Hearst Papers Propose Peace Plan and Governance Reforms
The Hearst papers outline a peace program including equal status for English-speaking peoples, proportional U.S. Senate representation with at least two Senators per state, distinct Army Navy and Air Force under a National Defense Secretary, and aggressive education drive to end illiteracy. They call for a January 1 presidential and congressional inauguration, a federal sales tax to offset other levies, a thirteen-month calendar with Saturday holidays, the Nicaragua Canal for commerce and defense, and potential acquisition of French and English West Indies as debt settlements if agreeable to France and England.
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United States
Senate
Army and Navy
Air Forces
United
Secretary of National Defense
Education
Congress
Nicaragua Canal
Hearst Papers
French West Indies
English West Indies
France
England
People Receptive to Sane Temperance Program
A long passage argues Texans oppose liquor, favoring a nonviolent end to prohibition. It notes attempts in Austin to adjust penalties while repealing search and seizure rules failed, urging a broader, nonconfrontational path. The piece flags growing support for a calmer, constitutional solution to the liquor problem. It mentions Hoover’s commission and Hearst plan contests as possible routes, and emphasizes shifting public mood toward temperance without endorsing harsher enforcement.
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Texas
Austin
Senate
Senate Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
Hoover
Hearst
Home purchasing agents and a Abilene department raid
A raid on an Abilene department store yielded $10,600 in stolen merchandise. Only cheaper items were taken and women are blamed for directing the theft, highlighting beliefs about housewives as decisive buyers. The article argues housewives act as key purchasers for their homes, valuing thrift and quality.
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Abilene
Nightlife on Broadway After Midnight in New Forte Jour
A vivid late night portrait of Broadway after midnight. Vendors hawk contraband items as crowds flood forty second street and Sixth Avenue. Nightclubs, photomaton, and garish signs glow while drink stands lure passersby. By dawn, crowds thin and street life shifts to scavengers and dim storefronts.
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New York
Broadway
Mest
Turvier
Irede
Bidewalka
Tom Tom
Tom Tom To the Din. Along Forty-second Street
Dag Ss
Variy
Porlars
Siot Maschine
Sixth Avenue
Columbus Circle
Treadway
Vaudeville Booking Costs and Club Scene Described
An older note describes vaudeville acts booked via agencies for private entertainments at high prices, with a Wall Street party reportedly costing $4000 and including Broadway chorus numbers. It contrasts stage shows and parlor rooms, notes from Metropolitan Club on Fifth Avenue, and a bank waiting room anecdote about patience and the Morris Plan.
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Wall Street
Humbera
Forts
J. B
Seeing the Moon From Munich and the Limits of Vision
An essay examines how far objects can be seen with the naked eye, using inverse square law ideas and practical tests. It discusses visibility of planes, moons and mountains, noting angular size thresholds, distances, and the effect of illumination on perception. The piece reflects early physics language and the curiosity about perception.
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Munich
G. C. Gentz
Talranore
Iayce
Joes
Bayanja
Sunleh
Dope Laws and the Nation's Drug Problem
A 20th century critique argues for harsher narcotic penalties and stronger enforcement, warning that rising addiction rates threaten society. It cites limited investigators, calls for supply cuts, and laments longstanding regulatory failures while predicting costly but necessary reforms.
Oakland Airport Hotel Pioneers In Flight Era
The Oakland California airport hotel adjoins the airfield, designed for flying passengers with ten dining rooms and thirty seven baths and rooms. The piece notes Oakland as a future aviation hub and predicts larger airport hotels with rooftop landing fields. It claims Oakland began the airport hotel business and praises city progress.
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Airport
Oakland
California
Great Harbor
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Oakland Airport
Atlantic
Morth
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
New Yori
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