U S Flour Exports Rise To South America Amid Argentina Competition
The Commerce Department reports U S flour exports to foreign markets totaled 16 642 000 barrels in the first 11 months of 1926, with 1 473 000 barrels to South America. In 1925 total exports reached 11 119 066 barrels, 1 312 000 going to South America.
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Argentina
United States
Federal Department of Commerce
South America
Paraguay
Chile
Brazil
Aerial Tax Surveys Revolutionize Real Estate Assessments
Aerial surveys via photography uncover hidden taxable structures and rebalance tax burdens. Middletown, Connecticut first to use plane maps, revealing 1896 uncharged buildings in a 48,688 population city and 79 of 248 stores on Main Street not listed for taxation. The method cuts tax rates and spreads benefits to railroads, real estate, and large projects.
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Middletown
Conn
Assemblyman Steingut Pushes Written Proposal Law
New York Assemblyman Steingut proposes a bill to standardize marriage proposals by requiring them to be in writing with a fill in the blank form. Critics warn couples may resist and doubt the bill advances beyond the initiatory stage, likely sending it to committees to die.
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Assemblyman Steingut
New York
Swain
Steingut
Queen's Counsel by Marie queen of Romania argues for American efficiency
The excerpt contrasts European reserve with American practicality and energy, praising Americans for action and generosity while noting a taste for mystery. It highlights the American spirit of efficiency and fair play as embodied by a courageous American woman who defends another's honor despite adversity.
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Queen’s
Marie
Queen OF Romania
United States
Iable
Justin
Perfect Farm Children Shine At Livestock Show
Three farm children were named the healthiest in the country at the International Live Stock show. A 14-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl shared top honors, with both girls tied at 88 percent perfection. They praised a diet of fruit, vegetables, milk, cereals, and light meat, plus ample sleep and farm work. The piece argues country schools lack facilities for physical development and urges postural, dental, and breathing education, outdoor life, ventilation, and supervised exercise to foster healthy growth and long life.
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Nera
Sideshows of Science on Emu Maternity and Sounds
A fragment describes the emu female producing loud booms via enlarged neck air sacs as an irregular layer laying eggs every two days to a week. The male incubates for about nine weeks while the mother sometimes booms for a new mate, and the male cares for hatchlings afterward.
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Chan
Emu
Criminality and Disease by Dr Frank Crane
A 1926 essay argues crime stems from disease yet preserves free will. Arden Lawes at Sing Sing notes most prisoners are religious or educated, and society still punishes murder as the ultimate penalty while seeking no cure for criminal tendency. The piece discusses responsibility, punishment, and the limits of reform.
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Frank Crane
McClure Newspaper
Arden Lawes
Sing Sing
Siete
Trima
Bulwer Lytton
Skeleton in every closet phrase origin tale
The phrase is traced to a soldier's letter to his mother asking for sewing help from a seemingly content person. He was taken to a closet where a human skeleton revealed the truth of hidden sorrow, illustrating concealed grief behind appearances.
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Phere
A Sollier
Dee
Daily Good Deed Dress Code Encourages Kind Words
A notice urges neat attire and polite conduct as part of daily good deeds. It emphasizes dressing cleanly and acting with courtesy, noting that kind words accompany good manners in public behavior.
Chinese Charmers on a Peking Street Ride
A captioned scene shows Mrs Loo and Mrs Wong walking through Peking streets on a two wheeled limousine carriage drawn by a Chinese driver. The piece challenges beauty standards and touches on race, emigration limits, and mutual respect between Asians and Europeans while asserting U S A in OUR Share Asia is THEIRS.
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China
U.S. A
Asia
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Catalina
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Wwe
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