Truth filtering chief named for policy work at state level
Dr. James P. Baxter III of Williams College is assigned to screen world information for propaganda, delivering pure material for policy making. Col. Van Santfoord Merle-Smith, naval attache, and En. Jorge Ubico of Guatemala are named for notable posts as the era of political inflection continues.
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New York
Pontius Pilate
James P. Baxter III
Williams College
Tia
Col
Wil
Liam J. Don
State Department
Baxter
Wall Street
Industrial Finance Corporation
Williams
Harvard
Colorado College
New
Institute For Propaganda Analysis
Heodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
van Santfoord Merle-Smith
Sydney
Australia
Merle-Smith
Princeton
Merle- Smith
Hague
Long Island
T. R
Wilton Merle-Smith
Brick Church
Seven Seas
New York Trust Company
Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
United States
Napoleon
I Am My Own Grandfather Riddle Card
A man explains a complex family web where his wife is his grandmother and he becomes both husband and grandfather. The tale hinges on a widow with a grown step daughter, a father who marries that step daughter, and a sequence of marriages that loops back to the speaker.
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Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Fog and Sentries in Rain A Night Camp Scene
A colonel on a night camp tour is challenged by a weary sentry in driving rain. The exchange ends with a humorous nod about the mist and the welcome. In another vignette a man recalls a peach and sunny weather while a passerby jokes about spending money.
The Maiden and the Fisherman Fate
A playful verse recounts a fair maiden named Bate who aims to catch a mate. She nets Mr. Fish and fulfills her wish, but the fish and bait meet an ironic end in a humorous twist.
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Bate
Van Million divorce suit ends over pug custody
In a noted divorce case the Van Million dispute centered on a $25,000,000 settlement and later a custody struggle for a pug. The lighthearted exchange frames the split as amicable yet contentious over the dog.
Naturally Human
A concise reflection on humanity noting that a man is simple when his chief aim is to be honest and true to his human nature. Quotation from Charles Wagner emphasizes natural virtue and self equality under moral law.
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Charles Wagner
Bronze Age coal use found in British cremation burials
Sir Cyril Fox uncovered Bronze Age cairns near Bridgend with cremation remains and coal fragments. The discoveries indicate coal use in Great Britain around 1600 B C, predating later legends of coal’s discovery by Joseph of Arimathea near Glastonbury.
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Joseph of
Arimathea
Glastonbury
Great Britain
Sir Cyril Fox
National Museum of Wales
Bridgend
England
Quick Thinking Teacher
Freckle faced Jimmie names five items containing milk including butter cheese ice cream and two cows in a playful prompt from Commerce Gusher.
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Harvey S. Firestone
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