Queens of This and That Rule in Paris
In Paris a wave of beauty queen elections spreads from Galveston to Montmartre and beyond. The piece critiques European winners as lacking true regional beauty, noting many candidates resemble standardized Hollywood types and lose racial distinctiveness.
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Paris
Galveston
Europe
Mile
Yvonne Demousser
Tripe
Queen of Tobacco
Montmartre
Montparnassee
Illustrated Papers
France
Berlin
Maurice de Valleffe
United States
Poland
Romania
Greece
Hungary
Germany
Holland
Italy
Spain
Hollywood
Bucharest
Byzantium
Asia
Kansas City
Poem on Inspiration as a Rule of Sound
A compact meditation argues that inspiration defines the limit of expression and that any attempt to imitate it fails to capture its immediacy. The piece treats dash and cadence as defining features of the poet’s voice and the art.
Public Officials and Publicity in Small-Town Life
The narrator argues public office brings no privacy, noting the constant scrutiny from press coverage. He compares ambitions to be congress or president with the comfort of private life, recounting a quiet Sunday at home reading Jane Austen and avoiding newspaper attention.
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Prairies
Charlie Hixon
Congress
Washington
United States
England
Nancy
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey
Western Newspaper Union
Death toll rises from southern tornadoes past week
Rescue workers report more than fifty fatalities across Georgia South Carolina and nearby areas as multiple tornadoes strike. Red Cross aided by state health officials and militia distributes food clothing and medical care while fundraising appeals go out to support relief efforts.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Anderson
Carver
Meter
Statesboro
Red Cross
National Relief Agency
State Board of Health and Militia
Cochran
Pelzer
Metter
Candler
Not Lazy if you think you are tired to walk to work
The author contrasts fatigue with hardship, urging readers to recall the Chinese coolie who toils pushing a wheelbarrow with eight people. The piece emphasizes resilience and avoiding self pity by framing labor under harsh conditions.
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Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, III
Chrysler and
Plymouth
Goodyear and
Goodrich
Neal
South Park Avenue
South Holland
Workingman’s Dentist
White System
East 154Th Street
Harvey, Ill
Fire
BABY
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
H. H. Chester & Company
Chicago Road
Grand Trunk Track
Harvey
Henry Blink
159Th Street
Peter Hettich
Clark Street
Chicago, Ill
Ather Sage Says
Camden
8. C
Palestine
Texas
Slocum
Seward, Neb
Ulysses
David City
Neb
Piper
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