Congress urged to act now on Mississippi flood relief
Editorial argues for an immediate congressional session focused on flood relief for the Mississippi valley. It cites past losses, calls for aid to rebuild farms, roads, and schools, and criticizes delay as dangerous while urging passage of farm relief bills and full agricultural equality. It notes political maneuvering ahead of the 1928 election and highlights public concerns over funds and planning.
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Mississippi
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Eral
Northwestern Agricultural Conference
St. Paul
House Committee On Agriculture
Brookhart
Iowa
O. J. Krade
Minnesota
Saturation point in automobiles foreseen by Will Rogers
Will Rogers suggests even poor families may own one car with every capable member needing personal transport. He predicts two cars per family as average and asserts four million vehicles yearly could be absorbed, if advertising appears in valuable newspapers like this one.
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Will Rogers
Public schools cost two billion annually in education think
It notes the nation spends more on public schools than any other function, about two thousand million dollars yearly, roughly a quarter of public spending. Public education costs under twenty dollars per person, and the piece contrasts spending with cigarette demand, suggesting future growth to ten billion or more for education as public demand rises.
McNary Haugen Bill Faces Renewed Push in Agriculture
A fragmented note outlines renewed lobbying for the McNary Haugen bill in agricultural policy. Key figures and regional groups advocate price supports and government stabilization schemes amid ongoing political debate.
Local comments on rides and cars spark idle chatter
A lighthearted exchange quotes a person enjoying rides in a Rolls Royce and another agreeing on the need for the activity. The snippet captures casual local talk about cars and leisure.
Mark Twain Imagines an Island Amid Ocean Peril
The narrator recalls Mark Twain sailing with H. H. Rogers when a violent Caribbean gale hit south of Cuba. Twain, unsettled by the heavy sea, clung to the rail as a steward offered aid. He bluntly requested, in witty fashion, a little island to escape the voyage.
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Mark Twain
H. H. Rogers
Cuba
Mr. Clemens
Mark
Until It Hurt Dialogue Sparks Red Cross Joke
A brief humorous exchange recalls pride in giving to the Red Cross fund. Erastus responds with a rural mock boast about his small contribution and two bits, reflecting local color.
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Red Cross Fund
Yassah
Erastus
Doctor Tests Recruits with Mental Math Drill
A doctor uses a quick test by asking a recruit to say ninety nine three times while pressing a stethoscope to the chest. The recruit responds with two hundred ninety seven, illustrating the drill's challenge.
Knew His Capacity In Pub Scene Charm
In a lively exchange Mrs Casey tells Mrs Murphy that her husband has been run in for intoxication and should be bailed out. Mrs Murphy retorts she will not intervene while her husband remains drunk, depicting a humorous social moment.
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Mrs. Casey
Right She- How Many Cigars Do You Smoke in a Day
In a terse exchange a woman asks a man about his cigar habit. He evasively answers any given number, delivering a dry, witty moment.
Cannibal Tales From a Harsh Winter Budding Legend
An old soldier recalls a brutal siege with only one bite per day for two weeks and even that being horse meat. His companion adds a grim memory of a dog biting his leg and four weeks of care funded by insurance, sparking a incredulous exchange.
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O’brien
Right Back at Him Two Old Scotchmen Meet
Two aged Scots renewing a boyhood friendship on a summer hotel porch joke about a missing eye. One notices the other's bald head and the other replies that his eye is looking for him.
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Sandy
Best method to prevent disease from biting insects
A patient asks for a prevention method. The medico quips Stop biting them, implying avoiding insect bites is key to preventing disease. The exchange uses humor to highlight bite prevention as the core advice.
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Medico
A Sure Sign Hairlock Comics Dialogue Exchange
A fragmentary comic dialogue notes a playful exchange about Kath erine and a gum wrapper. Hairlock Comics presents a clipped back and forth where a character accuses another of not writing, and a third comments on discarding a gum wrapper and chewing paper.
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Katherine
Ugliest Man Comment Sparks Candid Outburst
A heated exchange in a public setting features sharp insults about a man’s appearance. Witnesses recall the remark and a quick rebuke urging restraint while preserving decorum during the dispute.
Dellua and Catessen Match Comedy of Hearts
Dellua declares the man she marries must be a hero while Catessen, coy, remarks mercy is offered for not looking so bad. The playful exchange teases romance and self image in a light urban feature.
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Dellua
Catessen
Freddy Puns a Bit Frosh Says Lasses Stir Youth
Freddy the Frosh jokes that an attractive girl makes many young men rethink their choices and look twice. The playful quip captures campus banter about attraction and decision making among freshmen.
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Freddy the Frosh
Hermit Claims Diet Extends Life to 350 Years
A Corean hermit named Skarkman from Kongosan, now 60, says water and pine bark cakes sustain years of life and vows to live 290 more. He recently visited Tokio to share his regimen with the Japanese Peer club, claiming ancient books support lifespans of 500 years.
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New York
Skarkman
Tokio
Abraham
Skarkinan
Corea
Kongosan
Suit Over 4 Cents Drags On Six Years in France
An 88 centime tax dispute has lasted nearly six years in France with trials spanning weeks and courts across central regions. Marcel Boyer, a noted chansonnier, paid 4 francs for a reduced-price ticket but was charged 88 centimes more for not using the box office route. Courts differ on rulings, but no final closure is in sight as hearings recur. The case began November 27, 1921 and has consumed extensive legal time and resources.
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Paris
France
Marcel Boyer
Boyer
Sixteen Skeletons Found Under Berlin Elevated
From midnight to dawn 16 skeletons of men were unearthed in the foundations of Berlin's elevated line between the former military hospital and barracks. Skulls showed blunt-force trauma, fueling the claim they are victims of the 1918 revolution, though some experts insist the bones may be a century old.
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Berlin
Russian Tax Card Sparks Bizarre Million Dependent Claim
In Moscow during income tax time a worker listed as dependents “a wife, a mother in law, and one million British miners” on the assessment card. The claim was not allowed and the episode highlighted the era’s absurdities in Soviet taxation.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Prettiest Doe Scorns Short Hair and Smoking
Ruth Buck of Millsaps College in Jackson Mississippi is described as the prettiest girl on campus. An Irish beauty with blue eyes and brown hair she has avoided bobbed hair and cigarettes while excelling academically as a victinist during three years at college.
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Doe
Jackson
Millsaps College
Ruth Buck
Woman Finds 1882 Carved Turtle In Indiana Yard
Mrs. William Lotz of Disko in Wabash County reports a backyard turtle aged at least forty five years. The shell bears the inscription A. F. Landis 1882, suggesting the animal’s long lifespan and possible provenance.
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Wabash
Ind
Wiliam Lotz
Disko
A. F. Landis
Paris Marks Giraffe Centenary At Jardin des Plantes
Paris celebrates a centenary this year marking 100 years since the first giraffe arrived at the Jardin des Plantes in 1827. Zoologists note the anniversary highlights the long history of exotic wildlife at the city zoo.
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Paris
Jardin Des Plantes
Drinking Figures and Prohibition Era Economics Cited
The piece notes high US liquor funding abroad totaling nearly 300 million dollars to aid foreign liquor and beer markets and over five million in the Far East. It quotes Hayward Kendall promoting prohibition as saving six to eight billion dollars yearly in cash and efficiency.
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America
United States
Far East
Hayward Kendall
Auto growth and spending frame 1919 to present
The excerpt notes 1919 U S car ownership at 6.5 million rising to 20 million, and cites half a billion dollars yearly on radio plus millions on appliances. It observes Americans spend lavishly, warns a shift of money from autos and radio to wine and beer would be a national calamity per Mr Kendall.
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America
Europe
Kendall
Government measures curb boll weevil spread in Egypt
The article notes that vigorous government actions have greatly limited boll weevil impact in Egypt, shrinking affected acreage from 89,000 to 5,000 acres. It urges similar decisive steps be taken—arguing the United States should match Egypt’s efforts with scientific, financial, and pest-control resources.
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United States
Cairo
Egypt
Vitamin produced by cow stomach found at Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania State College researchers report that a vital vitamin is synthesized in the cow’s stomach in large amounts. The discovery promises long term importance beyond famous boxing bouts.
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Pennsylvania State College
Scientists unlock vitamin B production in cow’s second stomach
Researchers cut a small opening into the gumen or second stomach of a cow and starved her of vitamin B. In a tiny incubator within the second stomach, the cow again produced abundant vitamin B, a breakthrough likened to the fight against impure milk led by Nathan Strauss for child health.
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Nathan Strauss
New York State Insanity Rates and Rural Change
A historical note states one in twenty five New Yorkers has visited an insane asylum per American Psychiatric Association data. The piece suggests urban excitement and illicit alcohol fueled disorder while rural women show less insanity due to improved communication and transport through telephone radio parcel post and automobiles.
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New York State
American Psychiatric Association
Science and religion as separate paths in modern thought
President Vinson argues science and religion occupy different fields and should not conflict. He warns science without religion risks materialism while religion denying scientific truths leads to fanaticism. He compares them to astrology and astronomy and notes global auto usage figures from the U S Commerce Department, highlighting vast contrasts in mobility and belief.
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Vinson
Western Reserve University
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