City Men Needed on Farms to Aid Food Production
Washington reports a severe farm labor shortage similar to 1918. Secretary Meredith appeals to city men and students to work in harvests as wages rise 15 to 25 percent, hoping to curb costs and prevent price hikes. Plans are underway to improve farm labor via extension directors and county agents nationwide.
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Washington
KB. T. Meredith
Federal Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Meredith
Asher Hobson
National Farm Labor Conference
Kansas City
Office of Farm Management
Hobson
Dandy Discovers Air Pump to Locate Brain Tumors
Baltimore physician Dr. Walter Dandy reports a method to pump purified air into brain channels enabling living brain study. He says the technique locates tumors with high accuracy, often using local anesthesia, and has saved many from idiocy and premature death after successful removals.
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Baltimore
Walter
Pandy
Johns Bropkins Hospital
Dandy
Nan
Bridegroom jailed after wedding misstep in Brooklyn
Alexander Kroskowsky, forty, in wedding attire, drinks a half percent beer and whisky, ends in jail. Magistrate McGuire warns him to marry before release as Patrolman McGovern relates the case. He vows not to drink until marriage.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Alexander Kroskowsky
McGuire
McGovern
Skhiaskowsky
King Alfonso Fined for Walking on Grass in Alcazar Gardens
King Alfonso was fined two pesetas after walking on the grass in the Gardens of the Alcazar. His entire party faced fines as a guardian informed them that walking on the grass was forbidden and required payment. The king paid and praised the guardian's duty, while the mayor later praised the guardian's proper action.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Alcazar
Fune
Golden Shoes Bring Footwear To A Wild Country
A princess in a shoeless land receives golden dyed leather shoes crafted by Knut the shepherd. He takes a mountain sheep skin, dyes the wool yellow, and sews a pair of comfortable wooden-outside shoes with wool inside. The king and court later demand leather shoes, the princess marries Knut, and the nation gains shoes.
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Knut
Chicago girl Miss Agnes Ayres charts a film rise
Miss Agnes Ayres, once a Chicago medical student, visited a major studio on a whim. She accepted a prank invitation to appear in a staged scene and later received a handsome offer to act in films. Years on, she becomes a movie star in her own right.
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Agnes Ayres
Chicago
Big City
Ways to Improve Eye Beauty Without Surgery
The article discusses natural ways to enhance eye appearance through expression and grooming. It notes avoidable surgical changes, suggests long lashes, arched brows, and massage with a flesh building cream to reduce wrinkles and add depth, while warning against artificial enlarging operations.
I Think My Friend Needs a Chiropractor Fight
A friend suffers a sore back after a fall and bad advice from a chiropractor. He buys pills and endures pain while considering a fight to defend himself. The piece notes a massage and a woman’s glow as unrelated aside.
The Perpetual Youth Toothbrush Blues
A humorous vignette about eye strain and glasses shifting to reading use. A doctor misreads pains as eye strain and sends patients to Robley and Grones for spectacles. The piece ends with a playful reminder that youth comes from a toothbrush, not age.
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Robley
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Bob” Evans
John
Hammond
Capitol
United States Army
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Edna Kent Forbes
Crosby
E Strickland Wgillidin
Doce Robley
Grones
Willie
the Sphinx
Newton Newkirk
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