin bomb plot ends in blast blows Italian activist
In Turin Mario Facta, a 20 year old anarchist expelled from France for socialist activity, was killed when a bomb he tried to detonate exploded, while Signor di Benedetto, defending his metal factory, killed two attackers and was acquitted in self defense. Police found six more bombs and explosive manuals nearby. In Kentucky, Mrs. Stephenson reports a bronze turkey hen laid 80 eggs last spring and 176 total eggs through Nov 17 without setting, while her turkey hen previously nested none.
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Italy
Mario Facta
Signor di Benedetto
Facta
France
Italian Socialist Party
Lyon
Falmouth
A. H. Stephens
Kenton County
Sun Cooks Scientist Meals on Novel Stove
Dr. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian described a solar cook stove to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. A concave parabolic reflector heats oil that feeds a cooking chamber with insulation storing heat overnight. The device uses a float regulator and a clockwork tracker to follow the sun.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Petrified Yank’s Body Found in French Coal Pit
Ralph O. Clark reports that Charles Johnson, private in the 166th Infantry, has been found deceased in an abandoned coal mine at Frenchambault France. He fell while returning from a nearby city with two companions who did not report the accident. The two witnesses were absent without leave.
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166Th Infantry
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Ohio
Ralph O. Clark
Company One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Intry
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Charles Johnson
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Improved Roads and Vehicle Tax Allocation Trends
The report traces shifting motor-vehicle revenues toward highway funding under state control. It notes 1920 allocations with 76 percent ($77,531,582.57) to state road work and $20,465,578.04 to local efforts, plus many states capitalizing revenues for construction. It lists Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming as examples.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
State vehicle fees vary, some restrict heavy trucks
The article notes how a few states set truck and vehicle fees to curb heavy trucking. In Colorado, New York, and Oregon, registration fees plus a state tax on motor fuels are charged. Some states tax motor cars as personal property while others replace personal property taxes with registration fees.
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New York
Oregon
Alabama
Delaware
Idaho
Iowa
Michigan
New Hampshire
Carolina
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Vermont
Man in the Street on War Debts and Europe
Readers voice disillusionment with postwar aims and the League of Nations. They question whether American loans to the Allies count toward a shared war effort and criticize mandates cables and Yap. A broader, cooperative European approach is seen as essential to a lasting peace.
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America
League of Nations
Europe
Yap
Mississippi Valley Association Forms to Unite 54 Million
The Mississippi Valley association unites twenty seven states to develop the basin. It notes 54,000,000 residents and strong voting power. Illinois plans a $50,000,000 project to connect the Great Lakes with the Mississippi via locks and a nine foot channel. Freight would move by water to New Orleans. The group targets north south transportation, removing east west barriers, and improving channels.
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Mississippi
Illinois
Great Lakes
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley Association
I Challenge the Statement That the Americans Are Irreligious
Reverend Henry Russell Talbot argues from first hand experience as senior chaplain of the First division AEF that 90 percent of Argonne dead carried religious items such as crucifixes prayer books or testaments. He contends American soldiers were normal believers and religion remains essential beyond material stripping.
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Argonne
Road-building Experts Urge Modern Methods
Experts urge adoption of improved road construction to meet demand for increased highway capacity, arguing that old methods fail to deliver necessary results for modern transportation needs.
Need and Place for Safety Movement in American Life
A discussion on the safety movement in U.S. industry praising advisers for saving lives and money while cautioning that welfare work must supplement fair wages and be administered with genuine motives. It stresses maintaining worker morale and humane conditions, citing figures like Alice Robertson and Morris Schwartz in a broader political context.
Aid in Highway Research by Colleges and States
Engineering departments of major colleges assist national highway research programs in Washington. States report 622 million dollars for road building not profits to contractors. Protein grown on farms via clover and legume crops is cheaper than market protein. Coal ashes offer little fertilizer value but help loosen stiff clay soil. wood ashes are much more valuable. Farmers advised to grow sweet clover.
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Washington
Toomsboro Woman Praises Pinkham Remedy
In Toomsboro Georgia a woman reports relief from backache and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy. The letter asserts improved health for a woman’s condition and notes broader social concerns about unhappy homes and female ill health.
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Toomsboro
Praseo
C.F. Phillips
Tooms
Lips
Lydia E. Pinkham
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Warns Against Counterfeits
The notice stresses only Bayer branded tablets are genuine Aspirin for conditions like colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism and toothache. It notes Bayer is the trademark and describes box sizes and pricing while promising physician trusted safety.
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Bayer
Wasted. Small Boy cartoon caption
In Car toons Magazine a comic caption shows a boy refusing hand washing before school, quipping he is not among those who raise them. The line reflects humor about hygiene norms in a lighthearted school setting.
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Cartoons Magazine
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