Congress and the Army Strength Debate 1920 1921
The piece argues that actual army enlistment falls far short of the 1920 Defense Act authorization, urging Congress to retain its constitutional power to fix army size. It warns against delegating authority to the president and cites Henry Clay on preserving constitutional powers amid defense funding battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Continental United States
Metropolitan Police
New York City
House
Senate
Henry Clay
Taylorsville
Virginia
Clay
Arizona appoints ambassador to Washington over federal funds
Governor Moeur announces a state ambassador will be sent to Washington to secure Arizona’s share of federal money. The post pays 37300 dollars a year, with daily duties described as running errands for the state. The move is framed as a pork barrel lobby effort to access treasury funds.
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Arizona
Uncle Morgenthau
Treasury
State Senate
Washington
Moeur
Iine
U. S Treasury
Mocur
Economic quip on policy reform and cotton scam
Historian James Truslow Adams mocks a political economy approach claiming the AAA paid $1500 to a non cotton grower. He ridicules brain-modality manipulation and predicts solution to unemployment, implying farmers could live off government support while awaiting their final reward.
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James Truslow Adams
AAA
Adam Smith
John Stuart Ail
Marx
Dolea
Swami Davis
Indignant Father on Modern Youth and College Liberty
Henry Van Maren vents at his daughter Katie and college youth, claiming their liberty and publicity harm respect for law and country. He attacks campus oath protests, mentions a Communist chapter on Katie's campus, and laments the perceived collapse of traditional values in America.
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Elsie Beery van Maren
Pather
van Maren
Katie
Sophie Monte
Pather van Maren
Tine
America
Amerea
Henry van Maren
King Fean
Ine
10 and 20 Years Ago March 21 1925
A fragment from 1925 notes the Beauregard family en route to San Antonio for vacation and relief drive plans led by W. K. Ewing of the Red Cross, plus a horseback expedition across northern Texas to deliver provisions. Also mentioned are Perc y Tyrell and Lyn Wayne organizing aid and boxing veteran Dimmy Casey living in San Antonio.
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Brazil
Commander
A. T. Beauregard
Bally
San Antonio
Commander Beauregard
Quincy Street
Percy Tyrell
Dimmy" Casey
Pugtish
L Ving
San Alitanio
SL Sout Presa Street
Stars and Stripes Rally Toward Newport Title Bid
A garbled note shows the Palm Bracners planning a Uek back toward Hot Springx and Newport with motto Any place but home. The fragment mentions Stars and Stripes and Geecabrier in a contested bid, reflecting chaotic OCR from a sports cue.
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Neas
Newport
Eurane
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland insights on marriage
A 1933 King Features piece reflects on marriage versus bachelorhood with wit. It contrasts enduring partnership with unhappy single life, notes habit and comfort binding couples, and jokes about middle age, chivalry, and women’s expectations in a social skew.
Scarlet Fever Medicine and Contagion by Royal Copeland
A medical note explains scarlet fever transmission through direct contact and contaminated objects, noting childhood susceptibility, variable immunity, and possible mild to severe outcomes. Symptoms begin with sore throat and fever, eruption appears within 24 hours, and skin peels as recovery occurs. Isolation periods range from 30 days to longer with persistent discharge, and exposed individuals require monitoring.
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Royal
Copeland
M. D
Tati
Klog Fean
Syod,, Inc
Sunshine Shafts Witherspoon as New Metropolitan Opera Bow
Herbert Witherspoon is announced as Tate diplomat at a charity performance. Amid debate over who should sing the Star Spangled Banner he reflects, then states that everybody shall sing. The piece quotes a garbled, playful line about kings and singing, reflecting a chaotic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Witherspoon
Metropolitan Opera
Tate
Begging Decline Evident in New York Street Life
Street begging has nearly vanished in New York as relief programs and taxes curb panhandling. A year ago hot spots like Ray Cap on Bleecker Street drew crowds, but today many beggars quit after earning small sums and city efforts reduce the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. McIntyre
New York
Pathandlers
Bleecker Street
Public Health Defies Depression Paradox Across America
A 1935 reflection argues public health outpaces boom years, with lower death rates and higher wellness even amid unemployment and social fears. It credits federal leadership under Hoover and Roosevelt era programs, praising grace Abbott and allied educators for spreading preventive care, nutrition, and maternal health via clinics, schools, and media campaigns.
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America
New York State
Federsl
Roosevelt
Grace Abboth
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Grace Abbott
Bureaucrade
National Health Administration
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Ehinson
niNs
United States
F From & A
Middle West
W. K. Ewing
Bexar County
The
American Red Cross
Winchester Kelso Jr
Gunter Hotel
Lyn Wayne
Gust
Helen Rowland
Reto Ruth
Heaven ix
Sir Walter Ratelyn
King Fens
Syn, Inc
Slam
Miller
London
Barlin
Constantinople
Man Hettae
France
Unas
Barry Lebris
Arlist
Centa
Paris
Ruedés
Peres
Iron Mask
Marquis de Gagoye
Europe
Countesse de Chambras
Teo Longworth
Lily
Blark Young
New Republic
Alexander Woollcott
Deac Aylesworth
Tain
Pew
Kent Cooper
A. P
Gilbert Miler
Faris
Falals Bourbon
Grover
Whalen
Eddie Gigaye
Alma Claybergh
Fark Carroll
Gelett Burgess
Tink Geel de Vere
Seventeenth Ear
Oxford
Julian Hux-ley
Richard Washburn
Tox
Iris
Ny McNaught
By Edwin C. Hill
Grote Abbott Detinttey
William Rendolph Hearst
Lilian Wald
MilMonx
Formneng
University of Chicago
San Fransisto
McNaught
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