Eternal Vigilance America’s Need in Democracy
Colby College commencement features Senator Josiah Bailey warning against attacks on judicial independence and the concentration of power. He insists that without indignant resistance from the people, tyranny could replace democracy, urging defense of liberty and ongoing public vigilance.
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Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
Congress
Bailey
America
Hailey
Stop Subversion by Roosevelt Approval of Army Navy Funds
A wo short excerpt laments President Roosevelt approving larger funds for army and navy intelligence. It cites espionage disclosures and warns of subversive activity from Nazi, Fascist, Communist Russia, and alien propaganda. The piece calls for intensified intelligence work and funding to root out subversion.
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Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Russia
America
Liberty Stands On Constitution Pedestal, Says Harding
Strong Support argues that American liberty rests on freedom of worship, speech, and press, all safeguarded by constitutional government. The Constitution is described as the pedestal of Liberty, and its destruction could cause liberty to fall.
Jaundice Cause and Varied Medical Explanations
Jaundice is a symptom caused by pigment buildup in blood affecting skin eyes and mucous membranes. It can result from blood diseases infections liver stones or pancreatic tumors and may require rest fluids and medical study or surgery to determine the underlying cause.
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Othe
Jaundice Causes and Home Remedies Discussed
The article reviews whether jaundice stems from bile flow disruption or red blood cell destruction, notes the Van den Bergh test on serum, and emphasizes blood examination to diagnose. It also covers treatment intent once the cause is found, plus a Q&A on corns and seasickness with practical tips.
Medical Q&A on transverse myelitis and metabolic testing
Medical column discusses transverse myelitis caused by infections and spinal disturbances, cord bladder, and continence issues. It notes the need for thorough exam to guide treatment and explains basal metabolism tests measure carbon dioxide or oxygen use, not sterility, and may detect thyroid issues.
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Ahr F. W
King Beas
10 and 20 Years Ago From L. A. Light Files
June 30, 1922 item notes a conference on the crime wave by city officials and merchants. It mentions theater listings in San Antonio and a fraternity member serving in the country, plus war savings drive pledges and a youth buying $100 in stamps, highlighting civic efforts and local life.
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Adolph Grasso
Retail Merchants Association
Merchants’ Association
Robert Moses plans reforms for Coney Island showplace
The piece discusses a visionary public servant proposing to transform Coney Island into a refined showplace. It critiques or celebrates banning barkers and nuisances while noting reforms would collide with the island’s famed roller coasters, wax figures, hot dogs, and the ongoing wax museum collection led by Signor Santangelo, including a new display titled the Bombing of Jarcelana.
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Robert Moses
New York
Comey Island
Cutley
Signor Santangelo
Madame Tussaud
London
Times
Jarcelana
Coney Island Freaks and Bam Gumpertz Comeback Tale
A lurid glimpse at Coney Island’s freak show lore centers on Bam Gumpertz, famed collector of circus oddities once running the Greatest Show on Earth and now rebuilding his gallery of human curiosities. The piece notes Gumpertz’s past with Ringling’s era and his return to assembling remarkable chefs d oeuvres of the strange.
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Coney Island
Bob Moses
Bam Gumperts
Mr. Gumpertz
John Ringling
Banks
Bam
Freaks and curiosities in early circus culture
An excerpt discusses impresarios supplying freaks like two headed infants and living skeletons for sideshows. It notes demand for fat women and 100 pound girls, curiosity about skeletons’ diets, and midgets’ attitudes toward height. It comments on earnings and self‑perception among performers.
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Aurora
Indiana
Europe
United States
Make homes safe to break the corner gang
Rose Rudick of Pittsburgh and George F. Totten of Gelena, Calif., urge in a syndicated letter that crime starts at the corner gang and is fed by shabby, overcrowded homes. They call for affordable clubs and supportive parents to offer youths healthy outlets and privacy, arguing America must provide places to go after school.
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America
Mnafer
Nm Guittering Webe
Cownes Rose Rudice
Pittsburgh
Rose Rudick
Wick
George F. Tulten
Gelena
Celt
George Khows
Winbgabe
Willek
Sheean
George F. Totten
Calif
Ver
Perhaye
Nero
George
King Feas
Quotations and Puzzles from a Magazine Page
A scrambled OCR excerpt lists famous lines from Cecil Rhodes Keats Cromwell Washington and others, with comments and partial attributions. It appears as a magazine page teaser asking readers to match or identify the quotes, including stray words and misprints.
Man and the Jackass over the hill a farmer and mule dialogue
A reprinted State Ob server piece portrays a farmer chiding his mule in a bitter, humorous monologue about labor and fairness. The farmer complains the mule does little yet the pair share toil and mortgage burdens, while the farmer hints at political stakes and voting power.
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State Observer
Bill
Tule
Jackass
Im & Man Meade
Hue
Rattlesnake Memorial Sparks Letter to The Light
In a letters page Linage, BESSIE TERRY LESSER writes the Alamo shrine and its surroundings were desecrated by gas stations and a fire station, then warns of a newer desecration with a rattlesnake memorial in front of a Texas heroes shrine. She cites the Centennial Commission and a $100,010 memorial building at Bracketings Park as misuses, urging preservation of sacred sites.
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the Light
Uluch
Alamo
Texas
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Washington
Jefferson
Nelson Harding
T. M. MC
Dr. Herman N
L. A. Light Files
San Antolo
D. W. Griffith
Mack Sennett
Sates
Wiliam Fox
Bee
Gunter Hotel
Mu Nu Sigma
Aidney J. Brooks Jr
Kelly
Thomas F. Mooney
English Channel
Marvin R. Sprague
St Anthony
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Asike
Rooecvelt
al Bath
By Edwin C. Hill
Klug Fees
Symd
Tne
Elsie Robinson
George Lotter
Pranklis
Cecil Rhodes
Uttle Dane
Keats
Cromwell
Louis Xy
Marquise
Queen Elizabeth
Beory Pit Ba
Man and the Jackass
Big Place
Bessie Terry Lesser
Mexico
Mexico City
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