Politics and Post Office Affairs in Clark County
The Herald criticizes Moore’s dismissal as a blow to county road work and denounces political manipulation by the B C Machine. It discusses Postmaster Handy’s tenure under Harding, party influence, and rumors of clerks purged for party alignment, urging civil service protections and efficiency over partisan hiring. The piece also opposes government railroad ownership.
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Moore
Clark County
The
Herald
Sol Handy
Harding
Mr. Handy
Marshall
Post Office
the Herald
Handy
Charles Scott
Civil Service
Political reform call over tax policy and office selection
The text argues that political office holders should be chosen for their ability to govern and not for past party service. It criticizes high school funding as a tax issue, decrying party manipulation and calls for removals only on substantive grounds.
Christian Science Sunday Means and Services
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m and Sunday services at 11 a m with the subject Sacrament The Wednesday testimonial meeting is at 8 00 o'clock The gatherings take place in the Pythian temple.
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Pythian Temple
Methodist Pettit The Modern Man and Prayer Sermon Series
The Sunday school meets at 9 30 with very gratifying summer attendance. Next Sunday the pastor begins a three part series on The Modern Man and His Attitude Toward Prayer. The first sermon is Wrestling With Prayer. The tent revival continues this week ending next Sunday. A July 4 grounds picnic supper honors the country with worship and renewal of ideals.
United Brethren Ardih Groves Pastor Schedule
Church notices list weekly activities for United Brethren Ardih Groves with prayer meetings at 7 30 p m and 9 30 a m Sunday school. Multiple Endeavor sessions and preaching times are given including an all day meeting with basket dinner led by evangelist W R Leitzinger.
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United Brethren Ardih Groves
Bro. W. R. Leitzinger
Centenary
Endeavor
Grace
Plants Store Sun's Heat Through Greening
Plants use their greening to capture and store the sun's energy. The article describes how leaves absorb light and convert it into chemical energy, enabling growth and resilience in various species.
World's Largest Coin Ownership Details Revealed
Farren Zerbe, renowned rare coin expert, possesses a massive 10 inch square copper plate coin weighing six and a half pounds. The piece is valued at four daler, the old Swedish coin circa 1780, highlighting a historic numismatic curiosity.
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Farren Zerbe
Sweden
No Harm In Skipping a Meal
A brief health note states that most people can endure a two week period without food with minimal harm aside from weight loss and weakness. It explains the body uses stored energy during fasting and cautions that overeating, too little exercise, and insufficient sleep cause poor health.
Death's universal dread and self-inflicted fate
The excerpt reflects on death as a universal dread and the impulse to rush toward its arms. It notes how individuals from lovers to clerks and youths face the great enemy, often inviting his blow through self-action. Octavius B. Frothingham quotes emphasize mortal fear and personal responsibility.
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Octavius
Frothingham
Paste for Wall Paper From Plain Flour
A simple paste recipe mixes one pint of flour with a tablespoonful of sugar and cold water to form a smooth paste. Boil water and beat in until thick and clear. If it clumps, cook a few minutes. The paste should prevent cracking and peeling.
Western Respect for Women in a Western Fight
A London correspondent notes the reverence shown to women among westerners during a clash with Indians. The story recalls a near-lynching scene where beaten squaws arrive with stone hammers to finish off a wounded man as a companion warns, Look out, but there’s a lady coming.
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London
Unhandsome Men Can Win Hearts in Love
Emma M Wise argues that women value qualities beyond looks and that plain men who woo with genuine attentions often win affection over handsome rivals. The piece notes women admire beauty but do not equate it with love, highlighting surprising cases of women loving plain men who show steadfast devotion.
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Jack
Emma M. Wise
The
London Mail
Forecasts and warnings in early typhoon disaster talks
Officials note that the Swatow typhoon's death toll shows why distant alerts matter. They argue U S forecasting and regional cooperation could save lives by giving lowland residents time to reach higher ground, with prior warnings reaching Hong Kong a day early via the Philippine service.
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Swatow
Hongkong
United States Weather Bureau
Philippine Weather Service
Origin of the term Peacock Alley explained
The piece cites a story from a Willard dinner where a veteran colonel watching young women in bright gowns said they strutted about “like a lot of peacocks.” The anecdote, from a Washington Star report, is presented as a plausible origin of the phrase used for the hotel corridor during the Civil War era.
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Peacock Alley
Willard
Washington
Washington Star
Arita Porcelain's High Rank Attributed to Craft
The article notes Arita porcelain's high rank due to artistic finish and durability. It is made from kaolin white clay found locally, with Arita potteries dating to the sixteenth century. Arita lies in western Kiushin, about 68 miles north of Nagasaki, near the railway line.
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Arita
Japan
Kiushin
Nagasaki
Cleveland
News-Leader
Senator Sorghum Teases Audience With Avoided Humor
A humorous exchange shows Senator Sorghum admitting his attempts at adding comedy in speeches fell flat. He notes the audience ignored serious arguments as jokes drew laughs, prompting him to stop embellishing discourse with humorous touches.
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Senator Sorghum
Why Stars Twinkle in Different Skies
An article explains star twinkling mainly arises from atmospheric conditions. It notes higher twinkling when the air cools and pressure rises, and cites Humboldt observing stars with mild light in tropical skies.
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Humboldt
Tropics
Argentina to Germany shipments open cattle trade
The first livestock shipment from Argentina to Germany sailed the Olivia from Buenos Aires to Hamburg carrying 420 head of cattle. This marks the start of a potential steady trade between the two nations.
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Argentina
Germany
Olivia
Buenos Aires
Hamburg
Coal Mine Fatal Accidents Rise in 1923 Reports
Fatal accidents at coal mines across the United States totaled 170 in May 1923, per reports to the Bureau of Mines. In the first five months of the year the bituminous mine fatality rate stood at 309 deaths, compared with 611 deaths for the same period last year.
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United ‘States
Department of the’ Interfer
Bureau’ ‘of Mines
Foreign wheat crop shows increase worldwide
The 1923 wheat crop in eight foreign nations forecast at 750,785,000 bushels, up from 565,988,000 in 1922. Radiograms to the U S Department of Agriculture from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome list Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, India, Japan, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco among the contributing countries.
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United States Department of Agriculture
U S Ships Fare Badly Highlighting 1921 22 Trade
Analysis from the shipping board shows American farmers supplied 32 percent of exports in 1921 and 42 percent in 1922. Total exports reached 15,578,000 tons in 1921 and 18,034,000 in 1922 with little more than one third carried by American ships. Foreign vessels rose by 1,500,000 tons. U S ships gained 1,000,000 tons, 800,000 of which were on shipping board vessels.
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Shipping Board
United States
Withdrawals of Alcohol Under National Prohibition
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes reports that American consumers used 250 million gallons less alcohol in the last three years of national prohibition than in the three pre Volstead years. He cites total withdrawals of whisky and other spirits at 82,503,164 gallons during prohibition versus 338,060,418 gallons in the preceding three years.
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Haynes
Postmaster General issues more mail fraud orders against oil promoters
Officials announce additional orders targeting oil promoters who misrepresent land holdings and wells to investors. A Texas concern claimed 20 000 acres in the north extension of the Smackover field, but the acreage lay in Madison county Arkansas and far from any oil. Another claim overstated a well within a stones throw of the Vitek gusher when the well was a mile away and failed.
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Texas
Smackover
Madison County
Arkansas
Tampa Cigars Controversy Hits Baltimore Makers
Kraus and Company Inc of Baltimore, a cigar manufacturer, was named in a Federal Trade Commission order for selling cigars under the Tampa label in Baltimore to mislead buyers into thinking they were Tampa made. The firm must cease using Tampa alone or with other brands on all containers.
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Kraus.and Company Inc
Baltimore
Federal Trade Commission
Tampa
Florida
Government Receives Royal Ties on Public Lands Royalties
The Department of Interior reports royalties from oil and gas production on leased public lands in Wyoming California Montana and Colorado exceed 1 million dollars monthly. Total royalties collected under the 1920 leasing act surpass 24 million dollars to date with most funds allocated to federal programs.
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Federal
Department of Interior
Wyoming
California
Montana
Colorado
Royalties From Leasing Act Reported By May 1913
May 1913 royalties reported to the Bureau of Mines total 1,353,300 with Wyoming receiving 1,131,497 and California 188,351 and Montana 33,446. The figure reflects royalties accruing prior to and after the act’s passage from lands affected by leasing.
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Bureau of Mines
Wyoming
California
Montana
Wages and hours in men’s ready made clothing industry in 1922
Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin reports 1922 regular full time hours down 16 percent from 1913 and weekly earnings at 2.25 times 1913. Data cover 13913 male and 11098 female wage earners with female weekly wages ranging from 18.61 for hand sewers to 45.60 for cutters. Peak wage rates occurred 1919 to 1922 amid wage reductions in 85 of 112 establishments.
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Bureau ‘of Labor Statistics
Explaining Dream Means Bodily Signals in Sleep
The passage links frightful dreams to blood rushing to the head and dreams of blood to bodily inflammation. It notes a person may have only a festered finger, yet blood may still appear in the dream as a symbolic signal.
Mortality Statistics Highlight Eternal Gaps in Safety Zones
Phineas Shark, a noted statistician, argues that even if every safety zone in the United States were lined up, there would still be pedestrians outside them and drivers who would ignore the zones. The Detroit Motor News reports the quip as a commentary on real world traffic safety.
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Phineas Shark
United States
Detroit Motor News
American Indians Origin Theories Tangle in Ethnic Debate
A fragment notes debate over whether American Indians descended from immigrants from Asia via Alaska and the Aleutians. The passage hints at longstanding scholarly contention and regional or political framing of race and origin in historical discourse.
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Asia
Alaska
Aleutian’ Islands
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