Forbes praises South Texas as emerging agricultural empire
Forbes Magazine notes a new agricultural empire rising in South Texas. He cites the Rio Grande Valley and nearby areas like Falfurrias, a 2,000,000 acre black land belt near Corpus Christi, rapid dry farming, early cotton, rising citrus and vegetables, and growing towns. Railroads and water transport projects gain attention as South Texas is seen shaping tomorrow's US economy.
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America
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Falfurrias
Corpus Christi
United States
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Forbes
Zoning and the Supreme Court’s Potential Guideposts
The author argues Americans must curb urban sprawl and reassess how far zoning can regulate private land in the public interest. He notes Euclid v Ambler may soon define limits on police power to govern taste in building and improve urban symmetry. He cautions the old home as castle view remains strong.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Principles and the value of inner rules
The author muses on what principles are and why people claim them. He argues principles should guide action as an inner moral code, not just public vows. He notes many people fail to live up to declared rules and urges hugging true principles without hypocrisy.
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Spain
Jondix
Feas Syn, Inc
Origins and evolution of the term skedaddle in language
The piece traces the word skedaddle from Greek origins meaning to retire tumultuously and notes its Scottish use meaning spill. It explains how ske daddle came to imply scurry pell mell and carrying a broader sense of spilling, with a copyright attributed to King Features Syn. Ine. in 1526.
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Scotland
King
Refusal to Gossip Highlighted as Good Deed
A brief note emphasizes choosing restraint and integrity by not spreading rumors. It frames gossip as a harmful habit and urges mindful discourse in daily interactions.
Sleep Aid to Good Health by Royal S Copeland M D
Advice on how sleep is affected by overfull stomach or poor diet. Emphasizes clean living: proper eating, hydration, exercise, recreation, and regular sleep to restore nerve balance and good temper. Encourages addressing physical causes before fearing mental illness and warns against long faces lowering group morale.
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Royal S. Copeland
M. D
Tyre bird of New South Wales described in Sideshows of Science
The Tyre bird, a superb New South Wales species, features two lyre shaped tail feathers. It is dark umber brown with russet throat, purplish gray back, lead blue eye area, and lyrate chestnut brown feathers with notches. Copyright 1925 King Features Syndicate.
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Tyre
New South Wales
King Features Syn., Inc
Canadian justice cited as model against U.S. murder sweep
The New York Crime Commission reports 260 murders in New York since January with 221 unsolved. It cites Canada’s swift indictments and trials as a control for crime, noting judges quickly convict and the state moves decisively. The piece urges faster reform in New York’s legal system.
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America
New York
Justice Riddell
Toronto
Canada
Definitions of Happiness and the many paths to joy
The essay argues happiness varies by individual desire and conditions. It contrasts basic relief from pain with thrills and religious bliss, noting human wants continually renew and that philosophies differ on pursuing happiness. It cites Carlyle and discusses hedonism versus asceticism as ways people seek fulfillment.
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Carlyle
Their First Jobs by Philip Nowlan
A Scotsman named John ZB Fisken began as a canny learner in Glasgow then moved to Spokane to work for the water power company. After 33 years as chief engineer at Washington Water Power he started his own consultancy in 1926.
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Anchor Steamship Company
College of Arts and Sciences
Glasgow
Spokane
Washington
Washington Water Power Company
John ZB. Fisken
King Feaz
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