Rural Red Cross program aids small communities nationwide
The American Red Cross Rural Service supports towns under 8 000 population with public health instruction education and recreational programs. It coordinates community efforts to improve health facilities libraries schools and social activities, helping organize townships and collaborate with local welfare groups.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Rural Service
Red
United Action
Wonders of the Heavens Across Hemispheres
The article explains how Earth’s axial tilt allows southern and northern constellations to appear at different times. If the axis stayed perpendicular to the orbit, northern star patterns would never be visible from the south. The tilt lets observers in both hemispheres glimpse alternating skies.
New Excuse for Stealing from a Wooden Leg Claim
A St Louis man arrested for stealing eighty pounds of metal confessed he needed money to buy a new wooden leg claiming he was suffering a bad leg. He said the thefts of small amounts were driven by his condition and a desire for replacement.
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St. Louis
Some Never Learn That Charley Chooses the Wrong Horse
Young Mrs. Torkins argues experience should teach him which horse to bet on, suggesting Charley has not learned from past errors. The remark highlights a vain hope that repeated betting would yield wiser choices.
Silver bricks echo gold brick schemes across borders
A Texas Laredo dealer received two bricks from Matehuala, Mexico, purporting to be silver and sold them on commission for sixteen dollars a pound. Mexican buyers paid 535 dollars for the blocks, later sent to a New York trust company to sell, only to learn the bricks were worthless upon mint inspection. The Matehuala man kept the money, the Los Laredo man kept his, while the Mexican commission firm wasted two bricks and faced no charges.
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Texas
New York
Laredo
Matehuala
Mex
New York Evening Post
Serjeant Majorism and Its Broad Reach
The piece notes how the term sergeant-majorism arose from wartime language and now extends beyond the army. It describes the sergeant major as a powerful figure whose petty authority can discomfort others, a trait seen in civilians as well.
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Christian Science Monitor
Powerful car dumpers at Sewell's Point
The Norfolk & Western railroad at Sewell's Point in Hampton Roads, Virginia operates a novel installation that dumps two 60 ton cars simultaneously. Loaded cars are overturned sidewise to dump their contents, a method differing from standard British machines which tip cars endwise.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Sewell’s Point
Hampton Roads
New Melbourne Firm Claims Cheap Pure Lanolin Process
A Melbourne based company has formed to extract lanolin from wool at low cost using a new process. The product is described as absolutely pure and contrasts with wartime Belgium and Germany sources previously dominant.
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Belgium
Germany
Melbourne
Australia
Silence as Strategy Cited by Senator Sorgum
In a remark attributed to Senator Sorgum, he says he will remain silent for a time to give his constituents the impression that he is thinking deeply. The exchange suggests a deliberate communicative tactic amid political pressure.
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Senator Sorghum
Companions in Crime Quip at Paria Café Dialogue
A brief exchange shows a robber claiming to be in the same trade as a restaurant keeper. The waiter asks about discounts for peers and the robber replies affirmatively. The line appears from Le Lire, Paria.
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le Lire
Paria
The Effect Exaggeratedly Sentimental Flowers Haunt Suspect
In a homicide case the suspect asks why flowers are sent. The respondent answers they are meant to cheer, but the exchange reveals flowers recall funerals and grim thoughts in a tense moment.
European soldiers’ education linked to combat brutality claims
The piece argues that European armies drawn from peasants and workers with lower education levels faced a brutalizing effect from trench warfare. Henry de Man in Scribner's cites research suggesting a minimum education is needed to sustain voluntary altruism in fighting, and even then moral levels often decline.
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Henry de Man
Scribner's
Edwin Rejects Garage Burial Vision in Cemetery Tale
Edwin recalls seeing many mausoleums in a cemetery and tells his mother that when he dies he does not want to be buried in a garage like those structures. The line reveals his preference for a different burial finality.
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Edwin
Yucca Plant Vanishing in Southwest Harvests
Yucca plants are disappearing in the Southwest as harvesting methods for hinder twine escalate. Local observers warn that overuse and aggressive collection threaten remaining stands and traditional practices.
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Southwest
Saving Clover Seed Is Economical Now
The University of Kentucky agronomy department advises saving clover seed for home use. With or without hullers, home seed saving is practical as a second crop grew well in many areas. Cut and rake seed into windrows when heads brown and seed is hard and glossy, then dry, cover, and store over winter for field spread later.
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Department of Agronomy
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
Clover seed production and threshing attachments
The article discusses sowing clover seed with straw and using separators to free seed. It notes chaff seed can be sowed with little trouble, or flailed by hand, and that chaff seed yields comparable results though distribution is harder. It suggests threshers be fitted with seed-cleaning attachments, widely available from manufacturers.
Music Turns Itself Invention Obviates Stopping Pauses
A French invention prints music on a long motor driven strip for the player piano. The music rolls past the eyes at any desired speed with a control lever placed at one side to manage playback, preventing awkward pauses during performance.
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France
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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