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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
2
A compact survey of notable 1922 events includes a Paris accord blocking an American claim for 276 million dollars for Rhine troop costs, relief moves for Russia, famine updates across the Volga region, political upheavals in Guatemala and Mexico, and economic shifts in Europe. Also noted are railroad wage disputes in Canada, a large mall robbery recovery, and assorted political indictments and deaths.
Interstate Commerce Commission reports railroads earned 51.778 million in June, up 24.098 million from May. House Ways and Means boosts dependent allowances from 300 to 400 dollars while holding tax increases. President Harding and Treasury push to cut expenditures by 600 million with no new taxes. Senate recess planned unless rail bill passed. Keller and Frear critique the admin program. Russia famine needs 2 million tons grain. Liquor distribution rules issued. Newberry exonerated by Senate panel 8 to 4. Copper Tinder grain futures bill advanced.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Bulgarian peasants observe many customs deemed vital for welfare. They fumigate flour, spill water before chores, withhold bread end pieces, deny children spoons, ban baths for under sevens, and avoid evening farm work. A dog leaping on roofs supposedly disturbs the dead.
Isle Royale is the largest of a group of small islands in Lake Superior and now a part of Houghton county Michigan. The island, known as a summer resort, spans about forty five miles in length and nine miles in width. It takes about eight hours by steamer from Duluth Minnesota, though it is closer to Port Arthur Ontario.
A quotation warns that readers who dwell in books resemble hashish eaters, living in dreams and becoming insensitive to reality. It predicts a future where everyone becomes a keeper of libraries, leading to an end of ordinary life.
The theocracy defined rule by ecclesiastical authorities under heavenly sovereignty. Priests claimed direct Godly sovereignty and laws announced divine revelations, shaping civil law for ancient Israel from the Exodus to King Saul’s ascent.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a dean and a skeptical reply about inviting the football coach to join the faculty. The dean asks if the coach will accept an offer, while the respondent doubts the coach would accept equal standing with a professor.
The piece evokes a true music of nature through bird song, heavenly whispers, waters over sand, and winds. John Lubboct frames the natural world as a concert of elements, blending vivid sensory images with lyrical reverie.
An old testimonial ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for symptoms of the Change of Life including hot flashes nervous spells and faintness. It cites Mrs. Pester and a Michigan address, urging readers to request a private text-book from Lynn Massachusetts firm. Also includes a laundry ad and a wage cuts joke.
An advertisement touts Cuticurm Soap for shaving and daily chores claiming doubled razor efficiency and skin health with no irritation. It markets a single soap for shaving bathing and shampooing. The copy contrasts polite spending with dollar limits and includes a scene of four men knocked down and a friend kicking an attacker.
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