Abolition of citizens' military camps urged by pacifist attack
The piece condemns a House committee proposal to end citizens' military training camps as a grave error during national emergency. It urges expansion, citing Calvin Coolidge's praise of camps as schools of good citizenship that discipline body and mind, promote practical patriotism, and show popular self-government in emergencies. It opposes Sen. Collins' pacifist stance and warns against trimming National Guard funding to save the camps.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Collins
Mississippi
National Guard
Galvin Coolidge
Expensive Lessons from the Home Economics Bureau
The article traces the growth of the Office of Home Economics from a $10,000 start in 1887 to an appropriation of £231,509 this year, with next year at £223,600. It highlights the cost and scope of federal bureaus, noting a 250,000 dollar annual outlay and urging readers to seek pamphlets on cooking reindeer from their congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Office of Home Economics
Bureau of Home Economics
Federal Service
Sone Eskimo
Arctic Circle
Notable figures who fought disability and still achieved greatness
The passage argues that many famed figures across history endured impairments or conditions such as epilepsy blindness tuberculosis deafness or deformities yet succeeded as leaders soldiers poets scientists musicians orators and creators. It suggests these examples prove resilience and that the list could be extended further.
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Demosthenes
Caesar
Napoleon
Milton
Keats
Byron
Shelley
Steimnetz
Roeethaven
Hut
New York Diary Fame and Fables in a Busy City
A sprawling diary excerpt sails through New York social life with visits to hotels, galleries, and theaters. It names celebrities like Jane Grant, Lois Long, James Cagney, Noel Coward, and Mervyn Le Roy while noting boxes, parties, and bustling street scenes. The piece blends gossip with vivid urban color and faint theatrical critique.
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New York
Pepys
George Ade
Henas
Miami
Breash
Arch
Gill Hamlton
Prince de Gavois
Dudley Malone
Lois Long
Jane Grant
Minnie Vessey
Jean Walrymple
Telulah Cankheed
Mervyn le Roy
James Cagney
Breck Pemberton
Noel Coward
Gene Craw- Tuya
Mercy
Jock Murrays
Charles Merrills
J. Robinson Duffs
Peter Millers
Chen
Herbert Mielehhackers
San Francisco
Archibald Henderson
Enow
Listen, World! Elsie Robinson on finding life worth living
An advice piece frames a reader’s suicide crisis in a city life context. Elsie Robinson advises seeking meaning through faith and dreams, contrasting a despairing question about worth with biblical themes of redemption. It cites a shepherd boy turned king as a proof life can be worth living.
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Elsie Robinson
Tim Tle
Ton
Judah
Sig
Goliath
1923 San Antonio Light chronicle fragment
A fragment from the 1923 San Antonio Light describes street dangers and rescues on Flores Street, notes the death of Mrs. Boyle of 239 East Quincy, and mentions early machine for manufactory of fee, plus a reference to theatergoers in front of the Wik wam theater and a Sarah Bernard appearance.
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Rett
Baretayoseuan
Slouth Flores
Rosemary
Iman
Bouth Plorea
A. Acefire
Intel
Boyle
Quincy Street
J. §. Boyle
Fee
Song
J. Boyle
Hanston
Yeatarday
Forst
Wikwam
Alana Plage
Sarah Bernard
Etiquette Qs From Kathryne de Peyster on Table Manners
Reader questions about placing forks with a salad and dessert, left or right of the plate, and whether to send invitations for dinner bridge. The reply notes prefer using both knife and fork, suggests the salad fork on the left, dessert fork above the plate, and discusses inviting by written invitation for clarity and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss de Peyster
Europe
And I Remember When By W I Reeded Pebleader
The recollection recalls a long past era at an animal store and pet shop near West Commerce by the creek. The shop housed many kinds of animals and odd displays. A late night fire caused a snake cage to break free, forcing firemen to combat flames and reptiles. Neighbors remember the dramatic incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Hearst Papers Advel a fuller Ski 1
Five billion dollar loan to open employment and circulate funds. Adoption of 5 percent taxation to release industry growth. Immediate modification of policy to permit light wines and beer, aiding government revenue and employment. Old Gold beer cigarette ad touts smooth taste and honeyed throat charm.
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