Shumaker Prison Gesture Sparks Judicial Power Debate
The piece argues the Shumaker contempt case limits executive interference with the judiciary and bars a self styled super government. It condemns attempts by Anti Saloon League and allies to influence court decisions and praises the court’s stance as protection of constitutional authority.
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Supreme Court
Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Ku Klux Klan
Gilliam
Watson
Robinson
Clyde Walb
Senator Robinson
League
Prohibition
America
David Dietz on Science Tissues and Cells
The text explains that cells are the building blocks of all life forming tissues which then compose organs and body systems. It lists five tissue types epithelial connective blood muscle and nervous and notes organs arise from tissue groups while systems coordinate multiple organs.
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Ee Toretoons
Yosemite Park Saved From Private Timber Threat
Congress delayed yet acted to avert damage to Yosemite by funding and private donations. Private lumber interests held large tracts and threatened timber cutting. federal purchase was the only remedy, now enabled by public and anonymous contributions to keep the park untouched.
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Yosemite National Park
Congress
Yosemite
Why is Muscle Shoals power denied to the city
The letter questions Secretary Davis over why Alabama Power may buy government power at two mills per kWh while Muscle Shoals City is refused at four mills. It argues the plant operates and power goes to waste, urging an explanation of the noncompetitive policy and noting broader impacts on energy prices. It also includes unrelated notes on the calendar idea and remarks by Mary Garden.
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Alabama Power Company
Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals City
War Davis
United States
Davis
War Department
Mussolini's New Year ban and US efficiency debates
The piece contrasts Mussolini banning New Year greetings and restricting freedoms with American tolerance for leisure and democracy. It cites rising American plutocracy, and argues the metric system could streamline arithmetic, saving time and schooling costs.
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Britten
Physiology of golf health study first in series
The article reports Sturgis Fund tests on golf players across varied courses to gauge heart and blood vessel responses and kidney impact. It notes pulse acceleration with vigorous play and hill climbing, rest reduces rate, gender energy differences, and that convalescents on easier courses benefited from exercise.
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America
Sturgis Research Fund
Burke Relief Foundation
Schneider
Notable World Congresses and Public Attitudes Reflected in 1893 to 1933
A collage of reflective opinions on religion tolerance at future world fairs, celebrity scandals, gift giving nostalgia, and political oil land tensions. The writer mocks reform debates, notes Tinoretto discoveries, calls warning on prosperity, and jokes about Hoover’s reception and a diplomat’s Asia voyage.
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United States
Mahomet
Confucius
Humorous Snippets Highlight Odd Ball Seasonal Musings
The passage mixes quirky lines about harmony, dogs, a warming bird, and a Turkey performer. It notes Mr. Coolidge vacationing near Georgia to sit for a portrait and mentions a Welsh street cleaner who wrote a Christmas song that caused a sensation.
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Wales
Daily Thought Reflects on Widow's Gift and Sacrifice
A devotional line from Luke contrasts a poor widow's act with larger gifts, paired with an ancient quote about sacrifices pleasing the gods. The sample blends biblical text with a Shakespearean observation on offerings and value.
Common Bridge Errors and How to Correct Them
A bridge lesson explains removing a re entry from dummy risks failing to establish a suit. South no trump, West leads spade two, declarer must play six of spades from dummy and use ace of spades to keep clubs reachable. If he wins with queen spade, clubs may never be established as opponents force clubs early.
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South
Declarer
Questions and Answers by Frederick M Kerby
A reader asks about Lincoln Beachey death details and the 1915 San Francisco crash. The column notes Beachey died March 14 1915 duplicating stunts in a Taube monoplane. It also covers fur garment sale laws and unsolicited mail rules.
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Lincoln Beachey
San Francisco Bay
This Date in U S History December 29 events
On December 29, 1778 British forces captured Savannah Georgia. In 1835 the Seminole, ceding territory east of the Mississippi for five million dollars, and in 1845 Texas was admitted to the United States.
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Savannah
United States
Mississippi
Texas
Seeming Prohibition Prize Debate Marks Moral Lines
Heywood Broun criticizes W. C. Durant for funding a prohibition prize that largely wasted money on a schoolboy essay. He cites Malcolm Almack as a bright pupil who exposed lax Volstead enforcement while warning against extralegal enforcement bodies. Broun argues education should remain free of propaganda and condemns censorship and and church state entanglements in schools.
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W. C. Durant
Major Mills
Malcolm D. Almack
Durant
Young Almack
Malcolm Almack
American Legion
Washington
Malcolm
Vince
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