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Newspaper

Malvern Leader

Location

Malvern, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1921

Page

5

Taft for Chief Justice Confirmed Nomination Sent to Senate

The former President William H. Taft is nominated for chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and sent to the Senate for confirmation. Supporters praise his fitting training and broad experience, noting his prior judgeship and leadership in handling island possessions.

Aiding Senate William H. Taft Supreme Court of the United States Taft

A Million Dollars for a Prize Fight

More than a million dollars were spent at Jersey City last Saturday to witness a prize fight featuring an American wrestler noted for dodging military duty during the late war. The American Legion condemned the event while supporting those who fought for their country, arguing funds would better aid veterans in need of medical and other assistance.

Jersey City America American Legion Dempsey

Iowa drys prep world wide prohibition testimonials

Des Moines Iowa July 5 special Iowa drys under the Iowa Anti-Saloon league plan to collect testimonials from foreign born Americans who observed prohibition effects here. The aim is to counter foreign narratives by using naturalized citizens as direct witnesses and to push the crusade’s reach by late next year.

Des Moines Iowa Anti-Saloon League Hquor

International Literature and the Commonwealth Idea

James Russell Lowell argues that literature is converging into a vast commonwealth beyond national borders, shaping a global literary culture where boundaries between nations fade and shared ideas flourish.

James Rugeell Lowell

The Carolinas origins and early colonial split

The Carolinas began under Lord Proprietors granted by Charles II and named in honor of Charles IX. Early settlements centered at Charleston and Albemarle sound, with South Carolina focusing on rice and indigo using slave labor. By 1788 South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution as the eighth state, the Palmetto State, spanning about 30,989 square miles with nine electors in presidential elections.

Will South Carolina Maryland Virginia Florida Charles Wic Carolina Carolus Charles Charles I Charles IX France Beaufort Carolinas Charleston North Carolina Albemarle Sound Lord Proprietors Palmetto McClure Noewspaper Syndicate

Flowers That Poison With Strong Fragrance

Old self colored tulips with deep crimson petals emit a powerful odor when inhaled. The saffron flavored scent can cause light headedness and peculiar behavior for up to a couple of hours, followed by a period of deep low mood.

Beverage Plants From Common Nonalcoholic Drinks

Beverage plants are sources of common nonalcoholic beverages. The coffee tree Coffea ambica cacao tree Theobroma cacao and the tea shrub Camellia thea are among the names noted in the text.

One Mosquito's Work

A New York Medical Journal note warns that a single nudarin patient on a ditch bordered road may supply hundreds of insects with germs. These germs could reach travelers along that route, highlighting the danger of a lone carrier spreading disease.

The New York Medical Journal

Ancient Fountain Pens Through Early Patents and Mentions

Historical note traces fountain pens to early mentions in 1600. British patents appear in 1809, with general use not established until the 1880s. The item surveys early development and timeline of fountain pen adoption.

Black Opals From New South Wales Mine District

Black opals, often enhanced by color, are mined extensively in a small district at the head of the River Darling in northern New South Wales, Australia. The region yields notable true black opals distinct from artificial varieties.

Darling New South Wales

Values and 1921 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate

Alice drifts through a crowded elevated train in weary quiet, her pallor brightened by a flowered face as she contemplates marriage to Joe and the escape it might offer from poverty. Lelia, rich and bored, watches the scene from a limousine past a matinee, envying youth and love she believes she lost to luxury and marriage to wealth. A charged contrast unfolds between two women bound by fatigue and dreams in a city of struggle.

Alice Joe Lelia

Best of Humor Comic Snippets and School Romance

A collage of humorous quips about politics romance and daily life. Jokes touch on politicians platforms manners and reminders of lighthearted folly. A school romance anecdote concludes with a playful misrendered translation and classmates’ reactions.

Lazy Lovery portraitist teased by society joke

A Boston Post humorous snippet recalls Sir John Lovery famed English portrait painter nicknamed Lazy Lovery for studying a society woman before starting work. The tale ends with her prompting him to begin, contrasting with a joke about toilet articles and a novelty counter incident and a joke about used items.

Sir John Lovery England Boston Post

Literary Repression Exchange Between Senator Sorghum

A brief exchange features Senator Sorghum joking that writing a book would be costly to readers who would rather receive it free as a government publication. He notes the home folks would never forgive him for selling them a book instead of gratis access.

Senator Sorghum

Why They Don't Speak Dorle Most People Admire My Mouth

A fragment from a dialogue shows Dorle and Jack in a flirtatious exchange about speech. The line hints at self-awareness and social perception as the two characters engage in a playful inquiry about others' views of Dorle's mouth.

Dorle Jack

Mason Bee Builds Substantial Stone Nest

The mason bee constructs nests from small stones cemented with mortar and attaches them to solid structures. The nest contains many oval cells, each housing an egg. The mother lines each cell with silken webs and seals the exit hole before leaving.

Balance of Power in Greek and European Politics

The balance of power described as a principle in European politics once preventing any one nation from dominating. It governed Athens, Sparta, and Thebes and rival Greek states, but its role has changed since the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Athens Sparta Thebes Greece

Mongol Pony Endurance and Cold Resilience Revealed

The Mongolian pony is praised for endurance cleverness and originality. In deep winter the owner provides neither feed nor shelter yet the horse grows extra hair and thick hooves to withstand cold. It forages by scraping snow to reach buried summer grass. Separately true modern stove history notes that the first real modern stove improvement appeared in 1821 announced by Dr Neil Arnott in England on November 4.

Neil Arnott England

Betty and the pie joke play on affection

Betty teased the guest with a pun about pie and affection. Her father, amused, passed her his piece after she finished hers, and Betty quipped that he liked her better than pie, turning the moment into a lighthearted family moment.

Betty

Sees End of Dead Sea Predicts Longterm Change

An eminent geologist studying the Dead Sea forecasts the lake will become a solid mass of course salt and dirty deposits over the next 500 years, signaling a dramatic long view of the water body's fate.

Dead Sea

Onion lore claims oldest and most aristocratic vegetable

A playful assertion extols onions as the oldest and most aristocratic vegetable. It notes ancient tears on Egyptian artifacts and claims Egyptian slaves ate them for lunch, suggesting onions have long provoked tears and reverence across civilizations.

Lost Continent Atlantis Myth Described by Plato

An article notes Atlantis as an ancient mythic land in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Strait of Gibraltar. It says Plato depicted it as submerged 9 000 years ago as punishment for warlike hubris against Athens.

Atlantis Atlantic Ocean Straits of Gibraltar Athens

Music's Debt to Ancient Egypt Harp Endures as Solo Instrument

The article notes Egypt’s musical heritage and craft of instrument makers. It highlights the harp as the surviving solo instrument, with other instruments having perished, and credits ancient Egypt for the mechanical excellence behind its power and prominent solo use.

Ancient Egypt

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