What! No Moratorium for Her A Chesterfield Parody
A vintage illustration by Will Dyson in the Graphic parodies Lord Chesterfield and his letters to an illegitimate son. The piece contrasts old etiquette with modern trends, speculating how descendants a million years hence might differ in manners, intellect, and behavior, while noting evolution and the shifting idea of gentility.
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Will Dyson
Youu
Lord Chesterfield
Turd Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Nizu
Yatchheir Manners
Florer
Mt Sore
Ales News
Mysterious Crockett County Murder Tale and Town Divides
A fragmentary Texas reminiscence recounts a brutal 15 year old murder in Crockett County linked to a Mexican rancher and alleged hired killers. It contrasts town politics and westward ranch life, notes surveillance on a suspect at Kinney County, and hints at economic and social divides between east and west town factions, with rural life themes and local gossip.
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Jarvis Harp
Crockett County
Jad
Darg
Slater
Kinneyemiatt
Serveillance
Segway
Harp
West ‘Teta
Bookers
Alex
Kaatsbury
Bird Fight in Cage Described by Harry Williams
In a vivid account by Harry Williams, a professor and Mrs T C Hick describe a bird known as the chapstral bird or pi asano bird engaging a ratler in a space. The bird flutters around the ratler, tempts the strike, then darts down to strike the ratler on the head, provoking a wild struggle that ends with the ratler wounded and the fight over.
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Aon
T. C. Hickran
Fin
Tresenflo
Rathler
Bad Tnehind
Triex
First White House Conference on Child Health
President Hoover opened the first White House conference on child health and protection. Dr Ray Usman Wilbur offered 20 core principles, urging prenatal care, regular health and dental exams, disease prevention, proper sleeping and nutrition, school sanitation, and expanded early childhood care. Success depends on wide cooperation of all and a planned follow up.
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Hoover Inoue
White House
Hoover
Ray Usman Wilbur
Rome
Ibix Hergetic
Otta Nate Job
Newepeper
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland dialogue piece
A humorous dialogue in a late 19th or early 20th century voice about telephone etiquette and miscommunications. The script features a voice asking who is speaking and a humorous back and forth with callers, relatives, and a narrator, mimicking a garbled telephone conversation. The piece conveys social mores through playful exchanges and misplaced identities.
Wandering Tales and Names Drift Through New York
An vividly garbled reminiscence traces a journey from Vancouver to New York with stops in Japan and Shanghai, naming artists, editors, and writers met along the way. It recalls a chain of meetings, meals, and social scenes at 1408 AML, along with encounters with Hattie Bell Tobnaton, William Johnston’s widow, and a circle of literary figures, ending with a faded street-table vignette and a cryptic turn about a receiver.
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Paria
Rob Briskerhoff
New York
Vancouver
Biece
Japan
Shenghai
Gandhi
Formora
Price Victor
Hugo I
Brink
Walla
Coblestonea
Bybis Frien
Tongaland
Alpog
H. A. Webster
Hay Hohn
Torgether
Aml
Cincinnati Post
Metropolia
Wills Morgan
Afy
Bob
Hattie Bell Tobnaton
Eugene Flachet Domieste
William Johpston
New York World
Henry
Matti Bell
Lill Johnston
Charlen
Marty Iembe
Filerml
Ambiguous Scene Involving Bankers And A Dinner Conversation
A fragmentary narrative depicts a tense exchange with bankers about a loan and a flirtatious misread. The speaker irritably absorbs French phrases and a long winded dialogue about a request to run cold water.
Rate Rise Prelude To Rehabilitation
Railroads seek a fifteen percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing current returns are far below the 5.75 percent fair rate and a blanket rise is needed to avert credit tightening. The piece urges swift action, argues for broader consolidation of rail and other transport modes, and calls for repeal of anti trust and related acts to build a national, integrated system.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Hearst
United States
Listen World by Elsie Robinson
This piece urges self accountability for repeated dishonesty and the small daily choices that reveal true character. It argues there is no private moral life and warns that repeated evasions become public through actions and consequences.
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Elsie Robinson
Rhone
Tursllant
King Peas
Sym
Jory
Car Intercepted After Tent Scare Near Somerset
An automobile with six passengers was intercepted by Deputy Sheriff Galbraith yesterday after reports from Somerset that it frightened a tent, causing a panic. Grover Newman was knocked from a wagon during the incident, with both legs and back injuries noted. Passengers claim speeds of 30 to 40 mph, while one says under 16 mph until prompted by authorities.
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Galbraith
Somerset
Grover Newman
Ths
Weron
Lega
Vie
Npine
Tiwan
Pescone
Depate
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Jane
Fanatica
Leprys
Texas
Murdne
Oresk
Sandy Conler
Traila
Harry Williams
Helen Rowland
Towmish
Everly Post
Vinney Wella
Belo
Smeothy
Nat
Lomas
Virginia
Mormand
Tegie
Washington
Vai
Abel
Mrs Brown
Ehman
Enutderoarty
Valco
Thin Marcaghan
Owas
Aire
Tohnston
Masim
Amere
Seta
Volce
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