Penny lunches and stray world items from 1920 era
The article notes Chicaro board of education four and six cent meals feeding 40,000 to 560,000 daily customers with penny lunches. It mentions Vanderlip concessions, Japan, and U.S. treaty issues, plus a mix of global notes on liquor, flags, miners, and a Boston social snuff joke.
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Chicaro Board of Education
The Vacant Chair by Leon Dourgeoin
A meditation on the nine chairs of the League of Nations council. America remains absent yet present as an empty seat, waited for a future return. The speaker likens the situation to a family missing a son and anticipates America’s eventual voice.
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Leon Dourgeoin
League of Nations
America
A New World for the New Year by Cooke
Edmund Vance Cooke exhorts leaving the past behind and forging a new world for the new year. He warns against despotism, notes the dangers of hatred and militarism, and urges humanity to choose truth and peaceful paths over warlike methods.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Our Friend the Elephant by Carl Akeley described
The piece in The World's Work notes the elephant trunk as an extraordinary, versatile organ. It has no bone, is built of tough interwoven muscle, can direct any direction, and performs smelling feeding drinking and fighting tasks. It can spray water, lift heavy objects, and even send a frightened mouse running.
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Carl Akeley
American Museum of Natural History
Earth
Stampede of Elephants Through Asia Night Drive
A writer recalls a perilous night elephant drive in dense jungle. Elephants move by instinct, fighters behind trails, while front men cut new paths. A small elephant signals danger, a bull tramples a priest, killing him. Three men die and twelve are injured as the herd charges past.
Loneliness in New York Amid Millions of People
A Dayton News summary notes a New York welfare official stating that a city of 6 million is one of the loneliest places. He cites loneliness among men despite abundance, urging nature as remedy and highlighting Manhattan as a field for mission work amid diverse races, religions, and arts.
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Dayton Newa
New York
Charles H. Bears
Baptist City Mission Society
Manhattan
New York City
Africa
America
Farmers Overcome Adversity With Seed Quality Tests
Pratttonas Goodman argues that hog cholera drought and frosts could devastate supply, yet farmers face losses without comfort. He notes three billion bushels of corn can be grown on repeatedly abused land, but many fail to choose seed by germination tests, relying on visual checks and risky husking methods that ignore germination reliability.
Seed corn selection and storage guidance from H. Banckes
Farmers should pick seed corn in the field and protect ears on wire or string. Dry storage in a ventilated heated space, such as a kitchen room or attic, is ideal. Preserve extra seed to guard against crop failure and beware rats and mice ensuring future coin in spring.
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Frank Banckes
V. P. American Steel & Wire Co
Hoover outlines seven proposals for American child welfare
In a St. Louis address to the American Child Hygiene association, Herbert Hoover urged federal action on child labor, compulsory education, milk safety, and school health. He argued for community nurse staffs, expanded infant feeding protection, and cognitive training with clinical parent reporting, claiming federal power could advance national moral character within a generation.
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Europe
Herbert Hoover
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Mr. Hoover
Two Men From the London Express on Harding and a Telegraph Buyout
The London Express recalls a youthful incident in Ohio where a young Senator Warren G. Harding bought the Star newspaper for 300 dollars and installed a telephone after a dispute with a partner. Harding bought out his partner for regular eight dollar weekly salary, a decision seen as indicative of his future reformist path.
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Senator Harding
Star Newspaper
Ohio
Harding
Children and Prohibition From the Christian Science Monitor
Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen of Chicago's Juvenile Protective Association notes fewer prosecutions for juvenile delinquency and non support since Prohibition began. She warns that when parents win custody, children face severe deprivation due to high bootlegger prices, underscoring the need for tighter enforcement.
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Christian Science Monitor
Joseph T. Bowen
Juvenile Protective Association of
Chicago
Coolidge in French Eyes
The New York Tribune summarizes Calvin Coolidge as a Lincolnian figure representing order and law. It notes his Massachusetts governorship clash with early Bolshevik strikes, his marble firmness, and his refusal to parley with strikers, drawing parallels to M. Millerand and highlighting his temperate, flawless style and duty.
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New York Tribune
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Paris
Calvin Coolidge
Lincoln
Massachusetts
United States
M. Millerand
Most Serious and Attractive Personalities of Contemporary America
The speaker lauds the vice presidential acceptance as a model Molatic style. He argues natural rights require corresponding duties and obedience to law, noting such phrases are uncommon in democracy and surprising in the current moment.
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America
Fokker Visits U S Flying Industry Prefers Dutch Status
Dutch aircraft designer Fokker, famed for early war air dominance, visits Rocky Mountain News region. He stresses Dutch citizenship and that his wartime dealings were commercial, previews future 24 hour transatlantic flights with safer, weatherproof planes and reduced danger.
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Fokker
Germany
United States
Holland
Argument for White Coal Sparks Rail Electrification Need
The piece notes steam freight locomotives waste three of every five tons of coal burned, suggesting railroads should be electrified. It argues factories waste similar fuel, urging focus on power generation without waste as demand rises. The call emphasizes economy in burning coal alongside mining and shipping.
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Christian Science Monitor
United States
Wilson’s Enduring Image as a World Statesman
The Emporia Gazette cites William Allen White praising President Wilson’s historic efforts despite partisan blame. It frames Wilson as a neglected yet monumental leader who sought justice over force, aiming for a Song of Nations era peace even amid global catastrophe.
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America
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Living on Sugar from the Minneapolis Tribune
Hiasco banes the Spanish novelist says Americans live on sugar, likening the nation to children raiding the pantry while mothers aren’t looking. He notes U S sugar consumption exceeds other countries and ties it to rising prohibition, while predicting consequences from ongoing policy.
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Banes
United States
Dreamers from the American Legion Weekly
The piece reflects on Conan Doyle's prewar fiction about Britain facing submarine threats and Germany's desperate push. It notes the US reading of telegraph use for sending photographs as a near future idea once foretold by fiction and praises imaginative writers as vanguards of scientific possibility.
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American Legion Weekly
A. Conan Doyle
England
Germany
Mary
United States
Manana attitudes and self discipline in daily life
The piece argues that delaying decisions harms mental health and fuels worries and substance abuse. It praises Theodore Roosevelt as a model of instant decision making and warns against escapist daydreaming. It also answers reader questions on asthma climate, noting climate’s limited role and advising pollen tests and vaccine-based treatments.
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Australia plans capital Canberra on new land similar to DC
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports Australia resumes work on its new capital Canberra after wartime suspension. Located on uninhabited land, the 900 square mile federal district will be government owned, avoiding private land sales and rent will cover district expenses. Authors warn against future capital moves and advise a rational plan to prevent government landowner conflicts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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District of Columbia
Washington
Canberra
Federal
Amending the Covenant Under World League Rules
The article explains Article XXVI where final authority rests with member nations, not their diplomats, for League Covenant amendments. Amendments take effect only after ratification by council and assembly members, akin to U.S. constitutional amendments requiring state legislatures' ratification.
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Penalties of Office in London Mail Article
M Millerand, now in the French republic, has had to give up a favored English meal habit. He previously enjoyed substantial meals including bacon and tea. The article notes a shift to lighter meals and altered routines during residence abroad, reflecting changes in daily habits and timetables.
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London Mail
M. Millerand
French Republic
Anna
Baese
Kaiser and Reichstag Leaders Interview in 1917
A translated extract from Die Neue Zelt in Livings Ame recalls Kaiser Wilhelm II meeting Reichstag leaders after the July peace resolution. The Kaiser praised a “compromise” while outlining aims against England and Russia, and mused on alliances, the Danube plan, and comments about democracy. The encounter, the only such audience in two decades, marked the end of Kaiser’s direct talks with the nation.
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Tate
Logical corrective defense of bank credit policy cited
The bulletin argues that restraining credit growth and tightening collateral has restored normal business activity. It notes commodity price spikes and higher wages, yet money costs rose less than 25 percent. Banks remained conservative in rates, contending credit is produced by enterprise, not created by banks or government, and wealth is goods and services not mere credit.
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Length of Bed Sheets Regulation Moves to New Hampshire
From the Oklahoma policy noted by the Hoston Transcript the plan requires long sheets to cover bed feet and prevent cold drafts. Backers include several United Commercial Travelers councils and lawmakers argue comfort and protection justify the rule despite debates over enforcement and practicality.
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Hoston Transcript
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Legisature
New Hampshire
United Commercial Travelers
Kansas City Star
Buckner
Quarrels and whimsy A Chronicle style menagerie
In a Wichita Chronicle tone a couple quarrel over a pale mauve hat and future plans. A London verse pair and a Norwich train bird vignette follow, with a satirical note on bumper apples and a St Louis price joke. Notable names include Roberts Richards Rogers and Westminster Gazette.
Trading Without Cash In The Language Of Old
A quirky Milwaukee Journal roundup notes retiring words as they bear heavy load and fade from use while new meanings emerge. It cites a diminutive store boy in Pittsburgh whose interactions reveal how language shifts with time and context.
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Jeng Joo
Ho Wella
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
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