Electricity to Fight Pests Aims at Moths and Beetles
A report describes electric light traps to lure female moths before egg laying in orchards and plans to use electrified cages with attractants to slow the Japanese beetle spread. The method targets larvae and cocoons for effective extermination, hoping to ease farming life and reduce pests.
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Probes often futile says Samuel Untermeyer on Pujo report
Untermeyer, former counsel for the 1912 Pujo committee, argues that had the recommendations to curb interlocking directorates and Morgan links been adopted, many criticized practices might have been banned. He notes Congress rarely acts on investigations, delivering only formal recommendations while public welfare risks persist. The duty to guard against such repeats lies with Congress.
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Pujo Committee
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Pujo
Money Trust
Congress
Budapest Bookseller Sells For Marriage Knowledge Stirring Curiosity
A Budapest bookseller advertised a book claiming to teach “what a young girl should know before marriage” but delivered cookbooks instead. Thousands ordered at about one dollar each, and buyers of all ages sought thrills. Some sued for fraud. acquittal followed, with the court ruling the books contained information a young girl should have before marriage.
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Budapest
High Cost of Bad Health
Health statistician Louis I. Dublin estimates the economic value of U S humans at about 1 5 trillion dollars versus total wealth at 321 billion. He claims preventable deaths cost 6 billion annually and illness reducing work capacity costs 2 percent of a billion. Public health spending will repay many times over by cutting death and sickness.
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Louis I. Dublin
United States
Great Men Are Lonely and Offer No True Friends
A stark meditation on leadership and isolation as the text argues that powerful figures find little true companionship because others expect personal gain. The quote frames social distance as a consequence of perpetual scrutiny and demand.
All Of Us By Marshall Maslin
The narrator recalls quitting worrying after realizing fears rarely match reality. He discusses past habits, army life, and near disasters aboard a banana boat near France, noting that the things feared often never happen and that not worrying is more enjoyable.
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France
Mother
Congress
Real Love of Nature and the Desire to Possess Flowers
An essay argues that loving nature means not stealing or uprooting wildflowers. It warns that eager collecting, careless pulling, and transplanting roots harm plants and shows true affection lies in restraint and respect for their habitat.
Inflation and the Wife
A humorous verse detailing a husband’s fight to explain inflation to his wife. He laments failing to convey the concept, repeating attempts at supper time, and cites Shakespeare while admitting defeat in clarifying the idea. The piece reflects early 20th century poetic style and domestic scenario.
Bible Thought For Today Revolt Talk Smiles From Roosevelt
The piece reflects on scripture about evil speakers and overthrow, then shifts to a political jab about starting a revolution and Roosevelt’s smile. It hints at mood cures and the idea of trying remedies amid unrest.
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Roosevelt
One Sure Thing and the Cherry Picker: A Patchwork Preview
A collage of humor and headlines hints including a child’s doll tale and a conjuring show ticket. Observations touch on tax, class, and seasonal caution with whimsical lines about pig’s knuckles and a distant World Economic Conference.
Fragments of Witty Observations and Public Notes
A collage of quips and short anecdotes ranges from humor about travel and bathing to social commentary on politics and society. It includes jokes about hotel life, a scribe’s musings on motherhood and marriage, Weather lore, and reflections on laws, taxation, and public figures. Notable bits touch poetry, prophecy, and everyday annoyances.
Weather Wisdom: Sunset Colors Signal Rain
A gray lowering sunset or sky with green or yellow tint suggests rain. A red sunrise with later cloud lowering also signals rain. Halo, or sun dogs, are the large circles around the sun or moon indicating atmospheric conditions.
Epitaph Jokes and Government Power Critique
A Kansas farmer ponders his wife’s epitaph while joking about tombstone inscriptions. The text later critiques government control of a power business, suggesting engineers over lobbyists are needed. The piece ends with a pun on frequency beer and heat prostrations in reporting.
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Kansas
Loan To China For Purchase Of Farm Products Debated
Across editorials the $50 million RCC loan to China for buying 900000 bales of cotton and 12500000 bushels of wheat draws praise for aiding trade and relief, while critics warn repayment risk and economic imbalance amid China’s finances and world market effects.
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Orient
Oakland Tribune
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Manchuria
Charlotte Observer
United States
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Iete
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Shensi Providence
Yellow River
China Famine Relief Committee
Port Huron Times Herald
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T. V. Soong
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Houston Chronicle
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Hartford Times
Congress
Cleaning statues with hoses by unemployed workers
A Punch style satire imagines the unemployed cleaning statues in cities using hoses. The piece plays on mishearing and wordplay about statues outside the House of Commons, suggesting the public works idea with comic confusion and a lingering joke about top hats and statuary.
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Huggins
H. Q
Ouse of Commons
Quips From Papers On War Debts Debt, and Aircraft, Notions
A collage of brief quotes from various papers discusses aircraft superiority, robot pilots, debts to the United States, education’s purpose, tax evasion through holding companies, eye strain of sports magnates, dimes in daily life, 1929 forethought, and war debt attention, with varied tones and snappy observations.
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Great Britain
United States
Sioux Falls
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