Review of current events and political debates abroad
Edward W. Pickard reports on the clash within a professional association over the referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment, court challenges, and the political dynamics surrounding Prohibition. The article covers the executive committee’s actions, financial relief plans for farmers during drought, and aviation news from Chicago with the first national air conference.
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Four men arrested in Topeka over $50,000 coyote scalp bounty scheme
Four men in Topeka are jailed on charges tied to a sweeping Kansas County bounty fraud. They purchased coyote scalps from eastern dealers, claimed they were Kansas kills, and sold them to counties for a $1 bounty, defrauding at least 85 counties of about $50,000 over two years.
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Jersey to Build Traps for Japanese Beetle
Bergen county has seen trees stripped by the Japanese beetle. Dr Eagar G Rex and Dr G J Headlee report on traps to imprison beetles at tree trunks and drop them into chemical compounds. The parasite has not yet attacked track gardens.
Eleven Follows Lad in All His Activities in Prosper
In Prosper Texas an eleven year old, born on the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1911, stands out for his love of the number eleven. He is in eleventh grade, attends a school class with eleven pupils, wears jersey No 11 for basketball, and lists eleven musical instruments. His mail goes to Box 11 Prosper, and he wears size ten shoes though he says eleven fits best.
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N. C. Settla Jn
Poverty Stricken Man Donated All Savings to Charity
Edwin Dudley aged fifty two lived in dire poverty in his brother’s house and died of heart disease. Neatly kept in his rooms were 30 to 800 postal money order stubs made out to various charities while he had given away his earnings and possessions, including a pound of tea and a pound of sugar yearly.
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Noe Nee
Son pays burial debt in Vincennes report
A forty six year old son paid a burial debt incurred at the funeral of Jane Gibson a Negro woman in Vincennes Indiana. The undertaker had forgotten the amount and the payment was settled a few days ago.
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Jane Gibson
The Rim of the Wheel in Arts and Radio
In a reflective piece on New York apartments and changing arts, the author notes haunted rooms and the decline of jazz and college-age culture. Radio shifts toward journalism with monologues, humor, and commentary, while masters of ceremonies rise. Figures like Guy Lombardo receive high praise as a conductor.
Census in Shanghai Puts Population at 2,927,858
Shanghai census shows a population of 2,927,858, placing the city among the world’s largest. The census, conducted by the municipal public safety bureau, notes significant urban growth and mentions foreign residents amid the city’s expanding economy.
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National food canning contest honors Shenandoah winner
Shenandoah Iowa hosts a national food canning contest with divisions for fruits vegetables and meats. prizes total 4250 dollars plus sweepstakes and county awards. open to every woman and girl in the United States, entries may cover one two or all three divisions and must be sent promptly for exhibition and judging.
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