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Supreme Court grant lets AG pursue challenge to IC C and Railroad Board
Texas attorney general reports the Supreme Court granted permission to file suit challenging the constitutionality of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Railroad Labor Board. Also notes gang violence in Fresno, a $3,250 bank theft in Kansas City, Mexican aviators patrolling the border, Utah mountain elevations, and Raisin Company figures on home brewing demand.
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Texas Attorney General's Department
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Railroad Labor Board
Fresno
Calif
Bing Kong
Siz
Kansas City
Fred Safage
John Bradish
Wyandotte Gas Company
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Matamoros
Mexico
Utah
United States Geological Survey
Kings Peak
Mount Emmons
Gilbert Peak
Bolshevists Shoot Prisoners in Khabarovsk Amid Turmoil
Refugees report terror in Khabarovsk capital of Siberia as Bolshevists allegedly shot political prisoners. Meanwhile Spain launches its first submarine at Cartagena, displacing 718 tons with submerged speed nine knots and surface speed sixteen. This item notes these claims lack official confirmation and lists other WWI era world events.
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Hoch! Shimbun
Harbin
Bolshevists
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Spain
Cartagena
Max Randohr
Leipsic
Germany
Grammonte
Belgium
Nikolaievsk
Maritime
Hungary
Trianon Palace
Versailles
Bad Blood Disfigures Young Faces With Unsightly Eruptions
Advert refers to 8.8.8. old herb medicine as a blood remedy for youths ages 14 to 20 plagued by unsightly eruptions and alleged impure blood. It urges internal cleansing and enrichment of vital fluids, promoting a patent remedy sold by a Georgia address.
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Coe Mateo
Lt Laboratory
Fete
Georgia
Tracing Whims of Fashion Through Centuries
A brief survey traces evolving female dress from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. It notes the rise of the waistline in the fifteenth century, tall pointed headwear, Madonna inspirations, and ivory tusk influenced carriage. The sixteenth century introduces corsets and full skirts, while Catherine de Medici popularizes collars and lace. The seventeenth century marks a romantic, frivolous style shift.
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New York Herald
Catherine de Medici
Food for Pugilists Turns Into Stewed Apricots
A correspondent notes a bill of fare describing stewed uppercuts as a dish but finds the entree to be stewed apricots. A humorous aside claims a woman forgets her headache when wearing a new hat.
Insect Eating Habits of Birds In Early American Notes
The American Forestry association reports cliff swallows can eat up to 1 000 insects daily including mosquitos wheat midgets and beetles. Quail and prairie chickens consume hundreds of boll weevils and other pests. Bob white diet includes 135 insect types and average yearly insect and weed consumption figures are given. House martins swallows and swifts target rose beetles cucumber beetles and house flies. Quail consume disease carrying mosquitoes larvae and other pests.
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American Forestry Association
Texas
Conservationist and the mother pair dialog
A humorous exchange features a mother scolding Willie for lack of manners and his witty reply about wasting them before company arrives. The snippet captures character dialogue and period tone.
Man’s Self-Respect Key to Earning Others’ Respect
The quotation states that without self-respect a person cannot command the respect of others, highlighting inner dignity as the foundation of external regard. It emphasizes personal integrity as essential for leadership and social influence.
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