Divorce to Marriages Ratio in 1922 Census Britain United States
The census bureau's first divorce and marriage survey since 1916 shows 1 divorce to 9 marriages in the U.S. in 1922 with statewide and regional patterns. Texas posted the most divorces while the District of Columbia had the lowest rate. Nevada's divorces exceeded marriages due to the state’s divorce colony.
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Ashington
Census Bureau
United States
Wilhais
Los
LOS Aquarrhiges. ‘Texas Had the Lirgest Number of Divorces, 72,3860, Iinads
District of Columbia
Tawest
Nevada
Tena
Open Shop Victory Says Membership Not Mandatory
The United States railroad labor board sustained a complaint by the Switchmen's Union of North America against a San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway contract with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. It voided a clause requiring 85 percent yard employee membership, ordered the dismissed switchman reinstated with seniority and back pay, and held that membership or nonmembership should not be compulsory.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Switchmen's Union of North America
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Brotherhood of Natlroad
American Federation of Labor
CG A. Brown
Young Essayist Wins National Safety Prize in Michigan
Theodora Poole, 13, of Pontiac now in Lansing, tops 400000 pupils in the second national safety essay contest. She earns a Washington trip, a bold watch, and hotel expenses paid by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, with an autumn visit to the capital.
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Theodora Poole
Pontiac
Michigan
Lansing
Highway Education Board
Washington
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
United Sites Commissioner of Education
John J. Tigert
A. I. Reeve
National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations
Supreme Court opens crowded term with void opinions in first session
The Supreme Court begins a crowded docket with several cases awaiting disposition. Twenty cases were carried over under advisement after June recess, including challenges to alien land laws, tax status of Massachusetts trusts, water rights cases from Bitter Creek irrigation, and regulatory disputes involving Texas railroad assets and a national bank obligation.
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United States Supreme Court
Prine
Everss
California
Washington
Massachusetts
Bitter Creek
County
Seathle
Mdstriet
North Daakota
Sioux
Texas
Western ‘Texas Railroad
Bea
Waste Gas and Eleetric Company
Dawes Warns Branch Banking Threatens Federal System
Dawes argues against broad branch banking citing an opinion from Attorney General Daugherty and warns it would undermine the Federal Reserve and could force privatized reserve systems. He proposes limits on branch expansion and opposes abolishing the comptroller of the currency. He contrasts his view with some Federal Reserve board members seeking legislation.
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Dawes
American Banking Association
Tederit Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Tas
Chpmber
Smithsonian Yearly Report Summarizes Astrophysical Advances
The Smithsonian Institution annual report presents accessible science on astronomy geology evolution and anthropology. It highlights Dr W W Campbell on daily astronomy its role in navigation and warfare, bird flight speeds measured with theodolites and stopwatches, and eye color hair and skin studies by Dr Ales Hrdlicka from nearly 2000 Americans. It also notes Rayleigh arguing the earth is billions of years old and Michelson’s interferometer measuring star diameters.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
California
Mordalo
France
Ales Hrdlicka
United States National Museum
Campbell
A. A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Michelson
Earth
Lord Rayleigh
Rayleigh
British yacht Fron tersman seized at Los Angeles port
Captain Roger Pocock commanded the Fron tersman with a volunteer crew from London's Adventurers' Club when federal officers seized the vessel at the Los Angeles port for carrying 65 gallons of whisky aboard. Pocock, a noted adventurer and writer, leads a world pathfinding expedition for British aviators.
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Roger Pocock
Frontersman
Los Angeles
Adventurers’ Club of London
Pocock
New Indian Tribe Roaming the Arctic
A mysterious red tribe roams the Arctic coast of Labrador, detected by Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. Truman Michelson after summer fieldwork. The group remains unclassified, its language indecipherable, and hostile to outsiders as researchers seek to connect it with known tribes.
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Labrador
Truman Michelson
Smithsonian Institution
Doctor Michelson
Washington
Arctic
New York Herald
Sixty Year Romance Culminates in Missouri Wedding
Willow Springs Missouri and Tyrone Pennsylvania meet as William C. Tussey seventy four and Emma Deffenbaugh seventy two wed after nearly sixty years since their youth. They first courted in Tyrone Pa where he was nineteen and she seventeen. After long separation Deffenbaugh returned to Willow Springs for the ceremony following years of travel with the bride to Colorado California and Washington.
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Willow Springs
Tyrone
William C. Tussey
Emma Deffenbaugh
Pennsylvania
Miss Deffenbaugh
Tussey
Missouri
California
Telegraph Courtesy Big Expense to Business
W H Fischer of Los Angeles spoke to the Kiwanis club about a firm study on customer decline finding 68 percent left due to discourtesy. He noted telegraph companies spent nine million dollars on the word please in business telegrams.
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Long Beach
Cal
W. H. Fischer
Los Angeles
Southern California
Moison Company
Kiwanis Club
Berlin housing crisis creates three person household in one home
A Berlin report relayed by a housing commission official describes a couple's divorce after a quarrel and the husband bringing a new wife home. Officials say the two wives share the same quarters, living in a state of armed neutrality while the trio cohabit.
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Berlin
Housing Commission
Russian Builds Plane With Speed Controls Harkin
An inventor J 0 Dl Ang Alan engineer tests a wing angle device on a Russian aircraft. The system adjusts the plane’s neutral fence angle to change speed from 180 to 90 kilometers per hour with a 15 meter landing space. Pilot Kud Infenko, attached to Chang Tsolin's flying staff, reported significant performance gains.
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Harkin
Manchuria
J. 0
Infenko
Chang Tsolin
Watch in sickroom quiets disturbance with tumbler
Nurses report placing no tumbler over a ticking watch disturbs patients less when kept exposed. The ticking remains in sight and readily accessible, which seems to help but is not widely adopted.
Egypt Studies Shorthand in Arabic Reporting
Cairo government seeks a phonetic shorthand system to report parliamentary debates verbatim. It examines several methods to ensure accuracy and readability.
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Egypt
Cairo
Bost
One Way to Rise for Men via Dead Selves
A compact reflective quotation attributed to Tennyson, noting the idea that men may ascend by building on their past failures. The line appears as a literary epigraph without accompanying events or names.
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Tennyson
Courts Pressure Man to Reform Edward Growskle
In Yonkers Judge Morring L. Rosenwasser hears Julia Growskle’s vagrancy case against her son Edward Growskle eighteen. Two respectable brothers testify to aid reform as the court warns that if he does not seek work he will be brought back and sent to labor, a harsh detour toward a better path.
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New York
Julia Growskle
Jefferson Street
Yonkers
Edward Growskle
Morring L. Rosenwasser
Edward
Annavitation
Sanitary Hog Houses Improve Profits and Health
Hog raisers can boost profits by clean warm quarters and proper sanitation. Concrete buildings resist moisture and disease, are easy to clean, and long lasting. A skylight hoghouse designed by the Town experiment station uses north south orientation for optimal morning sun.
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Town Experiment Station
Skylight Hog Houses Use Roof Windows to Light Pens
The article describes half monitor roof hog houses using sunlit roof windows to illuminate north and south pens at different times of day. It notes placement on the south slope for east west long layouts and advises adjusting window height for seasonal sun angles to aid warmth and disease prevention.
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United States
Poison Ivy Eradication Proposed Using Waste Motor Oil
A midwest university scientist suggests saturating the ground at poison ivy roots with waste motor oil to eradicate the plant. The plan envisions large scale use and aims to partner with service stations to collect used oil for repurposing.
Cabbage and Turnips Prove Good in Pit Storage
A note on root vegetable preservation suggests pit storage when cellar space is tight. Choose a high, draining spot and trench three feet by two. Line floor with boards, layer vegetables, cover with straw and boards, vent at top, then add eight to twelve inches of dirt. Apples may be stored similarly with little loss.
Lawn Grass Seed Mixtures Tested by NY Experiment Station
The New York experiment station found many lawn grass mixtures unfit for seeding and recommends a mix of two parts Kentucky bluegrass to one part bedtop with a little White clover.
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New York Experiment Station
Calves Struck by Stomach Worms Hit Poor Districts
In affected districts young calves suffer from stomach worm infestations causing stunted growth and death. The malady targets calves in the abomasum area, with poor nutrition worsening outcomes. Farmers are urged to seek veterinary guidance to manage the condition.
Winter Rye Grower Guide From U S Department Of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture notes winter rye is the hardiest cereal and adaptable nationwide. It thrives best in northern and eastern states, rising in value with foreign demand and high labor costs, used as cash grain and forage, with sowing around Sept 1 in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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United Sate Department of Agricultur
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Iowa News Roundup Reflects City Actions and State Projects
The report covers Le Mars paving progress, Tama Toledo rail changes, and Marshall County credits. It notes Wyoming and Des Moines civic developments, Chariton hotel expansion, and a Des Moines Educational Week. It also mentions hospital funds, road financing, and state agricultural appointments.
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le Mars
Iowa
Supreme P Court
Tama & Toledo Railroad Pany
Marshall County
Wyoming
Electic Company
Chariton
America
Des Moines
Penn College
Oskasa
Friends of
Sioux City
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Okla
Polk County
Keokuk & Des Moines
Rock Stand
Warkon
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Cedar Rapids
Grand
Th Fellows
Mason
Iowa Board of ‘Railroad Missioners
Ing
Zane Irwin Post Band
San Fraisco
American Legion
Monahan Post Hand
New Orleans
Char City
Hart-Parr Company
Farm Bureau
Las Township
Dea Monnea
Indl
Ville
Red Cross
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Hubert Utterback
Nan
Keeping an Extra Team in Slack Seasons Costs Farmers
Farmers face high annual costs for idle teams in slack seasons. In 1921 the Department of Agriculture put the yearly burden on a horse at about 100 dollars, with feed and bedding composing a large share and pasture value to consider. Some farmers find it profitable to raise two colts yearly to keep the mare productive.
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Department of Agriculture
Hogs Take First Place in Ohio Livestock Shifts
Ohio livestock patterns have shifted since 1860 with hogs overtaking sheep. The 1920 census lists 3. variety of animals, noting hogs over 3 million and sheep about 2 million, while horses and mules decline since 1900. Poultry surges from 8 million to 18 million between 1880 and 1890, then steadies near 2 million per decade to a total around 20.23 million.
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Ohio
More Alfalfa Less Corn Slogan Gains Farmer Support
Farmers favor alfalfa over corn as help narrows and corn faces problems. Alfalfa improves soil while corn damages it. an acre of alfalfa yields higher value and protein, with four tons per acre valued around $100 versus about $3 per bushel for corn.
Alfalfa Growing Methods by Climate Sections
A Farmers Bulletin outlines methods for growing alfalfa and adapts rules to different country sections. It encourages readers to study the bulletin for practical guidance and states how to obtain it from the Department of Agriculture in Washington D. C.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Exercise Caution When Handling a Live Goose
Guidance on safely handling a live goose. Do not hold the bird facing you or it may strike with wings and feet. Lift by the neck with the back toward you, supporting the body by gripping the first wing joint to keep it still and quiet.
Laying Age of Putlets Varies by Breed
The laying age varies with breed size and weight. Mediterranean fowls reach laying age in four to five months, American breeds in six to eight months, and Agfaties in eight to ten months. Destroy. Fal! Webworm notes a fall infestation in shade and fruit trees and recommends pruning and burning infested branches.
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Uncle Sam
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