International misunderstandings in motion pictures provoke global protests
The piece argues films offend distinct races and nations, citing reactions to Broken Blossoms Street Angel Beau Geste Thief of Bagdad Welcome Danger and a French viewing of a Marine dialogue. It warns that audiences mistake fiction for fact and claim cinema shapes beliefs and morals, urging restraint.
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China
Bagdad
Villians
America
France
Nicaragua
Washington
Latin America
United States
South America
Beautifying the roadside gains ground in highway programs
The article outlines a nationwide push to enhance highways with shade trees and floral displays. States like Massachusetts Connecticut California and Florida champion roadside beautification funded partly by Federal aid with civic and women’s groups contributing. European roads lead in tree lined routes and roadside fruit plantings offering maintenance funds.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
California
Delaware
Illinois
Georgia
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Florida
Europe
America
American Speech and Farmers in Fiction
Edgar Wallace says he will not write American stories due to unfamiliarity with American language. He adds that American writers should learn how modern farmers act think and talk before depicting them in stories.
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Edgar Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Five Aces Poker Tale Warns of Excess Buying
Uncle Si Tinklepaugh quips that too much of a good thing leads to trouble as a poker metaphor questions old fashioned shoppers who buy beyond their means. The piece reflects frugal living and prudent spending in a humorous rural voice.
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Si Tinklepaugh
Annual Sport Bill Highlights U S Amateur Spending
The Commerce Department estimates Americans spend over 500 million dollars annually on amateur sports such as golf fishing and tennis not counting professional events. Golf land use totals near 750000 acres with course maintenance at about 21000 per course yearly and a 105 million dollar annual golf bill. Fishing tackle tops sporting goods sales at over 8 million, with 10 000 salesmen and 33 000 workers in related factories.
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United States
United States Department of Commerce
America
Scotland
Sarasota
Florida
Department of Commerce
Russia
Alaska
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Damascus
Siam
Japan
China
Bangkok
Canada
Brazil
Colorado
Chicago
Ill
Akron
Ohio
Sudden loss of arm after near Wells road encounter
George Thomas of Winchester Massachusetts lost his left arm in an accident near Moody Wells after a truck passed by. The limb lay in the road and Thomas drove on to a store for first aid before hospital treatment. Police note a missing door handle on his car and believe a sharp projection on the passing truck caused the severing.
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Biddeford
Maine
George Thomas
Winchester
Mass
Trusl Hospital
Wells
Aubrey Stott
Albro McCullough
Malden
Thomas
Moody
Stott
McCullough
Surratt Serves on U.S. Crop Reporting Board in Washington
A. J. Surratt, agricultural statistician for state and federal agriculture departments, serves on the United States crop reporting board in Washington. The board will review crop data and make 1930 acreage estimates for winter wheat remaining to harvest and report on crop conditions.
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A. J. Surratt
Federal Departments of Agriculture
United States Crop Reporting Board
Washington
American origins of sports and early basketball roots
The article notes sports industries from sports clothing to equipment, contrasts European imports with two American games lacrosse and basketball, and recounts how lacrosse and a Mayan game resemble modern play. It credits basketball’s invention in a 1890s YMCA setting and mentions its outdoor use and rising popularity.
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Europe
North America
Middle West
Yucatan
Talents and Stewardship Biblically Examined for June 1
The lesson on Matthew 25:14-30 emphasizes faithful use of God given gifts. It contrasts watchfulness and work, urging believers as stewards to trade talents for the Master’s glory, with rewards for faithfulness and punishment for the faithfulless.
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Jesus
They Would Come If We Lived as They Do Not
A quotation attributed to P. B. Meyer argues that living as if possessing what nonbelievers lack would attract them without pressure, suggesting authenticity draws people more effectively than persuasion.
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P. B. Meyer
Dawn of Morning Light with Christ Quote
Quotation by Philip Schaff contrasts life with and without Christ, describing dark twilight and promising a bright full day of light and warmth with faith. The remark frames Christian belief as transformative illumination.
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Christ
Philip Schaff
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