Proposals for Peace and National Reform in US Policy
The Hearst papers editor calls for an English-speaking peace alliance and global harmony. It urges proportional Senate representation, reapportionment enforcement, a unified national defense, federal literacy action, a sales tax to offset other levies, and calendar reform with thirteen four-week months and Saturday holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Department of the Army
Navy
Air Forces
United
Secretary of National Defense
United States
Secretary of Education
Congress
Sales Tax Emerges as Safer National Revenue
A 1927 revenue report argues for replacing income taxes with a national sales tax. It notes 43.18 percent of millionaire income comes from capital gains, reports a $173 million drop in corporate tax, and cites 19,000 unsettled cases totaling about $350 million. The piece urges congress to adopt a simple, broad tax on consumption to stabilize revenue and reduce disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Board of Tax Review
Congress
Last
Revenue Bureau
Pennsylvesis
New Year Resolutions and Their Worth
A discussion mocks New Year resolves noting they often fail and are merely weak confessions. The piece argues a true reform plan must start immediately and not wait for a symbolic date. It suggests that resolutions made on any date lose power without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitey
Feeling Earth Rotation Through Optics And Gravity
A reader explores why we do not feel Earth’s rotation though scientific ideas explain visual motion and gravity. The piece discusses optical perception of rotation, gravity as an inherent property, and how centrifugal effects vary with radius, noting experiments like gyroscopes and pendulums to illustrate Earth's spin.
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D. J. le Chicago
Hut Einstein
Ion, 7 Cis
Umernational Feaver, Inc
Capillarity and civilization in a modern world
A wide, era-spanning reflection contrasts scientific advances in energy and practical industry with cultural shifts across East and West. It notes John Hopkins style lab progress, calls for a usable term capillarity, and discusses Turkish language policy under Kemal Pasha, contrasting Eastern and Western mindsets, and urging decisive modernization without derailing plant and animal husbandry methods. The piece links science, language reform, and national efficiency with a call for applied intelligence.
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Kemal Pasha
Ottoman Empire
Rught
Turkey
Kemal
Europe
The
Daily Mirror
Werrert
New York Morning on Sixth Avenue Brims with Vacant Labor
In New York City on December 27 crowds gather on Sixth Avenue below Forty-second Street as employment agencies list jobs. Workers drift from bulletin boards to Prospect Park and back, seeking cooks, stewards, dishwashers, and other tasks, while sociological notes highlight the improvised, itinerant labor pattern and the lure of the employment bureaus amid a changing cityscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixth Avenue
Hurhited Groupe
Deviant Park
Cnipe
Dulletis Seards
Ugh Og
Anska
Orient
Montana
Sizim
Modern Dragon and the fate of animal life in a changing world
An optimistic piece argues reptiles at London Zoo mirror human plights as habitat pressures shrink active wildlife. It links artificial sunlight in reptile houses to potential public health gains and contemplates a future where animal life fades, urging vegetarianism and highlighting germ fears tied to living creatures.
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London Zoo
London
St. George
Perseus
Andromeda
Wagner
Fafner
Africa
Indigestion Thought to Spark Hives by Dr Royal Copeland
A muddled 16th century style piece discusses hives linked to digestion. It lists misnamed forms, triggers like shellfish and strawberries, and remedies including bicarbo soda baths and calomel like laxatives. It notes quinate agents and nerve system links, urging dietary control and medical guidance.
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Hearst Papers Advocate
Hatlo
Garrett P. Serviss
Astravoller
Johns Hopkins Laboratory
Kesa
India
Sifth Avenue
Miegfeld
Warwick
Madlaou Avenue
Upper Sixth Avenue
Olen
ROYAL
Copeland
M.D
Hivus
Torre
Quuther
Jess Roma
Erin
Cody
Brest
Dortor
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