Keep Babies Cool in Heatwave Advice from 1900s Civic Text
The piece urges mothers in crowded areas to keep infants cool during hot weather. It cites rooftop sleeping, thin-walled rooms, and diluted clothing as protective measures. It notes hospital trials, brine-cooled wards, electric fans, wet sheets, and homemade iceboxes as temperature control options for babies and sick children.
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Thea
South
United States
Porto Rico
Panana
Studium
Rochester
N. Y
Babba
New York City
Chicago
Daily News
The Only Way to World Peace Through League of Nations
The article argues for U S readjustment with the world only through the League of Nations and the treaty. It cites Hyde Park London and a large crowd supporting peace and criticizes Senate opponents led by Knox Cogey and Bryan as risks to global stability.
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New York Times
League of Nations
League
United States
Hyde Park
London
Senate
Knox
Germany
Cogey
Bryan
Armistice Joy and Echoes in Victory Dusk
A southern mountaineer reports celebration sounds after the armistice ending the war. Einstein comments on American enthusiasm and Jewish roots, while Carpentier Dempsey rumors suggest a quick return match with arena readiness and promoter profit. A jagged portrait of national mood and boxing rumors closes with remarks on endurance and heritage.
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American Legion Weekly
Coal Prices Explained by Peace in KC Blotter
A terse note suggests citizens seek reasons for high coal costs in Kansas City headlines. It hints the answer lies in the balance of peace and trade but provides few concrete details or names.
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Kansas City
Something For Nothing and Other War Time Reflections
The writer argues wartime measures yielded health gains such as typhoid vaccination and national training camps. It highlights Plattsburg camps, the nation’s costless education benefits, and future protections from vaccines. It condemns profiteering in ship sales and questions private management of ships versus public ownership.
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General Wood
Platteburg
Congress
Plattsburgs
To Judge a Man by Leisure Use
Butler argues that a person’s true character shows in how they spend their leisure time not in their occupation, which may be chosen or forced, but in the use they make of leisure revealing real standards and tastes.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Ani Hal
Indianapolis
Henri Becquerel
Becquerel
Health tips from China for American children in heat
An article discusses how Chinese childcare adapts to tropical heat with emphasis on sanitation, breastfeeding when possible, and the use of milk powders for substitutes. It covers feeding intervals, skin care, limited outdoor play during peak sun, and the role of verandas for safe exercise. It notes malaria risks, quinine use, worm treatments, and preventive measures like shoes, sterilized water and food, and cooking to kill worm eggs. It also mentions lower incidence of scarlet fever diphtheria and rheumatism, possibly due to heat, and calls for vacations in cool climates.
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China
Dereovite
Bright
Ancient Rome’s flappers wore hair puffs as beauty mark
A Rural Weekly item notes University of Arkansas Professor H. H. Strauss finding that ancient Roman women used heavy cosmetics and false hair. He cites women’s pursuit of attractiveness as natural, likening it to birds in mating seasons and seasonal plumage changes.
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Rome
University of Arkansas
H. H. Strauss
Strauss
Phelan Calls for U S Oil Venture in Mexico
The Wichita Eagle notes Senator Phelan warns of dwindling oil in proven Mexican fields and urges U S action to explore new oil areas in Mexico. He argues development should be under Mexican control, but hints the United States may need gun and drill backing if Ottawa ends.
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Wichita Eagle
Phelan
United States
Mexico
Garden Dreams and a Nation's Food Puzzle
A reflective poem hints at garden beauty under summer skies. It shifts to a blunt economic note from the Arkansas Gazette about Italy facing population pressures and emigration as America closes its gates. It questions who will perform essential labor for future American infrastructure.
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Italy
America
Awaiting President's Word as Holt Presses Harding
Hamilton Holt, a Republican organizer once backing Wilson, urges President Harding to publicize the League of Nations proposal for study by Americans. The author notes growing public eagerness and belief in the idea, with Holt urging a direct presidential address.
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Hamilton Holt
League Republicans
Wilson
Harding
Association of Nations
Holt
Wall of Cave Man's Bride and Public Service Hearings
A verse lament from Portland Oregonian style humor laments a cave man lover's coldness and amateur forensic style note on a Bell company hearing. It cautions reader about misleading testimony and falsified records in public service regulation hearings.
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Denrie
Amile
Jane
William van Groos
The
Portland Oregonian
Austrian eye transplants raise questions on evolution and sight
The article discusses Austrian experiments transplanting eyes between species to restore sight and notes questions about how eyes first evolved. It weaves in reflections on Darwinian ideas, human ideals, inheritance of traits, and social commentary on wealth and labor in England.
France as wounded lion cries for restraint abroad
A letter from M. Elle Faure in The Freeman argues France is misjudged after the war. He appeals to Americans to see France as scarred and burdened by loss and warns against viewing its aims as imperialistic or greedy.
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New York Times
the Freeman
M. Elle Faure
France
M. Faure
United States
Germany
Verdun
Kansas City Star Protest Against Doctored Evidence in Bell Case
Kansas public utilities commission denounces Bell Telephone Company for alleged manipulated accounting to justify higher rates. Judge Clyco M. Reed argues for legal reforms to punish falsified records and protect truth in regulated utility matters. The piece urges stronger penalties for deceit in utility reporting.
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Kansas City Star
Public Utilities Commision of
Kansas
Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Iinex
Commission
Clyco M. Reed
Reed
Bell Company
Dollar News Baffles Anxious Grandstand Seer
An elderly man joins his son at a football game after being promised more excitement than he expected. The son jokes that the father’s two seats cost less than a marriage, while a separate item notes currency shifts from marks to dollars, highlighting value changes and public puzzlement.
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Houston Post
Chamber of Commerce Letter Opposes Nationalist Campaign
F R Purinton denounces a United States Chamber of Commerce drive against proposed World War II veterans legislation. He recalls his own service and pay, questions the magazine The Nation’s Business, and refuses to subscribe, urging accountability and integrity from the chamber.
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Bir
Nationalnalnessi
National Busines Deues
United Cvert
Unite States
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Congress
Goldiers
Inhbor
Uncle Bam
Chamber of Commere
United States
Chamion
Tkewlse
Evho
Chamber
F. R. Purinton
Wall Street and the Country
The New York Times notes investor indifference to Wall Street anxieties and rising stockholding across railroads and utilities. It highlights dividend cuts alongside growing ownership, suggesting confidence in the country’s industries and institutions and a belief that the future will improve despite market swings.
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Wall Street
New York Times
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jagat
American Telephone Company
Steel Corporation
The Worst Tariff and Its Vast Implications
The Fordney tariff bill is criticized as harsher and more exploitative than McKinley Payne Aldrich measures. It allegedly triples current duties and uses an American Valuation plan to tax imports by proxy, elevating costs as wages dip and prices rise. The piece labels the bill a juridical and economic attack on consumers and workers alike.
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New York Times
Fordney
McKinley
Dingley
Payne-Aldrich
Underwood
Mayne Aldrich
Pordney
Protectionist Valuation Plans in Tariff Debate
The article critiques a tariff valuation method used to raise duties against imports, arguing it shields favored interests while punishing importers. It warns that high duties paired with an elaborate valuation scheme create excessive protection, risking abuse by those in power. It also includes poems reflecting public sentiment.
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United States
Europe
America
GM Plans Doubling of Detroit Staff and Growth
General Motors in Detroit announced plans to double its staff within a month and then to expand total employees fivefold over five months. The company provided figures to the Detroit city council as it notes rapid business growth at automobile plants. Reawakening auto manufacturing signals a return to normalcy with plants adjusting and profits rising at new prices.
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General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Cty Council of
Public Ledger criticizes administration over taxes and armament limits
A Philadelphia Public Ledger editorial laments rising taxes and lack of armament restraints, warning the nation is drifting toward trouble like prewar 1914. It contrasts campaign promises with current congressional accountability and calls for action to fulfill pledges.
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The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Public Ledger
Congress
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