Fearst Papers Advocate Proposes Global Peace Plan
An English speaking peoples agreement to preserve peace and promote world peace is outlined. Proportional representation in the Senate with at least two senators per state is demanded, plus reapportionment and a national defense department uniting Army Navy and Air Forces under a Secretary. Education and tax reforms, calendar reform, and a November election are proposed.
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United States Senate
Department of the Army
Navy
Air Forces
United
Secretary of National Defense
United States
Education
Congress
Growing Interest in Training Camps Enduring Civic Purpose
A newspaper summary highlights the rise of military training camps over eight years with 234 258 enrollments and 372 293 applications. The number of camps grew from ten to fifty, with congress funding expanding from 10 000 to 35 000 participants and 25 000 more turned away. Hoover lauds camps as essential to democratic government and public welfare.
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CO. Mot. C
C. Nm.t. C
Military Training Camps Association
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Printing presses and the fate of knowledge preservation
The passage argues that recorded memory survives through printing and selective retention, not granite monuments. It asserts records decay if unused, while civilization endures provided intellectual life remains strong. Cheap books are preferred to preserve knowledge, with new compendiums each year.
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Gscree
Mortality of Mothers and Antiseptic Progress
The article notes gratitude to medical science for reducing motherhood hazards, credits Oliver Wendell Holmes for antiseptic safeguards, and cites 1926 27 mortality statistics from the Commerce Department. It reports minor declines in puerperal septicemia and varying rates by state and race, with Florida highest and Minnesota lowest among states. The Black mortality rate remains higher than White.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Deyarement of Commerce
Washington
Florida
Minnesota
Gye
Movie Camera Vision by Garrett P Serviss
An analysis of a perceptual quirk observed in motion pictures and everyday vision. The piece discusses stroboscopic sampling, quantum theory implications, and how rapid rotating wheels appear to stop momentarily in certain light and angles, noting observer variability and a search for scientific explanation.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Uetore
Uly
Liem
Miller
Feullein
Thas
Leukemia Baffles Medical Science
Royal S Copeland M D discusses leukemia in a medical column noting its impact on the spleen and blood. He explains symptoms such as weight loss, poor appetite, and skin pallor, alongside diagnostic blood tests and the limited prospects for complete recovery. He cites X ray and medical care as vital, and expresses cautious optimism for future cures.
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Royal S. Copeland
M.D. Copsrignt
Netauaper Paature Bervict. Inc
Royal Relations By Herbert Kaufman
A broad satire traces royal in laws and dynastic myths in a novelistic riff on royal marriages. It threads Me rith ancestry and European aristocracy with American lineage, imagining Napoleonic era figures and Bernadotte ties shaping a transatlantic fate and a British influenced royal line.
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Colike
George Murr McCulthern
Anthony Uope
Muritenia
Tove
Manville
Europe
Mymouth Rock
Bernadottes
Rweden
Wermadotte
Honmnarte
Napoleon
Bernadotte
Stockholm
Fron Kiba
Sam
Odd Facts Tantén Captured in Odd List
An Oxford undergraduate takes Odd Facts Tantén from Linde and collects an assortment of items and creatures. The tally includes 3080 total units, 2008 sparrows, 4SL warthign, 280 dinck-headed seagulls, BT Ubmice and 2A moorkenn. The note claims the most sensitive feature of a fan holy is in the tip of the tongue.
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Oxford
Kentington Gardens
Tomlon
Moorkenn
New York Burlesque Scene Notes and Street Imagery
A vivid, fragmentary blend of late night Broadway era scenes. Max Steur is mentioned as a possible criminal figure amid a collage of dancers, cabaret entertainers, shopfronts, and street life. The piece sketches patrons, performers, costumes, and the buzz of 42nd Street with names and places echoing public entertainments and urban wanderings.
Small Town Celebrity Obsessed With Fame, 1918 Note
A fragmented 1918 piece notes a meddling fellow chasing celebrity attention, praising a comic performer Buster West while critiquing vaudeville acts. It comments on publicity stunts by a businessman who renamed ventures to Acme Operated and the return of dialect comedians postwar.
Why Wear Whiskers Now in Public View
A 19th century style tirade questions Bernard Shaw and other whisker wearers. It mocks Shaw for vanity and argues whiskers trap germs and hide facial features. The piece contrasts historical need for facial hair with modern disdain, urging men to drop whiskers and imitate shaven icons.
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Bernard Shaw
Trishman
Ireland
America
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander
Caesar
Napoleon
Sant
Santi
Claus
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