World Peace via Radio Unite Nations Across Oceans
A speech praising radio as a modern miracle spanning nine thousand miles from Pittsburgh to Melbourne. It argues radio can quiet partisan greed, reduce wars, and create a global audience for dialogue and understanding, predicting a League of Peoples for Peace if nations talk openly, while noting most quarrels stem from misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgh
Melbourne
Australia
East Pitts
League of Peoples
Knowledge and Belief in End of World Prophecies
A survey of end of world predictions from 1844 era to modern times. It cites Rowen’s California followers, a Pottsville jewelry return request after a failed prophecy, and Chicago professor F R Moulton’s view that the world may endure for about a billion years. It discusses certainty in belief versus knowledge and warns against cockiness in asserting truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowen
Patchogue
Long Island
Robert Reidt
California
Margaret W
Pottsville
Chicago
F. R. Moulton
Astronomical Department
University of Chicago
Not So Funny Now in Los Angeles Songwriter Faces Slavery Claim
The piece laments a shift from humor to harsh labor reality as families, women, and children are put to work while employers seek higher profits. Jim HAVEZ, author of the old song, and J. T. Cramer of Zanesville express troubling views about selling oneself as a slave. The notion of virtual child slavery is discussed as constitutional, a strange, unsettling stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jim Havez
J. T. Cramer
Zanesville
Wayside Wisdom by S. E. Kiser
A reflective poem on choosing cheer in daily weather of life. It contrasts pleasant days with dismal ones and notes the impact of kind words and a bright outlook on how others perceive us. The piece urges embracing hopeful tones and avoiding gloom and harsh criticism.
Marriage Notice From Hot Springs Surprise Wedding
In Hot Springs Arkansas last Saturday a surprise wedding joined Mr Robert Weidner and Miss Ruby Ones. The couple appears happy together and Ruby is described as a fine girl who tried to befriend everyone, according to the Tigur corr. from the Bucolic Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Weidner
Ruby
Tigur Corr
Hot Springs
Ark
Laphead Sisters Molly-iVell Winter Furs Borderline Summer Hope
The note mentions Molly-iVell and Cordola-Then WI as the winter passes and anticipation for summer furs grows, signaling a shift in seasonal fashion. It combines playful regional spellings with a glance at upcoming wardrobes and style.
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Molly—iVell
The Examiner Gossip Letters About Reading Habits
Dear Sir the reader praises The Examiner column and notes his wife reads it aloud reading across columns. He mocks a letter and explains readers often absorb ideas from the style noting the author’s imagination and intelligence, while teasing about goose grease remedy and reading backwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. C. B
the Examiner
San Francisco
Freaks of Nature in Bird Courtship Displaying Pride
The male ruffled grouse leads a courtship display, parading before females to showcase feathers and grace. After impressing the group, the male selects a mate while the female bears incubation duties, reflecting a social dynamic described in century prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Chogen
Ford
Soaster
Eature Syndicate, Inc
Adults, Parents and Influence on a Child's Life
A long critique of parental influence over a girl’s choices, arguing that early daily guidance shapes a child’s character. The piece notes fatherly detachment harms trust, while consistent dialogue and explained habits prepare children for crises. It stresses starting in infancy to foster love, understanding, and readiness for later life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Two Sides to Success in Money and Talent
The piece argues money brings challenges beyond gain. A $20,000 prize altered a man’s life, provoking abandonment claims from his wife and children as fame and wealth attract scrutiny, debt, and danger. It discusses balance, restraint, and the danger of affluence eroding character and judgment in wealth or talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Wiless
Hke Cain
Tae McClure
Effects of Fear and Anger by Royal 5 Copeland
A 1920 essay on controlling fear and temper argues that persistent worry harms health. It urges cheerful living, thoughtfulness, self confidence, and faith in God as the path to calm nerves, personal prosperity, and community usefulness. A warning about temper spurring health risks ends with a call to shape one’s nervous system for a vigorous future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Copeland
Kai D
United States
New
New York City
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Body and mind work as one for life and health
The article argues mind and body are inseparably linked with neither dominating. A sick body undermines thought, while a troubled mind affects the body, urging balanced, regulated living and care to preserve mental and physical health. The old adage a sound mind in a sound body is emphasized.
Brass Tacks Phrase Origin in Campaign Speech
The piece discusses the saying get down to brass tacks used by General Dawes and a noted author Trossiter Johnson. It explains the idiom’s origin from brass tacks marking yard measurements in dry goods stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Dawes
Iepublican
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THE
Horizontas
Twa
Jee Leet
Horizonte
S. E. Kiser
Bucolic Press
Laphead
Harry J. Mulerévy
Harry
Harry J. Mulerevy
W. E. Kropp
Alaska Commercial Building
MY Dear
Kropp
Mz Stuti
I. Se & CP
Han
Louis E. Bisch
Premier Syndicate
Tae
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