State Aid Legislation a National Issue in 1920s Debate
In a discussion on the so called 50-50 system, critics argue federal subsidies to states for education health and welfare expand central government. The piece cites President Coolidge figures, acts like Smith Lever and Sheppard-Towner, and notes wide state return variations and prominent supporters including women’s groups urging expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson
Sherman
Congress
Uncle Sam
Coolidge
William C. Brice
Maryhind
Mesde Shoals
Free Institutions of America
Bruce
United States
Belm
National Guard
New York
Nevada
Aia
Charies Lathrop
Pack
American Tree , Association
Department of Education
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women's Joint Congressional Committee
Elihu Root
Sheppard- Towner
Spartacus’s Glorious Rebellion and Defeat
Spartacus, a Thracian who joined Rome as a slave, led a major Servile War in 73-74 B.C. He escaped with followers, hid in vines on Mount Vesivius, and defeated Roman forces as they advanced into Southern Italy. A large slave army was ultimately defeated, and thousands were executed.
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Spartacus
Mount Vesivius
Italy
Mary
King’s Lynn Prince Henry Appointed Lord High Steward
Historic King’s Lynn, once Bishop’s Lynn before the Reformation, rose to prominence as a leading port with two grand churches and merchant princes. The town is linked to early polar exploration and the birth of explorer George Vancouver in a half timbered house near the Quaker meeting-house.
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Prince Henry
King's Lynn
Bishop's Lynn
Lynn
George Vancouver
Chain of Coincidence Grips Bath Murder Case Tie in Lovelorn Seventeens
A Bath man named Fairbrother drowned, and four years later a Scarborough suspect with the same name is arrested for theft. Police say the Scarborough man resembles the Bath victim and was involved with a seventeen year old girl from Brigh ton, tying together a tangled love and crime web.
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Bath
Fairbrother
Scarborough
Brighton
Lyondon
Old Winter Meets Spring In a Yard Tale
Winter blusters from the North and tries to mute Spring’s arrival but a brave bird and the sun keep singing. Spring seeks aid from the sun and coaxed Old Winter awake, forcing a playful thaw as crocuses peek, birds chatter, and the season shifts to spring.
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Cross
Old Winter
Lis
Spring
Vistors
Oldinter
Discett
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Have You This Habit by Margaret Morison
A humorous tale of library theft and clever revenge among book lovers. Elia and friends plot to reclaim first editions from a notorious borrower Montagu D Arcy by staged exchanges, only to discover their own habit may backfire. The scheme ends with a rueful lesson about borrowing.
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Irving -Luissing
Glia
Bridget
Montagu D'Arcy
Elia
D'Arcy House
Montagu
Pia
Irvings
D'Arcy
Elin
Ella
Trac
Jones
Irving
Sebrites
J. Montagu
Reach
Pack ‘Smith
Smith Plia
Brown
Doctor Williams
Poe
Doctor Willams Brown
Darcy
Tie
Bryant
Metropolitan
Why of Superstitions Told by Harving King
The crowing cock at sea is linked to luck in battle and voyage among sailors and Norse myth. Themistocles and Salamis, Radnex at De Graase, and Civil War ships show belief in cock cues. Origins trace to Apollo and sun worship and sun-worship relics rather than mere battle noise.
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Themistocles
Battle of
Salamis
Fort Fisher
Ragnarock
Buldar
Apollo
McClure
Suridicate.y
A Line O’ Cheer Saint Patrick’s Day Wish
Poem wishing Saint Patrick returns to ease Irish woes and cure indigestion. It imagines the saint guiding the world toward peaceful, happier days and uniting the nations in green as a symbol of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick
McCluré Newspaper Syndicate
What's in a Name
An article tracing the origin and history of the given name Victoria from Latin roots to Italian Vittoria and French forms. It notes Victoria's associations with virtue, health, and luck, and mentions historical and literary references including a Roman martyr and Wordsworth.
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Victoria
Vincentius
Serlus
Provence
Vincente de St Paul
Victor
Vittore
Sealy
Vittoria
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BTA
Eas Coolidge
Willian Cbr
Perris Aang
Hapies Sabfrop Pack
Bariahie
United States of America
King’s Lynn
TNE
Edna Tichenor
Wiss Tichenor
Margaret Morison
Montagu D’arcy
The
McNaught Syndieate, Teed
John Kendrick Bangs
Mildred Marshall
France
Germany
Vicetoire
Victorine
Wordsworth
Michaelangelo
Wheeler Synatents
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