History Begins With Shepherds And The Bread
The author argues bread shapes civilization and history from ancient times. Bread's dominance drives social order, art, and labor, contrasting famine risks with Egypt's grain prosperity and the modern need for better farming and food policy to avert hunger. He draws links between wheat, cattle, and national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Greece
Egypt
Asia Minor
North America
Solomon
America
Europe
Kansas Wheat Belt
Acre
India
Russia
Americas
Oklahoma
Father Nile
Valley of the Nile
Chakitea
Lebanon
Kansas
Nile Valley
Kansas City
Pastor as a policeman in Waycross for 30 days
Rev. T B Thrasher of Trinity Methodist in Waycross promises to serve as a policeman for thirty days and aims to break up at least 85 blind tigers and arrest 25 dissolute women. He will forfeit $1000 if he fails and has arranged pulpit coverage while he assists the city.
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Savannah
T.B. Thrasher
Trinity Methodist Church
Waycross
Thrasher
The First Outdoor Athletic Woman Of The Middle Ages
Margaret Hubbard Ayer recounts how a daring medieval noblewoman first rode to hunt with men, popularized outdoor exercise, and started bathing in cold water. The piece argues that modern beauty owes its rhythm to that early athletic spirit, fresh air, and regular washing.
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Margaret Hubbard Ayer
George
Columbus
Liok
Fifth Avenue
Cluny
Paris
Titian
Permit To Wed By Phone Sparks County Approval
One hour before the wedding set at Miss Hughes summer home near Buffalo Minnesota Dr W O Fryberger and Miss Mary Hughes both of Minneapolis received permission to wed by telephone affidavit after a district court clerk in Minneapolis approved the license and the Buffalo clerk collected the fee.
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Minneapolis
W. O. Fryberger
Mary Hughes
Women as Jurors and Berlin's Female Prison Plan
Ada Patterson argues for women jurors and discusses Berlin's plan for an all female run prison. She notes women understand each other, would pursue justice without sympathy’s clouding, and foresees initial revolts and strict management by women.
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Ada Patterson
Berlin
Thievery Up to Date in Philadelphia Chickens Stolen
In Collingdale area a new form of chicken theft used chloroform to stupefy birds. Harry Bodine at Clifton Avenue and Pirie Street was victim. The thieves entered a coop, used a chloroform rag, and removed all fowl quietly while bystander John Weigelt did not hear a sound. A rag smelling of chloroform was found outside the coop.
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Philadelphia
Harry Bodine
Clifton Avénue
Pirie Street
Collingdale
la Mode
Ad Chickén
John Weigelt
Bodine
Wallaby’s Remarkable Descent Described by Tom Herald
Reader letter recalls Wallaby’s ascent and descent in a monoplane. The piece notes a descent of remarkable speed and height, with a playful nod to a “red hundred earls” line, reflecting lighthearted local humor.
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Wallaby
Tom Herald
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England
London
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Nell Brinkley
Octave Uzanne
E. Hertzberg Jewelry Co
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Houston and
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Pluitiber
Main Ave
Mazda
Martin Wright
Bedell Building
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Fox Studios Company
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio
Texas
Erry
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