Bible Reading in Public Schools Across States
Survey by William R. Hood from the federal education bureau tallying which states require or permit Bible reading in public schools, noting courts’ varied rulings on sectarian use, and highlighting exceptions for credit, absence, and secular instruction. The piece cites Michigan, California, New Jersey, Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New York as examples.
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Washington
William R. Hood
Federal Bureau of Education
Mr. Hood
District of Columbia
Michigan
California
Michigan Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
New York
Commissioner of Education
New York City
Hood
Jone
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
New Jersey
Alabama
Georgia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Hypnosis by Wireless Demonstrated in New York Office
New York hypnotist Joseph Dumninger cited a long distance hypnotism test from Park Place to Ridgewood Long Island. Subject Leslie Duncan stood before a radio horn ten miles away while orders were given via Station WHN and a private wire. The procedure produced a trance in Duncan with rigid posture and later awakening without pain after a needle test.
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New York
Science and Invention
Park Place
Joseph Dumninger
WHN
Ridgewood
L. I
Leslie B. Duncan
Dumninger
Duncan
Gland Grafting Hints at Longer Wool for Sheep
Philadelphia report cites Dr. William J. Lentz of the University of Pennsylvania on gland transplanting as a possible method to extend wool length. He cautions the technique is in its infancy and outcomes are uncertain, contrasting with slower breeding advances.
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Philadelphia
William J. Lentz
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Schol
Lentz
Germans in Ruhr Turn to Homemade Currency
Ruhr occupied Germans print their own money as Reichsbank papers run out. Private firms and manufacturers seek Berlin permission to issue notes to pay workers. Mines issue 100,000 mark bonds against mine assets. some firms issue metal tokens.
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London
Reichbank
Duesseldorf
Daily Mail
Finance Ministry
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Scots Fight to Keep Queen Mary Relics at Home
London and Scotland argue over the private possession of Mary Queen of Scots relics. The dispute centers on where the intimate artifacts should be kept and who controls them.
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Mary
London
Scotland
America
Turkish Students Embrace American Jazz Amid Victory Celebrations
In Constantinople Turkish girl students celebrate Mustafa Kemal and wife with American jazz dancing a gesture that provokes protest letters from Mohammedans urging a ban. Despite backlash, the trend continues as Kemal and his wife reportedly enjoy the dancing.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal
Kemal
Last Note to Friend Halts Man's Death by Own Action
Alexander Jones of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, attempted suicide by leaping from a river bridge after writing a farewell note to a policeman. The officer caught him at the railing and intervened, with Jones attributing his act to domestic troubles.
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Alexander Jones
Wilkesbarre
Alexander
Scots Seek Sale Of Relics From British Museum
The sale attracted patriotic Scots as relics loomed to leave British soil. A diamond and pearl pendant from the French royal marriage was bought for $5,000, part of a $45,000 sale. Agriculture put the local crop at 60,737,000 bushels with revised last year at 54,711,000.
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France
America
Hungary Reports Bumper Postwar Wheat Crop
A cable from the National Institute of Agriculture in Rome to the U S Department notes Hungary's postwar wheat crop reached about 6,000,000 bushels, larger than last year. The report highlights a substantial harvest for Hungary amid postwar recovery.
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Hungary
Washington
National Institute of Agriculture At
Rome
Department of
Repeats A Story Daily For Forty Three Years
John Manley of Brook Farm New Jersey promised to tell a long tale at least once daily for life after a girl teased him 48 years ago. He has completed forty three years of storytelling and believes he has repeated the 450 word tale at least twenty thousand times in about ten minutes each telling.
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John Manley
Brook Farm
N. J
Manley
Nebraska in Brief: Week’s End Markets and Local Events
Summary of Nebraska items includes County fairs at Aurora and Tecumseh race plans, new high school building contract in Fairbury, G A R encampment in Milwaukee, Lincoln stadium dedication, floods near Cambridge, corn yield forecast at 220,399,000 bushels, notable deaths and accidents, wheat stockpiling, fire losses at North Bend, cattle feed trends, and pork fattening comparisons at Lincoln's agricultural college.
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Fairbury
Nebraska
Milwaukee
Lincoln
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Kansas Jayhawkers
Cambridge
Edward E. Reed
Omaha
Excelsior Springs
Hugo Carlson
Carlson
Genoa
State Railway Commission
Warren G. Harding
Order of
de Molay
State Board of Control
Geo. P. Shidler
York
Nebraska Live Stock Values and State News Highlights
A compendium of Nebraska items reports 1923 livestock values and year comparisons from the tax commission office. It notes a horticultural oddity near Plainview, coal storage inquiries, county fairs in Seward and North Platte, flood damage in Randolph, and local obituaries. It also covers civic events, new construction plans in Omaha and Alma, tourism notes, and a range of local governance and agricultural updates.
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Tax Commissioner's Office
Lee Amm
Plainview
Washington
Nebraska
Seward
Randolph
Logan Creek
Omaha
Calvin Coolidge Peklo
Charles Peklo
Peklo
Douglas County
David City
Sierras
California
Harlan County Fair Association
Alma
Central City
North Platte
English Cottage Type of Bungalow Popular in England Style
English Cottage type bungalow features timbered gable details, stucco walls, and open fireplace. Six rooms include sun porch, dining room with three windows, and two bedrooms with access from the dining room. Windows favor casement or simple sash, with timbered effect possible over brick walls. William A. Radford offers free home building advice inquiries to Chicago.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
England
Ploore
LIE TEA INGREDIENTS AND IMITATION PRACTICES
The article explains Chinese practice of counterfeit tea called lie tea. It lists ingredients such as pulverized quartz dry leaves iron oxide sand and starch glue to imitate tea. Variations include gunpowder tea fakes colored with turmeric clay and Prussian blue and mixes with genuine tea dust and magnetic oxide and plant powders.
Actress Seeks Longer Marriage License Blank
A movie actress in a county court asked for a longer blank after being handed a standard marriage license form. The form requires name age and previous marriages with former spouses. She queried if three blanks could be pasted together, prompting her to study the sheet with perplexity.
Bitter Tea's Tang Remains Dear to Foreign Taste
The passage notes that water renders tea bitter and lends it a tang favored by the foreign "devil," implying a cultural preference shaping drink perception.
Give Him Credit
A drill sergeant urges a stout rookie to stay right of his enemy. The rookie quips that the enemy may be thinking too, as sweat and exertion frame the tense exchange from American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
One Blemish of Red Squirrel
The red squirrel is a popular creature in country districts noted for its pranks. It is called the pine or chickaree in some places and is fond of bird eggs, though it feeds mainly on pine seeds, plant seeds, buds and insects. It ranges over a large part of eastern North America.
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Nature Magazine
North America
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Aurora
Jack Atkinson
Fort Crook
Hooper
Neb
Melady Bros
South Omaha
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Hastings
Johnson County
Tecumseh
Fred H. Kembel
Frances E. Spaeth
Crawford
Charles Wailes
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Golden Rule Lodge
Rebekas
Fremont
Cleo Montgomery
Walter Alliote
Plattsmouth
Agricultural College At
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Omaha Union Stockyards Company
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Robert Pease
John McCann
Beatrice
Carl Brandt
Monroe
Drusille Love
Blair
Victor Keene
Chamber of Commerce Publicity Bureau
Missouri River
Bertram G. Goodhue
State Capitol
George W. Marsh
Carl Kuhn
Germany
Eda Neitzke
Alue
United States
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
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Popular Mechanics
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