Canal Traffic Grows as Nicaragua Canal Looms
The Panama Canal logged its busiest year with 5420 transits and tolls of 23.9 million dollars, surpassing 1924’s 4893 vessels and 22.8 million. Day records peaked at 29 ships on December 29, last, while May 25, 1923 saw 25 ships paying 136,604.77 dollars. The increase anticipates interoceanic trade and the future Nicaragua canal to handle transisthmian business.
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Nicaragua
United States
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Big Ditch
Nicaragua Canal
Dictator Mustapha Kemal Pasha Introduces Derby Hats
A skeptical column notes Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Pasha pushing Western style as progress. It highlights mandatory derby hats for Turkish men and orders for women to discard veils, contrasting Western civilization with local habits and speculating on future public pools.
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Musty
Research in America and the spirit of invention
The piece asserts Americans are renowned inventors yet among 72 international prize winners since 1900 in science only four are American. It suggests Americans focus on practical research rather than pure research, delaying specialization in foundational sciences.
The Kissing Microbe and Youthful Risk in Kissing
Newark health officer warns young men about kissing linked to germs and lipstick as microbes. The piece portrays kissing as dangerous yet alluring, reflecting Jazz Age youth’s daredevil spirit and scientists’ failed attempts to curb courtship.
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Newark
New Jersey
Uncle Henry
Maggie
Joseph
Weaning Babies By Royal S Copeland
Weaning babies should start before the first birthday with gradual use of the bottle while continuing breast feeding. Delaying weaning harms both mother and child, and options depend on the infant’s weight gain and health. Begin with one bottle a day and gradually shift from breast to bottle as advised by the family doctor.
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Josh Billings
Treve
Fea
Queen's Counsel on Love and Fate in 1927
The piece contemplates love as a relentless force beyond control, likening life to a desert without it. It reflects on rekindling dead love, the inexorable pull of attraction, and love as a universal, redemptive power that dispels fear and enables courage. Copyright 1927 Famous Figures.
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Iate
Famous
Feas. Gyn. Inc
Anatomy of Clothes in Life and Mind
Clouts influence mind through fit and fabric. Tight garments hinder movement and irritability. loose outfits foster indifference or self consciousness. Thickness affects circulation and concentration. color and texture steer mood, with dark hues depressing and bright tones lifting spirits.
Sideshows of Science Venus fly trap mechanism described
The Venus fly-trap consists of two horizontal leaves bearing sharp needles. When a fly lands on the honeyed surface, the leaves snap shut and the insect is pierced by the needles. The plant only closes for real food, not on pleasant wood or earth.
Youth of Today by Dr Frank Crane at Religious Congress
At the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress speakers praised today’s youth for mind, morals, and courage. Dr Lewis of George Washington University said the current generation is misunderstood, noting youth grapple with conscience and God more than older generations. He argued for practical religion linked to life and warned metaphysical debates have little regulatory power over conduct.
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Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles
Be Prepared Pacifists Target Scout Ethos in Senate Hearing
In Washington the Women's Peace Union leaders urge scrapping the Army and Navy and abolishing the Boy Scouts, arguing for constitutional changes to sink the navy. They critique the Scouts as a school for war while supporters defend Scouting as fostering health and character. The debate centers on pacifist influence in U.S. defense policy.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Women’s Peace Union
United States
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts of America
Ladies of the Peace Union
Frazier
North Dakota
Navy
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Louis &£. Bisch
Premier Syndicate, Inc
Youth of Today
Frank Crane
Mefsure
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