Peace and reform agenda outlined by Hearst Papers
The Hearst Papers advocate a world peace pledge among English-speaking nations and propose major U.S. reforms. They call for proportional Senate representation with at least two senators per state, prompt House reapportionment, a united Department of Defense under a Secretary of National Defense, and federal steps to end illiteracy under a Secretary of Education. Elections to Congress in November with inauguration the following January.
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United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Department of the Army
Navy
Air Forces
United
Secretary of National Defense
Education
Congress
Jannuary
Texas Junior Chambers Fuel Civic Growth Across Cities
The rise of junior chambers of commerce across Texas funds civic projects. Corpus Christi started a 100 member group to back the deep water port. San Antonio reports 600+ members in 85 civic tasks, from air mail to anti begging drives and advertising. El Paso, Dallas, Texarkana, Nacogdoches, and San Saba follow suit, driving numerous initiatives. A notable success is San Antonio’s municipal swimming pools born from a junior chamber luncheon four years ago, now ten pools in operation.
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OMG
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Alamo City
el Paso
Dallas
Texarkana
Nacogdoches
San Saba
Lone Star
Earth's Axis Inclination and Long Term Change Examined
A reader asks whether Earth’s axis is always perpendicular to the orbital plane at all times. The article explains the axis remains inclined about 23 1/2 degrees to the ecliptic, slowly varying over a 26,000 year cycle, with no moment when it stays perpendicular.
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Prth
P.M
New York
Seta
Good Deed Salesman Wanted in New York City
A terse notice seeks a salesman for a good deed venture in New York City. The ad outlines seeking a proactive individual to promote kindness and community service with commission-like incentives.
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Wslesman
New York
Outdoor exercise urged for students in Exonian editorial
An Exonian editorial laments the lack of compulsory outdoor exercise in good weather at Phillipa Exeter academms. It argues that daily outdoor activity benefits growing youths more than indoor gym workouts later, urging rubbers and outdoor routines whenever weather allows.
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Exonian
Phillipa Exeter Academs
Glands of Internal Secretion and Health Hurdles
The article discusses endocrine glands such as thyroid, pituitary, adrenals, and thymus, noting their roles in growth and health. It describes how over or under secretion affects balance, outlines related symptoms in children and nervous conditions, and mentions experimental gland extracts from sheep as treatments.
Toothpicks Debate Shakes Up Dental Etiquette on Use
A Chicago dentist defends toothpicks as a sanitary aid amid public nibbling woes. The piece muses on etiquette, privacy, and the fading habit as readers weigh health against social custom.
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Chicago
Perhayn
The Lady Asquith and Her Brilliant Family Portrait
The world knows Margot Tennant, now Lady Oxford and Asquith, wife of the British prime minister. Beside her stands Anthony Asquith, her son, a sharp, engaged young man. The piece argues that a brilliant woman’s best work lies in her children and notes Mia Asquith’s daughter, the Princesa Bibescu, in Washington and her political writings.
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Mrs. Asquith
Oxford
Asquith
House of Lords
Anthony Asquith
Mia. Asquith
Princesa Bibescu
Washington
Great Britain
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Hearst Papers Advocate
Earth’s
Garrett P. Servine
Winnie Churchill
Vre
Frank Crane
France
Ciro’s
Maint Street
McChure Paper Syndicate
Margot Tennant
Mr.Asquith
London
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