The Last Memphis Packet Steamer Line Goes Quiet
The Valley Line Steamers, Inc. sells its three Memphis steamers and ceases operations, ending river packet service for the first time in over a century. The Mississippi still moves vast freight via barges and tugboats, but Memphis loses a romantic link to a past era of steamers and brass.
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Memphis
T.nn
Valley Line Steamers, Inc
Memphis Packet Lines
Mississippi
New Orleans
California
Gloucest
Mass
Mississippi Valley
Mark Twain
Danger Spots in the Prison Mess Warn of Future Uprisings
The August Survey Graphic notes thirteen U.S. prisons likely to see more breaks and riots, citing Auburn Dannemora Folsom and Leavenworth among others. It assesses causes from long sentences to reduced good conduct time and rising idleness, urging policy changes to curb unrest.
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Winthrop D. Lane
Dannemora
Auburn
Lane
New York State
Ohio
Columbus
State
Folsom
Cal
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Kansas
Lansing
West Virginia
Moundsville
Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Rey
State House of Correction
Marquette
Mich
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore
United States
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Sanford Bates
Eng
Caraecaite
The Asbestos Age of American Names in Public Life
Frederick Landis muses on public indifference to presidents and politicians and notes a decline in national enthusiasm since World War I. He laments the habit of naming babies after leaders and the erosion of emotional reactions to public figures.
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Coolidge
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Blue law zealots halt harmless Philadelphia baseball game
In Philadelphia two boys clubs hosted orphans for a Sunday baseball outing. Ten policemen prevented a crowd collection for expenses and arrested the organizers when a hat passed for donations. The incident exposes the absurdity of blue laws and its impact on charity and sport.
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Philadelphia
Sun Spot Cycles and Their Climate Link Explored
Astronomers note sun spots occur in roughly eleven year cycles. Harlan T. Stetson's work links radio reception to these cycles while Spoerer law traces spots from high to low latitudes as cycles shift. The article outlines history from Schwabe to Wolf and Newcomb's interval estimates.
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Harlan T. Stetson
Perkins Observatory
Ohio Wesleyan University
S. H. Schwabe
Dessau
Max Wolf
Zurich
Russell
Newcomb
W. J. S. Loeyer
Spoerer
Equator
Stomach Descent Causes Signs and Treatments Today
Dropping of internal organs such as the stomach occurs mostly in women and can Lower the stomach several inches. Symptoms include fullness and early satiety. Diagnosis uses X ray or fluoroscope with the patient standing. Early cases may be managed with supportive devices exercises massage and dietary adjustments.
Edison Should Catch Them Younger in Kindergartens
A Times column argues that early childhood education shapes future achievement more than college planning. It asserts the most influential development occurs before age six, warning against overemphasis on elite universities and urging attention to kindergarten and early schooling for future innovators.
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America
East Orange
N. J
Norah
Law and justice clash over tax liens and heirs’ rights
A Times letter widens to critique delinquent tax laws and heirs’ protections, arguing that selling liens and issuing deeds robs heirs of inheritance. It cites 1930 statutes, questions equity in redemption terms, and ties to broader labor politics referencing William Green and John L. Lewis.
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Times
Green
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
John L. Lewis
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Daily Thought Quotation from James 5:1 and Gregory Quote
A biblical verse warns rich men to weep for miseries to come. A secondary line remarks that riches torment more than they please when lost.
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James
Gregory
Deserts of Morality and Edison's Question
The piece argues that Edison's desert question reveals modern moral confusion as eight people face a life and death choice. It notes leadership strain, shifting views on who should save whom, and how ordinary people revert to instinct and tradition under pressure. It cites examples like the Lusitania victims showing women choosing sacrifice.
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Edison
Dison
Mrs. Strauss
Mrs. Hubbard
Shall Fittest Survive
A reflective piece questions the old belief that leaders must stay behind in expeditions unless rescue is certain. It ponders whether strength should compel self sacrifice and if chivalry remains a virtue amid shifts toward self-expression and physical fitness over spiritual fit.
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OWARD
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Indianapolis Times
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
West
Maryland Street
Indiana
Martion County
Boyd Gurley
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Riley
United Press
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Ciation, Newspaper Information Service
Audii Bar
Newspaper Enterprise Assocau
American Dental Association
Fred Marvin
Fish Investigating Committee
Fred R. Marvin
Key Men of America
Marvin
Paul Revere
John Dewey
Neilson
Smith College
Norman Thomas
Harry F. Ward
Felix Frankfurter
Washington
Rosika Schwimmer
Hans Hoorn
Moscow
Madame Schwimmer
Arthur Garfield Hays
Marin
Stalin
Columbia University
Union Theological Seminary
Harvard Law School
New York City Chamber of Commerce
Reds
Key Men of America, Inc
American Coalition
Seventy-eighth Division
Sea Girl
San Salvador
Tenn
Frederick Landis
Talkies
Pass
Lincoln
George Washington Heminway
Delaware
Abraham Lincoln Hopkins
Europe
David Dietz
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
Yale
Princeton
Copeland
Harvard
Phelps
Country
Miss Blank
Keats
Chapman
Thomas Edison
Menlo Park
Hese
New York
Yokohama
the Times
Times Voice
H. D. Robinson
Richmond, Inc
Temple
Jerusalem
Ephesus
Decius
Daily Thought
M. E
Harding
Warren G. Harding
San Francisco
Alaska
Seattle Press Club
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