Proposals for National Peace and Reform in the United States
The Hearst Papers advocate a program including an English speaking bloc to ensure world peace, proportional Senate representation with no state under two senators, prompt reapportionment in the House, a unified Department of National Defense, federal action to abolish illiteracy under a Secretary of Education, and elections in November with inauguration the following January.
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House of Representatives
Department of the Army
Navy
Air Forces
Secretary of National Defense
United States
Education
Congress
Interesting Study in Detective Behavior
A San Antonio Light feature details a domino hall raid by three detectives who arrested fourteen men for vagrancy and saw all charges dismissed the following Friday. The piece compares detective efficiency in misdemeanors with prospects for enforcing felonies, and notes the broader implications on public behavior and stagecraft.
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San Antonio
Travis Park
Bard
Avon
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Milestones
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness began in 1908 and, from October 1926 to December 1927, visited 62 reading cities in 28 states in a nationwide campaign for sight-saving. It reduced babies born with sore eyes from 23 percent in 1908 to 11.9 percent in 1927 and expanded preschool eye clinics from the eastern seaboard to Colorado. The movement created 292 sight-saving classes in cities, with another 4700 needed, underscoring ongoing efforts to protect eyesight nationwide.
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National Society For the Prevention
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National Society For the Prevention of
Going to Russia the educators’ brief interlude
The piece notes American educators traveling to Russia to observe educational methods amid mixed feelings about Soviet economics and policy. It frames the visit as a gesture of open-mindedness and argues nations must learn to live on shared planetary terms despite disagreements. The observations are fleeting and exploratory in tone.
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Russia
Thirsty Babies and Water for Infants
Royal S Copeland argues on hot days babies feel thirst like adults. Mothers should offer boiled water in a clean bottle, not assume crying means hunger. Proper water aids kidneys and digestion, preventing distress and promoting growth.
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Ian
Senate
Weil
Peaturn
Jupiter and Mars poised for evening sightings this summer
Amateur and professional astronomers can watch Jupiter and Mars in the evening sky from July, with both planets brightening as they move eastward toward oppositions. Jupiter reaches opposition in October and Mars in December, offering striking views of cloud belts, moons, and surface color against the Orion region.
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Mars
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Arica
Aries
Tantrus
Dieladea
Myades
Mara
Gemini
Orion
Mark
Mora
Venna
Aryl
Mary
Earth
Donsix
Wheir Pyee
Internacional Fea
Rory
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Their First Jobs by Philip Nowlan
A biographical sketch of William J. Denner detailing early roles in milling and metal industries. He leads a milling company in Columbus Indiana at 24, serves as treasurer and manager of National Tin Plate in Anderson, aids in founding Monessen and Donora, holds presidencies at Cambria Steel and Donner Steel, and serves as director of Mellon National Bank and American Iron and Steel Institute, with later ties to Pittsburgh companies and Philadelphia.
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Miter
National Tin Late Company
Anderson
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Pennsylvania
Monearen
Donora
Weatingtonte Machine Company
Pittaburgh
Cambria Steel Company
Poritt
Chen
Donner Steel Company
Mellon National Bank of Vithehargh
American Iron and Sleenattlute
Te Ia
William 17. Denner
Tutsdale
Philadelphia
Arch Deceivers and the Snake Oil myth in old beliefs
The article critiques popular legends from Romulus to William Tell and debunks.magic cures like alcohol for snake bites. It argues alcohol worsens venom spread, misleads rural folk, and fuels patent medicines that promise cures but deliver harm.
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Romulus
Tremus
William Tell
Ramiy
Atenizo Do Amora
Snake Forum Inelitute
Thuetantan
South América
Noraléleanuke
Jr. Amaral
Dows
Power Trust educational campaign against private control of power
A cartoon and tract argue that the power trust funds schoolbooks and professors to spread the view that government should not own power resources. It contends private exploitation lowers public wealth and promotes the Boulder Dam bill to harness the Colorado River for irrigation and city use at low prices.
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Power Trust
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
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