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Partial readable text shows Associated Press attribution and national reps with addresses in New York Chicago Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Atlanta. It lists carrier subscription rates by week month and six or twelve months with payment in advance and business office contact lines.
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RATZ
Inew York
Weat
Chicago
Michigan Ave
General Motors
Kansas City
Waldheim
San Francisco
Monadnock
Satlanta
Marietta St
Chewing Gum By John P Medbury
Government reports show Americans spent forty seven million dollars on chewing gum last year. The piece satirically notes gum as a social obsession with quotes about chicle, market figures, and humorous anecdotes about gum use and dental costs.
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John P. Medbury
United States
Anniversaries and historical notes from early 19th century era
A list of dated events and personages including Lord William Campbell’s Waterloo link, the Achilles statue memorial in London, Daora cave tragedy, Gen Polis t, birthday notes for Syracuse born minstrel, battles near Skopel, Ohio governor Pattison death, and Canadian postal workers strike for higher wages.
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William Campbell
South Carolina
Gacrine
Napoleon
Waterloo
Wellington
Blucher
Achilles
Benen
E Park
London
Duke of Wellington
Dahra
Polist
Syracuse
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Chicago
Scopel
John M. Pattison
Ohio
Clermont Ty
Birthdays of Ferguson and Butler Highlight Music Teachers
Readable lines note Ferguson premier of On Kemptville Ontario and Butler of Syracuse. Mentions music teachers’ national horn and abs silver in a brief birthday listing.
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Ferguson
On- Kemptville
Ontario
Butler
Syracuse
Nation
Gas field parishes urge sane conservation over carbon black curb
In a column the authors urge Louisiana legislators to give the gas field parishes the first say in conservation policy. They argue years of slow growth are over and demand a gradual reduction in carbon black consumption to avoid reversing progress and discriminating against the gas region.
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Baton Rouge
News-Star
Louisiana
The Spectator Notes on Death and a Silent Question
A west panorama recalls a man who recorded his morbid realization of dying at 1:40 A.M. and died. The piece expands on death as a universal mystery, citing Socrates and the idea that a good life shields fear of the unknown. It contrasts heavy curiosity with hopeful present living.
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Docupen
Socrates
Theocrates
Crnep
Hand Signals as Key to City Traffic Safety
A city article urges drivers to use correct hand signals to improve safety at intersections. It argues that personal responsibility matters more than mechanical safeguards and notes most drivers fail to signal properly, reducing traffic speed and safety.
East Carroll Harvests and Prospects for High Tomato Yields
Reports from East Carroll parish describe excellent truck crops with one planter yielding eight hundred crates of tomatoes per acre using minimal fertilizer. A Detroit firm has contracted the entire crop due to top quality. Delta area holds strong growth potential if progressive farming policies spread nationwide.
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East Carroll Parish
Detroit
Delta
Gerassee
Opinion on anti evolution law and college graduates
The piece argues that Louisiana College alumni show little interest in an anti-evolution bill, though students protest. It contends college graduates have deep training to seek truth, foreseeing dangers of restricting inquiry and valuing educated input in guiding legislators toward a sound decision.
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Louisiana
Mencken Angers British Press With Critique of England
The Manchester Guardian notes Mencken’s double victory over censors and praises his sharp editorial in the June Mercury. He attacks England as decadent and disintegrating while criticizing America’s war aims as altruistic in name only.
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Manchester Guardian
H. L. Mencken
American
Mercury
Independent Review
Mr. Mencken
England
United States
Monroe Fifteen Years Ago Monroes 1911 Lock Works and Plans
The government crews push rapid preparatory work at the locks and duns below the city to start finished work soon. A large force will work as a new theatre manager from Monroe returns to town and a church committee reports on an outdoor 72 by 125 foot building by First Baptist. A new brick church and school room are planned at 32,000 dollars with substantial subscriptions and a 52,000 contractor budget. The southbound Arkansas Louisiana and Gulf train No 1 derailed near Wardville causing no injuries. School district No 2 voters approve a five mill tax for five years by 19 to 9.
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News-Star
Sterilization bill debate in Monroe Henpecks at a moral crisis
A June 16 1926 Monroe News-Star letter condemns feeblemindedness heredity and proposes sterilization as a humane solution. The writer criticizes lobbyists and lawmakers for neglecting the issue while arguing sterilization could curb illegitimacy and safeguard society despite potential downsides.
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Bill Monroe
Monroe News-Star
Mencken Credits German Intellectual Life Over Britain
The article contrasts Mencken praising Germany postwar for enterprise and daring with sharp critique of England’s perceived decline. It notes German bias toward admiring German achievements, while Mencken remains partly prejudiced and less independent than British observers. It mentions the Sesqui centennial half dollar and Jefferson’s expected image.
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Anna Abhau
Germany
England
Sterilization urged to curb crime and feeblemindedness
A letter argues for sterilization as the solution to crime linked to feeblemindedness. It cites a New York family traceable to 1790 and advocates harsh measures to prevent future generations, urging the Sterilization Bill be given sane attention by the House.
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Mendel
New York
H. A. Breard
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