Will Texas Embrace Child Labor Amendment In 1925
The Texas Legislature will weigh embracing a Twentieth Amendment to empower Congress to regulate child labor. The piece argues emancipation requires later laws, critiques opposition rooted in profit from child labor, and warns against federal overreach while stressing protecting health and education. It notes major parties oppose child labor and urges a battle against harmful legislation.
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Texas
Lone Star
Congress
Democrat
Republican
Independent
When Love Ceases and the Law of Matrimony
A national debate arises after Dr Alfred Hall Quest surrendered his wife Shirley Knox Hall Quest to Major Hart following her refusal to love him. The piece weighs whether release of a spouse is proper or if judicial scrutiny should govern such cases, arguing the home as nation’s bulwark against disruption.
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Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest
Pittsburgh
Shirley Knox Hall-Quest
Frederick William Hart
Hidden Standards Guide Child Behavior Sayings
Education Today urges parents to act as the silent monitor guiding a child toward virtues daily. By consistently praising specific acts and invoking parental standards like What would mother say, children internalize confidence and self discipline, easing discipline and shaping decisions beyond the home.
Daily Good Deed: Children Pick Flowers Then Give Joy
A note praises children who pick flowers from nature as a daily good deed. It highlights that children and flowers are God’s finest work and belong together, promoting simple, wholesome acts of kindness.
Dear Mary Advice on Easing Pride to Reach Love
A reader pleads for guidance to reconcile with a beloved man, urging Mary to mail a printed clipping with uplifting steps. The reply urges humility, reconciliation, and joint effort to overcome pride and pitfalls, promising happiness when both sides clasp hands and try. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century advice column urging patience and mutual effort in love.
From Forge to Presidency of Major Dept Stores
Joseph B. Shes rose from Witcan Forge to president of Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh. He later became director and treasurer of the Retail Research Association while preserving ties with his early employer Pittsburgh Dry Goods Company and its leadership role in department store circles.
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United States
Witcan Forge & Tron Works
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Dry Goods Company
King
Joseph, Horne & Company
Horne Company
Retail Research Association
Joseph B. Shes
Eaturem Syndicate, Inc
Wayside Wisdom by S. E. Riser confronts pointless talk
The poem laments excess conversation and wordy repetition. It urges silence as relief and hints that calm and meditation win when political figures like Cal pull through, suggesting fewer words and more restraint.
Repartee at Party Reveals Secretive Habits
Miss Catnip contrasts dresses with secrecy as Mr Dogbone notes habitual force of habit shaping behavior at a social gathering. The exchange hints at fashion modesty and social expectations in a witty, dialogue driven moment.
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Miss Catnip
Doctors for the Bored by Royal S Copeland M D
A 1924 feature advises that listlessness in friends may stem from physical fatigue rather than mental trouble. It urges checking for fatigue, digestion and sleep issues, promoting exercise and fresh air over nerve tonics. It notes Royal S Copeland, M D, as a U.S. senator and former New York health official.
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Doctors For
Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New Yorks City
Hfe
Meet the New Presidents by Bugs Baer
Bugs Baer humorously previews a 1920s presidential race, noting multiple early contenders like LaFollette, Davis, and Coolidge. He jokes about three presidents being elected and suggests the House may choose, while all candidates appear confident and eager to lead.
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Bugs” Baer
White House
A Bad Summer in Europe by The Spectator
The past summer in Europe has been cold and rainy, harming English harvests and hitting agriculture hard while hurting tourism and trade. Seaside resorts suffered, landladies faced poor profits, and many businesses felt the weather's sting. Notably, a drought in Madrid contrasts with Australia’s reported rains.
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Europe
the Spectator
England
Hesiod
Midlands
Dee
Clyd
Wye
Severn
Thames
the Oval
Wembley
Madrid
Australia
Reuter
Once-Overs by J. J. Mundy urges thrift and work ethics
A columnist argues parental indulgence harms children's work habits and fiscal discipline. It stresses that providing excess money and comforts teaches neither industry nor saving, urging parents to require children to earn part of their spending and to cultivate steady saving from an early age.
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Vided
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T. E. Powers
Star Cat
Pays. Stone
Rou
Education Today
William A. McKeever
Tye
Mary
MY Dear
Tim
By Philip Nowlan
Wayside
S. E. Riser
Sweet Silence
Cal
Gibbs
Dobbs
Stone
Repartee
Copyrtecht
Featura Service, Inc
Atrow
Nature
House of Representatives
Teadher
House
Senate
LaFolette
Wisconsin
Suburbs
Davis
West Virginia
Coolidge
Massachusetts
J. J. Mundy
International
International Feature Service, Inc
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