Howe About by ED HOWE referenced review and storm wisdom
A compressed extract of editorials and anecdotes discussing book critique, hypocrisy in moral aims, conservatism as practice, and social observations. It cites a reviewer by implication, anecdotes about a horse thief and vigilante justice, reflections on poetry and radicalism, and a note on lawmen opposing two outlaws surrounded by thirteen officers in 1043. The item ends with a brief mention of the Heck Syndicate and WNU Service.
Lost Tribe of Tibet Found by Himalayan explorers
The Batt-Baird Himalayan expedition reported a mythical cave-dwelling people in Tibet, dating their Chaldean origin to Euphrates roots. Dr Til Cossley Batt and Dr Irvine Baird described 400 individuals aged perhaps 150 years, living at 25 to 26 thousand feet, with no wrinkles, and a cuneiform writing influence.
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Tibet
Batt-Baird
Til Cossley Batt
Dsc
Montreal
de. Irvine Baird
Euphrates
Bombay
Delhi
Doctor Batt
Pekin
Forbidden Land
Baird
Doctor Baird
Canada
Australia
Newfoundland
Doctor Gatt
Kalahari Desert
Ten years of Turkish reform under Kemal Pasha
The Cleveland Plain Dealer lauds Mustapha Kemal Pasha for ten years of sweeping modernization in Turkey. It argues Turkey has transformed from backward and oriental to European and modern, with reforms in education, language, farming, industry, and women's roles. It praises Kemal as a quiet, effective leader and a capable dictator.
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Turkey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Kemal
Europe
Mussolini
Hitler
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Modern Society Girls Seek Work Not Idle Lifestyles
Ex Debutante argues against idleness among today’s society girls noting a shift from bygone grandmother era. She cites careers as bacteriology fashion journalism stage work interior decorating and social service as common paths. Many pursue work to earn money or combat boredom amid changing expectations.
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Saturday Evening Post
Park Avenue
Ninth
Tisa
Brightest boy in the class taunts on study and rope trick tale
In a Tit-Bits magazine excerpt a student boasts of a fakir rope trick seen after a trip to India. He mocks the idea of studying while insisting the rope can rise and a man can vanish mid climb. A peer asks if he can perform the stunt himself.
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Tommy
Bill Smith
India
Tit-Bits Magazine
Had Their Meaning Convivial host and midnight creaks
A guest staying for the weekend notices faint crosses on several steps. The host explains that the markings operate after midnight, with X meaning the step creaks.
Had Him Guessing in a Wife Letter Confession Dilemma
A husband is pressed to confess after his wife receives an anonymous note about his past before marriage. He claims not to know the content, and she refuses to let him read the letter, prompting a tense moral dilemma.
Endless search for safe insecticides advances
Department of Agriculture work highlights major insecticide progress and the role of lead arsenate and calcium arsenate in protecting crops like apples and cotton. New fumigants reduce fire hazards in stored grain while concerns over residues influence health impact and export washing methods, with ongoing experiments for safer, effective solutions.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Henry Gnight
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Compass solves the way across the Atlantic for a traveler
A fast Waer passenger questions the captain about navigation as they cross the Atlantic. The captain explains the compass needle always points north and the traveler asks how to head south when needed. The exchange highlights basic navigation and direction.
Man of Experience: Johnson’s Erratic Driving Lesson
In a fragmentary exchange, witnesses describe a man named Johnson following a woman in another car and yelling. They note he is teaching his wife to drive while taking no apparent risks himself, and imply marital strife with an offer of separate maintenance.
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Old Johnson
Special phone lets Peck converse with wife
A humorous exchange centers on a peculiar telephone. Peck insists the device suffices without a mouth piece while noting its purpose to talk with his wife. The dialogue plays on the oddity of the “receiver only” setup.
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Peck
Two of a Kind in The Lady Supposes
The Cook quips that deducting wages for broken dishes would make him like the dishes, while Jane suggests the idea. The exchange captures humorous wordplay on domestic life and responsibility.
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Jane
Score One for Brown
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mrs. Brown argues a cold matters to a woman while Brown cites lockjaw in reply. The husband reads a newspaper but voices a sharp comeback, injecting a playful dispute into an otherwise ordinary evening.
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Brown
Proof Positive Quip Sparks Hair Dye Debate
Nutt questions whether hair dyeing is dangerous as doctors claim. Henpeck insists it is risky, citing a family anecdote about an uncle who dyed his hair and soon married a widow with four children, implying unexpected consequences.
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Nutt
Henpeck
No Not as a Rule In Classroom Discipline Debate
A principal questions a teacher about punitive methods. The teacher replies that he does not use strict discipline as a rule, implying occasional use but not as standard practice. The exchange highlights differing approaches to classroom governance and behavior management.
Tries To Hojack What Do You Do With Gull Old Razor Blades
Folkloric quip questions handling aged razor blades with cheeky Scandi slang. Nonspecific figures and place names. lacks clear event or person to anchor a news item.
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