Wealth Is Wages Key to Prosperity Says Ford Pledge
A Sydney World column notes the American Cotton Manufacturers Association pledging no wage cuts or hour increases, praising Henry Ford’s restoration of a six dollar daily minimum. It argues wages drive demand, prosperity, and the nation’s steady growth, citing early 20th century wage trends and Morgan’s art sales as context.
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American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Charlotte
N. C
W. J. Cameron
Henry Ford
Mr. Cameron
United States
McMasters
New England
Henry Yord
Lights of New York and Bright Life Lessons
A montage of brief anecdotes from New York highlights a blinded insurance pioneer Julius Jonas who built a career and literacy resources for the blind. It notes fur trade moths’ impact, an artist’s wage-raise ruse, guitarist Anthony Rocco’s near miss, ERB worker Edwin Ross in drama, and a collector of ash trays with a hidden settlement arranged by his wife.
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Julius Jonas
Jonas
Edwin Ross
Drama Department
PWA
San Francisco
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Brutality in Austrian Jails Reported by Exiled Socialists
Prague reports from Arbeiter Zeitung describe harsh treatment of Austrian young women and girls arrested for distributing forbidden Socialist party literature or attending meetings. Conditions include overcrowded cells, minimal washing, straw beds, female prisoners grouped with criminals, and limited exercise. Beatings occur after arrest, and minors are imprisoned for political offenses.
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Prague
Arbeiter Zeitung
Czechoslovakia
Kurt. Schuschnigg
Vienna
Austria
Central Police
Mushrooms King of Mushroom Hunters in Mechanicsburg
George I. Anderson wins mushroom hunting championship in Mechanicsburg Missouri with a record 512 specimens collected in a single day setting a new local mark.
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Mechanicsburg
George I. Anderson
Dust Storms Uncover Indian Arrowheads in Kansas
Dust storms across the Southwest crack open buried Indian arrowheads, sparking weekend expeditions by southwestern Kansas schoolchildren. They comb old campsites along the Santa Fe trail and nearby landmarks like Point Rocks and Wagon Bed Springs, eager for finds from pioneer era conflicts.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Point Rocks
Wagon Bed Springs
Cimmaron
Time Is Turned Back by Monkey Gland Therapy Claim
Dr Serge Voronoff, famed rejuvenation specialist, says monkey gland operations can extend life to 140 years. He asserts most clients are men seeking mental and physical renewal, while women mainly seek cosmetic gains. Effects begin after seven months and last about ten years, with a second procedure offering six to seven more years. No third operation is performed.
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Los Angeles
Serge Voronoff
Voronoff
Autogiros to Land On Post Office Roofs
The federal government plans to equip new central post offices in large cities as airports. Within five years autogiros are expected to deliver air mail on roof landings. Chicago and Philadelphia post offices already have landing facilities. New York and other key cities will follow. Government engineers call the method practical, with savings in time and cost anticipated.
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Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Ohio Woman First to Hold Federal Office
Mrs Harriette Drury of Troy Ohio served as postmaster from 1867 to 1875 and is believed to be the first woman in the United States to hold a federal office. Local Belvidere residents had claimed a Belvidere Illinois postmaster from 1871 to 1875.
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Troy
Ohio
Harriette Drury
United States
Belvidere
Til
Mature Figure Cape Sleeve Dress Pattern 9342 Notice
Fashion note promotes cape sleeve dresses for mature figures with front raglan-like join, back yoke, and bow detail. Describes fabric choices and print options, pattern sizes 16 through 44, and yardage for size 36. Order instructions require name address style number and size, 15 cents, send to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 252 West 19th Street New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Highteenth Street
New York
Pair of Men in Club Altercation Reported
Witnesses recall Jackson and Williams in a violent quarrel at a club last night. Wilson notes it required six people to separate the rivals, unsettling onlookers who thought the pair were inseparable.
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Jackson
Williams
Wilson
Politics and family: a pun on singularity in language
A reflective snippet contrasts the word politics as plural with the phrase dad and son. It muses on the uniqueness of politics versus personal ties, implying a tension between public and private spheres without specific events or entities.
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Dad
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